PokerStars has unveiled the schedule for the 2022 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), arguably the most prestigious online poker series on the calendar. Running September 4-28, WCOOP consists of 322 tournaments and $85 million in guaranteed prize pools. This is the 21st edition of the series, but this year, there is a little bit… Read more »
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GGPoker Invites Banned Players to Apply for Reinstatement
Short window for second chances GGPoker’s introduction of the Poker Integrity Council (PIC) a month ago has been generally well-received by the poker community. Cheating is a significant problem in poker and is about time for a concerted effort to not just root out cheaters, but punish them across the poker world, not just site… Read more »
Accused Poker Cheater Bryn Kenney Part of Founding Team of Upcoming Online Poker Room 4Poker
Trust could be an issue Bryn Kenney, the second-winningest live tournament player of all time, is a co-founder of an upcoming new online poker room called 4Poker. A new poker room led by one of poker’s most successful players would be news in and of itself, but the real twist here is that Kenney has… Read more »
PokerStars Adds $179,000 in Guarantees in the Final Week of MicroMillions
PokerStars’ MicroMillions series is in the back half of the schedule, but things have gone so well for the ultra-affordable tournament series this month that Stars has added to the guaranteed prize pools of 20 events. All told, the poker room has juiced the guarantees by $179,000 in tournaments going back to July 24. The… Read more »
GGPoker Awards Pot to Losing Hand in $10,000 Super High Roller Tournament
Glitch in the Matrix One of the wonderful aspects of online poker is that when it comes to running the games, there is no human error. The chips are counted correctly, nobody can play out of turn, and there are no misdeals. But…every so often computers are going to computer and something goes terribly wrong.… Read more »
PokerStars Launches in Ontario
Online poker players in Ontario, Canada have a nice, new option. On Tuesday, PokerStars announced that it has launched in the province after having its license approved by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). And it’s not just poker either; PokerStars is offering casino games and sports betting, as well. “In many respects… Read more »
Partypoker Banning Players on Its Online Blacklist From Live Tournaments, As Well
Much of the talk in the poker world over the last couple months has been about online poker cheating and the possible carry-over into the live tournament world. Several well-known poker players have levied cheating accusations at several other well-known poker players, prompting an elevated discussion of how online cheaters should be handled in live… Read more »
GGPoker Rewarding Players Who Wear the Site’s Patch at Live UK Events
Wear a patch, post some pics It’s not quite the gold rush of online poker sponsorships from early in the poker boom, but GGPoker is offering players in the United Kingdom a way to get rewarded for wearing the site’s patch during live tournaments. Through the Patch Me Up promotion, players can be rewarded for… Read more »
Michigan Joins Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, Shared Player Pools Coming Soon
Interstate online poker could be just days or weeks away Online poker players in Michigan are very close to compete against players in other states. On Monday, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) announced that executive director Henry Williams has signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) to share player pools with Nevada, New Jersey,… Read more »
Bloomberg Article Calls Out Flutter Entertainment, PokerStars for Underage VR Poker Play
Ever since the internet brought the game of poker into people’s homes, the issue of underage people – kids – playing online has been an issue. The “normal” online poker industry has taken strong steps to try to thwart underage players, but a new threat looms on the horizon. A recent article at Bloomberg.com illustrates… Read more »
WPT Global Online Poker Room Launches Celebrity Poker Heroes NFT Avatars
Last month, the World Poker Tour quietly launched a new real-money online poker room called WPT Global. It is oddly difficult to find if you are in the United States. Those of us in the country cannot play on the site, but many other online poker rooms have the same restriction and can at least… Read more »
BetMGM Launches Private Branded Studio to Offer More Live Casino Games in Ontario
Branching out As the Ontario online gambling market heats up, BetMGM launched its own live dealer casino games studio this week, to offer more products in the province, starting with six live dealer blackjack tables. The games are operated by Malta-based Evolution, but from BetMGM’s own European studio, using BetMGM’s branding. BetMGM had already used… Read more »
PokerStars Announces 2022 SCOOP Schedule
PokerStars has released the schedule for the 2022 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), which will run May 8 through June 1. There are 318 total events and $75 million in guaranteed prize pools, both numbers down from last year’s 372 events and $100 million in guarantees. There are over 300 events because, as usual,… Read more »
Dance Partners Lining Up for Ontario Online Gaming Operations
The saying is usually “better late than never.” The citizens of Ontario have to say this after the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) made it seem that several of the top online gaming operators were going to have to depart the province after new regulations took effect Monday. Now, the dance partners are… Read more »
Michigan to Join “Big Three” Multi-State Compact
It has been a long time coming. After spending much of the last decade as a trio, the multi-state online poker compact will be adding a member to the fold. That lucky state will be Michigan, which will join Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey in providing their online poker products and open the doors for… Read more »
Business Decision Changes #1 Poker Site in the World Rankings
Since the 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act in the States of America, there has been one dominant online poker site in the world. Because of the departure of the then-called PartyPoker from the U. S., the title of “largest online poker site in the world” went to PokerStars. Over the past… Read more »
FanDuel to Remove DFS From Ontario As Ring-Fencing Is About to Begin
Pulling up stakes Our friends in Ontario, we have good news and bad news for you. The good news is, as we reported a couple months ago, you are about to get legal, privatized, online gambling starting on April 4! As someone who lives in a state with no legal online gambling, I look to… Read more »
WSOP.com Launches in Michigan
Power of three Michigan poker players have reason to be excited today, as WSOP.com has gone live in the state. The launch breaks up the duopoly of PokerStars and BetMGM. Online gambling in Michigan began in late January of last year. PokerStars was the first online poker room to launch, doing so a week into… Read more »
Michigan Taking Steps to Join Interstate Online Poker Compact
Could it be? The slowest-growing industry in the United States may be in for some good news. According to PokerNews, Michigan appears to be gearing up to form an interstate online poker compact with one or more states. There is no word as to when this might happen, but it looks like the legwork has… Read more »
Server Problems Darken GGPoker’s GGMaster Overlay Edition
GGPoker’s GGMasters Overlay Edition kicked off on Sunday and things did not go particularly well. Technical issues put a damper on the proceedings, preventing some players from taking their seats or depositing. The online poker room let players know that it was aware of the situation about 20 minutes into the first starting flight, saying… Read more »
PokerStars’ Three US SCOOP Series to Run Simultaneously
$4.5 million in guarantees PokerStars has announced the schedules for its three U.S.-based Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey. Running March 25 through April 11, this year will be the first time all three will be held simultaneously. While all three SCOOPs span the same dates and their schedules… Read more »
PokerStars Suspends Its Games in Russia
Following other companies’ examples PokerStars announced on Wednesday that has stop serving the Russian market. No reason was given – the entire of the tweet was “Important update: we are suspending all our services in Russia.” – but it does not take a doctorate-level understanding of world politics to know that it has to do… Read more »
Dan Bilzerian No Longer a GGPoker Ambassador
What was GGPoker thinking? From the files of “nice job, but it shouldn’t have even come to this,” it appears that GGPoker and Dan Bilzerian have parted ways. As of Tuesday, Bilzerian is no longer listed on GGPoker’s website under the “GGTeam” and according to Pokerfuse, his custom emotes are not available at the online… Read more »
PokerStars, World Poker Tour Celebrate International Women’s Day
PokerStars is awarding live tournament entries Two of the heaviest hitters in the poker world – PokerStars and the World Poker Tour – announced their celebrations of International Women’s Day. Though International Women’s Day is Tuesday, March 8, both organizations are holding special tournaments this coming Sunday, March 13, as it is traditionally the most… Read more »
Rush Street Interactive Acquires Phil Galfond’s Run It Once Poker for $5.7 Million
The logical move Two months ago, Phil Galfond’s Run It Once online poker room dealt its final international hand. Last week, Galfond announced that his site is one huge step closer to dealing its first hand in the United States, as he sold it to Rush Street Interactive (RSI) for $5.7 million. Of that total,… Read more »