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Following a raid at Idaho’s Twin Falls Senior Center, in which a weekly poker social evening by a group of senior citizens was broken-up up by Idaho police officers, state legislators have moved to amend the archaic law which led to the raid in the first... 

Three weeks after striking a $1 million bet with Tom Dwan that he wouldn’t eat “anything that moves” for a year, Phil Ivey finally succumbed to temptation and lost the wager. The prop bet was initially discussed and agreed upon on the fourth episode of this... 

Brandon Cantu has won the Wynn Poker Classic Championship 2010, after defeating a field of 242 player over three days to capture the title and the $363,844 first place prize. As the final day’s action got underway at the $5,160 buy-in event in Las Vegas,... 

UK Poker Pro Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott has been busy lately and in addition to working on his autobiography expected out later on in the year, he has announced that plans are now in motion to transfer his life story to the big screen. While giving... 

A May 2009 news article in Italian newspaper La Repubblica, entitled “A black year for Abramovich as he loses a yacht at poker,” have now been proved false and have resulted in a public apology, as well as substantial damages being awarded to Mr Abramovich... 

Berlin Police are closing in on the gang of men responsible for robbing the European Poker Tournament Berlin, after one of the men handed himself in on Monday and then proceeded to name his fellow accomplices in the heist. The robbery took place on March 6th at... 

Roland Isra (52) has won the 2010 WSOP Circuit Atlantic City Main Event, after defeating a field of 174 players over three days to take down the title and the $264,715 first place prize. The $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event got started on Friday, March... 

DoylesRoom’s have now found 6 of the 10 young poker pros that are being sought to follow in the footsteps of poker legend Doyle Brunson, after it was announced that Steve ‘gboro780′ Gross has become the team’s latest member. Following the announcement... 

Isildur1’s gamble and readiness to put his whole bankroll on the line at any one time seems to have led to a predictable enough outcome once more, as he has succeeded in wiping out all profits from his recent comeback trail in just one day. Isildur1 initially... 

Phuong Quoc Truong has just been sentenced to 70 months behind bars after admitting to being the head of the “Tran Organisation,” which since 2002 was able to cheat 27 casinos across the United States out of almost $7 million. The gang of at least 37... 

Last Friday was one of the shortest sessions ever logged in the “durrrr” Challenge, with the protagonists Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius playing a mere 61 hands over 9 minutes. However, there was nothing paltry about the outcome of their brief but explosive... 

The inaugural Black Belt Poker Live was won by Paul Pham, who picked up $15,000 from his initial $220 investment after defeating a field of 300 players at London’s Victoria Casino. Despite the low buy-in, the tournament organised by UK pro Neil Channing and his... 

PokerStars’ flagship tournament the ‘Sunday Million’ managed to attract an impressive field of 9,687 players on March 14th, all willing to fork out the $215 buy-in for a chance of taking home a slice of the $1.5 million guarantee prize pool. By the time the... 

A pair of IT contractors managed to steal £33,000 from Gala casinos over a 3 month period in 2007, in what has become the first case involving the misuse of computer technology within the UK gaming industry. Certain casinos allow punters to place online bets at...