In the end, it was what the officials for Caesars Entertainment and the WSOP had billed it to be: the largest ever live tournament ever held. When the numbers were announced for “The Colossus” at the 2015 World Series of Poker this afternoon, it wasn’t surprising that it broke records but what was a stunner was the… Read more »
In what has been a frantic weekend around the tournament rooms of the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, the 2015 World Series of Poker – and its grand experiment, “The Colossus” – and its officials have been holding their breath regarding how well the tournament was received. From all appearances, the players came out… Read more »
In what was a crowded Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino tournament poker room(s) on Saturday, two tournaments at the 2015 World Series of Poker were supposed to play down to their champions. While Nick Petrangelo was able to take the Shootout gold, Jacob Dahl and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi were playing to… Read more »
If its “Colossus” tournament wasn’t enough for players and fans around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, the 2015 World Series of Poker had three other tournaments that might have captured someone’s fancy. In these tournaments, a player was denied a bracelet after dominating the final table, one of Hollywood’s elite will take on… Read more »
While its longtime counterpart is drawing a “colossus” amount of attention, the World Poker Tour is attempting to keeps its name in the lights. As the schedule of events plays out for the “other” major poker tour in Las Vegas, the WPT has announced a partial schedule of events for its National, DeepStacks, WPT500 and… Read more »
Preparing for its first big weekend on its seven week schedule, the 2015 World Series of Poker has plenty of action going around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino. Two tournaments will enter into their second days of play on Friday while “The Colossus” awaits for what could be the largest live poker tournament… Read more »
With surprisingly little fanfare (no celebrities or showgirls around for the “shuffle up and deal” announcement this year) the 2015 World Series of Poker is off and running. The first official bracelet of this summer’s grandest poker spectacle has been awarded and, in the second tournament on the schedule, there are 20 players that are… Read more »
In the world of business endorsements, there are wins and then there are WINS. Today’s news in the poker world qualifies for the later, ALL CAPS category. This morning, soccer megastar Cristiano Ronaldo announced via Twitter that he has joined Team PokerStars. PokerStars has confirmed the signing on its blog. Cristiano Ronaldo is considered by… Read more »
Today is the day. Opening day of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Poker players, their families, friends, and poker fans are flocking to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino just off the Las Vegas Strip for a month and a half of card playing madness. More than 60 bracelets will be awarded,… Read more »
The World Series of Poker is about to begin and later this year, a few people are going to be millions of dollars richer. In 2008, Ivan Demidov was to be one of those skilled and fortunate players, as he finished second to Peter Eastgate in the WSOP Main Event, the first time the world… Read more »
It was another down week for online poker cash games last week – the sixth straight – but it was oh, so close to a turnaround. With just a half percent drop in traffic, according to PokerScout.com, the industry nearly got a respite from its annual season slump. In its Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update,… Read more »
Famed nosebleed stakes player Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is not typically one to put himself in front of the camera. Fairly media shy, he tends to stick to the comfort of his computer, playing on the (somewhat) faceless virtual tables. But this Wednesday, May 27th, he will jump aboard the Twitch train, making his debut on… Read more »
This week marks the final full week in the life of WPTPoker.com, whose impending closure was announced last week. The World Poker Tour-branded site is one of seven member rooms on partypoker’s network. The death of WPTPoker marks what can only be described as a failed opportunity. It would almost seem a given that an… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker – and its 64 event schedule – set to begin next week, the players have completed essentially the first half of the tournament poker “season.” As players prepare to descend on the “Oasis in the Desert” two men, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Anthony Zinno, will be at the top of… Read more »
For many in the poker community (and especially the online side), the threats that Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz’s “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (RAWA) bring to the table have been enumerated many times. Now it has been proposed that not only would RAWA ban online gaming and poker on the federal level in the United… Read more »
PennLive.com, the online presence of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-area newspaper, The Patriot-News, reported Wednesday morning that a new poll reveals that Pennsylvanians are in favor of online gaming legalization. The poll was conducted last week by Harrisburg lobbying and PR firm The Bravo Group and covered responses provided by 769 of the state’s registered voters. The… Read more »
Online gaming firm bwin.party may have had a rough few years financially, but that certainly is not stopping its rivals from lining up to ask for its hand. This week, bwin.party has acknowledged not one, but two takeover bids that would consolidate the top of the online poker market. On Monday, the company announced that… Read more »
In the “old days,” it wasn’t something you had to worry about. Poker, in a live setting, was usually about players getting a “read” on how their opposition is playing, adjusting their style of play to maximize their profits and “changing gears” at the right times between aggression and passivity. Some might even resort to… Read more »
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is seven days into its fortnight of tournaments and Jason Mercier has been the dominant force of the event so far. It isn’t just No Limit Texas Hold’em that Mercier has been showing his proclivities but a wide array of games. On back-to-back days last week, one… Read more »
In March, an odd bill was introduced into the Nevada State Assembly; it listed no sponsor, but was said to have been backed by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and its CEO, Sheldon Adelson. AB 414 aimed to restrict any interstate online gaming compacts to only internet poker, keeping Nevada out of any partnerships that… Read more »
Part of the beauty of poker is that on any given day, the most amateur of amateurs can beat the best professionals in the world. To those unfamiliar with the game, that may sound ridiculous; how can a “sport” be at all attractive when the least skilled players can win? Well, that is, in fact,… Read more »
Now well into their second year of operation, the revenues for the online gaming industry in New Jersey are still presenting a mixed bag of results. In some areas, the industry seems to be performing strongly while in others the numbers just don’t seem to be coming to the game. April brought an increase in… Read more »
In an op/ed piece in a major California newspaper, one of the leaders of the multitude of Indian tribes in the state comes out as an advocate for consumers and players in the ongoing debate over online poker. In the San Diego Union-Times Bo Mazzetti, the chairman of the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians (which… Read more »
The Global Poker Index, under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Dreyfus, has in three short years become the predominant authority on the game of poker. As such, it isn’t surprising that the GPI and the preeminent tournament festival, the World Series of Poker, have joined forces in a multi-year deal to tabulate… Read more »
According to the New York Daily News’ Kenneth Lovett, Democrats in the New York Legislature are advising their brethren that represent the state in Congress to stand against the proposed bill that would federally outlaw online gaming and poker in the U. S. Five Democrats – New York State Senators Diane Savino, Tony Avella, David… Read more »
