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A month ago, former Absolute Poker (AP) customers who had their funds stolen by the site’s owners when AP disappeared after Black Friday saw the first wave of refunds hit their bank accounts. Those people who did not receive their money but still submitted valid claims should be seeing their money in the near future.… Read more »
After last week’s frantic activity in the Pennsylvania state legislature, we expected this to happen, but nonetheless, it is a relief that on Monday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the gambling expansion bill that will, among other things, legalize online gambling, including poker. The Pennsylvania Senate passed HB 271 on Wednesday by a 31-19 vote… Read more »
The King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, has been a hotbed of activity over the past week with the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe in action on its grounds. It’s about to kick up another notch as the European version of “The Colossus” hits full stride, while it is also time to celebrate as… Read more »
After a frenetic two days of action in the General Assembly, Pennsylvania has joined Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware in the fraternity of states that have regulated and licensed online casino gaming and/or poker. As reported by my friend and colleague Dan Katz yesterday, the Keystone State – faced with the end of a legislative… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe is in full swing as we speak, with Event #4, the €1500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, taking the stage at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. Prior to the start of Event #4 today, there’s been a flurry of activity that has seen three bracelets… Read more »
It now looks like if you have the ability to play on PokerStars for real money from wherever you live and DON’T have access to the new Power Up game, you are in the minority. After initially only rolling the game out to the .EU platform a couple weeks ago, PokerStars has now expanded it… Read more »
It was moving day at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe on Sunday as the kickoff tournament for the schedule, the €1000 No Limit Hold’em, tried to reach its final table. While it didn’t reach that audacious goal, the final 13 players were determined with Italy’s Carlo Savinelli holding down the lead. 115 players… Read more »
As expected on Saturday, Day 1C of the €1000 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe was the largest of the three-Day Ones. After the day’s action, a new overall leader for the tournament was crowned as Day Two looms on the horizon. How big was Saturday’s field? The… Read more »
The second day of the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books with the close of Day 1B of Event #1, the €1000 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack. Although Sergio Fernandez would end the day with the Day 1B edge over the 35 players left, it is still Ismael Bojang who can… Read more »
If it is an odd-numbered year, it means that the World Series of Poker is taking its show to Europe. This year the WSOP-E has landed at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, where the next fortnight will see 11 bracelets contested. Up first for the players is Event #1, the €1000 No Limit… Read more »
The World Poker Tour recently released the remainder of its Season XVI schedule and, for the most part, the usual suspects were a part of the roster of events. There was one quite noticeable absence, however, as the Bay 101 Shooting Star was not in its usual spot between the WPT L. A. Poker Classic… Read more »
Since 2013 the three states that passed online gaming and/or poker regulations – Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware – have gone their own ways in trying to be successful in the online gaming industry. Now, the trio of states have made the historic decision to compact between each other. In a press release, Governor Chris… Read more »
While initial showings have been received surprisingly well, the distribution company behind the upcoming film based on the autobiography of Molly Bloom has decided to push the opening of the film back. Molly’s Game, the Aaron Sorkin adapted and directed film based on Bloom’s book of the same name, has been making the rounds of… Read more »
It has been previewed for months now, but PokerStars new game, Power Up, is finally available for real money play as of Tuesday, October 10th. Currently, players on the .EU site can participate in Power Up games for real money ($1, $3, $7, and $15 buy-ins), while those on the .COM, .UK, and other PokerStars… Read more »
While he has won virtually everything of importance in the world of poker, 14-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth still loves to have the cameras on him. He enjoys the time that he spends in commentary about poker (hence his new position with the World Poker Tour’s Raw Deal segment), but it… Read more »
Doing something that only seven men had done before him, Art Papazyan was able to vanquish a tough final table to emerge with his second World Poker Tour championship of the year in winning the WPT Maryland Live! Main Event. Papazyan was a part of a tight five-man pack at the top of the leaderboard… Read more »
It has been a rough couple days in the United States and in the poker/gambling community as we all try to wrap our heads around the nightmare that unfolded Sunday night as a gunman sitting in a 32nd story room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas rained gunfire down onto 20,000-plus concert goers outside… Read more »
You know what I have never thought to myself while playing Pac-Man? “I’d really love to have some money riding on this.” Soon, that non-dream of mine will become a reality (is that the correct way to phrase that?) as Gamblit Gambling, LLC and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment will debut Pac-Man Battle Casino at the Global… Read more »
In the world of tournament poker, there are a litany of tours and series that a player can take part in. If you want to go with the “major leagues,” there is the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker. If you want to drop down a bit, there are the Heartland Poker… Read more »
The World Poker Tour carnival has pulled into its latest stop, Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, and the crowds have come for the show. The $3500 WPT Maryland Live! Main Event has Day 1A in the books with Zachary Donovan holding the chip lead after a day of play. Even though there is late registration… Read more »
For the third consecutive year, the World Poker Tour has backed up the production trucks at Maryland Live! in Hanover for an event on their Season XVI schedule. Starting at noon today, the $3500 buy in Main Event becomes the focal point of the players gathered in Maryland. Two Day Ones (Day 1B is scheduled… Read more »
The month of September has brought a great deal of havoc to the States of America. Hurricanes Harvey (Texas/Louisiana), Irma (Florida) and Maria (Puerto Rico) have caused billions in damages along the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean and left thousands, especially in Puerto Rico, without adequate housing or electricity. Next week a major U. S.… Read more »
Although Bryn Kenney continues to lead the various Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world, there is a humongous difference as those lists are examined. A grand total of 26 men can claim that they are one of the Top Ten players in the world, an unheard-of number by this point in… Read more »
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma has announced that it has been granted an online gaming license in the Isle of Man, a huge step forward in its efforts to become the first Native American tribe to launch a legal real money online poker site. The Tribe had intended to launch real money online poker on… Read more »
Coming from the second lowest stack to start the final table, Guo Liang Chen battled through a difficult final table to capture his largest tournament score of his career, the championship of the 2017 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. Chen had his work cut out for him from the start of action on Friday… Read more »
