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While we wait about another month for the World Series of Poker Main Event to conclude, the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) doled out its first two bracelets of the year over the weekend. First up at the Crown Melbourne casino in Australia was the conclusion of the AU$1,100 Accumulator Event, a… Read more »
The final two flights of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific’s (WSOP-APAC) inaugural event, the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” tournament, took place on Friday. While the overall numbers were vastly lower than the 2013 version of the event, the remaining field promises some exciting play as Dan Heimiller and Peter Longmore emerged from… Read more »
Whetting the appetite for next month’s “November Nine” finale, the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) kicked off its ten-event schedule on Thursday. At the close of the day, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements emerged from the field as the chip leader for the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” event. The tournament, introduced… Read more »
Last week, when the auction of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel was pushed back to September 30th, perturbed Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub said that he didn’t “need that monstrosity of a building.” It’s a good thing he feels that way because it doesn’t look like he is going to get it. In an… Read more »
We knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time. Even so, it does feel a little strange. PokerStars now has casino games. Currently available only on PokerStars.es, PokerStars’ strong Spain-only site, if the pattern established with PokerStars’ Spin & Go’s follows, casino games will likely spread to the “dot com” site in… Read more »
In early July, PokerStars launched its version of the popular Lottery Sit-and-Go, dubbed “Spin & Go,” on its Spanish site, PokerStars.es. It was a test run of sorts, giving PokerStars a chance to evaluate the game’s popularity before rolling it out worldwide. It appears the returns were positive and now the world’s largest poker room… Read more »
Nevada had gone on a nice run, but as they say, all good things must come to an end. And so it did for Nevada in August, as the state’s five month gaming revenue winning streak came to an end. That is not to say that Nevada actually lost money from gambling. No, that would… Read more »
According to players who hold affiliate accounts with the site, PokerStars has begun to purge long-standing affiliates from their roles. The question from many is why it is coming at this time. Many of these affiliates received e-mails yesterday from PokerStars that announced the termination of these agreements, which provided revenues to those affiliates for… Read more »
While it may seem that the “November Nine” were determined just yesterday, the poker world is only one week away from the start of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC), which begins on October 2. The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, will once again play host to the ten-bracelet tournament schedule and, with… Read more »
It is not the mainstream sponsorship that would be huge for an online poker site, but Nevada’s Real Gaming, the online poker presence of the South Point Casino, announced Monday that it has indirectly partnered with two popular brick-and-mortar retailers to give its players more options with which to fund their accounts. Real Gaming customers… Read more »
One of the heads of online gambling firm Everleaf Gaming was arrested last week, according to a press release from the Malta Lotteries & Gaming Authority (LGA). According to the statement, Michael Zwi Oros was charged with “misappropriation of players’ funds” as well as “before Magistrate Doreen Clarke charged with misappropriation of players’ funds. He… Read more »
New regulations passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom have put the online gaming and poker industry in turmoil as gaming companies either announce plans to pull out or adjust their offerings inside the borders. The bill, called the U. K. Gambling, License and Advertising Bill, was passed in May through Parliament and will take… Read more »
In what turned out to be a two-man battle, Darren Elias derailed a powerful run by Kane Kalas to take down the 2014 World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open on Friday night. The two men were sitting atop the standings as the final table started on Friday afternoon, with Kalas holding more than a six… Read more »
After a grueling 15 hour day, the six men have been determined for the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open final table. Heading to today’s action, Kane Kalas – who has already earned his best ever cash in a poker tournament regardless of where he finishes today – will hold a sizeable lead over… Read more »
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ, is in the books and one man is running away with it all. Longtime California poker professional Jean “Prince” Gaspard will start today’s action with a huge lead over the other 30 players who are still vying for… Read more »
The starting flights were sorted out Sunday and Monday, so it was on to Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open on Tuesday. 606 players began the day staring at the long grind to Day 3, but only 150 players made it that far. On the same day the Trump Plaza… Read more »
For a Day 1A, 400 entries was a strong opening act. Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open, though, put the first starting flight to shame. Monday’s field was more than double Sunday’s, an impressive 826 players shelled out the $3,500 to participate. At 1,226 total entries, this is the fourth… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in the United States this week, setting up shop in one of Atlantic City’s few remaining casinos for the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Yesterday’s Day 1A saw an even 400 players pay the $3,500 to go for the gold with just 172 making it to Day 2. Leading… Read more »
As online gaming and poker regulation remains an issue without resolution in the United States (save for a few states), two countries are currently looking at updating their laws regarding the issue. Those two countries, however, are taking entirely different approaches as to how their respective countries will handle online gaming and poker. In a… Read more »
As the tournament poker world prepares to head into the home stretch of the major Player of the Year races, “Big One For One Drop” champion Dan Colman has solidified his lead in two of the three rankings. He has a bit of work to do, however, if he will make it a clean sweep… Read more »
Early Thursday morning (Wednesday evening U. S. time), Alexander Lakhov defeated a surprisingly strong final table that included Toby Lewis, Nicolas Chouity and eventual runner-up Dmitry Gromov to capture the title of the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit Classic North Cyprus. The first international event of the Season XIII schedule for the WPT drew in… Read more »
It just keeps getting worse for Atlantic City. The once-popular gambling hub of the east coast has been in a death spiral this year and that spiral is getting deeper and deeper. The latest: Trump Entertainment Resorts has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is saying that it may have to close the Trump Taj… Read more »
There is just one day left in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event as the field was whittled down to the six-handed final table during Tuesday’s Day 4. After two days as the leader, Antonio Buonanno was unable to make it to Wednesday’s tournament conclusion; the chip leader going… Read more »
The money bubble burst at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event Monday as the field was reduced from 79 to just 30 with two days left to play. Leading the way once again was Antonio Buonanno, who was also the chip leader after Day 2. With 1.175 million chips, Buonanno… Read more »
With three days down and three to go, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event is half over. Well, it is actually two days down, with one of those days being split into two starting flights, but you get the picture. Ok, three calendar days down, three to go. Is that… Read more »
