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The Houston Rockets NBA franchise announced this week that it has been purchased by Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Golden Nugget Casinos and Hotels. Though the team did not disclose details of the transaction, a source close to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said that Fertitta paid $2.2 billion for the club. In a press release issued… Read more »
Ever since the state legislature removed the limits imposed on its poker rooms, the poker industry in Florida has exploded. Those previous rules limited what stakes could be played for and limited how much could be on the table. In 2009, however, the legislature “uncapped” the poker rooms to allow them to play for pretty… Read more »
Although the state of Nevada has opened the doors for legal marijuana possession, usage and sales inside its borders, there are still laws making it illegal to smoke in public. As far as individual businesses go, they are free to set their own rules regarding partaking of weed. For casinos around the state, however, their… Read more »
If having an international poker league (albeit seemingly defunct right now) and another poker league in the country with the largest population in the world (China) wasn’t enough, Mediarex S&E has gone full bore into another critical poker battleground. Mediarex S&E, the ownership behind the international Global Poker League and the GPL China, has announced… Read more »
On Monday, Poker Central will revive the fan favorite Poker After Dark for its subscription service PokerGO. When the cards hit the air for the return of the show, it will also feature the return of a player who once held the poker world’s attention but has of late been a footnote to the game.… Read more »
During the broadcast of Friday night’s action at the 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event final table, the two latest inductees for the Poker Hall of Fame were announced. With congratulations, one of them was a first-ballot inductee in Phil Ivey and the other was a well-deserved and beloved choice in David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott.… Read more »
After the compilation of the fans’ selections for consideration, the Poker Hall of Fame have announced the top ten nominees, with two of the men on the list being enshrined in the ‘Valhalla of poker’ during the final table play of the World Series of Poker Championship Event. The ten men on the list run… Read more »
Ending a debate that has raged in the halls of the state capitol, Tallahassee, since early last year, Governor Rick Scott of Florida, his gaming enforcement board and the Seminole Tribe of Florida reached a settlement that will have a sizeable effect on gaming in the Sunshine State. The new agreement will influence table games,… Read more »
After doling out their inaugural awards earlier this year, the World Poker Tour announced yesterday that former WPT announcer and Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton and French poker legend Bruno Fitoussi will be the next recipients of the WPT Honors Award. “The World Poker Tour is incredibly proud to have Mike Sexton and Bruno… Read more »
As pointed out last week by my colleague and friend Dan Katz, nominations are open once again for the Poker Hall of Fame. Poker’s fandom is asked each year to nominate one person for induction into poker immortality and, because the Hall only inducts two people per year, there are many that are contenders for… Read more »
After the tepid performance of the rollout of their rebranded tournament series, the President of PokerStars Live, Edgar Stuchly, has been terminated from his position. Stuchly was the boss of what had been one of the most powerful tournament poker schedules in the world circa 2011. Hired from Casinos Austria, Stuchly took over for the… Read more »
With the state of Nevada and especially the Las Vegas Strip shedding poker tables, it is arguable that poker’s new destination spot could very well be Florida. With more than 400 tables and a plethora of big tournaments that seem to be going on monthly, Florida’s a shining star of the poker world as the… Read more »
Of all the thousands of players who have already descended on the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the 2017 World Series of Poker, there are a few that people have been wondering about. In the case of two of those legends, one is on the way while the other says… Read more »
Although they have slowed the pace of signing top poker talent to sponsorship deals (World Series of Poker bracelet winner Igor Kurganov recent deal notwithstanding), PokerStars is demonstrating that they are willing to spend sponsorship dollars on those that are peripherally associated with the game. Their latest signing for a promotional deal demonstrates that factor… Read more »
The biggest news out of the 2017 World Series of Poker on Monday (and into Tuesday morning) was arguably Doug Polk’s victory in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller Event, his third WSOP bracelet win in the last four years. Flying under the radar in that tournament, though, was a card controversy that resulted in… Read more »
Several of the world’s top professional poker players revealed last week that they have been victims of a hacker or group of hackers who took over some of their non-poker online accounts. The security weakness that allowed this to happen was one most people wouldn’t expect: two-factor authentication (2FA). Most of us, when logging into… Read more »
Just when you think that there are no new worlds left for the World Poker Tour to conquer, the WPT finds…well, more new worlds. It was announced earlier this week that the WPT had signed a new distribution deal with ELEVEN SPORTS Network aimed at bringing the products of the WPT to new markets. ELEVEN… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker begins in just over ten days, but there currently is little talk about preparations for the biggest event in poker. Instead, much of the poker community is talking about the ludicrous prop bet between tournament director Matt Savage and poker professional Mike Noori, which will begin today at noon.… Read more »
It doesn’t seem like it could be possible, but one of the longest running poker radio broadcasts in the industry will be celebrating its 10th anniversary soon. In commemoration of this achievement, there are big plans to celebrate with the fans, including giveaways and special guests that will last into 2018. Poker player Bernard Lee… Read more »
Although he has had a tremendous career as a legendary poker player, Doyle Brunson wasn’t always known for his abilities on the poker table. His exploits in another area – athletics – have also brought him great renown, including his recent induction into another organization’s Hall of Fame. Brunson, now 83 years old, was inducted… Read more »
Patrik Antonius was one of the kings of poker before Black Friday. He was a successful player before poker exploded, but it was the poker boom that really helped him rise to fame, as it did with many poker players. One of the most prolific online players of all time, his success at nose bleed… Read more »
Despite being roundly derided by what turned out to be a minority of people, the latest creation of tournament director Matt Savage has gone off not only without a hitch but also greatly supported to the point of exceeding the guaranteed prize pool of the event. On Friday at Savage’s home base, the Commerce Casino… Read more »
Instead of facing a trial that could have sent him to prison for 20 years, a champion of the World Series of Poker Circuit and smaller tours plea bargained his way down to only an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty. Poker player Travell Thomas stood in the courtroom of U. S. District Court Judge Katherine… Read more »
After failing to pay the final table for their major tournament last fall – and the resulting lawsuit from several players who made that final table – the founder of the Players Poker Championship (PPC) has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in Florida. Bryan Oulton, one of two men who founded the PPC (along… Read more »
Curiously citing the “current state of online poker†Ivey League, the poker training website started by poker professional Phil Ivey, will no longer upload training videos to its current menu. While the videos that are already there will continue to be accessible, there will be no “video training content†loaded after May 1. The discontinuation… Read more »
