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The poker got back to normal Monday at the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event as there were no reported incidents of anybody expelling bodily waste at the tables. Instead, it was all business (though who is to say trying to win a pricey prop bet isn’t serious business?) as the field continued to… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event took place Sunday and like any live tournament, some people were eliminated, others built their chips stacks and all in all, much poker was played. But let’s forget about all of that for now and talk about what really happened on Sunday: Antonio Esfandiari… Read more »
After making the final table of this same event twice previously (in 2011 and last year), Bryn Kenney finally found “third time lucky” as he maintained his lead he brought in to the final table to the end of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure’s $100,000 Super High Roller event. Kenney had a minimal lead, his 3.82… Read more »
While most people visit the sun and surf of Paradise Island in the Bahamas for those basic necessities of life – sun and surf – the folks who have invaded that tropical locale this week aren’t there to get a nice winter tan. The 13th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is in full swing with the… Read more »
If it is the first week of the calendar year, it means that the crème of the tournament poker world has flocked to the sunny climes of Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. This year’s event, the thirteenth running of the tournament, will have something for everyone as 104 different tournaments… Read more »
2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg “Fossilman” Raymer is looking to make 2016 a banner year at the poker tables. And if you want, you can place a bet on him and sweat him the entire way. Raymer has posted a staking package on the site YouStake.com in which he seeks at… Read more »
For most of 2015, California was at the forefront of the movement to regulate online gaming and/or poker in the United States. The problem was that was the furthest it ever got in the Golden State – discussion – as only one bill passed out of committee and it was little more than a placeholder… Read more »
As we enter the final week of the year 2015, it is time to take a look back at some of the great moments of the past year and maybe even some of the less popular times. For all the frivolity, riches and personalities who made 2015 a fun ride, the poker world also lost… Read more »
As we enter the final week of the year 2015, it is time to take a look back at some of the great moments of the past year and maybe even some of the less popular times. If there is one thing that is known about the world of poker, it is that there can… Read more »
As we enter the final week of the year 2015, it is time to take a look back at some of the great moments of the past year and some of the less popular times. The tournament poker world, always something that brings joy to many and seemingly heartbreak to more, was a bustling one… Read more »
As we approach the final week of the year 2015, it is time to take a look back at some of the great moments of the year and some of the less popular times. Arguably the dominant story throughout the calendar year was the continued fight in the political spectrum over online poker. The fight… Read more »
The World Series of Poker is just around the corner…well, if that corner is about 250 miles away and then around an extended series of corners. But nevertheless, unless our planet unexpectedly gets engulfed by the sun within the next several months, there will be a WSOP in 2016. And now we know exactly when.… Read more »
For many people, making it to a final table in a major live poker tournament just once would be a great accomplishment. It would be enough. Big money, lots of fun, a great memory…maybe we wouldn’t say, “Now I can die happy,” but we very well might be content if that’s as far as we… Read more »
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic saw a healthy flock of new players enter before the deadline, creating the second largest Five Diamond of all time. There were about 430 players or thereabouts who participated on Monday’s Day 1, but by the time registration closed prior to Level… Read more »
The final World Poker Tour Main Event of the year (but not of the season – that comes in May 2016) kicked off Monday as a “classic” tournament got its cards in the air. About 430 players teed it up for Day 1 of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic Main Event at the Bellagio… Read more »
The poker community was anticipating a vote on the legalization of online gambling in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week, but it never came and looks like it will be delayed for several more days at the very least. House Bill 649, introduced by Gaming Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. John Payne (R – Dauphin)… Read more »
After two days of action at the European Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, there were several names that were steadfast on top of the leaderboard. By the end of Day 3 play on Sunday, that leaderboard had completely changed as the money bubble popped and players began to walk away with some… Read more »
With so many players flocking to the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, Day 2 turned out to be another “survive and advance” day rather than the popping of the money bubble. By the end of the action of Saturday a new leader had emerged in Gleb Tremzin while the overall Day… Read more »
While they were able to pull in 254 players for the action of Day 1A, the “powers that be” for the European Poker Tour had to be a bit concerned about the player numbers for their stop at the Hilton Prague Hotel in the Czech Republic. As it turned out, there wasn’t any reason for… Read more »
With the holiday season fast approaching, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for poker’s best to make that big score to cover the presents being given. Thus, the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic at the Hilton Prague Hotel is a welcome sight for the crème of European poker as the battle… Read more »
It looks like Thursday will be the day that we find out if a future for online poker is still alive in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today was supposed to see a vote on HB 649, a bill which would legalize and regulate online gambling, but the vote was pushed to tomorrow, as lawmakers in… Read more »
Remember when a couple Attorneys General tried to get their colleagues to sign a petition in support of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA)? If you read my other article today, you do. At first, it may have seemed a little scary, what with a whole lot of top law enforcement officials potentially getting… Read more »
The website Morning Consult published an op-ed piece by Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas on Monday in which he railed against the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) and the upcoming hearing on online poker scheduled for Wednesday in front of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee. The committee’s chairman is none… Read more »
After a lengthy heads up battle which saw the combatants each hold the lead with the potential to end the tournament, Spain’s Javier Gomez was finally able to outlast Moldova’s Pavel Plesuv to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic Sunday evening. Saturday’s action saw 18 men… Read more »
The third day of the World Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic is in the books. After a furious final few moments of action during the day, Pavel Plesuv emerged as the leader with only 18 players (two tables) remaining in contention. 60 players stepped back to the tables in the King’s Casino… Read more »
