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The rollercoaster that became known as ‘PostleGate’ started off with a band but ended with a whimper. After seeing the courts (justifiably) rule that they could not hold either disgraced poker player Mike Postle, disgraced floor manager Justin Kuraitis nor Kuraitis’ employer, Stones Gambling Hall, responsible for the travesty that became Stones Live, 62 of… Read more »
Just had to wait it out After nearly a decade, it appears that online poker’s Black Friday ordeal is finally over. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg to time served and a $30,100 fine for a single charge of operating an illegal gambling business. My friend Earl Burton… Read more »
The year 2020 got a bit worse on Saturday evening. After a surgical procedure, former World Series of Poker final tablist Darvin Moon passed away due to complications from that surgery. He was only 56 years old. Brightest Light Shines Twice As Bright The New Orleans Saints-capped Moon is known as the lumberjack from the… Read more »
Next week the founder of the largest online poker site in the industry, former PokerStars owner Isai Scheinberg, will face the music. On September 23, Scheinberg will appear in federal court in New York City to learn what his fate will be from the charges that he has faced for almost a decade. But don’t… Read more »
No proof of cheating More than 60 of the 88 plaintiffs who sued Stones Gambling Hall, Justin Kuraitis, and Mike Postle over an alleged cheating scheme have entered into an “amicable settlement” with the casino. The financial terms were not disclosed, but a Stones source told The Sacramento Bee that the amount paid to each… Read more »
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the inability for many to travel, Caesars Entertainment utilized one of their biggest assets – the name of the World Series of Poker – and went online (for its part, Caesars has given lip service to having a live schedule in the U. S. in 2020, but time is… Read more »
This past week, the poker world had to come to grips with the fact that World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker champion, Poker Hall of Famer and the worldwide recognized Ambassador of Poker, Mike Sexton, was in the battle of his life against prostate cancer and in hospice care. It was announced on… Read more »
After pulling a stunning one-outer out of the fire near the final table, Bulgaria’s Stoyan Madanzhiev battled back to capture the championship of the 2020 online WSOP. In defeating the 5082 entries that were compiled over a two-week period, Madanzhiev earned his biggest payday in his career – and in the history of online poker… Read more »
PokerStars is pulling out of China, Taiwan, and Macau, this according to an e-mail that the online poker room recently sent to its customers in the three countries. PokerStars has yet to make an official comment; the e-mail was posted on the Two Plus Two forums. The policy takes effect Tuesday, September 1. The trio… Read more »
You could be forgiven if you didn’t know it, but the 2020 online WSOP Main Event is ready to start “Day 2” this afternoon. To cover their $25 million guarantee, however, they have had to run 22 “Day Ones,” even running one on the VERY SAME DAY as the start of “Day 2.” In other… Read more »
It used to be that poker professionals aligned themselves with pretty much any product out there, eager to get their names in the ether so they could increase their notoriety. In 2020, however, those opportunities are few and far between. One pro who has beat that monkey is veteran poker professional Allen Kessler, who has… Read more »
Money vanished while McPhee was playing Late last week, poker pro Kevin McPhee revealed via Twitter that his GGPoker account had allegedly been hacked, his bankroll syphoned off. Though the poker room did reimburse him, McPhee is still largely in the dark as to how his account was compromised. In a series of posts, McPhee… Read more »
Closed businesses = fewer coins in circulation When I was in middle school, around seventh or eighth grade, my family and I took a road trip to South Dakota. I know, it sounds weird, but it was cool: Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, Wall Drug, the Badlands, and we were even there during the Sturgis… Read more »
If you didn’t know that the 2020 online WSOP Main Event was going on right at this moment on GGPoker, you could be forgiven. To Saturday, there have been six “Day Ones” played out, with the plan to play 22 “Day Ones” to get the numbers for the online Main Event. In addition, the players… Read more »
Here we go again. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is just about upon us. Running August 30 through September 23, it features 75 triple-tiered events an $80 million in guaranteed prize pools, the most the WCOOP has even guaranteed. The three Main Events will take place on September 20 with buy-ins of… Read more »
After a week’s delay, David Peters battled his way through two tough competitors – one well known and the other the “Cinderella story” of the tournament – to capture his second bracelet at the 2020 online WSOP. Along with picking up the bracelet in this $10,000 event, Peters also took down a $360,480 payday and… Read more »
There are just a few major events left on the schedule for the 2020 online WSOP at GGPoker (more on that in a minute), but one of them is being completed today. Event #54, the $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship, has come down to its Final Four and the players have been champing… Read more »
There are many that believe online poker is perfect as it is today. Bringing the game from the poker table (or even dinner table) to the computer indeed was a significant step forward, but there’s always room for improvement with anything. But, with online poker, where are the things that you could improve? Some have… Read more »
Last night, I wrote that Norman Chad is just about the last person in the poker world you would want to see get COVID-19 (I don’t want anyone to, but that’s not the point), but unfortunately, he did. Using a little parallel article structure for a moment, the last person in the poker world I… Read more »
Not that I would want anyone to contract the novel coronavirus, but of all the people in the poker world, one of the last people I would want to see get sick is the legendary Norman Chad. Well, sure enough, Mr. Chad has caught the virus and as one might expect, he is not feeling… Read more »
One of the biggest tournaments to date at the 2020 online WSOP, the $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Event (#54 on the schedule on GGPoker), has worked its way down to the Final Four competitors. Of the 128 players who started the tournament, the four – three gentlemen and a lady – outlasted the… Read more »
Especially with the size of the fields, it was thought to be an impossibility – someone winning two 2020 online WSOP bracelets. That theory was trashed on Thursday night, however, as Alek ‘astazz’ Stasiak earned his second WSOP bracelet of 2020 in taking down the $1000 No Limit Hold’em tournament on GGPoker. It only took… Read more »
The 2020 online WSOP rolled along on Wednesday, this time completely on the GGPoker platform. It turned out to be a historic night as, after an 11-hour battle on the virtual felt, Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea made history in winning Event #51, the $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. Truly International Event Draws Large Field There was… Read more »
Demand must be there first Station Casinos still has not opened some of its Nevada casinos. It may never. In a second quarter earnings call this week, Frank Fertitta III, the CEO of Station’s parent company, Red Rock Resorts, said that it is possible that Fiesta Henderson, the Palms, Fiesta Rancho, and Texas Station might… Read more »
The first 31 events of the 2020 online WSOP are in the books, and the first leg of the 2020 online WSOP has been completed on WSOP.com. At about 6AM Saturday morning, online player ‘2Rivers’ was able to vanquish the 1455 player field to pick up a six-figure payday. The action now moves over to… Read more »
