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With the World Series of Poker right around the corner and less than two weeks away, all of the big tournaments series around the world are wrapping up their respective seasons.

Russia's Sergey Karjakin has won the 100,000 Norway chess tournament after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

THE Tasmanian Greens want $1 betting limits enforced as they renew their push for state-based poker machine reform when State Parliament resumes this week.

A South Carolina woman who admitted to gambling on video poker machines and losing money has filed a lawsuit to get her cash back.

The 2013 Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars began on May 12, which means play is well into the each 44-event schedule, which will feature a low, medium and high buy-in variant for each.

Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right, helping to illuminate some underlying mystery or impacting the way an entire field thinks.

In less than two weeks, the 2013 World Series of Poker gets under way, and to celebrate, PKR is offering PokerNews customers an exclusive WSOP Welcome package when they sign up for a new PKR account.

A FORMER Families and Youth Services district manager invented bogus identities of women to falsely claim on grants which she then squandered on poker machines, the District Court has heard.

After paying an $11 million advance to a struggling Atlantic City casino it intended to buy, the parent company of the world's largest online poker website was left with nothing for its troubles Friday when a judge ruled the casino had the right to scrap the deal.

Five people playing poker in a garage in the 2700 block of Oakwood Court were robbed shortly after midnight today by three men all armed with handguns, police reported.

After having a jeans day for the teachers to raise money for pediatric cancer patients, Krista Chapman and Amanda Vacchio, 6th grade math teachers at Kumpf Middle School, felt that their students should get involved in a service project as well.

It is held annually in the Norwegian capital. Jay Nordlinger's journal began yesterday, here .

While the first quarter of 2013 saw the lowest number of deals in the offshore region since Q1 2008, the offshore M&A market has performed better than the global average, according to a report released today by Appleby, one of the world's largest providers of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services.

In signing a heads of agreement to build a $402 million Auckland convention centre SkyCity has taken a bold gamble worthy of its most adventurous customers.

A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars in winnings by cheating at baccarat.

Devil beasts and fruit loops, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and game show hosts all made guest appearances in the Budget debate yesterday, but all found themselves upstaged by a humble fake mouse.

The leader of the Ho-Chunk Indian tribe says he'll fight the state's effort to close the poker room at the tribe's casino in Madison.

The 2013 Spring Championship of Online Poker has already seen a handful of events come to a close, and some notable champions have been crowned including Paul "paulgees81" Volpe , Benny "toweliestar" Spindler , Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro and Ana Marquez .

The City of Logan will be able to track purchases online and keep a closer eye on expenditures soon when it goes to the state's Visa Purchase Card Program.

This week we are looking at various aspects of the Stayman convention. What is the fewest number of points you need to use Stayman? Normally, responder will have at least enough points to invite game.