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For our poker players, 08/08/08 is the most important date in Chicago’s gambling history. Why? That’s when the Horseshoe Casino opened. Just over the Illinois

For our poker players, 08/08/08 is the most important date in Chicago’s gambling history. Why? That’s when the Horseshoe Casino opened. Just over the Illinois

By Christopher Cosenza The demise of Atlantic City poker was greatly exaggerated, and extremely premature. We ventured to America’s Funland to see just how things

Better late than never is the old adage. That was the case for this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival Texas Hold’em Tournament. The tournament originally scheduled

As August brings the sultry weather, poker rooms across Oklahoma turn up the poker fire. Many state residents and poker players, however, will find a way to cool down in the comfortable poker atmosphere at three locations. The poker heat wave begins with Firelake Grand Casino’s MDA Celebrity tournament on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. […]

Maybe you’ve heard of World of Warcraft, but if you haven’t, humor me for a minute. It’s what’s known as an MMORPG (stick with me),

As poker continues to grow in popularity there has been a serious absence of Spanish-language TV poker programming in America.The Latino Poker Series has stepped

Las Vegas offers more than 50 poker rooms of all shapes and sizes. Some are as small as two tables and others are as large

Life-changing money from a bad-beat jackpot can be won at any time, on any hand, in any poker room in the state. For two Texas

By Todd Lamansky Every summer thousands of poker players flock to the Rio in hopes of winning a coveted bracelet, but the World Series of

By Scotty Rushing The L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles and the Hollywood Casino in Baton Rouge have completed the construction of their



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