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It seems that ESPN poker commentator recently got into a little hot water after violating court rules while serving on a jury. In a case of Norman Chad simply being Norman Chad, the cynical, sarcastic, witty pundit decided to Tweet even though the jurors were expressly not told not to communicate during the trial.
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The 2012 World Series of Poker is beginning to take shape, and it appears that the 2012 series could b e one of the most interesting in recent years. In addition to five new bracelet events (including the $1,000,000buy-in tournament) the WSOP has announced a number of major changes including the end of the November [...]

After a week of rumor and speculation that Chris “Jesus” Ferguson was singlehandedly holding up the potential sale of Full Tilt Poker to Groupe Bernard Tapie, the poker world let out a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday when it was announced that Full Tilt Poker and the Department of Justice had agreed to a [...]

It’s been a fairly successful start to the 2012 tournament schedule, with the PokerStars PCA and the Aussie Millions showing why both events are among the most prestigious tournaments in poker. The Aussie Millions featured dozens of tournaments spread across the two-week tournament series, with highlights like the $100k Challenge, the $250k Challenge, and of [...]

There is a lot of talk about the possibility of online poker legislation in the US after the Department of Justice reversed course on its interpretation of the 1961 Wire Act; there is also a number of states pursuing their own online poker legislation with everything from inter-state to intra-state online poker being discussed.
With players [...]

Every poker player may be an individual –with their own set of strengths, weaknesses, and quirks-but for the most part poker players fall under a certain category. Obviously there are winners and losers, but inside each of those categories are more subsets, and without getting too specific I’ve narrowed these sub-categories down to three for [...]

Every poker player may be an individual –with their own set of strengths, weaknesses, and quirks-but for the most part poker players fall under a certain category. Obviously there are winners and losers, but inside each of those categories are more subsets, and without getting too specific I’ve narrowed these sub-categories down to three for [...]

The winners of the 2011 European Poker Awards were announced on Wednesday night at a ceremony in Paris, France hosted by 2010 European Poker Award Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Nic Szeremeta, and over the course of the awards’ ceremony the winners were announced in 10 separate categories ranging from Poker Player of the year to [...]

There is a lot that goes into becoming a winning poker player, and perhaps just as important as studying and learning the game is a set of natural talents that few players possess, and still fewer can teach themselves to do. Unfortunately these traits are hard to teach, but if you browse this list and [...]

There is a lot that goes into becoming a winning poker player, and perhaps just as important as studying and learning the game is a set of natural talents that few players possess, and still fewer can teach themselves to do. Unfortunately these traits are hard to teach, but if you browse this list and [...]