Editorials by our staff members
While everyone might think it is so, being a “poker journalist” (and there’s a great deal of debate over that title – many just want to say they’re a “blogger,” a “columnist” or an editorial writer) isn’t the easiest way to make a living. The hours can be lengthy, especially for those that cover tournaments… Read more »
The online poker industry has reached a point, a crossroads if you will, and there is a decision to be made. Should the online poker rooms continue to cater to those who occupy many of their tables, grinding out a nominal win rate and build enough specialty points to earn treats from those said rooms?… Read more »
Recently the Poker Hall of Fame announced that Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen would be the 2016 inductees into poker’s version of Mount Olympus. Many in the poker community were a bit surprised (and that is putting it mildly in some cases) that Brunson earned enough votes for induction, citing his lack of tournament success… Read more »
We’ve hit the doldrums of the post-World Series of Poker season and many have used the break to recharge their batteries. Some players will be heading back to the tables when the tournament schedule cranks into full swing in August but others, even though they are highly successful, will step back and not play quite… Read more »
The Global Poker League is in a hiatus at this time, taking a break after finishing the first half of their inaugural season and their “Summer Series” during the run of the World Series of Poker. It’s certainly been an interesting run so far for GPL creator Alex Dreyfus’ pet program and it has seen… Read more »
As pointed out by my colleague Dan Katz a couple of weeks ago, the Poker Hall of Fame has opened up the nomination process for their 2016 ceremonies. Over the next couple of months, fans will be able to nominate one person that they feel is worthy of induction into the hallowed (yet still-unbuilt) halls… Read more »
Since 2006, when Congress passed in the United States the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), there has been a drive to pass regulations allowing for the operation of online casinos and poker. For several years, there wasn’t a great rush to enact these laws because, hey, pretty much everyone was still doing what they… Read more »
To this point, the 2016 World Series of Poker has been rather peaceful. By that I mean that there haven’t been any great outrages over the blinds, the payout schedule, the way the tournaments are conducted, the quality of the cards in use…you know, the things that poker players tend to complain about loudly. About… Read more »
For the past four days I, like many in the poker community, have been watching with great interest the second incarnation of the Super High Roller Bowl. The 2016 version, broadcast “live” (on a one-hour delay) from Aria in Las Vegas, was an intense battle between 49 of the best (or deepest-pocketed) pros that are… Read more »
When grown men – and women as well – are playing games as a profession, there is some argument that they have never grown up. Those that are paid extremely well in professional basketball, football, baseball and other sports often seem as if they haven’t gotten beyond puberty sometimes in their actions outside of their… Read more »
On Wednesday, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz took his – and donor Sheldon Adelson’s – pet project, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act of 2015 (or “RAWA” as it has derisively become known as), in front of the main stage of a House committee in Washington, D. C. That hearing, in front of the House Committee… Read more »
Coming up on its second anniversary, the New Jersey online gaming market has been able to slowly build some speed. Along with Delaware in being the only operations that offer intrastate online casino gaming (Nevada only offers online poker), the Garden State earned well over $100 million from its online casino gaming industry in 2014,… Read more »
It’s been a little more than a week since the “November Nine,” the World Series of Poker’s Championship Event final table, was determined with Joe McKeehen holding down a humongous lead. When those nine men had captured their seat at poker’s most prestigious stage – and secured themselves a million dollar payday to boot –… Read more »
Seemingly every time that the issue of online gaming and/or poker has presented itself in the halls of Congress, the information that is presented is extremely short on facts and long on the “fears” of what a regulated industry might bring. Dating from the early 2000s, Congressional leadership and legislators have consistently shown that they… Read more »
When the World Series of Poker (WSOP) decided the shift the timing of the $10,000 Main Event final table to November in 2008, the move brought with it much skepticism. Players and fans alike criticized the strategy, many believing it harmed the integrity of the tournament, as the four month layoff potentially allowed any skill… Read more »
Not long ago, the internet killed the print edition of the once venerable Newsweek magazine. I was a subscriber many years ago, finding it a convenient way to keep up with world happenings when I was in business school. But that was then. In March of this year, Newsweek’s parent company, IBT Media, revived the… Read more »
2014 has seen perhaps the greatest battle over online gaming and poker in the brief history of the industry. While the previous year saw three states – Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – enact historic legislation that regulated the industry for its citizens, the first five months of this year has seen the battle go… Read more »
There is plenty that can be discussed regarding the issue of online poker and its security. Since the inception of the game, there has been talk about these issues, including collusion, “ghosting” (the practice of watching a player in action and telling them how to play), chip dumping and multi-accounting, just to name a few.… Read more »
We all know that Phil Ivey is an elite poker player. He would almost certainly win a poll of who is currently the best poker player in the world and would be in the running for greats player of all time. We also know he loves to gamble away from the poker tables. In light… Read more »
Back in the early 2000s, we thought we were seeing an online poker war unfold. The battle for supremacy between PokerStars and the old Full Tilt Poker (and, to a lesser extent, UB.com and Absolute Poker), with their litanies of pros issuing their Sirens’ song to eager players to “come to their site” was entertaining… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. With everything that is currently going on in the poker community – the two “chipgate” events, the ongoing battle regarding online gaming and poker, the fall of Bitcoin and its effects on internet gaming, the fans… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. For the entirety of his poker career, he has a grand total of one cash at the 2009 World Series of Poker Championship Event. You probably won’t find him in any of the cash games in… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Last week, officials for the World Series of Poker and the Poker Hall of Fame announced the ten nominees that will vie for the honor of induction into the Hall during this year’s “November Nine” showdown… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Earlier this month, one of the poker programs that is set to debut in 2014, Poker Night in America, headed off to film their first episode in New York. QuadJacks’ Marco Valerio was able to go… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. This past Sunday, the five day boycott of the Venetian poker room – proposed by noted poker author Nolan Dalla to protest the stance by the chariman of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation’s Sheldon Adelson regarding… Read more »
