For the sixth time in tour history, the World Poker Tour was in Sanya, a city on the southern end of China’s Hainan Island. After a week full of poker […]
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When Doug Polk criticized several poker players for backing out of a commitment to appear in a high-stakes cash game on “Live at the Bike” earlier this month, he was […]
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Poker Central announced its subscription-based app, PokerGO, will air the inaugural U.S. Poker Open, an eight-tournament high-stakes series, live Feb. 1-11. The event will take place at the Aria Resort […]
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Civil discourse is dead. No surprise to anyone who’s been twice-suspended on social media. But a dustup over the weekend on Twitter between rapper Talib Kweli and some of his […]
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The World Series of Poker Circuit just wrapped its stop at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The latest WSOP Circuit ring winner is 26-year-old Fernando Galvan, who topped a field […]
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Just days before the High Court in Gujarat, a state on India’s west coast, is set to rule on the legality of poker, a judge in that state declined to […]
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Over the weekend, 29-year-old Rich Bai took down the 2017 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship for a career-high $139,086. The event drew a record 701 entries, which surpassed the 677 […]
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The first Twitch charity poker event, featuring seasoned pros and popular video gamers, ended recently with some unexpected results, with the poker newbies winning the bulk of more than $100,000 […]
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You won’t find June or Wally Cleaver at the table during “Leave it to Seiver” week on “Poker After Dark.” But you will see the outspoken pro Scott Seiver in […]
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In a new advisory role for Virtue Poker, Phil Ivey could help shape the future of online poker. On Thursday, the new online poker startup announced that Ivey would be […]
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Now that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is coming out the other end of his celebrity sex and extortion scandal, he can get back to one of his day jobs – being […]
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PokerStars expects to be part of the soon-to-be booming online poker industry in Pennsylvania. But there’s a minor problem: PokerStars doesn’t operate a land-based casino there (or anywhere else in […]
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Sexual assault is no laughing matter. But comedian turned US Senator Al Franken left people shaking their heads as they learned that the liberal leader was the latest person you […]
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For the eighth month in a row, New Jersey’s online gambling industry generated more than $20 million in revenue. As the state celebrates the fourth anniversary of legal internet play, […]
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With people recently empowered to share their stories about being victims of sexual misconduct, it should come as no surprise that the poker world isn’t immune from revelations about disgraceful […]
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Remember kids, crime doesn’t pay. Case in point: 33-year-old Isok Aronov will spend the next year of his life behind bars for his role in operating a high-stake gambling den […]
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If Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters of all-time, couldn’t succeed as a baseball manager, perhaps, a former World Series of Poker Main Event champion isn’t a qualified poker […]
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For the past two weeks, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) has been at Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, for back-to-back events. First, there was a $360 Regional Event, […]
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For nearly 15 years, the Caribbean Sea was controlled by PokerStars. But now Partypoker is making more serious inroads on this turf, er, surf, giving away at least $10 million […]
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“Molly’s Game,” a soon-to-be-released film about a “Poker Princess” who ran a private poker room for high rollers and A-list Hollywood celebrities, has been chosen to replace “All the Money […]
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