Dan Katz

New poker options in time for World Series We are now officially to the point where we can say the 2025 World Series of Poker is this month. The highlight of the festival is, of course, the 100 gold bracelet events, but the WSOP is also fantastic for cash game players, as there is tons…

My oldest child has made her decision on where she is going to attend college, so the day I have to plunk down that first tuition (and more) payment is fast approaching. I am looking to save any dollar I can. High stakes poker players, on the other hand, happily risk multiple years of college…

“Commonsense” step Pennsylvania is finally becoming part of the United States’ small interstate online poker network. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), joining Nevada, Michigan, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Delaware. “This is a commonsense step to support hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, grow our economy, and bring…

Slide, not throw PokerStars has announced that, in an effort to prevent cheating, slide dealing will soon become the standard method with which to deal cards in all live events. It was first introduced at last year’s EPT Barcelona, will be used in select events at the upcoming EPT Monte-Carlo, and will be “fully implemented”…

RTA causing problems Nacho Barbero is no longer a sponsored pro of ACR Poker. In a Monday statement, ACR CEO Phil Nagy cited comments Barbero made on a broadcast of the US Poker Open, saying they “have raised serious concerns about his understanding of our security measures and his role as an ambassador. The issue…

Hockey, millions of dollars make for a great night Nobody ever wants to lose a poker hand. Except…EXCEPT if your poker hand is so good that it’s nearly a can’t lose situation. Make sense? If it does, you know about bad beat jackpots. And on Wednesday, poker players at Casino du Lac-Leamy in Quebec celebrated…

Promises, promises Fans of famed YouTuber MrBeast were excited for the “MrBeast Experience at Resorts World” in Las Vegas April 13-15, but it turned out to be a complete fiasco. According to first-hand reports, the entire event was essentially a pile of nothing and MrBeast himself, real name Jimmy Donaldson, did not make an appearance.…

Years in the making Four years ago, Detroit’s Jacqueline Davis went on an online gambling run to end all online gambling runs. Over the course of five days playing Luck O’ the Roulette on BetMGM, Davis won nearly $3.3 million, down from a peak of $11 million. But when she tried to cash out, she…

Designing promos to attract problem gamblers The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have sued DraftKings, Inc. and Flutter Entertainment plc, the latter the parent company of FanDuel, for what they call “deceptive and unfair practices.” The lawsuit, filed by the law firm of DiCello Levitt, claims that the companies specifically target “vulnerable” gamblers. The…

Part of the lease sale With only about two months before the deadline to submit New York City casino proposals, the Associated Press noticed a detail with one of the competitors that is, at the very least, quite interesting. Bally’s, which wants to build one of three downstate casinos in the Bronx, will have to…

Faded the flush High Stakes Poker’s popularity stems in part from, well, the high stakes for which the players play and the massive pots they can produce. And there has never been a bigger pot on the show than the one featured Monday night, when Alan Keating took down a cool $1,412,500 in a single…

Hey, a $4,000 profit is still pretty nice When a poker tournament ends with 15 players remaining, it is generally safe to assume that the event was some sort of satellite tournament. Perhaps it awarded 15 seats to a bigger tourney, or maybe 14 seats and the 15th-place finisher won a little cash. But in…

Easy decision for lawmakers Arkansas has become the 44th state to ban greyhound racing. On Tuesday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed House Bill 1721, which also requires off-track betting facilities to phase out simulcast greyhound racing by 2028. “Greyhound advocates everywhere applaud Governor Huckabee Sanders for signing this important bill,” said GREY2K USA President and…

Patience of a saint Anyone who has played live poker has probably had to sit through someone thinking long and hard about a decision. Maybe you were the one who took an inordinate time to make a move once! The subject of tanking has been up for debate for eons, but generally poker players are…

Back to Commerce The 2025 World Series of Poker is just over two months away and while the schedule has been set for a while, there was still one detail left to settle: the Tournament of Champions. The WSOP announced this week that this year’s Tournament of Champions will once again be at The Commerce…

Bought ticket through lottery courier An anonymous Texas woman is getting close to losing her patience with the state over an $83.5 million lottery win that she has yet to receive. The sticking point: her use of a lottery courier to buy the ticket. According to the Texas Tribune, the woman and her lawyer, Randy…

Accelerated version of gambling fuels addiction You would think that someone who founded one of the best-known gambling brands in the world would be encouraging people to gamble. You would think that he would be saying, “More, more, more!” But at least in the case of Paddy Power co-founder Stewart Kenny, you would be wrong.…

One of a possible 53 tournaments on his schedule You know those “something that makes you feel old” posts on social media? Well how about this: Daniel Negreanu, the man known as “Kid Poker” is 50 years old and qualifies for the Seniors Event at the 2025 World Series of Poker. And according to a…

Avoided jail time Former poker dealer Jason Saliba is a lucky man. Saliba, who was caught stealing money from cash game pots, pleaded guilty to nine gambling law charges and will avoid any time behind bars. The saga dates back to September 6, 2024, when a poker player in one of the low-stakes cash games…