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As is almost always the case with the second of two starting flights in a major tournament, Day 1B of the 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event was expected to be much more crowded than was Day 1A. We also opined that it was very unlikely that the tournament would eclipse last year’s… Read more »
The Merge Gaming Network is continuing its descent into irrelevance, though this latest step down is probably a wise move. Late last week, Merge, one of the few networks still accessible to most poker players in the United States, began barring customers from the states of New Jersey and Delaware from its member rooms. With… Read more »
Sunday marked the first day that two major poker tournaments schedules got back into action for their current seasons. In the United States, the World Poker Tour restarted their Season XII schedule at the $3500 buy in Borgata Winter Poker Open and, in France, the European Poker Tour pitched the cards in the air for… Read more »
News late yesterday broke that one of the players in the Borgata Winter Poker Open preliminary event that was canceled – in fact, its chip leader from Day 1B – is now in the hands of Atlantic City and New Jersey gaming authorities for introducing the counterfeit chips that brought about the tournament’s cancelation. According… Read more »
For many of poker’s top professionals, the coming of the New Year brings new opportunities, new events and the chance to make even more money. For one of the poker world’s top players, however, January hasn’t been the month to get back in the swing of things. “My wife, Kayce, has been ill, so I’ve… Read more »
The federal court in New York City continues to be a revolving door for the 34 people charged in last year’s April indictments and arrests in an alleged Russian gambling ring. On Tuesday, one of those who entered a guilty plea received his fate and, earlier this month, another figure received his judgment. Edwin Ting… Read more »
As you are reading this, Americans are free to play online poker in three states. Though no bills legalizing and regulating online poker have made it all the way through Congress, support on Capitol Hill is growing every year. Opponents of online poker are scared, so scared that they are back on the offensive. The… Read more »
The 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open is in full swing this week, but the excitement of the first major U.S. poker festival of the calendar year has been dampened by scandal. Last week, counterfeit chips were discovered during the Open’s first event, leading to a suspension of the tournament and eventually its cancellation. When the… Read more »
After 2013 saw three states – Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey – enact laws for regulating an intrastate online gaming platform in some format, it was thought that 2014 might be a bellwether for others to join the party. Just a couple of weeks into the New Year, however, those hopes are being quickly dashed.… Read more »
In one of the more honest statements that you’ll find in the poker world, 2004 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Greg Raymer writes that he is looking for backers for his 2014 tournament efforts. At the start of a post on Two Plus Two’s Staking forum, Raymer recounts the past ten years of… Read more »
On Saturday, Marco “AgentMarco” Valerio, one of the preeminent reporters in the poker industry, posted on his site the draft of an anti-online gaming bill that is supposedly strongly backed by Las Vegas Sands CEO and staunch opponent of online poker, Sheldon Adelson. The bill, designed to be introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives,… Read more »
Earlier this week, we relayed the story of popular poker blogger and photographer Jay “WhoJedi” Newnum, who was arrested on December 16th, 2013, for allegedly stealing $700 from dealer tip boxes at Foxwoods. The initial report was made last Wednesday by Billy Shea, president of the Local 2121 union, on the Facebook page for Foxwoods… Read more »
What a difference a day makes. Whereas Day 5 of the 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event was short – just four and a half hours – Day 6, which consisted of just the final table, was long. Very long. Seventeen hours long, counting breaks. The stacks were fairly deep… Read more »
On Friday, the Global Poker Index (GPI) announced that German poker player Ole Schemion had won the 2013 GPI Player of the Year (POY) title, awarded to the years’ most successful live tournament player. Schemion just beat out GPI’s Player of the Decade Daniel Negreanu for the honor. Schemion began the year in style, placing… Read more »
Sunday’s Day 5 at the European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event was a short one, as only a dozen eliminations were needed to hit the next stopping point in the tournament, the final table. Entering the day, 20 players remained in the event, all with the immediate goal of being one… Read more »
Day Four of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is in the books and, with 20 players remaining, Madis Muur has surged to the lead. There are several notables in contention behind him with one of those contenders looking to make European Poker Tour history. Saturday’s action began with 72 players remaining and the… Read more »
The 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event reached the money during action on Friday and, by the time the chips were bagged up for the night, British pro Max Silver had moved into the lead as one of only three players over one million chips. At the start of action on Friday, Pascal Lefrancois was… Read more »
The $10,000,000 Guaranteed PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event has worked its way through Day Two with Pascal Lefrancois leading the remaining 215 players who will look to pop the money bubble on Friday. At the start of yesterday’s action, overall Day One leader Shankar Pillai was ahead of the 632 players who made it out… Read more »
The 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 High Roller Event concluded Tuesday as the seven remaining players played their way down to the first big money winner of the new year. Fabian Quoss collected all the chips in the end, cashing for $1,629,940. Going into final table play, the chip stacks… Read more »
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 »
