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One of the unique things about the game of poker is that it is a social activity (taking money off your opponents is an added benefit!). With that in mind, one of the most popular online poker information sites is offering its members a way to connect wit

While they are still in the midst of what is arguably one of their best seasons ever, the Heartland Poker Tour is ready to open up its broadcasts of its Season Eight schedule beginning this weekend. The HPT broadcasts, which appear in syndication on over

Hot on the heels of wrapping up its Season Eight tournament schedule with its Grand Final in Monte Carlo, the European Poker Tour has announced their Season Nine schedule of events. For those that have been longtime fans of the EPT, however, it will be a

Two state governments, looking to add revenues for different projects, have voted to expand live poker offerings inside their borders. In the state of Ohio, a Senate panel slipped an amendment into a casino regulatory bill on Tuesday that would allow ever

On Shawn Cunix’s website, he writes that he is committed to the core purpose of “inspiring happiness.” We think that $400,600 could be quite the inspiration. This is what Cunix won Wednesday for his triumph in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) starts in less than four weeks. That’s this month. But before the main course arrives, Series officials would like to give poker fans a bit of an appetizer. On Tuesday, it was announced that the WSOP would dip its toes i

The final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open as the field was narrowed from 16 to just 6 players on Tuesday. Shawn Cunix will start the final table with a solid chip lead over the rest of the field, holding 2.77 mil

All in all, it did not seem like the most difficult of days for Mohsin Charania. The Illinois resident began final table play at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in the middle of the pack and stayed comfortably in contention until finding the rig

The survivors from Days 1A and 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open combined into a single field Sunday, with half of the original 320 players sitting down for the start of Day 2. The field was trimmed almost exactly in half again, w

Season 8 of the European Poker Tour is about to come to a close as the EPT Grand Final Main Event is ready to crown a champion in Monaco. The final table was determined Sunday and taking a substantial chip lead into the final day is Bernard Guigon with 4.

In saddening news from the state of Texas this morning, 1972 World Series of Poker Championship Event victor, four-time WSOP bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame member “Amarillo Slim” Preston has passed away after a lengthy illness. The legend of t

Players turned out in droves for the second of two Day Ones at the World Poker Tour’s Jacksonville BestBet Open in Florida, pushing the overall entries over the 300 entries mark. With only 125 players on Friday stepping into the brand new BestBet Jackso

The end is near for the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final, playing out at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Casino, as the final 26 players have been determined who will contend for the final championship of the EPT’s Season Eight schedule. 130 players

The World Poker Tour continues its swing through the state of Florida during the month of April, landing in Jacksonville for the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open, which kicked off yesterday with the first of two Day Ones. WPT officials decided to make the $5

The second day of play for the European Poker Tour Grand Final has concluded, short of the money bubble and with a member of the Team PokerStars Pro roster sitting atop the leaderboard. 394 runners returned to the felt in Monte Carlo on Friday with Nicola

With high profile events going on in both the professional poker world and the professional golf circuit, it may be surprising that some of their brightest stars would bypass an event. For these gentlemen, however, it is for a good cause. Tonight, World S

The second Day One of the European Poker Tour’s penultimate event of Season Eight, the EPT Grand Final, is in the books, with player numbers coming in right around the field size drawn for the 2011 version of the tournament. After Day 1A brought in a ni

The World Poker Tour has reached its next to last event of their Season Ten schedule, heading just up the coast of Florida from their last stop to land in Jacksonville, FL, tomorrow. Starting at noon tomorrow, the inaugural WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open w

According to a report in a major newspaper, the battle lines are being drawn between state governments and the U. S. Congress regarding the online poker issue. In an article on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal written by noted journalist Alexandra Ber

This week marks the beginning of the end of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 8 as the EPT Grand Final Main Event gets underway. The best players in the world are flocking to the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort in Monaco, paying €10,000 + €600 to