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In an ongoing effort to make its site more attractive to casual players, PokerStars announced Sunday a “comprehensive plan to enhance the PokerStars playing experience,” highlighted by a complete overhaul of its loyalty program. In a post on the PokerStars corporate blog (and, in turn, a page detailing the VIP changes), the company explained that… Read more »
In a battle that lasted over four hours, the United Kingdom’s Niall Farrell battled through a difficult final table to take down his first major championship at the European Poker Tour’s stop at the Portomaso Casino in Malta. As Farrell was taking home his title, the United States’ Byron Kaverman was putting another notch in… Read more »
It was a quick day of work for the contenders at the European Poker Tour’s stop in Malta on Thursday. After only 3½ levels of play, the final 16 players have been determined with Alexander Ivarsson emerging as the chip leader with 2.418 million chips once they were bagged up for the day. The folks… Read more »
The European Poker Tour is back in action this week with a stop in Malta. The EPT Malta Main Event kicked off Sunday with the first of two starting flights. Day 1A brought in 184 players while Day 1B saw two and a half times as many join the fun (460 to be exact). After… Read more »
After what should have been the crowning moment of their careers, 2015 inductees Jennifer Harman and John Juanda – as well as the process of induction of players into the Poker Hall of Fame – are coming under fire by a very vocal international poker community. The Poker Hall of Fame announced yesterday the induction… Read more »
Jennifer Harman and John Juanda were announced as the newest members of the Poker Hall of Fame today after nomination, vetting, and voting phases dating back to this summer. They will be inducted on Friday, November 6th at Binion’s Gambling Hall, the former long-time home of the World Series of Poker. Harman and Juanda are… Read more »
Sitting on various barstools across the United States – hell, perhaps the world – there can be a wealth of arguments between poker players and fans. Who is the greatest player of all-time? Who is the best player right now? What was the worst bad beat? In many of these cases, it is tough to… Read more »
Capping off what has been a stirring fortnight of poker at the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany, the United States’ Kevin MacPhee earned his second bracelet of 2015 over Spain’s David Lopez at the €10,000 Championship Event of the World Series of Poker Europe on Saturday night. The six man final table was set up… Read more »
The money bubble burst on Wednesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was narrowed from 65 to 21. The tournament moves to its penultimate day on Thursday, the day the six-handed final table will be determined. With the championship in sight, it is Kevin MacPhee ahead of the… Read more »
The money bubble drew ever closer Tuesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was slashed by about two-thirds. With just 32 players getting paid and 65 remaining going into Wednesday’s Day 3, the field will still need to be cut by half before anyone can exhale even a… Read more »
With the preliminary events out of the way (except for the High Roller Event, which begins Wednesday), it is on to the Main Event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe. The two starting flights are already in the books and leading the way heading into Tuesday’s Day 2 is Scotland’s Niall Farrell with… Read more »
I’m not going to go so far as to say that the end is nigh for daily fantasy sports (DFS), but it is not looking good for the young and suddenly extremely popular gaming pastime. On Monday afternoon, yet another shoe dropped, as Amaya Gaming announced that it is pulling its DFS site, StarsDraft, almost… Read more »
As the €10,000 Main Event prepares to begin today, preliminary action at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe is beginning to wrap up. Two events have reached their conclusion, with Greece capturing its second bracelet of the WSOP-E and a veteran Brit making some noise in Pot Limit Hold’em. Event #6 – €3000 No… Read more »
It’s been a busy couple of days at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe at the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany. Two bracelets have been handed out, including a U. S. expatriate earning one and a European taking his first for his country. Event #4 – €1500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 22 players… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe rolls on and Tuesday night, Richard Gryko (not to be confused with former “21 Jump Street” star Richard Grieco) picked up his first WSOP bracelet, winning Event 3: €3,250 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Gryko picked up €126,345 ($143,489) for his achievement. It was a small event compared to most… Read more »
Event #2 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe made history over the past several days, as it became the largest tournament – in terms of player numbers – ever seen at the WSOP Europe. It obliterated the previous record, too, fielding 2,144 entries, almost three times as many as the 771 who played… Read more »
Defeating a difficult final table, Makarios Avramidis emerged as the victor of the first event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe, the €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, on Saturday night. Six men (hence the name of the tournament) returned on Saturday to determine the champion of this event with Paul Michaelis,… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe has opened the doors of the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany with action in its first event on the schedule. The €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament’s Day One action saw a nice turnout and a popular British pro take the top slot for the day’s play.… Read more »
If fans of online gambling and daily fantasy sports (DFS) hoped that news of the recent “insider trading” scandal would stay contained to niche industry news sites and message boards, they are now sorely disappointed. Mainstream news sites have now caught wind of what has been going on and have jumped on the situation. Even… Read more »
The prize pool may not have been anything unusual, but the size of the field of PokerStars’ inaugural Common Cents tournament series certainly was. On Monday, PokerStars broke its own record for the largest online poker tournament of all-time by attracting 253,698 players to the micro-roller tournament series’ kickoff event. PokerStars didn’t get over a… Read more »
The recovery process from the freezing of Full Tilt Poker player funds nearly four and a half years ago continues. Though millions of dollars have been paid out to former U.S. customers of Full Tilt, there are still millions left to go. You thought it was all over, didn’t you? On Friday, the Poker Players… Read more »
As we pull into the final quarter of the tournament poker year, poker professional Anthony Zinno has continued to dominate the different Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world. In fact, unless someone goes on a major heater before December 31, Zinno probably should have these titles sewn up. (Due to the… Read more »
After hyping their product as “the world’s only round-the-clock poker TELEVISION network” (emphasis by author), yesterday’s debut of Poker Central was rather disappointing as it became painfully apparent that the new “channel” is nothing more than a streaming outlet, falling far short of the requirement for a TELEVISION station or network. Visitors to the Poker… Read more »
After nearly two years of waiting, PokerStars has finally been given the green light from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to begin operating in the Garden State. The DGE approved Amaya Gaming’s application, meaning both PokerStars and Full Tilt can now get back into the United States online poker market for the… Read more »
Aaron Mermelstein joined a select group of poker players Tuesday as he became just the 25th repeat winner in World Poker Tour (WPT) history, as he took the crown in the inaugural WPT Maryland Live! Main Event. Not only was it his second WPT title, but it was also the second he earned this calendar… Read more »
