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Well, that was fast. After starting with 52 entries yesterday, the 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 High Roller Event has already ground its way down to the final table. Of course, with such a small field (and with that buy-in, it’s to be expected) it should not come as a… Read more »
Late last week, Full Tilt Poker announced the crowning of its first batch of sponsored Black Card Team Professionals, determined by a competition that spanned the second half of 2013. The dozen poker players will now have their names lit up in red for the next four months. The Black Card sponsorship program was launched… Read more »
While pretty much the entirety of the United States is blanketed by “Winter Storm Hercules” (really, who thought naming winter storms was a good idea?), poker’s elite and droves of online qualifiers have escaped to the sunny climes of Paradise Island, the Bahamas, for the start of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis… Read more »
One of the biggest impacts made by poker in 2013 was in the theatrical world. It seemed that nearly every month there was news about a film project, YouTube series, poker documentary or a new poker book that was making an impact. While some of these films were outstanding (and, admittedly, some not), they kept… Read more »
As the confetti is swept up from the New Year’s Eve celebrations, there are still some things to look back at from the past year. Something that always provides a bit of excitement around the poker world is the gossip that sometimes pops up; it can either run for a couple of days or throughout… Read more »
PokerStars is not pleased that it was shut out of New Jersey’s regulated online gambling industry and it wants to tell you about it. In a post on the PokerStars corporate blog, Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications for the world’s largest online poker room, criticized the Atlantic Club casino’s ownership for the death of… Read more »
We are less than two months removed from the finale of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), so now seems like a rather odd time to start looking ahead to next year. But considering the entirety of the WSOP, including the gap before the final table, is five months, it may not be that odd… Read more »
It’s hard for most to imagine what the tournament poker world looked like only ten years ago. Back before the advent of the World Poker Tour, major high buy-in tournaments (re: $5,000 or more) were quite rare. Outside of the World Series of Poker, there was only a handful that made the grade. Fast forward… Read more »
As we prepare to turn the calendar from 2013 to 2014, it’s time to look back at the past year. Poker and politics were a combination that made headlines throughout the entirety of the year, for both good and bad, as the United States – and individual state governments – struggled with the issue of… Read more »
Last Thursday, Bitcoin-only online poker site SealsWithClubs.com announced that the database used to store user information had been accessed by an unauthorized user and that sensitive information was very likely acquired. As such, the site is requiring that all customers change their passwords upon their next login. Below is the entire message from SealsWithClubs management,… Read more »
The Atlantic Club is going out with a sigh. After almost three and a half decades of existence, the casino at Boston Avenue and the Boardwalk in Atlantic City will turn off its lights. On Monday, Judge Gloria M. Burns of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Camden, New Jersey approved a deal in which both Caesars… Read more »
Online poker is a tough business in which to get started, especially if your goal is to offer rake-free gaming. LiveAce, an innovative poker room that debuted in mid-August, has announced that it is already shutting its doors. On its homepage, LiveAce posted its obituary, writing, “We have worked tirelessly over the past two years… Read more »
After holding the lead for much of the last half of 2013, poker professional Daniel Negreanu had to withstand some challenges to his position in the three major Player of the Year races during the month of December. After the smoke cleared, Negreanu captured two of those three POY races but was caught in the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s 2013 calendar year has come to a conclusion after events in both Prague and Korea determined their champions. The WPT Prague concluded this afternoon at the Card Casino in the capital city of the Czech Republic. The six survivors from the 284 player starting field featured something for everyone in the… Read more »
Racing through the largest field in the history of the event, Germany’s Julian Track outran a talented final table on the way to taking down the 2013 European Poker Tour Prague Main Event last night in the Czech Republic. Coming to the final table, Track held a decent lead over former EPT champion Max Silver,… Read more »
In poker, chip stacks can change in the blink of an eye. One second you can be at the top of the field, the next you can be wallowing as the short stack. As such, we often see significant changes at the top of tournament leaderboards day to day. In the penultimate day of the… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event rolled along Monday as the remaining 61 players took their seats for Day 4. With the money bubble having burst the previous day, the goal for the players Monday was to move up the payout ladder and creep closer to the final table. Britain’s Max Silver separated… Read more »
Don’t get confused. There are two major poker tournaments taking place in Prague right now: one is the “E”PT and one the “W”PT, so be sure you read your updates carefully. In this article, we are discussing the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event, whose Day 1A concluded Sunday. It was a tiny first… Read more »
In golf, it’s called “moving day” when the players look to make their moves towards the top of the leaderboard to contend for a championship. Poker has that itself, especially once the money bubble bursts and the short stacked players look to get the best cash out for their tournament buy-in investment and the big… Read more »
As expected after the sizeable Day 1A field, the European Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, has shattered its previous record in drawing in over 1000 players. Day 1B on Friday saw a massive flood of participants join the fray. While the Thursday numbers of 389 players were quite decent, the 609 that… Read more »
There are still a few tournaments to dust off of the books before we close the 2013 calendar year. One of those is the European Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, which started yesterday and has become one of the more well-attended tournaments on the EPT circuit over the past couple of years.… Read more »
After starting the final table with the chip lead, poker pro Dan Smith was able to parlay that position into his first championship on the World Poker Tour last night at the Bellagio’s Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Coming into the final table, Smith’s lead over Australian poker legend Gary Benson was a… Read more »
It was another nine hour day at the 2013 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event on Tuesday and now we have our television final table. Just 21 players remained after Day 4, but with relatively large chip stacks and players who played cautiously to try to move up on the payout… Read more »
The 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event concluded its fourth day on Monday and after a quick pace at the outset as the short stacks went down after desperation moves to try to move up the ladder, things slowed down considerably. It took nine hours for just 38 eliminations… Read more »
Sunday was a good news, bad news day for the survivors of Day 3 at the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. The good news was, well, they made it to Day 4. The bad news was that they were not able to relax when they retired to their… Read more »
