After being shut down due to a raid by law enforcement earlier this year, there were questions as to whether Houston’s Prime Social Poker Club would ever reopen. Those questions have now been answered as the owners of the membership only poker club have stated they will reopen in September. September 5 Official Date for… Read more »
Back in 2013, after three states – Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – passed online gaming and poker regulations, it was thought that there would be a “gold rush” for other states to get their intra-state industries established. In the more than six years since then, there have been relatively few states who have entered… Read more »
A poker professional who routinely crisscrosses the States of America and the tournament poker circuit will have plenty of opportunities to meet and socialize with the people of this country (and, in some cases, the world). One of those poker pros allegedly took it a bit farther than that, bilking fellow travelers out of thousands… Read more »
Poker tournaments, and their specific Player of the Year races, haven’t usually gone the natural route of having a title sponsor. Unlike their tournament brethren in golf (which seems to have a sponsor for every tournament it runs), poker runs off the monies generated by the players themselves. Poker Central is looking to change that,… Read more »
The Chinese government is not known to be the most forgiving. A soft touch it does not have. In its crosshairs at the moment is online gambling and more specifically, online gambling sites based in the neighboring Philippines. Last week, the Chinese Embassy issued a lengthy statement on the problems it has with such sites.… Read more »
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The Encore Boston Harbor casino opened less than two months ago, but its impact is already being felt in the region. And that impact is not always a positive one. According to reports, both regional casino competitors and local restaurants have experienced struggles since the Wynn Resorts property cut the ribbon. Ripples felt an hour… Read more »
Poker Strategy
If you are any type of tournament poker player, then you’ve been in this position. You’ve taken your starting stack and built it up nicely, maybe doubled it or more. You’ve been in the position normally where you’ve been the chip leader at your table and have been dictating the play. But now your table… Read more »
Online Poker
Sports Betting Push Knocks Poker Down The Stars Group Hierarchy
The Stars Group, parent company of PokerStars, reported its second quarter results this week. In what the poker world is wondering if it is a sign to come, the percentage of poker as a portion of revenue compared to the rest of the company sharply decreased. Sports betting took over as the top vertical in… Read more »
PokerStars Testing All-in Cash Out Tables on .NET Platform
It is not often that we write about PokerStars.net on this site, as PokerStars.net is for play money only and really, who cares about play money poker?* Recently, though, PokerStars.net pushed a software update that added something called All-in Cash Out tables to its cash game lobby as a way to test them for possible… Read more »
Partypoker to Test Real Names at Cash Game Tables
In a decision that goes contrary to the move toward anonymous tables at many online poker sites, partypoker recently announced that it will allow players to use their real names at cash game tables. ….the chance to build more of a community feel around the tables. The brief mention in a longer blog post that… Read more »
PokerStars Changes Some Cash Tables Back to Traditional Lobby Format in Italy
A year ago, PokerStars extended its “Seat Me” experiment to its Italian site, PokerStars.it after previously implementing it in France, Spain, and Portugal. Last week, the world’s largest online poker room reverted a few of its tables back to “normal” on a trial basis, allowing players to table select like they used to. Blind Lobby… Read more »
Poker Legislation
Chicago City Hall Seeks Public Input on Casino Location with Online Survey
When locations are chosen for major city landmarks like a new stadium or casino, it is usually government officials and consultants that make the decisions. As the process starts to decide where Chicago’s first casino is going to be built, consultants and politicians are certainly going to make most of the decisions and have the… Read more »
New Swiss Online Gambling Law in Effect, Foreign Operators Barred
A little over a year ago, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law – by about a 3-to-1 margin – that banned online gambling operators from outside of the country. That law is now in effect, with only the country’s casinos as the ones who are permitted to be licensed. Even though 73 percent of those… Read more »
Iowa Legalizes Sports Betting
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 617 into law on Monday, legalizing sports betting in the state. Though the law is effective immediately, no sports betting is available yet, as the regulations still need to be hammered out. “Gov. Reynolds believes that legalizing sports betting will bring this practice out of an unregulated black… Read more »
North Carolina Legislature, Governor Legalize Charitable “Casino Nights”
It seems that the tide is turning in one of the more conservative areas of the country when it comes to gambling. The North Carolina General Assembly, while it weighs whether it will open for sports betting in the state, has hit the green light for charitable “casino nights” in the state. This action will… 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’s Poker Association Founded to Further Female Involvement in the Game
While poker has long been a tremendously popular game that spans all ages…
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…
Gossip
Lawsuits Against Two Houston Poker Clubs Dropped
The Harris County (Texas) attorney dropped civil suits against Houston’s Prime Social Poker…
WSOP-E Champion Barry Shulman Sounds Off on Nick Marchington Controversy
While the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event may have concluded about…
Poker Pro Gavin Griffin Rebukes Backers in Nick Marchington Staking Saga
In an op-ed posted on CardPlayer.com, professional poker player Gavin Griffin says that…
Poker tournaments
Incorrect Player Count on Tournament Money Bubble Rankles Players
Players in a poker tournament were angered when they played several hands thinking they had made the money only to find out they were on the bubble. Read more »
2019 WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event Day 3: Eric Hicks Wants That Car
The money bubble burst at the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Festival Main Event on Tuesday as the field was trimmed from 54 players all the way to 11 heading into Day 4. Eric Hicks will enter Wednesday as the chip leader with 3.060 million, the only player to have eclipsed the 3… Read more »
2019 WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event Day 2: Lior Orel Eclipses 1 Million Chips
There were probably a few poker players that had trouble sleeping last night in the Los Angeles area, as Day 2 finished up in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Festival Main Event just seven spots away from the money. I know if I was a short stack, I would have been tossing and… Read more »
WPT Season XVIII Underway as WPT Gardens Poker Festival Readies for Day 2
The 2019 World Series of Poker may have ended less than a week ago and it may feel like it’s time for poker players to take a breather and relax, but the poker calendar waits for no one. The first World Poker Tour event of the new season – the WPT Gardens Poker Festival –… 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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