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PCA Action Includes UFC Champ and Poker Fan Tito Ortiz

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) welcomed a star from another sport yesterday in the form of MMA star and the former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz. Following the growing trend of sportspeople migrating from their...

Cepheus Computer Program Claims Unbeatable Heads Up Limit Texas Hold’em Skills

Meet Cepheus, the computer program that its creators believe has “solved” heads-up fixed-limit poker. Cepheus uses a new algorithm called CFT which, according to its creators at the University of Alberta in Canada, is able...

Paul Phua Not Involved in National Defense, Says Malaysian Official, as Defense Retracts Letter

Paul Phua, the millionaire businessman with a penchant for poker, can’t seem to decide how to play his hand at the moment; or at least, his legal defense team seems to be having second thoughts. In fact, after being...

PokerStars Signs Japan and India Team Pros in Trend Reversal

PokerStars has gone to the seemingly unlikely countries of Japan and India for its latest Team Pro recruits, and at a time when the trend has been to cut pros, not add them. The ever-surprising site announced the signing of two...

Colman Claims Three POY Titles, Raises Reliability Questions

Dan Colman, poker player and part-time political commentator, might divided opinion when he’s away from the felt, but when it came to naming 2014’s Player of the Year he was the only pro in the running. Owing to his...

Global Poker Masters Entices Top-Ranking GPI Players to Teams

The first-ever Global Poker Masters (GPM) has announced most of the participants for its debut event, using Global Poker Index (GPI)-rated players as its foundation for teams. The first team poker tournament is scheduled to...

WSOP Schedule for 2015 Includes Low-Stakes “Colossus” Tournament

The World Series of Poker has released the first details of its 2015 schedule, including the dates for the next edition of the world’s most popular tournament festival and some information about a few of the highest-profile...

Poker Pro Phil Gordon Raises Millions for New Startup Chatbox

Phil Gordon’s Seattle-based Tetrapod Software has attracted investors to the tune of $2.35 million for its soon-to-be released collaboration software product Chatbox. Seed investors include several tech-savvy experts,...

WSOP Pro Jonathan Aguiar Says Poker and Fantasy Sports Betting Skills Related

Jonathan Aguiar, the former professional poker player and WSOP bracelet holder, says people who play poker and those who enjoy fantasy sports betting have a lot in common. Aguiar recently hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA)...

Paul Phua Not Associated with 14K Triad, Claims Malaysian Official

Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player, is not a member of, and nor is he associated with, the notorious 14K Triad Hong Kong organized crime group, says one of Malaysia’s top politicians. The statement, from the...