The parent company of biggest poker site in the world continues to shore up its available cash needed to complete the purchase of one of Britain’s top sports betting operations […]
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Mike Matusow wears his emotions on his sleeve and has made it clear how desperate he is to end a five-year WSOP bracelet drought. On Thursday, in the $1,500 Pot-Limit […]
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With the Poker Players Alliance cash-strapped and running out of steam in the absence of being underwritten by PokerStars, the increasingly significant Poker Central has scooped up the Washington DC-based […]
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Scott Seiver won his second WSOP bracelet — first in a decade — in limit hold’em, a once popular game that doesn’t attract many players these days, especially women. But […]
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Rep. Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) is trying to move forward with a bill that would provide federal oversight on how racehorses are medicated. That may not sound like it has much […]
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Australian poker professional William “Billy” Jordanou has admitted to his part in a massive Ponzi scheme that robbed victims of A$72 million (USD$53.1 million). The Melbourne resident has spent the last […]
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It was a “good run” but not “the run,” vlogger and CardsChat forum poster Matt Vaughan said after being eliminated in 47th place out of 6,260 players in the WSOP’s $1,500 […]
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Team PokerStars may have lost a fair share of high-profile ambassadors in the past couple years, but the world’s most popular poker site hasn’t abandoned the concept of having player […]
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Atlantic City will celebrate the opening of two new casinos on Thursday, a sign that the city’s gaming industry is rebounding from the downward spiral that it seemed caught in […]
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We remember each year’s WSOP by the performance of one or two individuals, and this year Shaun Deeb is one of those standout players, putting on an impressive show event […]
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PokerStars appears to be benefiting from the new liquidity sharing pact in Europe following the launch of a new tournament series. A PokerStars tournament series to celebrate the merging of […]
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A legal battle between Spartan Poker founder Rajat Agarwal and other members of the management team could be coming to an end. According to Jay Sayta of Gambling Laws in India, […]
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It’s rare that anyone at the Rio approaches Chris Ferguson with a nasty comment. It happens, but most save the vileness for social media. On Sunday, at the final table […]
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With the final round of group stage matches coming up this week, there’s still plenty of drama left at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But with six teams having already […]
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It pays to invest with crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital (no relation to the 1990s heavy metal band) — at least that’s the incentive as the firm will reward seven […]
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On a 2018 World Series of Poker weekend packed with massive fields and final tables, Shaun Deeb — now ranked 135th in the US among live tournament poker players for […]
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In a game with high variance, even the great ones sometimes struggle. Phil Ivey is off to a rocky start this summer in his return to the US tournament circuit, having cashed […]
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Vanessa Selbst is putting her money where her mouth is. While many speak out against social injustices but never do anything else to help the cause, the former PokerStars Team […]
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Jason Somerville and PokerStars have joined forces to help build-up poker’s presence on the popular live streaming channel Twitch. As detailed in a June 14 press release, Jason Somerville’s Run […]
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Online poker revenues in New Jersey have seen some ups and downs in 2018, and the minor fluctuations continued in May, even though many expected the first month with shared […]
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