The final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic was determined Tuesday as the first U.S.-based event in Season XI saw its field narrowed to six from the original 500. It was a relatively short day as far as WPT events are concerned, with the competition starting at noon and… Read more »
Three days down, two to go at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic. Just 16 players remain. The $416,127 first prize can be seen on the horizon, but there is still a ways to go to even see the big bucks. The next seven players eliminated won’t even cash for $20,000 (a… Read more »
PartyPoker has finally joined the fast-fold poker party (pun intended), launching FastForward Poker last week. The new game was initially offered only for play money, but apparently the testing went smoothly and its real money counterpart took off within just a couple days. Anyone who has already played a fast-fold poker variation at a different… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is moving right along, as after Day 2, the field has already been narrowed from 500 players down to just 47. 196 runners began Sunday’s Day 2, all at least eyeing the money, which would go to the top… Read more »
The World Poker Tour continued its first stop on American soil for its Season XI schedule yesterday in Pennsylvania with the second of two Day Ones at the Parx Casino in Bensalem. The stunning surprise of the opening of Day 1B was the appearance of defending WPT World Champion Marvin Rettenmaier on the ground at… Read more »
Most of us dream about the lifestyle of becoming a professional poker player. The ability to set your own hours of work, not having a boss hovering over your shoulder and playing in some of the swankiest surroundings of the poker world are all benefits of the life that we think we might live. Sometimes… Read more »
Fresh off the opening tournament of their Season XI schedule on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the World Poker Tour is wasting little time in getting back to action with their inaugural Season XI tournament on American soil. The entirety of the WPT staff arrived at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, PA, for the first… Read more »
With less than a month remaining in its legislative session, the President Pro Tem of the California Senate stated to a Golden State newspaper that he doesn’t expect a proposed bill that would regulate online poker on an intrastate basis to pass before the end of the term. Jim Miller of the Riverside Press Enterprise… Read more »
Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier is continuing what has been an outstanding 2012 tournament poker season for him to this point, emerging last night as the champion of the World Poker Tour’s Season XI debut at the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic. In winning the tournament, Rettenmaier also etched his name into the WPT record books for an… Read more »
Preparing for their ceremonies next month, the British Poker Awards have announced the nominees for their 2012 awards show, featuring several prominent members of the British poker community vying for ten different honors. The British Poker Awards, sponsored by Genting Poker and the English Poker Open, are in their third year of existence and have… Read more »
If there is one thing that poker players enjoy – perhaps more than poker itself – it arguably would be the National Football League. With the NFL exhibition season in full swing, a controversy has arisen that joins the world of poker with professional football. Last season, an NFL lockout by the owners against the… Read more »
Just weeks after purchasing the Global Poker Index (GPI), Pinnacle Entertainment has turned around and flipped it to Zokay Entertainment, a gaming company created by former ChiliGaming CEO Alex Dreyfus. The GPI ranks the top 300 live poker tournament players in the world, adjusted weekly. Pinnacle, which owns several casinos in the United States, purchased… Read more »
The money bubble burst in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic Tuesday as the tournament drew one day closer to the final table. 53 players began Day 3, 36 made the money, and just 19 emerged at the end of the night to live to see Day 4. Erik Cajelais, who started… Read more »
Online poker players, don’t get excited just yet. Don’t start running around the neighborhood yelling about how your “One time” has finally come in. Ok, fine, get a little excited. For the first time, Facebook is offering a game in which players can wager real money, not simply things like in-game currency or Facebook credits.… Read more »
The survivors of the two starting flights combined into a single, 132 player field Monday at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic, allowing the competitors the chance to take a good look at everyone who stands in between them and a WPT title. With just 53 players remaining after Day 2, Switzerland’s… Read more »
It started with some brief and surprising e-mails to customers, but on Monday, Bodog Poker officially announced that it was withdrawing its services from 20 countries as of August 30th. It has advised current players in the affected nations to withdraw their funds as soon as possible, though those players who do not do so… Read more »
The second of the two starting flights of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic is now in the books, so it’s time to marry the survivors into a single, combined field for Monday’s Day 2. A total of 164 players took to the felts Sunday at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and… Read more »
After a well-deserved break through most of the summer, the World Poker Tour surged back into action with its Merit Cyprus Classic yesterday. Held at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in Cyprus, poker pros from around the world have descended on the Mediterranean island looking to take down the first championship of the… Read more »
Poker players at a Tennessee poker outlet learned their fate this week as Chattanooga District Attorney Neal Pinkston held hearings regarding charges against those patrons. 41 players gathered in front of Pinkston on Thursday as a result of a raid by Chattanooga police in June. Back on June 7, the Chattanooga Police Department raided an… Read more »
A petition drive in the state of Arkansas to put a ballot measure on for the November elections is facing challenges after a tumultuous battle to even be considered by the people of the Natural State. In Arkansas, there are no legal gaming outlets available for their citizens to partake of casino games and, in… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is always some type of action going on. This action, known as proposition or “prop” bets, is used by some players to keep them interested in the action, level the variance of the game or just to screw around. 99.99% of the time the prop bets are covered, but… Read more »
What’s On The Cards? With poker hitting a slower pace as things go quiet after the WSOP and players take a moment to enjoy the summer, we look at what’s on the tournament cards during August. After all, if the online poker sites Stars and Full Tilt do indeed do a deal, you might find yourself flushed… Read more »
Yesterday’s announcement of the settlement of the civil case between PokerStars and the United States Department of Justice brought about a wave of celebration that has probably never been seen in the poker community. With the deal, one of the darkest chapters in online poker history has been closed with, it has to be argued,… Read more »
