The Literary Giants ? The Best Writers in the Poker Genre
The game of poker has been around for a few hundred years, and writing about the game has been active for just about as long. R. F. Foster first penne...
11-03-2023 16:16
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Jennifer Tilly Loses Six-Figure Pot on High Stakes Poker Tha
Can?t blame her, but still hurts With all the different streaming services we feel obligated to subscribe to nowadays, it can be tough to commit to an...
11-03-2023 16:16
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888poker Confiscated Almost $300,000 From Cheaters in 2022 a
Huge jump from 2021 888poker reported last week that it refunded players nearly $300,000 it confiscated from cheaters in 2022. The online poker room s...
11-03-2023 16:16
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GGPoker?s GGMasters Overlay Edition Ends With $1.08 Million
That’s some added value Daniel Negreanu can exhale. On Monday, the GGPoker GGMasters Overlay Edition concluded and while there was a gigantic ov...
11-03-2023 16:16
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Fourth Annual Global Poker Awards Honor Poker Greatness, Leg
On Friday night, the best and brightest from the world of poker took center stage at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas for the 2023 Global Poker Awards...
11-03-2023 16:16
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WWE Talking to States About Legalizing Betting on Scripted W
Risky waters In what seems like not the best idea in the world, the WWE is discussing with gambling regulators in both Michigan and Colorado the possi...
11-03-2023 16:16
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Global Poker Index Issues First POY for 2023 with Familiar F
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year race in the early going of 2023. We didn?t touch on the Global Poker In...
11-03-2023 16:16
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PokerStars Announces US SCOOP Schedule, $5 Million in Total
Two different SCOOPs PokerStars? Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for players in the United States returns next week, with $5 million in co...
11-03-2023 16:16
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NFL Reinstates Calvin Ridley After Year-Long Gambling Suspen
?Isolated lapse in judgement? A year after he was suspended for violating the NFL?s gambling policy, Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley ...
11-03-2023 16:16
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Ohio Sports Betting Operators Generated $1.11 Billion in Han
Online leads the way Ohio?s results for the first month of legal sports betting are in and they are good. According to figures provided by the Ohio Ca...
11-03-2023 16:16
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Former Home of the World Series of Poker to Get Overhaul
Last year was the first year that the World Series of Poker was held on the Las Vegas Strip, jointly hosted by Paris and Horseshoe (then Bally?s). For...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Razvan Belea Powers Through the Field, Captures EPT Paris Ma
In a dizzying display of poker, Romania?s Razvan Belea dominated the field of the European Poker Tour Paris Main Event on Sunday. Holding the lead fro...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Patrik Antonius Wins Record $1,978,000 Live Streamed Cash Ga
Nosebleed stakes history You ever buy in to a home game with $100, leave with $150, and spring for dinner like it was the best night of your life"...
28-02-2023 16:17
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EPT Paris Main Event Day 3: Players in the Money as Konstant
The action in Paris has been brisk, so much so that Day Three for the European Poker Tour?s stop in the City of Lights has been completed. The massive...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Lawmakers in Minnesota, Georgia, North Carolina Pushing for
Pair of Minnesota bills The expansion of sports betting in the United States continues as lawmakers in Minnesota, Georgia, and North Carolina are maki...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Encore Boston Harbor Messed Up Sports Betting in Massachuset
The Encore Boston Harbor casino in Massachusetts just can?t seem to get this sports betting thing right. For the second time in the state?s first mont...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Lawsuit Claims Wynn Blackjack Dealer Kept Dealing Cards Afte
It was every family?s nightmare: a loved one is away from home and suffers a health emergency. That is exactly what happened to Florida attorney David...
28-02-2023 16:17
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EPT Paris Main Event Day Four: Fifteen Players Remain as Raz
Four days are in the books for the 2023 European Poker Tour Paris Main Event and we?ve come down to crunch time. Only fifteen players remain in the fi...
28-02-2023 16:17
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Who Might Be the Next Entry into Online Gaming" Would Y
One of the parlor games that the gaming industry likes to play is ?Which state will be the next to pass online gaming regulations"? Of course, th...
28-02-2023 16:17
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EPT Paris Main Event Day 1: Teun Mulder Leads Both Starting
The European Poker Tour is in Paris for the first time and the ?5,300 is underway. After the full slate of Day 1 flights ? of which there were two ? T...
28-02-2023 16:17
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2022 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Enters Penultim
The money bubble popped at the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) on Monday as just 42 players remain from the original 763 entries. France?s A...
16-11-2022 16:16
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Ex-L.A. Dodgers Star Yasiel Puig Pleads Guilty to Lying to F
Puig?s betting did not go well Former Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Yasiel Puig lost hundreds of thousands of dollars placing bets with an illeg...
16-11-2022 16:16
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Phil Ivey Named World Poker Tour Ambassador
Phil Ivey has never been known as the talkative one at the poker table. His public persona throughout his legendary poker career has been one of relat...
16-11-2022 16:16
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Goncalo Peres Takes Over Lead in 2022 WSOPE Main Event, Mone
The combatants for the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event returned to the felt on Sunday for Day Two play. It was the first time the two-Day...
14-11-2022 16:19
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2022 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in Action, Rola
It all comes down to this. The 2022 World Series of Poker Europe has reached the ?10,000 Main Event (unlike its Vegas counterpart, which is called the...
13-11-2022 16:17
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Orpen Kisacikoglu Shines in Diamond High Roller at 2022 WSOP
It is slowly coming to a close. Two weeks of poker bacchanalia at the King?s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic ? otherwise known as the 2022 World Se...
13-11-2022 16:17
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Thomer Pidun Earns First Bracelet, Diamond High Roller Under
Two-thirds of the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books as of tonight, with significant action around the King?s Casino in Rozvadov. In th...
11-11-2022 16:17
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Paul Phua Wins First WSOP Bracelet, Nabs ?25,000 WSOP Europe
Paul Phua had $26 million in live tournament earnings in his career, but had never won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Until Wednesday morning....
10-11-2022 16:17
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California Sports Betting Propositions Fail Miserably
Most of the focus of Tuesday?s US elections was on the balance of power in the House of Representatives and Senate, but there were loads of contests u...
10-11-2022 16:17
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Shaun and Ashley Deeb Organized $100,000 Powerball Lottery P
I bought two tickets for the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball lottery: one was a Quik Pik and one used ?my? numbers that I played two and a hal...
09-11-2022 16:19
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UFC Bout Being Investigated for Match-Fixing After Suspiciou
The public kept pumping up the favorite When there is no apparent reason for bettors to flood sportsbooks with wagers on one side of an event, there i...
08-11-2022 16:17
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Lubos Laska Wins 2022 WSOP Europe Colossus Event
Lubos Laska had a significant chip lead entering the final day of the World Series of Poker Europe ?550 buy-in No-Limit Hold?em Colossus event and tho...
08-11-2022 16:17
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Big Final Hand Gives Lubos Laska Lead in ?The Colossus,? PLO
Closing out the second weekend of the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe, two events were in play. First, ?The Colossus? stunned those in attendance at...
07-11-2022 16:17
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Opportunities for U. S. Players to Enter the 2023 PokerStars
One of the worst parts about the UIGEA was the removal of the States of America from the global poker pool. Instead of having chances to earn passage ...
07-11-2022 16:17
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2022 WSOPE ?Colossus? Completes Six Day One Flights, 360 Pla
After awarding four bracelets in the opening week of the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe, the pace has certainly slowed. Part of the reason for that...
06-11-2022 16:16
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Four New Bracelet Winners at 2022 World Series of Poker Euro
They may not be household names in the States of America, but they have certainly etched their names into the record books for European poker. Four ev...
05-11-2022 16:16
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Some UK Slot Machines Will Soon Use a Camera to Check If a P
Casinos tend to be pretty good at keeping underage people away from gaming tables and machines. They don?t have a 100% hit rate, but overall, they do ...
03-11-2022 16:16
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Caesars Entertainment Reverses Plans to Sell a Las Vegas Str
Economy has changed The United States casino industry has gone through changes in the last few years, as companies have bought and sold casinos, shut ...
03-11-2022 16:16
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2022 World Series of Poker Europe: Fabio Peluso Wins ?The Op
The Opener is now closed The first event of the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe, the ?350 buy-in No-Limit Hold?em ?The Opener,? may have started Mon...
02-11-2022 16:18
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Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Man Beaten by Another Patron at
Not how I would have handled things Last night during trick-or-treating, I let kids select two pieces of candy from a big bowl. In one group, a girl p...
02-11-2022 16:18
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Derrick Henry Trucked the Houston Texans and the Sportsbooks
Sportsbooks have been dominating the betting public this NFL season, thanks largely in part to the multitude of upsets during the first half of the se...
01-11-2022 16:19
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New Potential Gaming Avenues in Illinois, West Virginia
Since the U. S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), there has been a rush by many states to enact new...
31-10-2022 16:18
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2022 World Series of Poker Europe: ?The Opener? Down to Fina
The 2022 World Series of Poker Europe closed its first weekend of action with two events in progress. In one, the plan was to play to the final table,...
31-10-2022 16:18
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2022 World Series of Poker Europe Open for Business, ?The Op
It snuck up on the poker world quietly, but the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe is underway. Once again being held at the King?s Casino in Rozvadov,...
30-10-2022 16:18
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2022 European Poker Tour London Main Event Ends in a ?Battle
Taking a journey back into its history, the European Poker Tour has wrapped up action in London on Friday evening (UK Time). In the £5000 Main Event, ...
29-10-2022 16:17
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?Mattress Mack? Four Games Away From Scoring Biggest Sports
Putting his money where his fandom is The 2022 Major League Baseball World Series kicks off on Friday, as the Houston Astros take on the Philadelphia ...
27-10-2022 16:17
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Softening on Gambling Expansion A
Mixed message In a political campaign, candidates will often say anything to get votes. Who knows if that is the case in the Texas gubernatorial race,...
27-10-2022 16:17
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Former Blackjack Dealer Arrested for Cheating for Second Tim
I?ve never committed any crimes (at least I don?t think I have), but if I committed multiple ones, I would be relieved to only be arrested and charged...
26-10-2022 16:17
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Chad Eveslage Wins 2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Chad Eveslage rose from the bottom half of the chip stacks to begin final table play at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic to...
25-10-2022 16:17
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Some Gambling Streamers See Loopholes in Twitch?s Stricter P
More limits on gambling streams Twitch?s ban of unregulated gambling streams only took effect about a week ago, but already some streamers believe the...
25-10-2022 16:17
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Albert Calderon Leads Not-Quite Final Table at 2022 WPT Five
The final table is set at the Bellagio for this afternoon?s resumption of the 2022 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classis ? well, the ?not-...
24-10-2022 16:18
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Would a Casino in Times Square Work" New York Eyes Gami
We have seen it across the States of America. Areas that had never embraced gaming have moved forward with regulating online sports betting, daily fan...
24-10-2022 16:18
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2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic: Field Down to Fin
They wasted little time after getting the cards in the air on Wednesday for the 2022 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. The...
23-10-2022 16:17
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2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 1: Official Fi
Like death, taxes, and a Phil Hellmuth meltdown at the poker table, the World Poker Tour?s traditional trek to the Bellagio is upon us. The 2022 WPT F...
21-10-2022 16:17
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Clark County Commission Approves Tilman Fertitta?s Casino Pr
Make way for another huge casino on the Strip The Las Vegas Strip?s skyline is about to get more crowded. On Wednesday, the Clark County Commission ap...
20-10-2022 16:16
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2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Is Underway
I was listening to a podcast while making dinner last night about my all-time favorite movie, Field of Dreams (if you like sports and sports movies, c...
20-10-2022 16:16
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Betting Public Got Its NFL Picks Horribly Wrong on Sunday
Are they really upsets at this point" It feels like almost every NFL team is awful this season. Even some of the ones with good records feel like...
19-10-2022 16:17
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Twitch Ban on Unregulated Gambling Streams Goes Into Effect
Poker is safe A month after it was announced, the ban on unregulated gambling streams on Twitch has gone into effect. The leading streaming platform h...
19-10-2022 16:17
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PokerStars VR to Be Meta Quest Pro Launch Title
Enjoyable alternative to regular online poker Last week, Meta announced that its new virtual reality device, the Meta Quest Pro, will be available for...
18-10-2022 16:17
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Ontarians Offer Opinions on Online Poker Regulations for Pro
In early 2022, the province of Ontario was coming to the realization that change was afoot in the online gaming world, at least for them. The provinci...
16-10-2022 16:17
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Ontarians Offer Opinions on Online Poker Regulations for Pro
Earlier this year, the online gaming community in the province of Ontario, Canada, changed. Instead of having unfettered access to an array of online ...
15-10-2022 16:17
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UK Gambling Commission Fines GGPoker $750,000 for Social Res
Not looking out for customers enough GGPoker has run afoul of the United Kingdom?s gambling regulator. On Wednesday, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC)...
13-10-2022 16:18
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Betr CEO Says Micro-Betting App Will Not Accept Credit Cards
Micro-betting sports wagering company Betr has taken an unprecedented step in the US sports betting industry. This week at the Global Gaming Expo, Bet...
13-10-2022 16:18
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Kara Scott, Vanessa Selbst Among Seven Finalists for Women i
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame has announced the list of seven finalists for the Hall?s Class of 2022. The women are, in no particular order, Liv Boe...
13-10-2022 16:18
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Study: Problem Gambling Rate Among Active US Military Member
Concerning figures, but imperfect study A study conducted by researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Bowling Green State Unive...
12-10-2022 16:16
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Texas Poker Room Raided, Staff Arrested, Players Fined
They took everything The Watauga Social Lounge in Watauga, Texas was raided by law enforcement on Sunday in the middle of a big poker tournament. Staf...
11-10-2022 16:17
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Accused Killer of Susie Zhao Found Guilty of Her Murder
The Michigan jury in the murder case of Susie ?Susie Q? Zhao only spent sightly more than an hour in the deliberation room debating the merits of the ...
10-10-2022 16:17
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Daniel Negreanu Ditches the Monkey, Wins 2022 Super High Rol
It has been a year of discontent for Daniel Negreanu. Sure, he had won more than a million dollars prior to the 2022 Super High Roller Bowl, but he ha...
09-10-2022 16:17
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Nick Petrangelo, Daniel Negreanu Hold Down Top Slots at 2022
Day Two for the 2022 Super High Roller Bowl is in the books, but the money bubble has yet to be popped. With only four players getting a cash from the...
08-10-2022 16:17
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Unlicensed Online Gaming Providers Must Exit Ontario Market
Trick or treat" Ontario?s legal, regulated online gambling and sports betting market has been up and running for six months and in that time, a n...
07-10-2022 16:19
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Daniel Negreanu Leads Final Fourteen Players in 2022 Super H
To say it has been a tough 2022 for Daniel Negreanu would be a more than accurate statement. It could also be said that you should not shed too many t...
07-10-2022 16:19
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Trial of Accused Murderer of Susie ?Susie Q? Zhao Has Begun
Trial underway two years later More than two years after the terrifying brutal murder of popular poker pro Susie ?Susie Q? Zhao, the trial of the susp...
07-10-2022 16:19
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New York Man Suing MGM, Claiming He Was Paid $30,000 a Month
What would you do if the online game ? gambling or otherwise ? disconnected you so frequently that it was essentially unplayable" For Sam Antar o...
05-10-2022 16:18
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Jason Koon Wins Final 2022 Poker Masters Event, Sean Winter
Jason Koon shows up when it counts The 2022 Poker Masters wrapped up on Monday, as Jason Koon took home the trophy in the tenth and final event, $50,0...
05-10-2022 16:18
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Editorial: The Hustler Casino ?Cheating? Allegations Much Ad
There have been plenty of times when cheating in poker has occurred. The Russ Hamilton-led Ultimate Bet Superuser scandal is one particular moment tha...
04-10-2022 16:16
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NFL Bettors Flocked to a Kicker Prop"
Root for no touchdowns! At the almost-quarter mark of the NFL season (moving to a 17-game schedule last year really messed up the nice, clean arithmet...
04-10-2022 16:16
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Sean Winter Takes Overall Lead at 2022 Poker Masters After E
The 2022 Poker Masters is heading into its Main Event conclusion, but that is not stopping the jousting for position prior to that conclusion. In Even...
04-10-2022 16:16
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David Tang Wins WPT Australia
Becoming a World Poker Tour (WPT) champion is a wonderful accomplishment. Having the specific feat be a first in poker history is even cooler. On Tues...
29-09-2022 16:15
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Simon Mattsson Wins 2022 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker
The online crusher crushed yet again. On Tuesday, Simon Mattsson went into the final table of the 2022 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker as the chip l...
29-09-2022 16:15
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Josh Reichard Wins 13th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring
Josh Reichard won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Council Bluffs $1,700 Main Event on Monday, earning the 13th gold ring of his tournament ca...
28-09-2022 16:17
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2022 WSOP Online Main Event Final Table Set at GGPoker
Millions still there for the taking The 2022 WSOP Online on GGPoker is down to the end, with just the $5,000 Main Event as the last bracelet event sti...
28-09-2022 16:17
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PokerStars Hit by DDoS Attack, WCOOP Main Events Cancelled a
Frustrating day for everyone involved PokerStars was the victim of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack on Sunday, forcing it to cancel a sle...
27-09-2022 16:17
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Trio of Tournaments Crown Champions at 2022 Poker Masters
Despite sacrificing attention on their tournaments with an announcement that could have been made prior to the start of the event, the 2022 Poker Mast...
26-09-2022 16:17
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Ali Imsirovic, Jake Schindler Suspended from PokerGO Tour Ev
It had long been rumored, but on Friday it became official. In a brief announcement, officials with the PokerGO Tour, the creation of the streaming ch...
25-09-2022 16:16
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Sports Betting Going in Different Directions in California,
Since 2018, sports betting has taken off across the States of America. The ability to bet on sports, either online or live, has energized fans of all ...
25-09-2022 16:16
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2022 Poker Masters Underway, Jeremy Ausmus Heads Event #1 Fi
After the debacle regarding the Stairway to Millions II, PokerGO needed to make a solid comeback. Fortunately for them, the 2022 Poker Masters started...
23-09-2022 16:16
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Twitch Bans Unregulated Online Casinos From Gambling Streams
Life comes at you fast. Just days after some of the most popular Twitch streamers threatened to boycott the site if it didn?t ban gambling streams, Tw...
22-09-2022 16:19
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PokerStars to Award First Live PSPC Platinum Pass in the US
Get to Maryland Four years after its debut, the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold?em Championship (PSPC) is finally set to make its return to the poker...
22-09-2022 16:19
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World Poker Tour Teams With Theta to Launch Season Pass NFT
Season 19 episodes coming soon Continuing its dive into the world of NFTs, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced that it will work with Theta Labs to c...
22-09-2022 16:19
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Popular Twitch Streamers Pokimane, Mizkif Threaten to Boycot
Gambling addiction led to scamming viewers A scandal involving a popular Twitch streamer has is proving to be a catalyst for other streamers to urge t...
21-09-2022 16:18
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Mojo App Brings NFL Player Stock Trading to Sports Betting
NFL stock market You know sports betting is booming in the United States when a service launches that offers something other than the typical wagering...
20-09-2022 16:18
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Paul Zappulla Takes Down Event #10 of Stairway to Millions I
Unfortunately for Paul Zappulla, his victory in the Stairway to Millions II Event #9, the $15,000 No Limit Hold?em tournament, wasn?t the big story th...
19-09-2022 16:16
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Michael Wang Dominating as Stairway to Millions II Enters Fi
The Stairway to Millions II has been in action for the past week at The Venetian in Las Vegas (although the players don?t seem to have noticed?more on...
18-09-2022 16:16
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Andre Butler Denies Michael Wang a Three-Peat, Wins Event #8
It started off with Michael Wang, who already has two Stairway to Millions II trophies on his mantle, leading the way. Wang would not be around in the...
18-09-2022 16:16
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Michael Rocco Wins Event #9 of Stairway to Millions II as Nu
There?s no way to sugarcoat this ? the Stairway to Millions II is NOT doing very well. Event #9 of the Stairway to Millions II at The Venetian in Las ...
18-09-2022 16:16
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Demolition Has Begun on Texas Station and Fiesta Henderson C
Change is inevitable My wife hates change. She cannot handle a new television remote, a new laptop that has a different plug, or a toaster oven that i...
15-09-2022 16:18
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Black Woman Suing Bank for Not Allowing Her to Deposit Casin
Big win turned sour What would you do if a bank refused to let you deposit a check" For 71-year-old Lizzie Pugh, her experience in April trying t...
15-09-2022 16:18
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Ebony Kenney Earns $1.7 Million in Triton Super High Roller
Ebony Kenney is new to the high roller tournament scene, but she has certainly made the most of it recently. Her latest result was both a fantastic fe...
14-09-2022 16:18
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Hard Rock Gives Non-Tipped Hourly Wage Employees Huge Pay Ra
Massive percentage boost Hard Rock International is putting a sizeable chunk of change into the pockets of thousands of its US employees. On Monday, t...
14-09-2022 16:18
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BetMGM Poker State Championships Get Started This Week
Over $2 million in guarantees September is busy enough right now with online poker tournament series, so let?s get busier. On Thursday, the BetMGM Pok...
13-09-2022 16:17
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