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One of the hot topics over the past few days was the victory on Tuesday by Bryan "badbeatninja" Devonshire at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Championship at Harrah's Rincon in San Diego. Read more »

In a recent press release, poker training innovators DeepStacks Live announced a newly minted partnership with popular media provider PokerRoad. Under the terms of the deal, PokerRoad will serve as the official media partner of DeepStacks Live and DeepStacks University. Read more »

In breaking news from the world of poker training, StoxPoker, which has been hit with a swarm of controversy surrounding its coaching staff, will merge with CardRunners on May 1st. Read more »

On March 6th, four armed gunmen stormed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event and attacked the tournament's registration area. On Sunday, the alleged mastermind behind the rare casino attack was taken into custody. Read more »

Anticipation is building for the upcoming finale to the sixth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT). The Grand Final will be held from April 25th to 30th in the glamorous Mediterranean resort city of Monte Carlo. Read more »

Just like many people around the world, poker players leapt at the chance to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Wednesday. Whether it was pulling up a chair for some poker or pulling up a bar stool to tip a few, poker's best kept up its end by celebrating well. Read more »

A second suspect is behind bars charged with taking part in the high-stakes robbery of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event two weeks ago. The second arrest came after the first assailant, 21 years of age, turned himself in to police on Monday. Read more »

It's not Time Magazine, but given the history of celebrity appearances on its cover, getting one's face on the front of Cigar Aficionado is quite an accomplishment. Read more »

One of the most popular celebrity poker tournaments in Las Vegas will be making its return in April, with a host of top professional poker players and celebrities turning out. Read more »

It was announced on Friday that WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada would be sponsored by Shodown Couture, a clothing company that features apparel themed around the poker lifestyle. Read more »

Daniel Negreanu is always among the first in line to provoke poker brat Phil Hellmuth. The PokerStars Team Pro took another hearty shot at Hellmuth this week, making Hellmuth a rather humorous offer for the upcoming WSOP Player's Championship. Read more »

After the conclusion of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas, players quickly moved the action to San Jose for the always popular World Poker Tour stop at Bay 101. Prior to the start of the event, Daniel Negreanu decided he wanted to cross-book his action with online phenomenon Tom "Durrrr" Dwan. Read more »

The world of poker is dominated by men for the most part, but there are women who have made their mark on the felt. On many a poker forum, there is a debate as to who the "hottest" poker player in the game is – and that debate goes for the men in the game as well as the ladies. Read more »

Tuesday, ESPN.com released the March version of "The Nuts," its ranking of the top ten poker players in the world. The list does not simply rank the best living players, but rather aims to determine who is currently playing the best poker. Read more »

A German national residing in Naples, Florida was arrested last month for running online gambling payment processing businesses out of his home. According to the criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 29-year old Michael Olaf Schuett "did knowingly conduct, control, manage, supervise, direct and own an unlicensed money transmitting business." Read more »

Earlier this week during the taping of "Poker2Nite" for the Versus network, host Joe Sebok and recent World Poker Tour (WPT) Invitational final table player Trishelle Cannatella apparently had quite the argument, which ended with Cannatella storming off the set of the show. Read more »

Early reports that The International Federation of Poker (IFP) would be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) may have been misguided, according to the Poker Black Belt Blog. Read more »

Not all the interesting news in the world of poker occurs at the tables or in the halls of government. Sometimes, it is simply people themselves that catch our attention. Case in point: the budding romance between Team Full Tilt member Erick Lindgren and fellow pro Erica Schoenberg. Read more »

Last weekend, poker players were torn between performing their jobs on the felt and following the end of the Winter Olympics. Of particular interest to many was the gold medal hockey game between the favored Canadian national team and the upstart Team USA. Read more »

The International Federation of Poker will be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association in April. This means that poker will join a list of games including Chess, Bridge and Go as an official game of skill, according to Bluff Magazine Europe. Read more »

Why tattoo the face of one fellow poker player on your body when you can tattoo two? UB.com pro Joe Sebok will ask himself that question after losing a last longer prop bet during the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic on Friday. Read more »

It's that time of the week when Poker News Daily spans the Twitterverse to bring you the best Tweets from poker players. Whatever they may be doing, the professionals who take the time to update their followers on Twitter are sometimes amusing, but always informative. Read more »

FullTiltPoker.net will be one of the sponsors of the Kandy Masquerade, a sexy costume ball whose proceeds will benefit the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA). This will be the second annual production of the Kandy Masquerade. Read more »