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While it has not been proven to be an actual plan for the future of one of Las Vegas’ most powerful casino conglomerates, there is an alleged plan for the opening of the MGM Resorts properties making the rounds on social media. The plan, while logical, may be rooted in information that came from a… Read more »
He said that, once he left the poker realm, he wanted to concentrate on other areas of interest in life outside the game, and he is now doing just that. Former poker professional Doug Polk has started a petition drive against Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, seeking to have the mayor recalled from office –… Read more »
In a spirited and informational meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Nevada Gaming Control Board officially enacted their regulations for the reopening of the Nevada gaming industry. These rules will be in force for every major casino operation on The Strip in Las Vegas, in the historical downtown Fremont Street area and for the more than… Read more »
Battling back after a year in which they were challenged with closure of their businesses and even loss of their freedom, two Houston poker clubs have filed lawsuits against the Harris County District Attorney who brought charges against them. These charges are civil in nature and the two clubs have indicated that there will be… Read more »
With the COVID-19 outbreak keeping people at home, many poker players have been looking for ways to entertain themselves. One way of doing that is through movies about the game and there are plenty out there to choose from. One of those is a hugely underrated classic from the mid-Aughts called Freeze Out, which has… Read more »
According to various reports, Las Vegas officials and their casino operations are currently in discussions as to how and when to reopen the city. In most of these scenarios, there will be a significant reduction in the numbers of people – guests, gamblers and employees – who will be allowed in the businesses. The bottom… Read more »
Although many courtrooms are darkened at this time, action has been heating up in the Mike Postle case in California. One of the defendants in the case, Stones Gambling Hall, has filed new motions that, for all purposes, state that it isn’t their job to watch out for any of their patrons while at the… Read more »
When it came out in 2014, the book Molly’s Game pulled the curtains back on the high stakes poker world. Written by the ringmaster of those games, former Olympic skiing hopeful Molly Bloom, the story entranced both the poker community and the celebrity world as Bloom documented the exploits of celebrities and businessmen inside the… Read more »
The coronavirus pandemic is a weird thing. We in the United States heard about it weeks, if not months, ago, but because it didn’t affect most of us, most people didn’t take it seriously. It was just in China. It was just up there in Washington. But then the NBA season was suspended and people… Read more »
Despite having one of the most popular You Tube pages in the poker world, despite the millions won, if you’re heart isn’t in it, it is time to go. Doug Polk, who has done a great deal of this in the poker world, has decided that it is time to “retire” officially from the world… Read more »
Citing “an abundance of caution,” officials with the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, FL, have postponed the remainder of their World Series of Poker Circuit stop as of today. This will cause the postponement of six of the 13 ring events being held by the casino, including the $1500 Main Event that would have begun… Read more »
On Friday evening, the crème of the poker world gathered together to honor those who made their mark on the game in 2019. The 2nd Annual Global Poker Awards, presented by the Global Poker Index, was the second gathering of what used to be the separate American and European Poker Awards. 25 members of the… Read more »
After several months of inaction on the case, partially because of the defendant’s inability to be served, the Mike Postle/Stones Gambling Hall cheating case looks to be moving forward in California. Part of this is because of actions by the attorneys for Stones, who have made a motion of dismissal as to the civil suit… Read more »
If you think you’ve heard the last of the Phil Ivey “edge sorting” scandal, get ready for the way Hollywood will look at it. According to reports from Collider writer Jeff Snider, the lawsuits that were battled out on both sides of the Atlantic involving one of poker’s all-time greats will be the subject of… Read more »
It has been said that, to become proficient in any endeavor, you have to have 10,000 hours of actual hands on experience in the said activity to become “world class.” Poker is one of those activities where 10,000 hours might not be enough, to be honest. But writer Ashley Adams has come up with a… Read more »
After shutting it down slightly more than a year earlier, the Dallas City Council has passed regulations that will allow for the first officially city sanctioned poker room to be opened in the home of the Cowboys, the Mavericks and the Stars. It will join a sister card room that is already in existence in… Read more »
It may seem to many that the allegations regarding disgraced poker player Mike Postle and the beleaguered Stones Gambling Hall have quietly gone by the wayside. It hasn’t been because there hasn’t been extensive action on the legal fronts, however. In fact, recent moves by attorneys involved in the case have forced Postle into having… Read more »
There are plenty of poker books out there that offer instruction on the game of poker in different manners. Some will take a distinctly academic approach to things, replete with charts and graphs to prove why you should float the turn when you have an open-ended straight draw. Then there are others that can present… Read more »
I hope Phil Galfond is attracting a lot of traffic to his online poker room, Run It Once, as the result of the Galfond Challenge, because he needs to generate a lot of rake for the beating he is taking so far. There is still a long way to go against VeniVidi1993 and several more… Read more »
I kind of feel bad for the Kansas City Chiefs. They won their first Super Bowl in 50 years and nobody is talking about them. The only thing from the Super Bowl anyone seems to want to discuss is the halftime show and OH THE OUTRAGE of two grown women choosing how they want to… Read more »
After an extensive vetting and nomination process, the Global Poker Index has announced the nominations for the 2020 Global Poker Awards. Now in its second year (and following the success of the American and European Poker Awards), the Global Poker Awards looks to honor achievements in the game by the organizations, players and industry personnel… Read more »
It is usually a sign that you’ve “made it” in a particular endeavor or activity. If anything has been around for a good length of time, it is likely that it has a Hall of Fame. Not only does poker have one (at least in theory, as it doesn’t have a physical location), individual countries… Read more »
For many in the poker world, their first introduction to the game, and perhaps even Texas Hold’em, was the movie Rounders. Released in 1998, the film was the spark that lit many fires in the poker community and, it appears, some people who you wouldn’t think of as Rounders fanatics. Just how fanatical are we… Read more »
Eyebrows were raised throughout the poker community over the weekend when BetMGM sent out an interesting e-mail to its customers. The e-mail, hyping a promotion that began Sunday, strongly implies that partypoker might be launching soon in Nevada. Though many people received the e-mail, poker media maven Kevin Mathers posted it on Twitter for those… Read more »
It is always a good time to take stock in the health of anything involved in your life. From your finances to your health to your future plans, individuals do a yearly review to try to improve their situations. Businesses do the same thing, with intricate reviews across all facets of their operations. Governments even… Read more »
