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In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sheldon Adelson was the main influence behind the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) new opinion on the Wire Act. The new opinion said that the Wire Act makes all interstate online gambling illegal, reversing a 2011 opinion that said only online sports betting… Read more »
The 50th World Series of Poker arrives at the end of his month, but for many poker enthusiasts, participating in the festival is just not a possibility. Whether it is the buy-in (though there are some “inexpensive” ones now), travel, time off of work, or whatever, it just doesn’t work out for everybody. That is… Read more »
After battling through two Day Ones and 922 entries, the Main Event of the European Poker Tour’s stop at the Casino de Monte Carlo has ended. In what was a stirring battle after a three-way chop for the money, Germany’s Manig Loeser emerged as the champion in defeating China’s Wei Huang and Hungary’s Viktor Katzenberger… Read more »
In what was a stunning afternoon of activity in and around the city of Houston, several top “card clubs” – basically poker rooms that were skirting the laws of the state – were raided by local law enforcement. As a result of the raids, other card clubs in the area shut down out of an… Read more »
The survivors from both Day 1 flights came together on Wednesday at the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Main Event to play five more hour-and-a-half levels. After Day 2, just 107 players remain and the money bubble has burst. It is a two-way race at the top of the leaderboard, with Wiktor… Read more »
Last year, PokerStars introduced a “novelty” cash game every few months as a way to keep things fresh, a way to keep players interested in cash game poker. Mix things up, you know? The games, though, were only temporary, which obviously would not please people who enjoyed them. At the same time, it was known… Read more »
Both starting flights have been completed at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort as the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event heads into Wednesday’s Day 2. Sylvain Mazza is the chip leader, bagging 288,700 chips at the end of the night. Turnout for the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event has… Read more »
The latest event on the European Poker Tour, their former “season ending” event at the Casino de Monte Carlo, is off and running in the principality of Monaco. Starting off the festivities has been the €100,000 Super High Roller Event, which has played out its first two days on Saturday and Sunday. By the end… Read more »
Long at the forefront of casino gaming, especially when it comes to the Native American population, the Seminole Indians of Florida have traditionally been hard core negotiators. With both the federal and Florida governments, the Seminoles have more often than not come out on the winning side when it comes to negotiations over their sovereign… Read more »
In the world of online poker, there are few achievements that garner more respect that one that was created by PocketFives.com, the online poker monitor who has compiled statistics on the online game. PocketFives was responsible for the creation of the Triple Crown, an achievement of winning poker tournaments on three different online sites in… Read more »
Although folks in the States of America haven’t been able to play on the international site since 2011 (more on that in a minute), PokerStars has continued to be the #1 online poker site in the industry. In fact, that dominance has been demonstrated in the sheer number of hands they’ve played on the site.… Read more »
The World Series of Poker has released the finalized schedule for the World Series of Poker Europe, which will be held at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic from October 13 to November 4, 2019. There will be a total of ten gold bracelet events, featuring more than €14 million in guaranteed prize pools. This… Read more »
It’s been a long time coming. But on July 15, the fourth state in the States of America will go live with online casino gaming and poker. On that date, Pennsylvania will complete the long, traveled road to join Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey as states that offer online casino gaming activities. Regulators Announce Opening… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins has done it again. On Monday, he won the $600 No-Limit Hold’em ring event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee stop, giving him a dozen WSOP Circuit ring wins in his career. This pulls him into a tie with Valentin Vornicu for the most rings in the history of the… Read more »
As we mentioned yesterday, there are no guarantees in tournament poker, no matter how many chips you have at any given point. But knowing that, it sure feels good to have the bulk of the chips with only eighteen people left in a World Poker Tour event. That is the situation Chad Eveslage finds himself… Read more »
Keith Ferrera advanced to the top of the leaderboard on Sunday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown as the popular tournament completed Day 2 after two opening day flights. Just 90 players remain from the original field of 1,360, the third-largest SHRPS ever and the fourth-largest tournament in World Poker… Read more »
Day 1B at the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was everything that it was billed to be. The players once again came out to utterly crush the $3 million guaranteed prize pool as 648 entries hit the tables. By the time the final hands were dealt on Saturday night, Shawn Nguyen had… Read more »
Only three events are left in the World Poker Tour’s Season XVII schedule and their stop in Florida is so far a big one. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, FL, kicked off the first of two-Day Ones with a monstrous field that saw Davian Santana come out on top by the… Read more »
Bruce Deifik, the former owner of the Ocean Resort Casino and who played a major part in Atlantic City’s recent resurgence, was killed in a car crash Sunday in Denver. Deifik was 64-years old. The medical examiner is still investigating what may have happened, but reports are that the real estate developer was driving home… Read more »
The inaugural Global Poker Awards, sponsored by PokerStars and presented by the Global Poker Index from the studios of PokerGO in Las Vegas, were handed out on Friday night. Over the span of a brisk 74 minutes the awards show – hosted by commentator Ali Nejad and hostess Drea Renee – the Global Poker Awards… Read more »
I have enjoyed my 20 years living in Georgia and while recently the state seems to be going backwards, I have no plans on going anywhere. The lawn isn’t going to mow itself, after all. As I have mentioned on this virtual pages before, one of my biggest disappointments with my adopted state is the… Read more »
The news for online gaming and poker continues to be on the rise. Coming out of nowhere, the state of West Virginia has become the fifth state to authorize online gaming and poker inside its borders. The bill pushing for such activities became law after Governor Jim Justice did not sign the legislation passed by… Read more »
It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but the World Poker Tour is in the midst of their Season XVII schedule as we speak. As the final few events prepare to wrap ahead of the 2019 WPT Tournament of Champions, the broadcasts of the prior WPT events that make up Season XVII will… Read more »
Ben Palmer emerged as the champion of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at Venetian Main event on Tuesday, earning himself a tidy $431,655, a sum which includes a $15,000 seat in the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Palmer was the chip leader of the nine remaining players going into Tuesday’s action with 5.460 million chips.… Read more »
Four-time World Poker Tour champ Darren Elias was the target of a burglary on Thursday, but the scary part of the incident was not that someone broke into his Medford, New Jersey home. It was that he held a 19-year old babysitter, who was taking care of Elias’s two-year old daughter, at gunpoint. Fortunately, all… Read more »
