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One of the most difficult things about poker – whether it is online or in the live arena – is battling through hours of play to come up just short of making the money, or finishing on “the bubble.” Every player has his or her own horror story to t

The World Poker Tour stop in Marrakech, Morocco, has proven to be highly popular with the European community. As the event enters into its final day of action, three players known throughout the world have made their mark by making the final table. 274 pl

After an exciting year of tournament poker, several of the Player of the Year ranking systems are too close to call, making the final month of 2011 the determining factor in who will win those accolades. Bluff Magazine’s ratings only look at the top ten

Phil Ivey has been widely considered the best poker player in the world for years.  He has won almost $14 million on the live tournament circuit, countless more millions in the highest stakes games both live and online, and owns eight World Series of Pok

It wasn’t exactly a wire-to-wire victory for Anthony Ruberto, but the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville stop was about as comfortable as a final table can be for a champion.  The man from Everett, Massachusetts was never in any rea

SwitchPoker.com, a small independent online poker room, became a trailblazer this week, becoming the first internet poker room to accept Bitcoin as a valid currency for both deposits and withdrawals.  Bitcoin is a unique currency, as it is purely virtual

Like two trains on a collision course on the same stretch of track, the end of the casino day and the 7th place elimination were charging towards each other Tuesday morning at the Jacksonville Poker Room, host of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Jacksonvill

The survivors from the two separate flights of Day 1 combined into one field on Sunday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville stop, the first WPT event ever held in the northern Florida city.  Day 1A saw 88 of 188 players stay alive for today’s Day

The field of 336 may have been on the small side compared to other Main Events on major live poker tours, but the week long competition at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Loutraki stop was fierce.  Sunday’s eight-handed final table lasted 13 hours; the t

In a thrilling heads up battle, Spain’s Raul Mestre defeated the United Kingdom’s Victoria Coren to take down “The Table,” the International Federation of Poker’s first ever World Championship. After eleven hours of play on Saturday, the 135 inv

Day Four play at the European Poker Tour stop at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, Greece, has come to a close with a host of German and Greek players in pursuit of a lone Brit. Coming into Day Four play, Greece’s Charalampos Kapernopoulos was at the head

The International Federation of Poker’s weekend of tournaments has reached its halfway point, with a champion crowned in their first ever duplicate poker tournament and “The Table” already in action. On Thursday, twelve countries stepped up to take

The long and winding road that has been the discussion of the sale of the embattled online poker site Full Tilt Poker to the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie has apparently reached its endgame, pending agreement by U. S. authorities. Yesterday

The first ever stop by the European Poker Tour in the coastal city of Loutraki, Greece, is proving to be a popular one – at least for some players – as the second day of play wraps up at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki. Day Two play began this afternoo

While poker sponsorships may have dried up for American players, the top international pros are still bringing down high profile deals. It was announced this morning in London that U. K. poker pro Jake Cody has signed a sponsorship deal to join the online

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is in the stretch run of its first-ever trip to Greece with a stop in the east coast resort city of Loutraki, formerly the ancient city of Thermae.  The Main Event kicked off this week, with the second of two starting days c

On Monday, poker pro Chris “Jesus” Ferguson filed four claims to seized Full Tilt Poker funds with the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York.  In the filings, Ferguson, representing the various companies that comprise Full

The website VegasInc.com reported yesterday that the Nevada State Gaming Control Board (GCB) will begin accepting online poker licensing applications in February.  The announcement was made by GCB Chairman Mark Lipparelli at the U.S. Online Gaming Law co

After years of fighting the masses, the Cake Poker network has finally decided to allow its players to use hand tracking software while at the tables.  The new policy went into place on November 9th and the major players in the poker analysis software ca

The €8,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour concluded Saturday after a two-month break and just as he entered the final table with the chip lead, Nottingham, England’s Sam Trickett finished the tournament on top.  For his win