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Allan Peers has won the smallest ever Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Main Event, after defeating a field of 73 players over three days to collect the first place prize worth £11,000 ($17,867). After all the fees for the £550 entry and re-buy event in Stockton... 

Danish pro Morten Christensen has won the  World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event, after defeating a field of 396 players over six days to capture the title, and collect a whopping first place prize worth €313,390 ($410,519). The mostly online player had previously... 

A casino dealer who was part of a team which cheated his former employer out of roughly $20,000, has been given two weeks by the court to repay some of the money or else face jail time.  Christopher Stone-Spyglass was working for the Gold Eagle Casino in Canada... 

Brian Lemke has won the Borgata Spring Poker Open in Atlantic City, after overcoming a field of 1,041 players over two days on his way to collecting the $111,076 first place prize. The poker pro from Norristown, Pennsylvania dominated the $560 re-buy tournament... 

Scott Seiver has won the Party Poker Premier League V, after an exciting finishing in which he defeated heads-up specialist Daniel “Jungleman12″ Cates to scoop the title, and the $500,000 first place prize. The Premier League V saw 16 top professionals... 

Top Indian poker pro Abhishek Goindi has won the 2012 India Poker Legend (IPL), after defeating a field of 31 players on his way to claiming the trophy, and the INR 1.25 million (US$24,360) first place prize. Back in February, Abhishek Goindi finished 2nd at the... 

Kevin Vandersmissen has won the 2012 Irish Open, after defeating a field of 502 players over four days to lift the trophy, and collect the €420,000 ($549,196) top prize. With his latest victory in Dublin, the Belgium pro’s live career earnings has now reached... 

The inaugural iSeries Live event in Dublin has been won by UK pro James Dempsey, who closed out victory in the €10,000 ten-handed Sit-N-Go to claim the €100,000 first place prize. In a first of its kind, viewers were able to see the players hole-cards and wager... 

Finland’s Joni Jouhkimainen has won the European Masters Of Poker Lisbon, after defeating a field of 226 players over four days to lift the trophy, and collect the €56,860 ($75,767) top prize. As the €1,100 entry tournament reached its ultimate day at the... 

Back in 1978, Atlantic City opened up its first legal casino to help revitalize the city’s declining economy. It then went on to become the second largest gambling resort in the US but that distinction currently belongs to Pennsylvania after it generated...