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The survivors of the two starting flights combined into a single, 132 player field Monday at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic, allowing the competitors the chance to take a good look at everyone who stands in between them and a WPT title. With just 53 players remaining after Day 2, Switzerland’s… Read more »
The second of the two starting flights of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic is now in the books, so it’s time to marry the survivors into a single, combined field for Monday’s Day 2. A total of 164 players took to the felts Sunday at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and… Read more »
After a well-deserved break through most of the summer, the World Poker Tour surged back into action with its Merit Cyprus Classic yesterday. Held at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in Cyprus, poker pros from around the world have descended on the Mediterranean island looking to take down the first championship of the… Read more »
A petition drive in the state of Arkansas to put a ballot measure on for the November elections is facing challenges after a tumultuous battle to even be considered by the people of the Natural State. In Arkansas, there are no legal gaming outlets available for their citizens to partake of casino games and, in… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is always some type of action going on. This action, known as proposition or “prop” bets, is used by some players to keep them interested in the action, level the variance of the game or just to screw around. 99.99% of the time the prop bets are covered, but… Read more »
It is the news that the poker community has been waiting to hear for well over a year now. After several false starts, the United States Department of Justice and PokerStars have announced a settlement of the civil claims by the federal government against the number one online poker site in the industry. As a… Read more »
Death at any point is a saddening reality of our existence, but it is even more painful when someone passes away at a young age. Yesterday afternoon the poker world received that message poignantly when it was learned that poker professional Ryan Young had passed away at the age of 28. Twitter was where the… Read more »
As if there wasn’t already a post-World Series of Poker slowdown in the poker community – with many players taking a respite from the game before diving headlong into the various tournament poker circuits and their final four months of the 2012 schedule – the poker world has ground to a halt today as the… Read more »
If you’re beginning to feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day, prepare for potentially another cycle of next verse, same as the first. Yesterday on the website of Poker Player Newspaper, esteemed poker community member Wendeen Eolis broke the news that the deal between PokerStars and the United States Department of Justice has… Read more »
Another tally in the win column can be counted in the “Black Friday” indictments by the United States Department of Justice with yesterday’s sentencing of another key figure in the case. In U. S. District Court in New York, Ira Rubin, a former payment processor for the online companies indicted in the April 2011 case,… Read more »
After a long period of silence on the continuing battle in the halls of Congress on the issue, a Senate committee is scheduled to take up the subject of online gaming, including poker, during a hearing this afternoon in Washington, D. C. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will meet this afternoon at the Dirksen… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit schedule Monday, revealing the largest tour of all-time, complete with an impressive 20 stops. The new season is just around the corner, beginning August 9 at the IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi and culminating with the WSOP Circuit National Championship May… Read more »
According to an interview by eGaming Review with South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa CEO Michael Gaughan, the first legal intrastate online poker room in Nevada could be up and running by this fall. Gaughan told EGR that it is essentially just a matter of getting the gaming license, that everything is on track for… Read more »
After the buzz prior to the World Series of Poker that PokerStars was working with the U. S. Department of Justice to finalize a deal on purchasing Full Tilt Poker, that discussion has since faded into the background with no details forthcoming. Poker professional Matt Glantz believes that those talks have hit a roadblock and… Read more »
After lying in a state of suspension for much of this year, there has been a flurry of activity in the halls of Congress regarding federal regulation of online poker, upping the optimism for many Americans regarding the reopening of internet poker for millions. Recently, Nevada Senator and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Arizona… Read more »
Now that the biggest live poker tournament series in the world is over (well, except for that small detail of the October Nine), it’s time to start getting geared up for the largest online poker tournament series in the world. PokerStars has released the schedule for the 2012 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the… Read more »
The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) October Nine was determined early this morning and boy, is the poker community disappointed. It’s nothing against the nine skilled and fortunate men who made the final table of the Main Event. Not at all. The disappointment stems from the two eliminations that occurred before play ended Tuesday… Read more »
Are we having fun yet? Just shy of 6,600 players entered the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Now there are just 27 – three tables – remaining. Each survivor to this point is guaranteed almost $300,000, but they all have their hearts set on much more. Leading the charge to the final… Read more »
It’s getting down to crunch time in the Amazon Room at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino as the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event has broken the 100 players remaining mark, but the leaderboard is still tightly bunched with no single player really seizing control of the tournament to this point. At… Read more »
As expected, the Day Four action at the 2012 World Series of Poker would prove to be a day of celebration…at least for most of the 720 players who returned to the felt on Friday to contest for the title. With the payouts starting at 666 players, 54 souls would go home empty handed and… Read more »
For the first time during the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event, the entirety of the field gathered together in the Amazon Room at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino for Day Three of the event. After three versions of Days One and Two were wrapped up, there were 1738 players who came… Read more »
The final Day Two of the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event has wrapped up its play, sending the survivors from the day off to the first day that the field will join together this afternoon in the Amazon Room at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino. At the start of the Day… Read more »
A week after surrendering to U.S. law enforcement officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar has been released on bail. While he is far from “free,” Bitar may be able to sleep in his own bed in California as early as Wednesday. According to a report by Diamond Flush… Read more »
The butterflies have dissipated and the players have settled in. Now it’s time to play some poker. The final starting flight of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is complete and while the money bubble is barely a blip on the radar, players can stop worrying about surviving the first day and… Read more »
To the casual observer, each starting day of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event looks the same. Loads of tables crowded with poker players, the constant rattle of chips throughout the room, the initial buzz of excitement that eventually gives way to resolute grinding. It’s all there each day. But those who… Read more »
