It was Aug. 2, 1876. “Wild Bill” Hickok settled into a seat at the Old Saloon #10 on Main Street. Jack McCall approached him from behind and stuck a .45 pistol to Hickok’s head. With that shot, Deadwood’s place in poker lore was forever cemented, as was the last hand Wild Bill was ever dealt […]
Penn National Gaming agreed to acquire Harrah’s St. Louis from Caesars Entertainment for $610 million and the deal is expected to close this year, subject
Pro player Jacob Bazeley, 29, of Cincinnati, captured second place in Event 2 of the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, good for $322,294. Bazeley, who has 31 career cashes (eight at the WSOP), started playing poker in college while on the basketball team at Christian Brothers University in Memphis. After having […]
This year’s Heartland Poker Tour televised final table was action-packed at Majestic Star. Jerry Gumila, who made last year’s final table, started as the overwhelming
The Mid-States Poker Tour returns to Meskwaki Casino in Tama, this month, hoping to repeat the success of its March event, which surpassed its $300K
Presque Isle Downs in Erie hosts the World Poker Tour Boot Camp and Battle tournament this month. The boot camp provides training with poker pros
Ohio now has legal casino poker. Round one of casino openings here has brought the 30-table Horseshoe Casino poker room managed by Jeremy Smith and
Since 2009, Joe Kuether has more than $450K in tournament earnings ($200K this year). The 24-year-old Wisconsin-Madison alum won a recent Wynn Classic $500 no-limit
Matt Kirby of Bemidji, Minn., won $40,070 in the Mid-States Poker Tour main event May 5-20 at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minn. Kirby held
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue on June 6 signed a law that allows the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which owns Harrah’s Cherokee near Asheville,
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