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Some say (though I hate that as an opening line), that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson losing the Secretary of State post to "Billary" is a huge personal blow and being offered Commerce Secretary is the consolation prize for being a goo...more

When asked to name the greatest "poker faces" of all time, one might immediately conjure up names like Phil ivey, Doyle Brunson or howard lederer. however, after watching katja thater at the table, One could make a serious case to include h...more

Here's the scenario: You are about to play in your first live poker tournament. There are several hundred men and women milling around the tournament area, chatting, looking for their assigned seats and looking so confident it seems as thou...more

Newcomer JC Tran made it two-for-two in qualifying heats in the PartyPoker Premier League III on Wednesday, pushing his total to a maximum-possible 20 points and virtually assuring him of a seat in the six-player finals. Season One champion...more

The World Poker Tour has confirmed that the Borgata Poker Open, originally scheduled for late January of 2009, is no longer part of the WPT's Season Seven schedule. Reports of the Borgata event being removed from the WPT schedule began to s...more

According to the CBS News website, the long awaited "60 Minutes" segment on online poker cheating will air this Sunday, November 30th. An e-mail to the "60 Minutes" subscriber base has also confirmed this information. The segment is title...more

Daniel Negreanu claimed one of Canada's largest poker events on Sunday by winning the main event of the BC Open Poker Championships, collecting a payday of $371,910 in the process. Negreanu's win over a 690-player field at the River Rock Ca...more

The first full day of play in the PartyPoker Premier League III on Monday saw one newcomer and one recurring star exit with top honors and claim ten points each on their way toward the final round. JC Tran emerged as the winner of the day's...more

Since 2005, Daniel Negreanu has penned a weekly poker column, "Playing Poker with Daniel Negreanu," that has been syndicated in newspapers around the U.S. and Canada. The column has additionally appeared in other places online, and this yea...more

It was Danny Ryan's night in the two biggest online events on Sunday, the PokeStars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee. Ryan, who plays as "THE__D__RY" on both sites, began by running to a solid 23rd-place finish in the Ful...more