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By Phil Ivey’s standards, 2013 is proving to be a mixed bag so far, the crowning glory of which came last month when he won his 9th WSOP bracelet at the A$2,200 Mixed Event in Melbourne for $54,252. With that victory Ivey took this year’s live tournament... 

For some time now, Lock Poker has come under intense scrutiny from the poker community on account of its restrictive cash out procedure which can take as much as four months. Now the online poker room has received more negative press after its top sponsored pros... 

Top poker professional Vanessa Selbst has just been named as one of the inspirational role models in this month’s US LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” list. Vanessa Selbst is not only the game’s first openly gay poker pro,... 

A group of professional poker players were the target of an extortion plot in which a gang of Silicon Valley men tried to blackmail them by threatening to release private information stolen from their email accounts. Appearing in court, Tyler Schrier, 23, Keith... 

The number of pros joining the ranks at IveyPoker.com continues to swell and the latest pro to come on board Phil Ivey’s poker instructional site is the French tournament pro Nicolas Cardyn. Following announcement of the news, Cardyn said: “I feel really... 

Innovative poker room PKR.com has just announced that the latest addition to its team of pros is the UK cash game specialist, Simon Hemsworth. The 29 year old has been playing poker for more than 10 years, and has since gained a reputation on PKR for being a fierce... 

Back in April, 2012, Hong Kong’s Jennette “Jay” Tan joined Bodog Poker as one of its glamorous sponsored pros. At that time, rising star of the east Tan had $63,852 in earning to her name since cashing in at her first tournament a year earlier. Since... 

PokerStars has just announced that the latest addition to its “Team PokerStars SportStars” is none other than the retired Brazilian football legend Ronaldo. The 36 year old will now take his place at the world’s biggest online poker site alongside such... 

US-licensed poker room Ultimate Poker is expected to launch real money games by the end of 2013, becoming one of the pioneers in legal online gambling in the US. Befitting such a monumental endeavor, the Nevada based online poker room has now announced that top... 

Question: What do you do when your professional poker career runs out of steam and you find yourself tragically broke? Answer: Write a tell-all book about poker, of course, including a poker strategy section. That is exactly what one time poker pro Dutch Boyd is...