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Multi-table tournament poker star Shaun Deeb just can't get himself away from yet another Twitter fight. Just last week, he came between Jason Mercier vs Brandon Cantu's heated comments on Twitter, and in the end had sided with his friend Mercier whilst delivered virtual blows to Cantu's credibility.

Read more » Shaun Deeb got into another Twitter feud, this time against the Brunsons

Some of the poker world's brightest shining stars competed in the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila HK$250,000 (approx. $32.2k) 6-Max Event over the weekend. The event drew a field of 43 entries, including 8 re-entries, which generated a prize pool of HK$10,113,600. It took just about 12 hours of play on the second day to boil down a very talented field of poker pros into just one player: Daniel Colman.

Read more » Daniel Colman Wins HK$250,000 Buy-in Event in Manila

The description of luck is very different depending on a lot of aspects, including the emotional status and religious beliefs of the person interpreting it. If you happen to cross paths with a black cat, people say you'd get bad luck.

Read more » UK is the luckiest country according to 888poker Study

Italian poker pro Massimiliano "Max" Pescatori is currently selling his 2015 World Series of Poker Championship bracelet on eBay and will donate the funds as relief for earthquake victims in Amatrice, a town located in central Italy.

Read more » Poker pro selling WSOP bracelet to aid earthquake victims in Italy

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It is the type of state regulation that most people are not totally aware of because of the fact that it is not always enforced; however, it is known that casinos in Pennsylvania are not allowed to serve alcoholic drinks to obviously already-intoxicated gamblers.

Read more » Pennsylvania casino fined $25K for serving a patron 27 drinks in 9 hours

Christian Lusardi, known as the infamous Borgata chip counterfeiter, only spent a short 7 months in jail for his crimes committed against the poker community.

Lusardi's misdeed hit the headlines in the world of poker back in 2014, when he attempted to bluff his way through the Borgata's Winter Poker Open by putting in $2.7 million worth of counterfeit chips into the tournament. By the time the organizers have discovered the fake chips, the tournament was suddenly stopped, with 27 players still remaining.

Read more » Borgata chip fraudster Lusardi released from jail after only 7 months

Atlanta poker pro Daniel Weinmann won his first World Poker Tour title last Friday (on his birthday) after outlasting a record-field of 1,312 entries in the Season XV WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 Championship to win $892,433 and a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions .

Read more » Daniel Weinmann Wins Record WPT Borgata Winter Open Championship

Partypoker has appointed John Duthie as president of partypoker LIVE. Duthie has signed a five-year deal with partypoker, who is actually the founder and former CEO of the European Poker Tour (EPT).

In a press release, Duthie said, "I have been impressed with the progress of partypoker and in particular the number of trusted, experienced and well respected individuals and organizations who have chosen to put their support behind the partypoker brand. I believe there is a gap in the market for an operator whose primary focus is poker and who will listen to and work with the poker community, as this was something that was absolutely key to the growth and success of the EPT."

Read more » John Duthie appointed as President of partypoker LIVE

It is the norm that before a match begins, seasoned poker players will scrutinize videos of their upcoming opponents - to learn their playing style and analyze previous poker hands. However, this match is totally different - it would be against a supercomputer designed to play poker.

Read more » Supercomputer Libratus outwits humans in ‘Brains vs. AI' poker rematch

The world's biggest poker site and well-known Scandinavian poker pros Johnny Lodden (Norway) and Theo Jorgensen (Denmark) are no longer working together.

Read more » Johnny Lodden & Theo Jorgensen part ways with PokerStars

The National Football League (NFL) championship game between New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons is just days away now! Each year Super Bowl brings the United States to a standstill with its expensive commercials, world-class halftime entertainment acts and, of course, America Football at its very best!

Read more » Super Bowl 51 Coming Up!

The winner in the $1,050 Event #59: $1,500,000 Super XL - Main Event, after playing for more than 12 hours, is "Enigmasility" from Belarus, and he got a nice $262,200 for it.

Read more » 888poker's Super XL Series Main Event won by "Enigmasility"

Shurane Vijayaram came into the final table with a substantial chip lead and battled Ben Heath who had the second biggest chip stack at the start of the day for the championship of the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event. Eventually, the advantage in stack had become one of Vijayaram's keys to winning the grand prize.

Read more » Shurane Vijayaram wins the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event

It seems like the interest in playing poker events with big buy-ins in Australia isn't what it used to be. The 2017 Aussie Millions, conluding today, only saw 18 registrations for the A$100,000 Challenge which ultimately led to that the A$250,000 Challenge was cancelled.

Read more » 2017 Aussie Millions: Little Interest In Super High Roller Events

As part of a deal with the United States, US financial services firm Western Union Co. has agreed to pay a federal fine of $586 million (or €545.2 million) after admitting that it allowed the processing of online gaming transactions which turned out to be illegal. Simply put, it aided and allowed wire fraud and failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.

Read more » Western Union to pay $586M fine due to processing illegal online gambling transactions

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Divine Fortune, Net Entertainment's latest Jackpot game, has finally been released!

To celebrate the launch of this new awesome game, Casino Room is offering new and excisting players 2 fantastic bonuses that we are sure you will love!

Read more » Up To 100 Free Spins on Divine Fortune (NetEnt's latest video slot)

It seems like the legal battle is never over for poker pro Phil Ivey. The most recent news about Phil Ivey and his case against the Borgata casino is that Ivey was ordered to give back to the casino what he and his companion had won worth $10.1 million, as compensation for breaching the casino contract. This order was brought out regarding Ivey's edge sorting case as reported in late December 2016.

Read more » Phil Ivey shall try to appeal Borgata casino $10M lawsuit ruling

Oliver Deschacht, a 35-year-old Belgian footballer who plays as a left back for Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League, has been slapped with a €100,000 fine for allegedly having bet on his own team to lose, including a Champions League match where his team were defeated by Paris Saint-Germain with 5-0 (Deschacht was on the bench throughout the match).

Read more » Footballer bet against own team - fined €100,000!

The company's Caesars Entertainment Operating Co (CEOC) division had won the approval of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois to bring to a close a court-supervised process of restructuring.

Read more » Caesars gets approval to end their bankruptcy case worth $18 billion