Solid turnouts marked Sunday’s action in major poker events across the Internet. The biggest was the PokerStars Sunday Million as a whopping 8,993 entrants created a prize pool of $1,798,600.
Our fearless foursome encountered some serious distractions on this week’s episode of 2 Months. 2 Million, which found them challenging another quartet of poker players to a three-pronged prop bet.
The Pokernews Sports Legend Challenge is set to get underway September 14-17, 2009 as 25 of the world’s top sporting legends join forces with 25 top professional poker players to provide a weekend of exciting action. Featuring poker, golfing…
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The poker resistance, led by the Poker Players Alliance and the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, would like nothing more than the opportunity to argue in a United States court that poker is a game of skill and its online play…
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I think it’s safe to say that poker players are creatures of habit.
When Syd Wyman started putting high-stakes poker players on display just inside the entrance to the Dunes Hotel in 1969, his publicity stunt…
Proving that poker isn’t recession-proof, the World Poker Tour has really been suffering. Though the WPT is only three events into its eighth season so far the numbers have been grim.
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Russian government officials recently closed a loophole in their gambling laws that allowed poker to be considered a “sport” and not a “gambling activity”.
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While this year’s new WSOP champions have been hogging most of the headlines, other important poker industry changes are happening behind the scenes. The Poker Players Alliance has officially declared this week (July 19-July 25) to be National Poker Week.
The Poker Players Alliance’s ongoing National Poker Week efforts continue in Washington D.C. week, as dozens of PPA state representatives…
