Legalized online poker is one step closer to a reality in Iowa. Senate File 2275, an “Act authorizing licensees… to operate internet wagering on poker,” passed the state Senate Tuesday by a vote of 29 to 20. The bill was introduced by State Senator Jeff Danielson (D – Cedar Falls) on February 27th, nearly a… Read more »
They said that the second starting day of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Madrid Main Event would be much bigger than the first starting flight, and they were right. With 352 players paying €5,000 + €300 on Tuesday, Day 1B turned out to be almost three times as large as Day 1A, which had just… Read more »
A bill which would have legalized and regulated internet gambling in the state of Mississippi has died in committee. House Bill 1373, the Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2012, was introduced by State Representative Bobby Moak to the Mississippi House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on February 20, 2012 and unfortunately died a… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is back in Spain this week for its second stop of the season in the Iberian nation. This time, it is at the Casino Gran Madrid where a few hundred poker players will converge for EPT Madrid. In September, 811 players participated in EPT Barcelona, creating a total prize pool… Read more »
PokerStars has announced that it is ready to take the unprecedented step of hosting meetings with poker players at its headquarters in the Isle of Man to discuss sensitive, confidential company matters. A number of internet poker forums will send representatives, which are scheduled for April 11th through April 13th. On the Two Plus Two… Read more »
It is a question that will come up from time to time in countries around the world. Who are the best poker players in a particular nation? In the United Kingdom over the span of February, Sky Poker attempted to determine the answer to this question, at least on their own patch of turf. During… Read more »
Looking to avenge one of his few defeats in his namesake challenge, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will face off later today against Isaac Haxton on PokerStars. The Swedish online wizard isn’t getting any love from the odds makers, however. According to Matchbook.com, which is accepting wagers on the tournament, Haxton is favored to once again defeat… Read more »
Although it may be more than half a year away, officials at the World Series of Poker and Caesars Entertainment want to make sure that players – eager to make travel plans – know when the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe will take place. The sixth annual running of the WSOP-E will return to… Read more »
After battling through one of the longer final tables in WPT history, local player Moon Kim emerged as the champion of the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars event. The final six men convened at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose Friday afternoon, with World Series of Poker bracelet holder Erik Cajelais holding… Read more »
It took only nine hours for the players at the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars to determine the final table, with a historic occurrence once the final six were determined. Twenty men returned for battle on Thursday, looking for one of those coveted seats at a WPT final table. Leading the way was… Read more »
Joining an ever growing list of potential operators and service providers under Nevada’s online poker licensing procedures, the online gaming giant Bwin.Party has officially tossed its hat into the ring. Bwin.Party, the owner of what was the most popular online poker room in the United States, PartyPoker, prior to the enactment of the Unlawful Internet… Read more »
The World Poker Tour stop in San Jose for the Bay 101 Shooting Stars has proven to be an exciting event after working down to the final twenty players for Thursday’s action. 149 players and 19 of the remaining “Shooting Stars” (the professional players carrying a $5000 bounty on their heads) came back for action… Read more »
It’s the beginning of a new month (well close enough) and with that, ESPN has released the latest installment of its poker player rankings, dubbed “The Nuts.” ESPN’s rankings attempt to determine who the best poker player is right now, at this moment, and while the pollsters naturally give weight to what a player has… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star wrapped up late Tuesday night with another 222 players stepping up to the plate and only 96 surviving to fight on Day 2. Leading the way as the proud owner of the both the largest chip stack and the $10,000 bonus that goes… Read more »
The next big World Poker Tour event got underway Monday, staying in California this week at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star. Held at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California, the tournament is one of the most fun on the Tour, as a number of well-known poker players are designated as “Shooting Stars,”… Read more »
In an apparent effort to spice up the event, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced Monday that up to 100 more players, including many name pros, will be participating in the 2012 WSOP National Championship. Last year, just 100 players were eligible in total; now as many as 200 will compete for a share… Read more »
One of PartyPoker’s more popular promotions over the years, The Gladiator, has returned this month to the world’s second largest poker room. It is already up and running, having started March 1st, but it will continue through the end of the month, so there is still plenty of time for all PartyPoker players to win.… Read more »
After finishing up their latest stop last week in Los Angeles, poker professionals have little time to rest on the World Poker Tour, heading up the coast of California for the start of the next event on the Season X schedule on Monday. The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars, one of the more popular events… Read more »
One of the most popular online poker rooms in Europe has seen its latest ad put on the banned list by the United Kingdom’s arbiter of advertising. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the independent organization that approves advertisements for a variety of British media, decided that an advertisement put out by 888 Poker in 2011… Read more »
Demonstrating the demand for the game in the Sunshine State, a Florida poker room that is the largest in the state opened up on Thursday. According to reports from several Florida sources, the parking lot of the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville was jammed to its capacity for the opening of Best Bet Jacksonville, which… Read more »
In what turned out to be a tumultuous Wednesday, the parent company of the Heartland Poker Tour and the Epic Poker League, Federated Sports & Gaming, announced that they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a brief message on the FS&G website Wednesday afternoon, former World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack announced… Read more »
After coming to the final table with a slim chip lead, veteran poker player Sean Jazayeri withstood the challenges from the “young guns” of the poker world en route to the championship of the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic. When the final table began on Wednesday, Jazayeri held a scant 370,000 chip lead… Read more »
