The shootout events at the World Series of Poker continue to grow in popularity, primarily due to the fact online poker players engage in single-table tournaments all the time. To win Event 22, the $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em shootout, which attracted a young field of 999 players, a player would need to win three single-table [...]

Growing up in Dallas in the ’20s and ’30s, the hard-living son of a fiery Baptist preacher, Joe Boyd couldn’t save himself, much less anyone else.
He ran with one of the city’s street gangs, which authorities curiously coordinated into football teams. The results weren’t exactly YMCA material. Players managed to hold off drinking until [...]

Lenders are moving to seize control of a key piece of real estate on the Las Vegas Strip after plans fell through for an Elvis Presley-themed casino resort there.
Three first-lien lenders filed a lawsuit Friday in Clark County District Court against entities controlled by FX Real Estate and Entertainment Inc. of New York, [...]

Despite the distraction of the ongoing World Series of Poker, Patrik Antonius and Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan managed to get it together for a significant session of over 4 500 hands this week, with some massive pots changing hands.
In 15 hours of non-stop multi-table online action the two went at it, with 13 pots over $200 [...]