Blitzing through a field highly reminiscent of 2019, Matt ‘Bodeyster’ Bode grabbed his first WSOP bracelet in winning the $500 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo event in slightly more than six hours last night. Finishing off the fourth event of the WSOP.com leg of the 2020 online WSOP, Bode was able to pick up just… Read more »
The online WSOP for 2020 is entering its first weekend and it isn’t wasting any time. Two more bracelets have been awarded over the past couple days on the New Jersey and Nevada based WSOP.com. It all leads to what is expected to be a big first weekend of action for the 2020 event. Louis… Read more »
Last week, one of the more anticipated books of 2020 about the world of poker hit the bookshelves (both virtual and physical) around the world. Psychologist Maria Konnikova’s The Biggest Bluff, her tale of her journey through the world of tournament poker as the protegee of Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel, has been greatly… Read more »
At 3PM Wednesday afternoon Eastern Daylight Savings Time, the “online World Series of Poker” took off on its inaugural flight. For the next 68 days, the eyes of the poker world…well, let’s be honest, it is something that nobody has any clue about whether people will watch or even care. What we do know is… Read more »
Casinos allegedly skirting pandemic regulations As COVID-19 cases rise dramatically across the United States, taking proper care to be clean and safe is of the utmost importance. The Culinary Local 226 union in Las Vegas does not believe some casino properties are being responsible in the face of the health crisis and have sued several… Read more »
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It’s still the WSOP, I guess? Over the last decade and a half, I have often started these types of articles with something like, “It’s that time of year again,” but this year is not exactly like years past. So while the World Series of Poker starts today, a day that would normally be the… Read more »
- Borgata to Stay Closed as New Jersey Governor Extends Indoor Dining Ban
- Boyd Gaming to Reopen Properties in Pennsylvania, Illinois
- World Series of Poker, GGPoker Announce Schedule for Their Segment of Online WSOP
- Motley Fool Issues Scathing Indictment of Decision to Reopen Las Vegas and Nevada Casinos
Poker Strategy
With the number of people that have been flooding back to the online world due to the shutdown of live poker, there are some old arguments that have come to the fore once again. There’s plenty of people talking about how “online poker is rigged” or that there is a “doom switch” for those who… Read more »
Online Poker
GGPoker to Use Players’ Real Names at World Series of Poker Online Final Tables
PocketRocketsAA420 won’t win a bracelet If this was any other year, we would be firmly in the midst of the World Series of Poker right now. But alas, the COVID-19 pandemic is raging and the live WSOP in Las Vegas has been postponed. In its place is the World Series of Poker Online, to be… Read more »
PokerStars Introduces Stadium Series
When I saw the e-mail from PokerStars on Monday about a new tournament series called the Stadium Series, I raised an eyebrow (let’s pretend I can), intrigued that the poker room was launching a new live tournament event. After all, it’s called the Stadium Series. Thankfully, since we are in the midst of a pandemic,… Read more »
PokerStars Adds Mobile Option to Home Games
During the coronavirus pandemic, we have done almost everything from home. For many, one of those activities has been poker. Live poker rooms have only just started to reopen in the last few weeks, so even now there is not much opportunity to go play poker with other people in person. And hell, I wouldn’t… Read more »
partypoker Changes Cash Game Leaderboards Once Again
Now featuring daily leaderboards In March, I wrote the following: “I would suspect that partypoker is eventually going to settle on a structure for its Cash Game Leaderboards and stick with it for a while….” I guess “a while” means about three months, as partypoker has reworked its cash game leaderboards once again (I’ve made… Read more »
Poker Legislation
California Looks to License Sports Betting – But Old Grudges Die Hard
For more than a decade, the state of California has looked at regulating online poker. The three major players in the gaming industry in the state – the powerful Indian casinos, the equally strong poker rooms and the major horse racing facilities – have long had animosities against each other. Those old grudges have raised… Read more »
Nevada Gaming Control Board Establishes Minimum Standards for Reopening Casinos
After nearly two months of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting quarantine, the Nevada Gaming Control Board has come out with minimum standards to allow for the reopening of casinos in the state. In some cases, the standards will be extreme in that it will not allow for the usual “fanfare” that… Read more »
Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Online Gaming and Poker Discussion in Kentucky to a Halt
Just after the beginning of the year, the Commonwealth of Kentucky was moving forward with discussions regarding online gaming and poker in the state. It had been an abrupt turn for the state from its previous approaches to the controversial subject. Unfortunately, however, the discussion of online poker and gaming has been derailed by something… Read more »
Chamber of Commerce, Gaming Companies Lobbying Extensively in Kentucky for Online Poker and DFS
While people continue to watch hotspots like California, Florida, or Texas as the next breakthrough in online casino gaming, daily fantasy sports (DFS) and online poker, the real state to watch may be Kentucky. Plenty of online gaming organizations are putting their efforts into lobbying legislators in the Bluegrass State, only trailing the Kentucky Chamber… Read more »
Poker Girls
“Poker Queens” At It’s Best When It Leaves the Tracks
At the current time, the poker world has ground to a halt. This…
Amanda Botfeld’s “A Girl’s Guide to Poker” Witty and Informative Introduction to Poker
There are plenty of poker books out there that offer instruction on the…
New Documentary “Poker Queens” To Focus on Women of the Game
There are plenty of ways to tell a story in the world of…
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…
Gossip
Two North Las Vegas Casinos to Remain Closed Until 2021
Casinos ask for licensing pause With casinos continuing to reopen across the United…
Nevada Gaming Control Board Mandates Mask at “Unshielded” Poker Tables
In a third amendment to the policies they established for the reopening of…
New York-New York Casino Robbery Details Reveal How Police Caught the Suspect So Easily
Last Thursday night, the wee morning hours of June 11, a man robbed…
Poker tournaments
Venetian Poker Room to Hold First Multi-Table Tournaments in Las Vegas Since Shutdown
Breaking the seal Though the coronavirus pandemic has been a boon to online poker (silver lining of the crisis, I suppose), it has devasted live poker. For two months, there was no live poker anywhere in the United States, as some poker rooms have final begun reopening in recent weeks. But the few poker rooms… Read more »
85 Bracelets to Be Had in World Series of Poker Online Events
Same bracelets, different venue In an alternate timeline, likely created if George McFly knocked Biff Tannen on ass, since we are clearly now in the timeline in which Biff won, the 2020 World Series of Poker would be in full swing right now. But alas, In Loving Memory George Douglas McFly. The massive convention halls… Read more »
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom Wins Third SHRB Title on partypoker
As I have probably written before, while this coronavirus pandemic is awful, it does come with its silver linings. For us in the poker world, one such silver lining has been the increase in online poker traffic and, in turn, the explosion of online tournament series. Much of the talk has surrounded the sheer size… Read more »
Florida’s Derby Lane Poker Room to Have First Poker Tournament Post COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting shutdown of society has resulted in changes across the board. Poker, on a live basis in a casino or card room, has been closed for the last two months. Now, as rooms and casinos are beginning to open, one segment of the game – tournament poker – is slowly beginning… 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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