-- A Maryland poker professional won the World Series of Poker main event, outlasting his final opponents in a marathon card session of nearly 12 hou...

My goal was fairly modest: I wanted to enjoy as much of this experience as I could, so I ventured to survive until the end of Day 1, after which only 15 percent of the field would be left sitting.

LAS VEGAS -- For serious poker players, it's like Christmas and the Olympics combined. The World Series of Poker opened in Las Vegas Monday with it...

LAS VEGAS — A never-before-seen $1 million buy-in tournament at the World Series of Poker this year will generate the richest top prize in poker...

LAS VEGAS — Earlier this year, Pius Heinz was deciding whether to play cards full-time. Now that the 22-year-old German has won the $8.72 milli...

Hands are the biggest giveaway when collecting information on your opponents. Check to see if their hands are flat or arched in a ready-for-action position.

LAS VEGAS -- With only 20 minutes to go in Level 9, Paul Pierce made his exit from the WSOP main event. The NBA All-Star had been the attention of all...

A total of 2,181 players started play on Day 1C and after the end of Level 4, less than 1,300 have kept their dreams of a WSOP main event title alive....

A dream has become reality for Stow resident Joe Ebanks, who overcame a field of 474 players to win a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet - an...

Jason Mercier, the 23-year-old poker star, talks about his decision to go pro, his gamesmanship, and who his archrival is.

Like a swarm of crickets, that familiar sound of clicking poker chips fills the tournament room inside the Atlantic City Casino.

Tournament poker is also about big personalities. At the LAPT, the personalities are even bigger.

Paul Kitsos, a "morbidly obese" would-be World Series of Poker competitor, died during his flight to the tournament, according to the New York Post. T...

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