Online poker news
It has barely been two weeks that online gaming and poker in Michigan has been live. In that short time, however, the state has rocketed to the top of the U. S. industry, bypassing other more established states. The reason for the influx of players is up for debate, however. Numbers Never Lie PokerStars MI… Read more »
Entain, the parent company of partypoker, Ladbrokes, bwin, and more, is under fire in the United Kingdom over its initiative called The Players’ Panel. Safe gambling groups are accusing Entain from hiding its involvement in the group, which posts articles in which every day people talk about they enjoyment they get from gambling and how… Read more »
Players left wondering over the weekend The Russia-facing arm of online gambling site bwin shut down over the weekend, a status which appears to be permanent. When trying to login, customers of bwin.ru saw the message, “Due to system maintenance work our websites are unfortunately unavailable at present. We thank you for your understanding.” But… Read more »
Clear lines, advance levels PokerStars has never shied away from special Spin & Go promotions, but the one the online poker room just announced is a little different. While it’s still just a Spin & Go promo with leader boards and what-not, this time PokerStars has teamed up with Tetris, arguably the greatest video game… Read more »
Think fast! PokerStars has announced the schedule for the newest iteration of the Turbo Series, the fast-paced tournament series where no event will go past a single day. Running February 21 to March 7, the Turbo Series features 134 tournaments with more than $25 million in guaranteed prize pools. The Turbo Series is not one… Read more »
What’s PokerStars without a COOP? We all knew it was coming, and less than two weeks after PokerStars went live in Michigan, PokerStars confirmed everyone’s expectations, announcing the first Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP). The Wolverine State’s “COOP” will run February 20 through March 8 and will have $1 million in total guaranteed prize… Read more »
Can’t play on his own site Now that Phil Galfond is done with Chance Kornuth, his latest opponent in the Galfond Challenge, he is looking for some new competition. Thing is, because of pandemic travel restrictions, he is stuck in the United States and therefore cannot play on Run It Once, the online poker that… Read more »
Complete details are still to come, but PokerStars has officially launched the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary event. I don’t know what makes me feel older: that I am about to have a high school-aged child or that I was in the poker industry when the first Sunday Million debuted. Though online poker rooms the last… Read more »
After Michigan came online with internet casino gaming earlier this month without any online poker, the internet poker community was hugely disappointed. That disappointment turned to excitement when, in only the company’s second state and in the fifth state overall in the States of America, PokerStars opened for business in Michigan. Sudden And Surprising Move… Read more »
50 is the key number here If there has been any good thing about this year-long pandemic, it is that online poker players have had a wealth of options. Loads of live tournament series have moved online and poker rooms have added even more series to take advantage of the lack of live poker. The… Read more »
He should have made it more obvious Sometimes someone does something and you just have to shake your head and ask, “What were you thinking?” And that’s me right now, slumped in my office chair, facepalming as I wonder what in the hell Winamax sponsored pro Ivan Deyra was thinking earlier this month when he… Read more »
WSOP.com keeps its software provider 888 Holdings has announced that it has inked a multi-year extension to its B2B partnership with Caesars Interactive Entertainment. No duration or specific monetary terms were revealed in Tuesday’s press release. The upshot of this is that 888 will continue to be the World Series of Poker’s software provider for… Read more »
Don’t put ideas in my head Any online poker or online gambling site worth a lick allows player to set deposit limits. The reason is obvious: deposit limits lower the ceiling on how much a person can gamble and thus help people avoid losing money they can’t afford to lose. It’s a problem gambling prevention… Read more »
One Circuit stop each month With large-scale live poker tournaments still problematic because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Series of Poker has announced an expanded WSOP Online Circuit Series schedule. The first online festival, the Winter Online Super Circuit, kicks off Thursday, January 14 and will run through the end of the month. Every… Read more »
Built a fortune from scratch Sheldon Adelson, the founder of Las Vegas Sands Corporation and online poker’s top villain, died Monday at the age of 87. Adelson had been battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, since 2018. Just a few days ago, Las Vegas Sands announced that he was taking a leave of… Read more »
DAZN made an offer he couldn’t refuse Entain, the parent company of partypoker, announced on Monday that chief executive officer Shay Segev is stepping down from his position. He will stay on for six months or until his replacement is hired before moving to sports streaming platform DAZN as its co-CEO. It sounds like Segev’s… Read more »
Entain believes it’s worth more When Entain announced on Monday that it had rejected MGM Resorts International’s £8.1 billion ($11.1 billion) acquisition offer, it said that it wanted MGM to “provide additional information in respect of the strategic rationale for a combination of the two companies.” As it turns out, MGM did provide that additional… Read more »
Good news, but don’t get too excited One day, some indeterminate time well into the future, people in Michigan will be able to play online poker against players from other states. Granted, online poker has yet to launch in the state and nobody knows how long it will be before it happens, but because Governor… Read more »
Bill awaits governor’s signature Interstate online poker will be a possibility for players in Michigan someday. When? Who knows? But because Senate Bill 991 was sent to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk on Wednesday, it is something that could be…in the cards. SB 991 passed both legislative chambers with zero problems. The House voted 85-16 in… Read more »
Starting next weekend PokerStars players in Spain, France, Portugal, and Italy will have the opportunity to enjoy a very merry Christmas, as the PokerStars Winter Series kicks off. The entire series lasts three weeks, starting December 25 and ending January 17. Players in Spain, France, and Portugal have one set of events, while Italy has… Read more »
As if all of you haven’t been playing enough online poker this year, how about one more gigantic tournament series to close things out? PokerStars has announced the PokerStars Blowout Series, running December 27, 2020 to January 19, 2021, and featuring 268 tournaments. The poker room promises $60 million in guaranteed prize pools the entire… Read more »
Three-day test before full launch BetMGM is in the midst of an online casino soft launch in Pennsylvania. Running Tuesday through Thursday, it is a test run, with limited hours and limited games to be sure everything works and looks good for state regulators. Assuming the soft launch finishes without any major hiccups, the full… Read more »
Lawmakers speed up approval I’m not making any promises, but there is as chance – a chance – that online gambling could go live in Michigan this month. Tuesday morning, the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to forego the 15-day period during which it can evaluate the new online gaming regulations, effectively… Read more »
Yes, we’re looking ahead to next year, too We have one month before we are out of this piece of crap year. I mean, nothing much is going to change on January 1, but still, psychologically, it will be nice to rip up the calendar, burn it, and then shoot its ashes into orbit. partypoker… Read more »
Cross-border cooperation While we poker players like to complain that online poker rooms only care about their profits and not the players, in reality, most responsible online gambling outfits understand that the better they are when it comes to responsible gambling and player protection, the more comfortable players will be patronizing their sites, thus boosting… Read more »
