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Dan Bilzerian Shocks His Own Instagram Followers With Latest Social Media Post

Dan Bilzerian is the self-labeled “King of Instagram” and regularly posts outlandish images featuring scantily clad women, guns, stacks of money, private jets, and more scantily clad women. But on Tuesday, the...

DFS Site FanDuel CFO Hits Back at Poker Industry, Saying Card Game Is More Luck Than Skill

One of world’s leading Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) operators, FanDuel, has hit out at the poker industry by referring to it as nothing more than gambling. With the pressure on DFS sites to either completely close their doors...

Joe Reddick Learned Game While Serving Time for Drug Trafficking

The WPT Borgata Winter Open has a new millionaire event winner, but this one has a unique story to tell when it comes to how he learned to play poker. Ex-con Joe Reddick says he mastered the subtleties of poker while doing time...

Paul Phua Deemed Bad for Sports Integrity As Crown Casino Flies Him in During Aussie Millions

Paul Phua, the Malaysian poker pro and bookmaker who dominated the legal headlines throughout much of 2015, is in hot water again, this time for arriving via private jet to the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia during the...

No Bot in PokerStars TCOOP Event,  But Hour-Long Silence Remains a Mystery

Following speculation that a bot made the final table of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) Event #8, PokerStars says it has found no evidence of improper conduct. The story hit the headlines earlier this week after a...

Amaya Listens to Players but Won’t Reverse PokerStars VIP Cuts

Following the backlash to PokerStars’ VIP changes, Amaya held a meeting with some of its longstanding players who recently gave their thoughts on what took place. Dani Stern, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Dvoress flew to...

Phil Ivey Rolls The Dice With New DFS Venture

Phil Ivey is a man who wears a number of business hats away from the poker table and his latest venture has taken him into the world of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). Ivey may have made his name and his fortune as a poker player,...

PokerStars Demands Video Proof of Clean Play, Prompting Privacy Concerns

PokerStars’ bid to clean up online poker by bearing its very soul via complete player transparency came to light recently after select players reported that they were asked to provide video evidence of their sessions....

Voting Now Open for the 2016 Women in Poker Hall of Fame

  The Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WIPHOF) reconvened recently for the first round of voting aimed at honoring the top female poker players in the world. Although the latest inductees won’t be named until July 5th, the...

Poker World Pays Tribute to René Angélil, Celine Dion’s Husband Was Well-Known Las Vegas Player

René Angélil, husband of world-famous singer Celine Dion and a well-known Las Vegas poker player and gambler in his own right, has died at the age of 73 in his Las Vegas home. Angélil’s passing is the latest in a string...