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Phil Collins has won the 2012 Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Nevada, after defeating a field of 195 players over five days to take down the tourney, and collect the $71,556 first place prize. The 27 year old famously made last year’s WSOP Main Event Final Table,... 

PokerStars allows a whole range of tools and Heads-Up-Displays to be used while playing on the site, including Hold’em Manager (right), Holdem Indicator, and PokerTracker. In fact, around 100 pieces of software which can give a player an advantage over their... 

Robert Baguley has won the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Nottingham, after topping a 1,625 player field to claim the title, and collect the £210,400 ($276,566) first place prize. The 60-year-old, retired landlord from Leicestershire is a regular at the ‘Dusk... 

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... 

A gambling addict has been jailed for three years and four months, after running over and killing a pedestrian in his hurry to return back to the casino where he had just lost his money. After losing at a Bournemouth casino in the UK, Peter Chen, 40, had gone home... 

Its been a year since the US poker apocalypse hit online players in the US, forcing many to move abroad or play more live poker in order to continue their careers. One of the many pros affected was Steve “gboro780″ Gross who, prior to April 15th, 2011,... 

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 employee who claims to have been recorded undressing by a hidden video camera is suing her ex-employer for invasion of privacy, emotional distress and lost wages. Kelle Ryan was working as a Players Club representative at the Island View Casino Resort... 

For over 50 years, slot machines known as “pokies” have been relieving Australians of their cash but in recent years wagering on them has become a serious issue leading to whole list of social problems including gambling addiction, violence, crime,... 

A police raid on an illegal high-stakes poker game in Tennessee has ended in a player being shot by one of the officers. Ironically, Chattanooga Police Chief Bobby Dodd said one of the reasons the law targets such games are robbery possibilities that could lead... 

Daughter of a Chinese American car salesman, Jennifer Tilly is a star of TV, film and the stage who received an Oscar nomination for her part in Woody Allen’s Bullets over Broadway (1994). Jennifer Tilly famously became interested in playing poker after appearing... 

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... 

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has released its casino gambling figures for February, revealing a 5.7% increase in revenue to $932.2 million compared to the same period last year. Nevada’s encouraging casino results come on the back of January’s impressive... 

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...