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Day Five of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals could turn out to be the shortest day in the history of the Tour.  The televised six-handed final table is scheduled for Tuesday, but entering play Monday, there are just eight player

In a simple statement released on Thursday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission announced what appears to be the dissolution of the CEREUS Network, and its sites Absolute Poker and UB.com, to settle ongoing litigation against the company. The statement, which

As a nor’easter ravages the Atlantic states, the World Poker Tour’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals continues on its merry way in Mashantucket, CT, working down to the 27 players on Saturday who will earn cash in the tournament. The fun and games for Day

After tabulation of the voting by the eighteen living members of the Poker Hall of Fame and seventeen poker media representatives, World Series of Poker officials announced on Thursday that two venerable members of the poker community, poker champion Barr

At the World Poker Tour stop at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, the $10,000 World Poker Finals have wrapped up their second day of play with Dan Colpoys leading defending WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger with 66 players r

According to a report from Syracuse.com, poker professional Al Krux and his son, Adam, were arrested on Wednesday and charged with felony marijuana possession after a raid on their homes and vehicles by authorities. Acting on tips provided to them by neig

Although he had a fight when it went to heads up play, Russia’s Andrey Pateychuk dominated the final table at the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy, taking home the championship. At the start of play on Thursday afternoon (San Remo time), Aust

Demonstrating that the tournament poker circuit never seems to take a rest, the World Poker Tour kicks back into action today in Connecticut for the first of two Day Ones at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. A part of the WPT since its inception ten season

Since the announcement of the proposed deal between the shuttered online poker site Full Tilt Poker and the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie at the end of September, there has been a long silence regarding future actions. Two incidents over

On Tuesday, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on online gambling entitled “Internet Gaming: Is There a Safe Bet?”  The purpose of the hearing was to discuss the state of

At this point, they can probably smell the multi-colored banknotes.  After Day 4 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, just 24 players remain out of the original 837 and the final table is just a day away.  Continuing his dominance from

We poker players have been shouting to the heavens about our desire to see internet poker become officially recognized as a legal pastime in the United States and for the federal government to establish regulations so that players can be protected.  And

If Sunday was a marathon at the 2011 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, then Monday was a nice, easy cool down.  In an effort to clear the tournament of as many people as possible, tournament officials let the action run from 2:00pm to 2:00am

According to an article by Howard Stutz in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley wrote a letter to Senator Patty Murray (D – Wash.) and Representative Jeb Hensarling (R – Texas), co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on D

The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) San Remo Main Event is scheduled to run for six days (seven when you count both flights of Day 1), but that doesn’t mean that the tournament’s organizers wanted to spread the action too thin.  Running overtime to mak

The two Day Ones have been completed at the Casino San Remo as the European Poker Tour’s latest stop in Italy continues action to determine a champion later this week. Between the two Day Ones, a field of 837 players was created, with the €5000 put up

Giving a glimmer of hope to the potential revival of significant online poker operations in the United States, a House of Representatives subcommittee is set to hold a hearing next week regarding the legalization and regulation of the online gambling indu

As the old axiom says, “There’s no rest for the wicked,” which could be said about the tournament poker world as its denizens flood the Italian city of San Remo for the next stop on the European Poker Tour. The EPT San Remo has traditionally been on

After an epic battle that went just over 200 hands, the United States’ Elio Fox defeated the United Kingdom’s Chris Moorman in heads up play to capture the championship of a record-breaking World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event. At the end o

The drama for the former number two online poker site in the industry, Full Tilt Poker, continues to mount as yet another lawsuit against the site has been filed in the courts of California. A story in the Los Angeles Times this morning details out the la