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According to a report from PokerFuse.com, professional poker player Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi has once again been banned from PokerStars, this time for playing on the site from the United States on other player’s account. The story of Mizzi’s rules violation dates back to February 2016, when a poster went on Two Plus Two and alleged… Read more »
When it was conceived, the Alexandre Dreyfus-driven Global Poker League looked as if it would be “The One” attempt at making poker more “sport-like” that survived when others failed. A recent announcement has cast some doubt on that, however, as the GPL looks to end its inaugural season on a high note. According to Will… Read more »
What was once a thriving casino scene in Atlantic City a decade ago will be nearly halved come this October as another casino will officially shut its doors. On Wednesday, the Trump Taj Mahal became the latest victim of the East Coast expansion of gaming. Although its owner, billionaire Carl Icahn, tried to invest in… Read more »
After more than 30 months of wrangling over the case, a court in New Jersey has denied the appeal of a group of players who took part in the “Chipgate,” reaffirming the decision by the casino and state gaming regulators as to how to settle the tournament. In a hearing in front of the Appeals… Read more »
So you may be in the World Series of Poker Championship Event, ponying up your $10,000 to play. You get eliminated in the early going from a streak of bad luck, something that you try to share with people. This is a constant occurrence at the WSOP but, for one sports legend/poker player, it seems… Read more »
In an e-mail sent to Poker Players Alliance (PPA) members late last week, PPA Vice President of Player Relations Rich Muny relayed the positive news that a ban on internet poker has been removed from the Republican Party’s platform in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Ever since online poker has been a… Read more »
The Global Poker League is in a hiatus at this time, taking a break after finishing the first half of their inaugural season and their “Summer Series” during the run of the World Series of Poker. It’s certainly been an interesting run so far for GPL creator Alex Dreyfus’ pet program and it has seen… Read more »
If you play poker, you will inevitably play against some unsavory characters. I suppose in everything we do in life, we have dealings with people we love and people we would rather see trip on the sidewalk and chip a tooth. But poker seems to bring out the creeps sometimes. Enter Chris Ferguson and Howard… Read more »
Normally when you’re writing your autobiography, you’ve achieved all the goals that you’ve set for your life. For poker professional, Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour analyst Mike Sexton, however, it is difficult to believe that he has achieved everything that he wants to do with his life quite yet. With that said,… Read more »
With everything that is going on at the 2016 World Series of Poker, there is some news from the poker world that some people might miss. In this week’s edition of “ICYMI” (In Case You Missed It), a former major tournament champion is headed to court, a popular tournament pro gets a less than profitable… Read more »
While much of the poker community is keeping an eye on the activities going on at the 2016 World Series of Poker, there is some other news making the rounds. In this edition of “ICYMI (In Case You Missed It),” for those of you who thought you had a shot with poker player Beth Shak…prepared… Read more »
After Howard Lederer issued an apology for his role in the Full Tilt Poker “Black Friday” scandal last month, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that he would make an appearance at the World Series of Poker. While we would all like to believe that the apology was completely heartfelt (and I’m not saying it… Read more »
A little more than a week after alleged co-conspirator Chris Ferguson returned for the first time in six years to the 2016 World Series of Poker, former Full Tilt Poker front man Howard Lederer stepped up to the felt in the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday. Lederer put down his ducats to enter Event… Read more »
A documentary that was a couple of years in the making, detailing the life of poker professional and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, is now seeing its premiere over a major streaming service. The documentary KidPoker, produced by PokerStars Original Films, premiered on the streaming service Netflix last week and has already generated some decent… Read more »
After taking a week off for players to travel to Las Vegas for the 2016 World Series of Poker, the Global Poker League will come back to life with their six-week Summer Series. So just what is entailed in this “Summer Series” that differentiates itself from what we’ve seen previously from the GPL? Over the… Read more »
After more than five years out of the tournament poker spotlight, one of the men involved in the demise of Full Tilt Poker and the “Black Friday” scandal returned to the World Series of Poker stage on Saturday. Former World Champion Chris Ferguson, the man formerly known as ‘Jesus,’ entered the $10,000 Seven Card Stud… Read more »
In this day and age, there are many things or people that we would like to be able to identify simply from their appearance. From judging whether someone has donned a disguise to more sinister implications, such identification would be critical for particular situations. A software company in Israel says it has developed a facial… Read more »
After a little glitch in their tabulating system negated their public vote (more on that in a moment), the Women in Poker Hall of Fame induction committee has named the two women who will join the hallowed halls of the organization during an induction ceremony this fall. For the first time earlier this month, the… Read more »
In the five years since “Black Friday” hit the online poker industry, poker professional Daniel Negreanu has been one of the more vocal critics of the people that were in charge of one of the rooms involved in that situation, Full Tilt Poker. Now, more than five years later, Negreanu is allowing one of the… Read more »
During the recent European Poker Tour Grand Final festival, poker professional Justin Bonomo was one of the fortunate individuals who was able to take some gold away from the proceedings. In the €2000 No Limit Hold’em preliminary event on May 2, he was able to defeat a field of 346 players to capture slightly more… Read more »
The directorial debut for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin – the poker-themed Molly’s Game, based on the book of the same name written by “The Poker Princess” Molly Bloom – is beginning to fill out as to its cast. While that is normally a good thing for a film, there are other problems that have arose for… Read more »
After a closure that lasted much longer than previously expected, the once-great poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ, is set to reopen at 11AM today, but its future is still a bit murky. The poker room was closed last February and, at that time, people were told that the iconic… Read more »
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame is set to induct a new class of members to their rolls this fall. In the past, they have traditionally kept their voting “in the house,” meaning that a select committee and the past inductees were the only ones who were voting on new members. For the 2016… Read more »
According to reports from local news sources, the Normandie Casino – one of the original casinos in California which spread poker upon its legalization in the 1930s – will be temporarily shut down until new ownership can be found for the casino. DailyBreeze.com writer Sandy Mazza reports that the Normandie will be closing temporarily due… Read more »
I got into the poker industry and the writing part of it, specifically, by a happy accident back in 2005. In the eleven years since, I have generally been able to write what I want on my own terms. There have been those rare times, however, when I have been told to stay away from… Read more »
