
Q&A with poker pro Antonio Esfandiari
For years, Antonio Esfandiari has been an A-lister in the poker world, but after winning the largest poker prize in history at last year’s World

For years, Antonio Esfandiari has been an A-lister in the poker world, but after winning the largest poker prize in history at last year’s World

By Christopher Cosenza When it comes to charity poker tournaments, few can rival the Deep Stack Charity Classic, which returns for its fifth year on

The former CEO of Full Tilt, Ray Bitar, has settled with U.S. federal prosecutors, pleading to two of nine felony charges. He will forfeit about

Cory Cove, better known as “Sludge” on KFAN Sports Radio’s The Power Trip, won the top prize of $47,490 in the Spring Poker Classic Main

Tournament players in Ohio are starting to get some prime-time action and weekly $10K-plus first-prize opportunities. Cleveland and Columbus have joined Toledo in the offering

The Mid-States Poker Tour returned to Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa, in early April, attracting 342 players to surpass the $300K guarantee. It

With the growing popularity of pot-limit Omaha, Motor City Casino has started spreading a $2-$5 NLHE-PLO round-by-round game on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. The poker

March proved to be a busy month in Wisconsin. On March 9, a nearly $150K bad-beat jackpot was hit at a $1-$2 no-limit hold’em cash

When Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event a decade ago, limit hold’em was Chicagoland’s most popular game and the Midwest’s busiest

It’s the end of an era as Stan Strickland has resigned as Borgata’s director of poker. After seven years, Strickland quit managing the 85-table poker



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