A St. John's man defied the odds and emerged from a field of over 400 players some of which were top poker pros, to win a $1.7 million top prize at a World Poker Tour event in Las Vegas.
The World Poker Tour has been successful no matter what station it has landed on, but their latest move to Fox Sports Network will ensure plenty of viewers for the popular tour.
Organized crime took another hit on Tuesday morning when authorities announced charges being brought against seventeen people in Pennsylvania on charges mainly associated with gambling.
The World Series of Poker Main Event final table might not be until November but the gambling odds have already been released, Dennis Phillips and Ivan Demidov are the favorites.
High Stakes Poker will be doing something that the World Poker Tour chose not to, they are staying put on the Game Show Network for their upcoming fifth season.
After going through a gambling scandal that has hurt their customer base, Absolute Poker and UltimateBet have decided to merge and create the Cereus Poker Network.
Poker has grown to such popularity that there are all kinds of tours that travel the world playing cards, the National Deaf Poker Tour wrapped up its season this weekend at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
Another city has been hit by the economy, but this time it is a casino inside their city that has caused the drop in funding, Metropolis saw their casino revenue drop causing a dip in funding.
The World Series of Poker Main Event has already reached its final table, when the event takes place in November, ESPN will be airing coverage of the event on the same night it takes place.
The Continental OnePass Poker Tournament is giving away a valuable prize for first play in their poker tournament, the winner of the tournament will receive 21,000,000 frequent flyer miles.
The Asian Poker Tour has been looking for star power and oh how they have found it, Doyle Brunson, one of the legends of the game of poker, has announced that he will be attending the tour's tournament in Macau at the end of August.
PokerStars is doing something that has never been done before, they are bringing twenty top poker champions to the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at Macau.
The World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament had 485 players enter last year, but the economy is having an effect on this year's tournament with only 373 players entered.
The Legends of Poker tournament usually will come down to professionals at the end and that certainly was the case this year, John Phan held off the competition and took home the top prize in the tournament.
The World Series of Poker Main Event began back a few months ago, but it was only last week when ESPN finally got around to airing the start of the tournament.
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