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Casino Baron Sends Millions to Trump Campaign

Adelson intends to put his full support behind Trump’s bid for the White House, while scaling back his donations in other areas of the republican movement.

Glory Days: 5 Things We Will Miss About Full Tilt Poker

​Today is the day when Full Tilt finally closes its doors as a poker site in its own right, disappears into the fold of PokerStars, and essentially becomes ‘just another skin’ in a market replete with them.

Players Invited to WSOP Town Hall Meeting on Twitch

​The second ‘Town Hall’ conference of the year for the World Series of Poker will take place this coming Thursday May 19th as officials preview the 47th Annual WSOP.

What You Should Play When You're Tired of Hold'em

We compile a short list of other games to try when you are tilted or just not feeling in the mood to play the classics.

Need to Know Safety Tips for Buying Poker Action

​The majority of mainstream sports award prizes and money that is ponied up by sponsors and the organisation itself. Poker is pretty unique in that all of the prize money being played for is stumped up out of the player’s own pockets.

Which is Better: Online Poker or Live Poker?

Just because two games are played by the same rules does not mean that they are played the same way. Online Poker and Live Poker have some major differences you need to know before shifting between them.

Top 10 Celebrity Poker Players

The demigods descend into the casino pit and throw in a little of their fame-money in with our filthy lucre. Movie stars, directors, athletes, comedians, and writers all do it, even educated fleas do it. They all play poker.

Pro Poker Player Signature Accessories

Some poker players are as well-known for their accessories as they are for the tournaments they have won and the money they have earned. Here are a few of the best known examples.

Go Against PokerStars, Get Banned from EPTs?

The high-stakes pro was one of those disgusted by the PokerStars' VIP changes late last year, changes which cost him some $50k in bonuses. And last week matters came to a very public head when Bonomo tweeted his plans.

Mike Matusow and Victoria Coren-Mitchell Begin Comeback Quests

It would be hard to find a more strikingly different couple than Matusow and Coren-Mitchell. One is a brash, loud-mouth, American who is never far from controversy whenever he plays; the other is a mild-mannered, thoughtful ,and intelligent English rose

Poker Legends of the Wild West

Modern myths about online poker and suchlike - urban or otherwise - are all well and good, but the really juicy stuff comes when we delve deep into the past!

Idris Elba May Star in Molly's Game Adaptation

Elba, widely regarded as the finest black actor of his generation, is hotly-tipped to join Jessica Chastain, who will play the eponymous lead role in the screen adaptation of the best-selling book.

NutsBet ‐ A Training Calculator for Chinese Poker

Whether or not we are first to act or can see our opponents layout, NutsBet will almost instantly compute many thousands of calculations and display the mathematically best choice we can make from the first five cards.

Will a Woman Ever Win a WPT?

No woman has ever picked up a WPT title in the history of the event, thus there were absolutely no representatives of the fairer sex in the inaugural WPT champions event.

Gunmen Rob Foggy Bottom Poker Game

Midnight raid at an apartment in the capital’s Foggy Bottom district saw three men, one armed with ‘an Uzi-style’ gun and his accomplices carrying pistols, targeting seven poker players during their underground poker game.