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Throw out your old, greasy, discolored deck of nudie cards and your wafer-thin, cheap, red-white-and-blue plastic poker chips. There’s no room for mundanity in the first-class casino that is your…

Poker, or card games, as inspiration for some of the world’s most legendary works of art? It’s not as far-fetched as you might think. In fact dozens of the world’s…

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban once said that a sure sign of failure for a start-up is too much promotional gear. Take a quick look at the poker industry and…

Poker is a game that’s enjoyed by people from all walks of life. The rich and famous, the blue collar and everyone in between. Ben Affleck, Bill Gates, Tobey Maguire,…

Periodic Table of Stuff Poker Players Like From sunglasses and hoodies to Rounders and credit card roulette, we painstakingly break down the many likes of the modern poker player. Whether…

The Internet Archive has now released more than 2,300 classic video games for free in-browser play including a handful of poker games. While most gamers are tickled at the thought…

Chris Ferguson’s famous online poker challenge was to make $10,000 by starting with $0 and sticking to strict bankroll management. Here’s an in-depth look at how Ferguson’s Challenge played out…

Here’s a little secret for you: most online poker software is incredibly easy to run on almost any computer. Online poker sites have a serious incentive to make their software…

In a five-part series writer Christian Henkel digs deep into Las Vegas history to uncover the truth behind some of the gambling world’s most notorious figures. Next up: Major Riddle.…

In a new five-part series writer Christian Henkel digs deep into Las Vegas history to uncover the truth behind some of the gambling world’s most notorious figures. By Christian Henkel…

Mainstream media tends to portray professional poker players as reckless gamblers (to be fair, a stereotype that holds true in certain cases). But in reality being a consistent winner at…

Outside of the odd game of Open-Face Chinese or Courchevel, poker has remained relatively unchanged for decades. There’s something timeless about the game and there’s a good chance some form…

Over the last six months an online card game has taken the gaming world by storm and almost instantaneously created a massive online community with countless blogs dedicated to the…

We love poker. We truly do. Tattoos … meh. We’ve seen some nice ones over the years but truth be told we’ve never been so keen on a virtual date…

Every year the high-stakes online poker games provide some of the best stories of the year. This year didn’t disappoint with Niklas “Ragen70” Heinecker putting on one of the most…

If you follow high-stakes online poker you’re no doubt familiar with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey. You may even know that Ivey’s new account on Full Tilt…

It’s the holy grail of poker – a big-moneyed, amateur poker player with a bottomless bankroll, an eye for the gamble and next-to-no sense of what’s truly happening on the…

It’s the holy grail of poker – a big-moneyed, amateur poker player with a bottomless bankroll, an eye for the gamble and next-to-no sense of what’s truly happening on the…

The “whale” is the holy grail of poker – a big-moneyed, amateur poker player with a bottomless bankroll, an eye for the gamble and next-to-no sense of what’s truly happening…

The “whale” is the holy grail of poker – a big-moneyed, amateur poker player with a bottomless bankroll, an eye for the gamble and next-to-no sense of what’s truly happening…

It’s the holy grail of poker, really. The “whale” – a big-moneyed, amateur poker player with a bottomless bankroll, an eye for the gamble and next-to-no sense of what’s truly…

There are two types of professional poker players — those with a WSOP bracelet, and those without. Fair or not, overvalued or not, arbitrary or not — it’s just how…

Far Cry 3 is a fantastic open-world shooter but it also has a decent poker mini game that you might not know about. You can actually play No-Limit Hold’em and…

Poker bots. The very mention of poker-playing computer programs usually makes serious grinders cringe. In the past there have been black-hat programmers that developed teams of poker bots that would…