The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open Championship Event came to a close on Wednesday night, with Ohio native Jake Bazeley winning the tournament to earn the $568,687 and the largest score of his live poker career. Bazeley topped a field of 766 entries in the $3,500 buy-in tournament and now boasts over $3.15 million in career live tournament earnings.

Several months after the trailer was released, ‘KidPoker' had its world premier on Thursday November 26th at the Toronto International Film Festival! The long-awaited documentary, produced by PokerStars and directed by Francine Watson, about everyone's favorite poker player Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu received some very positive feedback on, for example, Twitter right after the premier.

Season 8 of PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour concluded on the sunday night after five intensive days of play in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Two Brazilian players, Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins and Afonse Henrique, played heads-up for the title.

According to PokerStars Blog, Martins has over $5 million in online earnings, including a runner-up finish in the World Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2014.

The win of this year's LAPT Grand Final was by far his biggest live cash.

According to reports from local television stations KXII Channel 12 and KTEN Channel 10, 23-year-old Robert Carmona allegedly shot Victor Perez in the neck on Saturday evening after the pair fell out during the game in the small southern Oklahoma town of Sulphur.

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The gambling software company Playtech has announced it is scrapping its planned $698million of Plus500 because of problems with regulatory bodies.

Their $105million deal for AvaTrade also looks likely to be shelved after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was rumoured to be ‘anxious’ about Playtech’s founder and major shareholder, Teddy Sagi.

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The Spin & Go Anniversary celebration over at PokerStars crowned yet another millionaire last weekend after 'Koovoon’ from Canada outlasted two Russian players to win the $1 million prize.

It was one of the quickest Million Dollar Spin & Go games ever as it only lasted under 40 hands.

Previous winners have come from countries such as Brazil, England, Estonia, Germany, Australia and we can now add Canada to the list.

Sad news today in the poker world as PokerNews reports the death of Ellix Powers at age 62.

Powers was both a tragic figure and one of the more colorful characters of the boom years. His life was full of ups and – mostly – downs, and he spent much of it homeless and drug-addicted, but was by all accounts an excellent player of limit poker games “when he had his head on straight,” according to friend and fellow poker player Mike Millar.

The eGaming Review awards took place two days ago at the Honourable Artillery Company gardens in London with more than 700 industry professionals from the world's leading online gaming firms attending.

PokerStars and Full Tilt, owned by Amaya Inc, were among the finalists in the following categories: Operator of the Year - Amaya, Poker Operator - Full Tilt, Socially Responsible Operator - Amaya, Customer Service Operator - Amaya, Mobile poker product - Full Tilt, Mobile poker product - PokerStars. At the end of the night, PokerStars had won the ‘Poker Operator of the Year' award for the second consecutive year!

"Winning the ‘Poker Operator of the Year' award is a strong endorsement of our poker offering and a testament to the engaged and passionate PokerStars employees who dedicate themselves to delivering a high-quality, safe, and secure online poker experience," said Eric Hollreiser, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Amaya. "We're working hard to grow and build poker to ensure that we earn this award every year."

Profit for Atlantic City’s casino industry was up 61 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, state gaming regulators said this week.

A bill in Pennsylvania that would legalize and regulate state-licensed online poker sites was introduced and then read on the House floor Tuesday, less than a week after it cleared a committee, according to the Poker Players Alliance.