Las Vegas Sands Corp., the company owned and operated by anti-online poker billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is getting out of the casino business in Pennsylvania, unloading the successful Sands Bethlehem resort […]
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It’s rare to win back-to-back titles in tournament fields of more than 1,000 players, but it happened earlier this week at the WSOPC Bicycle Casino. Less rare is Ari Engel […]
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You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. But only once or twice a year do poker aficionados see the kind of laydown that will […]
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The 2018 Wynn Classic is wrapping up its schedule this weekend, but the festival has already been deemed a success. Not only did an old-school poker pro make headlines for […]
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To poker fans, Paul Magriel was the wild player who would often say, “Quack, quack.” What most don’t know is that Magriel, who died in his sleep on Monday at […]
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David Larson from San Jose, California, tried to satellite his way in to the $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder four different times (at $400 a pop) but went 0-for-4. Not ready […]
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Gus Hansen will compete on “Poker After Dark” Wednesday night in a high-stakes PLO cash game, marking the habitual chip splashers first appearance on the show since 2010. The “Great […]
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The Poker Players Alliance desperately needs money to continue its operations, but the organization that fought for poker players’ rights throughout the past decade need not ask Doug Polk for […]
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The WPT Rolling Thunder began with 440 runners, but on Monday 64 players returned to action and played down to the final table of six. With a first-place prize of […]
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In what has become a politically-charged awards ceremony emblematic of the liberal Hollywood elite, it’s no surprise that a poker flick lost out at the 2018 Academy Awards, to a […]
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Crown Casino, home of the Aussie Millions poker festival, is facing disciplinary action following allegations that it removed buttons from more than 2,000 slot machines. According to a statement by […]
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Partypoker suffered an unexpected outage during the finale of its $10 million KO Series on March 4 after one of its servers crashed. As players began to complain of connection […]
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The WPT Rolling Thunder attracted 440 runners over the weekend, up from last year’s 421, and after Day 2, just 64 remain — with Chris Hinchcliffe and his stack of […]
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Five Norwegian poker clubs felt the force of 100 police officers on March 1 as the government stepped up its crackdown on illegal gambling. News of the country’s biggest ever […]
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At the height of its lobbying push back in 2007, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) spent in the $2 million range annually to fight for online poker in the US. […]
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We’re two months into 2018, and online poker’s online cash game race is heating up. Switzerland’s Linus “LLinusLLove” Loeliger, who finished as the biggest February online poker winner, currently sits […]
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Poker tournaments are so unpredictable. In a 493-player field that included many top pros, an unknown local, Dennis Blieden, took down the $10,000 buy-in 2018 WPT LA Poker Classic at Commerce […]
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The PokerStars Turbo Series is in full swing, and on Wednesday night the entire roster of Team Online, including Jaime Staples and Jeff Gross, was in action for the PokerStars […]
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The big name pros have all been eliminated from the $10,000 buy-in WPT LAPC at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, but the final table has plenty of talent, including chip […]
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The WSOP Circuit event at the Rio wrapped up Tuesday in a big way. Kevin Iacofano got his long-awaited tournament win after playing poker for more than a decade, while […]
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