Becoming a World Poker Tour (WPT) champion is a wonderful accomplishment. Having the specific feat be a first in poker history is even cooler. On Tuesday, David Tang won the WPT Australia Main Event, the first main tour stop in Australia in the WPT’s illustrious history. The total field was 710 players, generating a prize… Read more »
Millions still there for the taking The 2022 WSOP Online on GGPoker is down to the end, with just the $5,000 Main Event as the last bracelet event still to be completed. The tournament will play out its final table on Tuesday, as just nine players remain, all vying for the $2.8 million first prize.… Read more »
The online crusher crushed yet again. On Tuesday, Simon Mattsson went into the final table of the 2022 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker as the chip leader and finished as the only one with chips, winning nearly $2.8 million and an official World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Mattsson, who is best known by… Read more »
Josh Reichard won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Council Bluffs $1,700 Main Event on Monday, earning the 13th gold ring of his tournament career. The win elevates him to second place on the all-time ring list by himself, breaking a tie with Valentin Vornicu. Reichard now sits just one ring behind Maurice Hawkins.… Read more »
Frustrating day for everyone involved PokerStars was the victim of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack on Sunday, forcing it to cancel a slew of tournaments, including all six Main Events of the 2022 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Sunday is normally the hottest day of week for online poker tournaments and with the WCOOP… Read more »
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Despite sacrificing attention on their tournaments with an announcement that could have been made prior to the start of the event, the 2022 Poker Masters has rolled onward through this weekend. Three tournaments of the twelve on the schedule are now complete and the battle is on for the Purple Jacket. In the trio of… Read more »
- Ali Imsirovic, Jake Schindler Suspended from PokerGO Tour Events for Remainder of 2022
- 2022 Poker Masters Underway, Jeremy Ausmus Heads Event #1 Final Table
- Popular Twitch Streamers Pokimane, Mizkif Threaten to Boycott in Wake of $300,000 Gambling Scam
- Paul Zappulla Takes Down Event #10 of Stairway to Millions II, Final Two Tournaments CANCELED
Poker Strategy
One of the best things about poker, especially in the 21st century, is the ways that you can discuss the game. It used to be that you would only have one or two people who might grasp what you were talking about with the game of poker. In the 21st century (and with the advent… Read more »
Online Poker
Twitch Bans Unregulated Online Casinos From Gambling Streams, Poker Unaffected
Life comes at you fast. Just days after some of the most popular Twitch streamers threatened to boycott the site if it didn’t ban gambling streams, Twitch announced that it will do just that, at least somewhat. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Twitch said it will soon “prohibit streaming of gambling sites that include… Read more »
BetMGM Poker State Championships Get Started This Week
Over $2 million in guarantees September is busy enough right now with online poker tournament series, so let’s get busier. On Thursday, the BetMGM Poker State Championships get underway, running through September 25th. For that week and a half, there will be 26 events running simultaneously in each state where BetMGM has a site: New… Read more »
PokerStars 2022 US COOP Tournament Series Kickoff This Weekend in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is well underway, but that does little for players in the United States, as they are shut out of the global poker network. Fortunately for PokerStars customers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey, the US Championship of Online Poker (US COOP) has returned and kicks off this… Read more »
2022 PokerStars WCOOP Underway, Simon Mattsson Finally Nabs a Title
Every day will be hectic The 2022 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got underway over the weekend, the beginning of about a month of tournaments and $85 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series has a three-tiered buy-in structure as always, with low, medium, and high buy-ins for each event, bringing the total… Read more »
Poker Legislation
Sports Betting Going in Different Directions in California, Missouri
Since 2018, sports betting has taken off across the States of America. The ability to bet on sports, either online or live, has energized fans of all sports and helped the coffers of different states. Two states, however, are heading in two completely different directions regarding the dicey subject. California Maybe… The state of California… Read more »
Stacey Abrams Has Gambling Expansion in Her Economic Plan in Georgia Should She Become Governor
Attempt to bolster scholarship programs Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams recently unveiled her economic plan, should she become the state’s chief executive. Included in that plan: substantial gambling expansion. Abrams said she is in favor of legislation that legalize both casino gambling and sports betting. Currently, the only legal gambling in Georgia is the… Read more »
American Gaming Association Calls for Feds to Go After “Unregulated” Operations
Online gaming has been a part of the lexicon for the past 25 years. The American Gaming Association (AGA), the lobbying group for the American casino market, has had several different stances regarding online gaming over that time span. In a letter to the U. S. Department of Justice last week, the AGA has once… Read more »
New Ontario Online Gaming Laws Take Effect Monday
Beginning Monday, the online gaming world will be set to change in the Canadian province of Ontario. While the rest of the country will be able to partake of various offshore online gaming offerings, Ontarians will be reckoning with new laws intended to rein in the online gaming industry in the province. The initial result… Read more »
Poker Girls
Public Nominations Open for Women in Poker Hall of Fame
There have been many things impacted by the issues over the past few…
Kristen Bicknell and partypoker End Sponsorship Deal
There was a day when poker sponsorships were handed out like coupons for…
Xuan Liu Tells Her Tale of Life as a Poker Professional
Everyone thinks that the life of a professional poker player is all bright…
Maria Konnikova’s “The Biggest Bluff” Excellent for Your Mindset, Poker and Otherwise
There are several segments of the poker literary genre if you look at…
Gossip
Black Woman Suing Bank for Not Allowing Her to Deposit Casino Winnings
Big win turned sour What would you do if a bank refused to…
Is the Negreanu/Hellmuth “High Roller Challenge” Kaput?
Back when they were battling it out in a new format, Phil Hellmuth…
2022 WSOP Main Event Champ Espen Jorstad Denies Alex Theologis’ Claim That They Agreed to a 3% Swap
Note: This article was originally published 8/30/22, but technical issues required it to…
Poker tournaments
PokerStars to Award First Live PSPC Platinum Pass in the US at Maryland Live! Casino
Get to Maryland Four years after its debut, the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) is finally set to make its return to the poker calendar in January 2023 at the Baha Mar hotel in the Bahamas. A big part of the hype for the first edition and, subsequently, the upcoming one, is the… Read more »
Michael Rocco Wins Event #9 of Stairway to Millions II as Numbers Plunge
There’s no way to sugarcoat this – the Stairway to Millions II is NOT doing very well. Event #9 of the Stairway to Millions II at The Venetian in Las Vegas had everything going for it. A $10,000 buy in tournament, a two-day schedule (meaning plenty of time for play), and the opportunity to earn… Read more »
Andre Butler Denies Michael Wang a Three-Peat, Wins Event #8 of Stairway to Millions II
It started off with Michael Wang, who already has two Stairway to Millions II trophies on his mantle, leading the way. Wang would not be around in the end, however, as Andre Butler defeated previous STM II victor Francis Anderson from picking up his second victory of the series. With the win, Butler captured a… Read more »
Michael Wang Dominating as Stairway to Millions II Enters Final Events
The Stairway to Millions II has been in action for the past week at The Venetian in Las Vegas (although the players don’t seem to have noticed…more on this momentarily), but there has been a breakout star. Michael Wang won back-to-back tournaments on the Stairway to Millions II schedule, raking in some decent coin on… 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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