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It seems that the Season XV schedule for the World Poker Tour has a new stop every couple of weeks. On October 5, Zachary Smiley emerged as the champion at the WPT Maryland Live! Main Event and now, barely a week later, the battleground has moved south to Florida and the WPT bestbet Jacksonville Bounty… Read more »
The Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City closed yesterday after 26 years. Once the poker hub of the east coast, the Taj is no longer owned by the groping Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but rather by billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises and is operated by Tropicana Entertainment. The Taj Mahal… Read more »
Ending speculation of what would be a monumental shift in the online gaming and poker industry, this afternoon Amaya Gaming, the parent company for PokerStars, and the powerful online and live betting shop William Hill admitted that they are currently in discussion regarding a merger of the companies. In a joint announcement meant to potentially… Read more »
When you come into the final table of a poker tournament as one of its shorter stacks, most of the time the story doesn’t have a pleasant ending. For Zachary Smiley, however, he found happy days as he pulled himself from the bottom of the standings to the championship of the World Poker Tour’s Main… Read more »
The Big One for One Drop Invitational announced last week that it has locked up 35 players to participate in the €1 million blockbuster poker tournament. The Invitational is part of a week-long Big One for One Drop Extravaganza taking place October 13th through October 17th at the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco; the Big… Read more »
The latest stop on the World Poker Tour schedule, at Maryland Live! in Hanover, is a recent addition to the roster of events. In a short time, however, the action at the East Coast casino has brought out a throng of players, which was proven by the Day 1A outpouring of players for the Main… Read more »
While it may not be as prevalent as it was even just a few years ago, tournament poker is still a powerful draw for many in the poker community. The number of casinos and card rooms offering tournaments remains high across the country, in many cases driven by several poker tours that have a set… Read more »
When the 2016 nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame were announced, only three of the nominees were on the ballot for the first time. Of those three men (former World Champion Chris Moneymaker and Todd Brunson were the other two), there was quite a cacophony of voices supporting the nomination of Eli Elezra to… Read more »
After a rather lengthy hiatus that saw more turmoil that surely planned, the Global Poker League has surged back into action with the second half of their season. While one conference’s leader seems to be pulling away from the pack, it looks to be at least a two-team battle in the other conference. In the… Read more »
Stunning many in attendance at the eponymous casino in Atlantic City, NJ, last night, former “November Niner” Jesse Sylvia defied the odds by coming from the short stack in winning his first major championship, the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. The man who was the runner-up to Greg Merson in the 2012 World Series… Read more »
The final table has been determined for the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ this afternoon and, from all appearances, it might be a quick one. Farid Jattin is the overwhelming leader of the final six, holding more than half the chips in play when the cards hit… Read more »
If you don’t remember that day back in May 2003 (yes, you young ones, the World Series of Poker was once played in the springtime instead of the summer), it was something that anyone who considers themselves a fan of the game will ever forget. In the Championship Event, a young accountant in his first… Read more »
When the nominees for the 2016 Poker Hall of Fame were named last week, there were some usual suspects on the list. In fact, seven of the 10 men that were nominated had been tapped the year before or had previously been nominated for induction. One of those seven men wasn’t a player but a… Read more »
Hearings have begun in Quebec to discuss the insider trading case involving former Amaya CEO David Baazov and thirteen of his associates, which include family, friends, and business colleagues. According to CTV News Montreal, two days of hearings in front of a financial sector independent tribunal began on Monday. Baazov has been hit with a… Read more »
The GGNetwork, an online poker network licensed in Curacao and the Philippines, has struck a deal with internet gaming provider, the Tain Network. This is GGNetwork’s first “major” European partnership, as it is primarily Asia-facing. The most interesting part of this is that it marks the return of online poker to the Tain Network. The… Read more »
As the tournament poker world moves into the fourth quarter of the calendar year, Germany’s Fedor Holz is still in command of the major Player of the Year races. Holz has been able to extend his lead on one of the tables, but has seen his lead shrink on another. Holz has not been resting… Read more »
After a two-month period, the public nomination period has closed and the final ballots have been tabulated. In an announcement from the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council on Friday afternoon, the final nominees for the Class of 2016 has been determined and, from a look at the overall list, it is going to be… Read more »
In May, the Canadian province of Québec passed its budget bill, Bill 74, which is normally very boring to the average person, but this bill contained a twist that outraged a lot of people. Bill 74 authorized the province to require internet service providers (ISPs) to block any online gambling site that was not licensed… Read more »
In what has seemingly become a normal occurrence for him and the organization he represents, the Global Poker League’s top honcho, Alexandre Dreyfus, continues to have financial issues surrounding the league. The latest issues involve a player that is playing with one of the GPL franchises and money that was supposed to have been an… Read more »
In a nine-hour battle that went into early Friday morning, Pat Lyons was able to deny Benjamin Zamani’s drive to a title in winning the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA. Lyons actually came to the felt with the second largest stack to start the day (4.98… Read more »
In a rather quick five-hour session on Wednesday, the players at the World Poker Tour’s latest stop at the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, determined the final table for the event. Leading the way for the final six will be William Vo, but he will face the opposition of… Read more »
Just thirteen players remain from the original field of 687 as the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event moves into its penultimate day. Day 3 moved along swiftly; the plan was to play through Level 24 or until there were eighteen players remaining, whichever was sooner – we can see how quickly… Read more »
A week from today marks the beginning of ESPN’s fall coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker; within the past week, the “Worldwide Leader” released the complete schedule for the weekly broadcasts. Oh, how times have changed. Whereas a decade ago, we might have seen a number of preliminary events in addition to the… Read more »
Wrapping up a successful start for their 13th season, the European Poker Tour crowned two champions on Sunday at the Casino Barcelona in Spain. In the €5000 Main Event, Sebastian Malec took the lead early on and wouldn’t let it go, while the €10,000 High Roller saw Connor Drinan emerge from a strong pack of… Read more »
The thirteenth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) has started and fans better enjoy it while it lasts, as starting next year, the EPT, at least in name, will be gone. PokerStars announced this morning the creation of two new poker tours, the PokerStars Championship and the PokerStars Festival. The EPT is not so… Read more »
