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Sports leagues are ‘stepping up’ to ‘save’ you from sports betting adsThe burgeoning sports gambling industry in America took a blow Wednesday after professional leagues across the country combined forces to form the Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising, a group designed to “regulate” the boom in bookie ads currently flooding the internet and corruptin...

Sportsbooks will find a way to avoid paying out, won't they?You know what’s more impressive than surpassing your season expectations? How about surpassing them with one fewer game than the rest of the league? Prior to the current NFL season, most sportsbooks listed the Bengals projected win total at 9.5, while the Bills were listed at 11.5. They ended the se...

Jamie Kerstetter comes in second in World Series Of Poker eventJamie Kerstetter came so close to achieving her dream: To be the “worst player” with a WSOP bracelet. We kid of course, as she would....

The NFL Draft becomes must-bet TV

Will it be Travon Walker? Aidan Hutchinson? Kayvon Thibodeaux? Whoever your gut is telling you is probably a safe bet — well, safer than most bets, anyway....

Super Bowl LVI NFL Betting Primer: Best over/under, spread, teaser and prop bets

There’s nothing quite like Super Bowl Sunday, but sadly, the drama and theatrics that come with it also bring about the realization that we’ll be making our final football wagers until early September (or August for those who very daringly elect to bet on preseason action)....

Leagues are all-in on sports gambling — is that <em>really</em> a good idea?

On Monday, the NFL announced that it was partnering with four sports-betting outlets in addition to the three sports gambling related partnerships already on the… books....

Phil Ivey is still the GOAT

When it comes to poker, Phil Ivey proved he’s still the GOAT....

Remembering Black Friday, the day the government shut down online poker

Ten years ago, legal online poker in the United States died....

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Vanessa Kade quiets haters fast with $1.5 million tournament win

Everyone knows who she is now....

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|Thu Mar 25 2021

SEE IT: Doug Polk’s absurd fold vs. Phil Hellmuth may be 'greatest' ever on High Stakes Poker

Whispers of a notable hand involving Doug Polk have been circulating ever since his high-stakes grudge match vs. Daniel Negreanu started last fall. Although Polk had “retired” from poker, he came back to score a cool $1.2 million. During live streams of the match, commentator Jamie Kerstetter allude...

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|Fri Mar 05 2021

Sheldon Adelson, enemy of the free press — and online poker — dies at 87

Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino group, and the largest individual donor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns, died on Monday night, according to a statement released by Las Vegas Sands....

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|Tue Jan 12 2021

<i>High Stakes Poker</i> returns with huge pots and huge personalities

High Stakes Poker is back with a lot of the familiar names and faces that made it a hit more than a decade ago....

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|Wed Dec 16 2020

'Obviously he sucks': GGPoker flops by making 'sleazy, sexist tool' Dan Bilzerian a sponsored pro

Of all the honest, hardworking, skilled poker players who would make a great ambassador and positively promote the game, well, Dan Bilzerian isn’t one of them....

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|Fri Dec 04 2020

Doug Polk digs deep to net $200k win over Daniel Negreanu, shutting Dan Bilzerian up

Doug Polk stuck to his guns, stuck to his game plan and pulled off a $200,000 win over Daniel Negreanu to take the lead in the poker giants’ heads-up grudge match. ...

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|Sat Nov 21 2020

Dan Bilzerian talks trash to Doug Polk, could heads up challenge follow?

The most lucrative move of Doug Polk’s career may be dropping five buyins to Daniel Negreanu on Wednesday in his 25,000-hand heads-up challenge....

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|Thu Nov 19 2020

Maria Konnikova on Poker, Luck, and Life

One of the classic lines from “Rounders,” the definitive poker movie, is “If you can’t spot the sucker at the table in the first half-hour, then you are the sucker.”...

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|Thu Jun 25 2020

Poker World’s Lost Summer: What Happens When Live-Action Sharks Are Forced to Stay Home?

Lexy Gavin played in the last live poker tournament in America before coronavirus shut everything down....

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|Mon Jun 22 2020

Marcel Luske Featured in PokerGO Episode From 2004 World Series of Poker

With no live World Series of Poker, PokerGO has had to dip back into the vaults for card content. Under the category of “it’s so old you probably don’t remember it,” is Thursday’s offering of 2004 WSOP Main Event coverage....

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|Thu Jun 18 2020

My Poker Life — Vacation Plans and Remembering Vegas Ed

I booked a late October flight to Las Vegas. I’m not optimistic that this trip will happen, but I need something to look forward to while waiting out this untethered, apocalyptic boredom. I spent two years in Vegas failing at being a professional player/socialite/Cards Against Humanity champion. ...

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|Mon May 25 2020

Ready To Gamble With Your Life? Poker Players Debate Safety Of Returning To Action

Our long national nightmare is over, and suffering citizens are finally ready to reopen the economy and pursue the noblest of American activities: gambling....

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|Sat May 23 2020

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