In stunning news from New York City, two of the alleged masterminds of the gambling ring that supposedly had Russian organized crime ties have pleaded guilty in court to a variety of charges. In federal court on Wednesday, poker professional Vadim Trincher reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that will significantly cut any time he… Read more »
The poker world is once again mourning the passing of one of its own. Yesterday, popular New Jersey poker professional Mike “Little Man” Sica passed away after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. He was 69 years old. Sica, who was one of the terrors of the East Coast poker scene for well over… Read more »
I am rarely prouder to be a member of the poker community than those times that we are able to band together and rally for a good cause. With the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, it is time to take action once again. Enter Rational Group, owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.… Read more »
According to an Associated Press report, the state of New Jersey will extend its current self-exclusion list for brick-and-mortar casinos to the internet realm. People who want to keep themselves from gambling in one of Atlantic City’s dozen casinos have been permitted to self-exclude, or place themselves on a list that will prevent them from… Read more »
In September, Garden City Group (GCG), the U.S. Department of Justice-appointed claims administrator for U.S. Full Tilt Poker customer funds, issued a list of people who were to be excluded from the remission process. It relaxed one of the restrictions in October and now this month, according to Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Vice President of… Read more »
Daniel Brits began the final table of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Emperors Palace Poker Classic Monday a distant second, but he quickly built his stack, took the lead, and cruised through to play heads-up against Eugene Du Plessis. It was a back-and-forth battle, but Brits won the big hands when it counted, eventually… Read more »
The Equity Poker Network (EPN), a new online poker network focused on supporting its member poker rooms, launched Friday. Billed as a “non-profit” network, the Equity Poker Network vows to change the way internet poker networks operate. EPN calls itself a “cooperative,” in that the role of the network is to support the poker rooms,… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour stop at the Emperors Palace Poker Classic on Monday, with the overall Day One leader back atop the leaderboard and the defending champion (and Day Two chip leader) still in the hunt for a historic repeat. 27 players came to the tables in Johannesburg, South… Read more »
Day Two of the World Poker Tour’s Emperors Palace Poker Classic in Johannesburg, South Africa, is in the books with the potential for history looming on the horizon. When we left the Day Two action earlier today, Eugene du Plessis was holding a slim lead over Bartolome Gomila Romero, but that changed soon afterwards. On… Read more »
For some it may be a bit early to start thinking about plans for the next year. For poker tournament organizers – and the poker tours themselves – now is the time to start preparing for another new year and schedule out their events. The Heartland Poker Tour, reaching its monumental Season Ten, is already… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has taken a trek to South Africa this weekend, wrapping up two Day Ones of action in the WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic in Johannesburg on Thursday and yesterday. As the action heads into Day Two, the crème of the South African poker community is atop the leaderboard, but a contingent… Read more »
In late breaking news on Thursday night, PokerStars will be temporarily denied a license for online gaming in New Jersey. According to Poker Player Newspaper, “three insiders” with direct knowledge of the ongoing procedures in the Garden State – and at least one of those insiders being from “the other side of the pond” –… Read more »
After 90 hands of battle on Tuesday night – and another 171 of combat on Monday against the other members of the 2013 “November Nine” – Michigan’s Ryan Riess defeated Nevada’s Jay Farber for the World Series of Poker Championship Event crown and the $8.3 million payday. While it might be thought that the poker… Read more »
IveyPoker, Phil Ivey’s online poker hub, recently announced that it will soon be launching Ivey League, a new poker training site. The site is currently up, but all that is available is a landing page that gives people the ability to sign-up to be notified when the site officially goes live. It describes itself as… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) announced Wednesday that it has made a change to its current season, Season 10, replacing the sixth stop with a different city and venue. What was EPT Berlin is now EPT Vienna, hosted by the Hofburg Palace in the middle of the city. “Due to a unique opportunity in Vienna,… Read more »
Ryan Riess crouched in front of his rail after three and a half hours of play Tuesday, tears welling up in his eyes. One card to come. His dreams were right in front of him, but then again, they were right in front of him an hour earlier, too. One card to come. As he… Read more »
Last night was the night the poker world had been eagerly anticipating for three months. The final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began last night as the nine remaining players in the tournament, known as the “November Nine,” reconvened to battle it out for poker immortality. And what was nine… Read more »
In a sign that WSOP.com is really starting to gun for Ultimate Poker in the state of Nevada, the intrastate online poker room announced Friday that through the end of the year, it will match a player’s VIP status on another site with a comparable status on WSOP.com. Considering Ultimate Poker is WSOP.com’s only competitor… Read more »
With the launch of New Jersey intrastate online gaming just three weeks away, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has published a list of ancillary companies and related vendors that have been given the go head to enter into agreements with internet gaming licensees. The document, published November 1st, lists 54 companies that… Read more »
After a four month hiatus to build the anticipation, the poker world has once again descended on Las Vegas and, in particular, the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, for the final act of the 2013 World Series of Poker. Throughout the past week, poker professionals, industry insiders and fans have been drifting back to… Read more »
Last week, Delaware became the second state in the U. S. to open the doors to its intrastate online casino gaming network and, from all apparent reports, the “soft” opening has been a success that will lead to the full rollout next week. The “soft” opening, which occurred on Halloween, allowed a limited number of… Read more »
In a legislative hearing conducted yesterday, supporters of Michigan’s charitable poker room industry – including card room owners, charitable organizations and players – turned out in full force to let their voice be heard regarding new proposed regulations on said industry. Melissa Anders of MLive.com reports that more than 140 people were in attendance for… Read more »
Heading into the homestretch for the various Player of the Year races around the poker world, Canadian poker professional Daniel Negreanu is in a strong position to maintain his lead in all the races after what has arguably been the finest year of tournament poker in his career. On the Bluff Magazine POY rankings, Negreanu… Read more »
