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The Next Big Thing in Cards and ESports?

In a notable advance for the future of poker and esports, Full Tilt sponsors its first Hearthstone team

Data Mining PokerStars

Data mining has become a huge an challenging problem for the players and admins of PokerStars

This Year in Poker 2015

A year spanning review of the major changes to poker aroudn the world in 2015

Negreanu's Bank Account Closed by Operation Choke Point

Daniel Negreanu's Bank accounts have been closed by Bank of America because of Operation Choke Point

Texas Card House Finds a Gambling Loophole

Texas Card House finds a legal loophole allowing club members to play poker in a state where it is otherwise illegal.

Big Controversy Over Asia's Newest Poker Tour

The International Poker Open, Asia’s newest poker tour, had a disastrous debut outside of their Korean homeland with huge controversy over their use of staked players.

Robot Dealers a Very Real Possibility

Min is a robot that is going to attempt to revolutionise the way table games are dealt in casinos and card rooms around the world. She is currently only able to deal Baccarat, but will soon be capable of running a much wider range of games.

Food Casinos

Placing all your chips/fries on red and hoping the roulette wheel bumps your bankroll to a burger or steak sounds kind of crazy, but several recent ‘pop-up’ casino nights have offered exactly that!

Girl Got Game: Poker Reality TV Show

​The rise of reality TV is set to hit the world of poker in early 2016, with a documentary-style show called ‘Girl Got Game’ currently in production.

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Watch The (Sports) Pros go Heads-up

In an attempt to appeal to sporting fans who also love poker, the site has introduced #HEADSUP, a monthly digital magazine, which will see two well-known stars of the sporting world not only play against each other, but also discuss a variety of sporting and poker-related topics during the match.

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Feds Seize $600,000+ in Poker Room Raids

The federal officials swooped on the Seven Mile Casino and the Black Jack Palomar Casino in an early morning operation aimed at suspected money-laundering of profits from high-stakes poker games.

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

PokerStars Strikes Back

​PokerStars have announced a bumper package of $1million freerolls for 2016, at the same time robustly defending their stance on VIP changes which led to a 3-day strike last week, stating “We will not alter those plans.”

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Mayoral Race Decided by High Card

When the votes were counted in the Mayoral race in Florida’s Bradenton County, the two candidates were tied. 195 votes apiece, even after a recount – so what to do?

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Online Poker Traffic Update

A look at the ups and down of cash game online poker player traffic industry-wide for the month of November, 2015.

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Prague Votes No to Gambling Licences

Prague City Council has voted through measures which will see “a drastic reduction in the number of gaming establishments.”