Only a couple of months after announcing his much-ballyhooed departure from PokerStars, French poker professional Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier has revealed his new online home. Beginning immediately, Grospellier will now don the patch of partypoker, the main rival of his old online home. “It is with great honor and pleasure that I can announce I’m joining… Read more »
In one of the longer final tables of the Season XVI schedule, Scott Margereson was able to vanquish Faraz Jaka to win his first major live tournament championship, the 2018 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, early on Thursday morning. Margereson, who was a fixture in the Top Ten since Day 2 of… Read more »
After missing out on being selected in the “blind draw” for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, former champion Rainer Kempe and high roller stalwarts Bryn Kenney and Fedor Holz have been selected to play in this year’s event. The “second round” selections by the host casino, ARIA Resort & Casino, and the broadcaster of… Read more »
Signaling the vibrancy of its online gaming industry, New Jersey was able to bank its biggest online “win” rate in its history in the month of March 2018. Over the 31 days of March, New Jersey’s citizens seemed to flock to the offerings from the casino operations in the state. For the month, the five… Read more »
In September 2016, poker pro Phil Galfond announced that he was going to start his own online poker room named after his poker training site, Run It Once. His idea was to build something that would cater to players of all types, that would focus on fairness, and that would be transparent. Since then, we… Read more »
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A new day is about to dawn for online poker. Okay, am I severely overselling it with that introductory sentence. But still, that WSOP.com and 888 Poker will be facilitating the merger of player pools of New Jersey with those of Delaware and Nevada in about two weeks is a pretty big deal. There are… Read more »
- WSOP Changes Player of the Year Formula
- 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Day 1B: Uri Kadosh Maintains Overall Lead, Record Field for Event
- 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Day 1A: Massive First Day Crowd Promises for Huge Field
- Women’s Poker Association Founded to Further Female Involvement in the Game
Poker Strategy
There are several things that make poker enjoyable. Sitting down with friends for a home game or even heading to your local casino to take on other players you know emphasizes the camaraderie of the game. The strategies and mindsets employed in playing the game help to keep your mental wits about you. Finally, there’s… Read more »
Online Poker
PokerStars Announces 2018 SCOOP Schedule
Not content in topping its rivals, PokerStars keeps wanting to top itself. Case in point: the 2018 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). This year’s edition of the exceedingly popular online poker series will feature $65 million in guaranteed prize pools, $10 million more than the guarantees from last year. Running May 6th through May… Read more »
PokerStars Rolls out Early Payout Tournaments
PokerStars continues to tweak its offerings, popping the cork on a new tournament feature. And when I say tweak, I mean just a little tweak. The new feature is the “Early Payout Tournament,” which is exactly what it appears to be from the name. In an Early Payout Tournament, every player remaining in the contest… Read more »
PokerStars Introduces Split Hold’em
PokerStars, not known for being shy about introducing new games, has given players yet another novel offering. So if you sit down at a Split Hold’em cash game table, don’t freak out thinking there is a glitch. What you are seeing is completely normal. Split Hold’em plays just like regular Texas Hold’em except for one… Read more »
Poker Players Alliance Fails in Fundraising Drive, Future in Doubt
After making a plea to its membership base for donations to continue their efforts, the future of the Poker Players Alliance is in doubt as those pleas apparently went unheard. In what has been a tumultuous few months for the Poker Players Alliance, the organization issued the call for donations as its leadership changed. In… Read more »
Poker Legislation
Florida Legislature Closes Door to Expansion of Gambling for at Least the Remainder of 2018
With a referendum regarding gambling in the state being held during the 2018 midterm elections, the Florida Legislature had a final shot to make any moves regarding the state’s gambling laws. Instead, the politicians in Tallahassee punted the subject down the road, ensuring that there would be no further changes to the state’s regulations at… Read more »
Nevada AG Hates Online Poker and is Running for Governor
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced Tuesday via Twitter that he had officially filed the paperwork to run for Governor this fall. That he has thrown his hat into the ring is significant because he is extremely anti-online poker. His stance on internet poker became known in late 2015, when he confirmed that he would… Read more »
Portugal Publishes Shared Liquidity Framework, Player Pools to Merge with Spain and France Soon
Just over a month since Spain and France merged their online poker player pools, Portugal is about to join them. On Friday, the Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), the country’s gaming regulatory body, published its technical standards framework for shared player liquidity. The next step is for Portuguese players to join Spanish… Read more »
Parx Casino to PA Gaming Control Board: One Skin Per Licensee
First reported by GamblingCompliance (paywall alert), the Parx Casino has written a letter to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), requesting that online gaming license holders only be allowed to have a single skin. The letter sums up the request as so: The Board should establish a limitation on the number of interactive gaming skins… Read more »
Poker Girls
Annie Duke’s “Thinking in Bets” – A Poker Book That’s Not Supposed to Be a Poker Book
Mention the name “Annie Duke” and you’ll get a polarizing response from most…
Women in Poker Hall of Fame Voting – One Writer’s Opinion
After a month of nominations from the poker community and a couple of…
Vanessa Rousso Enters Music Business, Leaving Poker?
Last Sunday saw the New England Patriots come from behind to defeat the…
Quartet of Women Professional Poker Players Earn Sponsorship Deals
In the current world of poker sponsorships, the well seems to be quite…
Gossip
Richard Branson, Partners Buy Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
One of the most flamboyant businessmen in the world, British mogul Richard Branson,…
Court Issues Decision in Borgata Claim Against Card Manufacturer in Phil Ivey Case
The Phil Ivey/Borgata case is one that has transfixed the poker and gaming…
PTP, GameIntel Report: CoinPoker Player Traffic is a Sham
A few weeks ago, one of the latest cryptocurrency-based online poker sites, CoinPoker,…
Poker tournaments
2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Set
It was a relatively short day at the 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida on Tuesday, but that was to be expected, as only eight players needed to be eliminated for the tournament to reach the six-handed final table. After six hours, that final table was determined with… Read more »
2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Day 3: Scott Margereson Amasses Gigantic Chip Lead
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is speeding to its conclusion, as Day 3 saw the field narrowed from 81 to just 14. Things will slow down a bit today, though, as the plan is to get rid of just eight players to set up the six-handed final table. One would… Read more »
Heartland Poker Tour Stop at Westgate Courts Controversy Over Alleged Buy-In Decision
The Heartland Poker Tour has a history as one of the most highly respected “mid-major” tournament circuits in the poker industry. It’s recent stop at the Westgate Las Vegas, however, has become mired in controversy over a decision regarding the buy-in for the tournament and the guarantee that was set. Making its first return to… Read more »
Arseniy Karmatskiy Rides Start of Day Chip Lead to Championship of EPT Sochi
After coming to the final table with a monstrous chip lead, Arseniy Karmatskiy completed the deal in becoming the first champion of the reborn European Poker Tour and winning the 2018 EPT Sochi Main Event in Russia this afternoon (U. S. time). Karmatskiy was a force on the felt through Day 5, dominating his opposition… Read more »
Site News
Responses Pour In On Full Tilt Poker License Revocation
The shockwaves of yesterday’s decision by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to revoke the e-gaming license of Full Tilt Poker continue to be felt across the poker world. Following the announcement of the decision by the AGCC – where the executive director of the organization, Andre Wilsenach, said that Full Tilt Poker “fundamentally misled… Read more »
PokerStars WCOOP 2011 Schedule Announced
As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” While the online poker industry has been attempting to weather a serious storm over the last few months, one constant still remains: the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The world’s largest online poker room (smaller, but still the largest)… Read more »
Tom Dwan Addresses $1 Million Promise
On April 19, four days after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the three major online poker rooms, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil Galfond turned to Twitter to try and calm the storm. The two poker superstars each guaranteed $1 million from their own pockets if PokerStars and Full Tilt didn’t pay back players, and… Read more »
Phil Gordon Dismissed from Full Tilt Poker Class-Action Lawsuit
After being included in a class-action lawsuit filed against Full Tilt Poker last month, Phil Gordon immediately went to work to clear his name from any illegal activity involving the embattled company. He hired Maurice Suh of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher of Los Angeles to press a civil suit filed by a group of poker… Read more »
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker
A class action lawsuit was filed against Full Tilt Poker in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, a move that could potentially delay the return of player funds following the tentative sale of the company to European investors. Plaintiffs Steve Segal, Nick Hammer, Robin Hougdahl, and Todd Terry filed the lawsuit against the… Read more »
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