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Las Vegas Killer Identified as Public Grapples with Worst Mass Shooting in US History

It was the deadliest shooting in US history. So far, 59 people have been confirmed dead and 527 injured at Sunday night’s Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas. According...

Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker Masters Purple Jacket in Style

Surprise package Steffen Sontheimer has won the final event of the inaugural Poker Masters and, with it, the coveted Purple Jacket. When the first Poker Master event debuted on September 13, Germany’s Sontheimer was arguably...

PokerStars Launches Hurricane Irma Relief Effort

The devastation left by Hurricane Irma has sparked a tidal wave of benevolence around the world and now the online poker community has a chance to join the efforts courtesy of PokerStars. Although the full extent of the damage...

Molly’s Game Splits Critics With Some Seeing It as a Flop

The long-awaited Molly’s Game has been shown to critics and movie insiders for the first time and, so far, the verdict is mixed. Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, Aaron Sorkin’s...

Doug Polk Issues a $5 Million Challenge to Tom Dwan via YouTube

Social media-savvy poker pro Doug Polk has issued a $5 million high stakes challenge to one of the best no-limit hold’em heads-up players in the world, Tom Dwan. Following Dwan’s recent return to the spotlight as part...

Hacker Claims They Were Paid to Disrupt Americas Cardroom in Recent DDoS Attack  

Americas Cardroom has been hit by a professional hacker who claims to be employed by a rival site to carry out the DDoS attacks. The online poker site, which is part of the Winning Poker Network (WPN), experienced its latest...

Fedor Holz Joins the Party at partypoker

Partypoker has signed pro player Fedor Holz in a bid to create a greater connection with the poker community and tap into the high stakes market. Following the signing of English pro Patrick Leonard back in April, 2017,...

A Touch of Magic Helps Phil Hellmuth Win Poker Night In America’s King of the Hill Crown

Phil Hellmuth recently used “white magic” to defeat some of the best players in the world and win the latest Poker Night in America (PNIA) event. Kicking off on August 22 inside Rivers Casino, Schenectady,...

PokerStars WCOOP to Feature More Value with Low Stakes Schedule  

PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is back and this time around there’s something for low stakes players as well as pros. When the latest incarnation of PokerStars’ WCOOP gets underway on...

Molly’s Game Preview Goes Live

The long-awaited Molly’s Game is set to hit our screens in November and, ahead of the release, we’ve been treated to a first look at the finished product. Ahead of the movie’s maiden screening at the Toronto...