Singapore’s Alecz Chan has flipped his way to the Asia Poker Tour (APT) Championships Event title as well as a career-best prize in Macau. The HK$20,000+$2,000/$2,500+$250 tournament saw 87 players […]
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At the 2017 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic that wrapped up this weekend at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Ryan Tosoc took the credo “If you ain’t first, you’re […]
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Hoping to ride on momentum from Pennsylvania’s recent legalization of online poker, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is encouraging players in New York State to help push for the same […]
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PokerGo has once again expanded its original programming, this time with Stories from the Felt. The six-episode documentary-style series gives viewers a look behind some of the untold stories of […]
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Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has been drafted by the Poker Sports League (PSL) in an effort to promote the skill side of the game in India. While Anand is […]
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Brandon Meyers increased his stack at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic on Day Three. But for the first time in this event, he didn’t leave the Bellagio with […]
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GVC Holdings entered talks to takeover British bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral last December, but they quickly broke down. Fast forward a year, and those talks have started again. If a takeover is […]
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Brandon Meyers has been the star among stars thus far at the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio in Las Vegas, finishing both Day One and […]
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The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday over the state of New Jersey’s attempt to challenge the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). A ruling won’t be made […]
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As a longtime champion of poker interests, New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak introduced bill S3536 in November, which aims to allow New Jersey players to join forces with international […]
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The €1,100 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event attracted 502 entries, and 37-year-old Marius Pertea, a general manager from Buzau, kept the title on his home turf by winning the tournament […]
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The final major poker tournament of the year, the $10,400 buy-in WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is underway at Bellagio. After Day One, 550 players out of 605 total […]
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David Baazov, founder and former CEO of Amaya Gaming, the company that in 2014 acquired PokerStars, is set to stand trial in Quebec later this month on charges of financial […]
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For being 11-1, Alabama was a controversial pick for the College Football Playoff. But despite being ranked 4th in all three polls, they are favored to win the national title […]
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The 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee wrapped up in North Carolina on Monday. The stop’s $1,675 Main Event drew 957 entries to create a $1,435,500 prize pool. […]
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With less than a month to go in 2017, “BERRI SWEET” is currently online poker’s biggest winner of the year with more than $1.85 million in PokerStars winnings. That was […]
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Poker in India has been dealt another blow by the Gujarat High Court after a petition to have it recognized as a game of skill was rejected. Following a series […]
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie could be about to unlock a $138 billion industry if his legal push to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) is successful. […]
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York Regional Police in Ontario, Canada, released footage of a man being brutally beaten inside an illegal card room in June in hopes of the public outing the suspect who […]
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Phil Hellmuth, food critic? The Poker Brat was the latest guest on Dave Portnoy’s “One Bite,” a popular pizza review vlog from Barstool Sports, and he wasn’t exactly a fan […]
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