The tournament this year runs through July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, off the Las Vegas Strip. It features different poker variations, with buy-ins for the events ranging from $400 ...

Poker is having a moment. Tournament entries are up across the board, headlined by last summer’s World Series of Poker breaking all records, including drawing a staggering 10,112 players into ...

Background: A logger from rural Maryland, Moon qualified for the main event by winning a satellite game at a West Virginia casino. He had never been on a commercial jet airplane, let alone visited ...

Tens of thousands of professional and amateur poker players go on a pilgrimage to Las Vegas every summer in hopes of returning home richer, owning a gold bracelet and having considerable bragging r… ...

At the World Series of Poker — now marking its 50th edition — everything is possible. "The beauty of poker is anyone can enter and anyone can win," said Ty Stewart, the series' executive director.