Two tournaments took to the floor of the Rio at the 2014 World Series of Poker for their Day One action on Friday. The No Limit Hold’em Shootout worked down to the 120 players who would earn a payday from the event as a nice field turned out for Seven Card Razz, with Phil Hellmuth… Read more »
As Vanessa Selbst was making history at the 2014 World Series of Poker on Friday, two other tournaments worked their way down to their final day of action. In one of the multitude of $1000 No Limit events, Kyle Cartwright will take the survivors to Day Three as the leader while Phil Galfond is atop… Read more »
The history books have been rewritten in just the first week of the 2014 World Series of Poker on Friday as Vanessa Selbst defeated Jason Mo to capture her third WSOP bracelet while Brandon Shack-Harris was able to weave his way through a difficult Pot Limit Omaha final table to take down his first career… Read more »
As Joe Ely once said, “the road goes on forever and the party never ends.” (OK, my favorite version of the song, anyway.) That pretty much sums up the first week of the 2014 World Series of Poker as a popular event with the professionals kicked off play on Thursday and two more events enter… Read more »
Amid the flurry of activity around the Rio on Thursday at the 2014 World Series of Poker were two events in different stages of their play. In Event #3, the $1000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Steve Billirakis is looking to add to his bracelet collection as the leader at the final table and Miguel Proulx… Read more »
After their kickoffs to start the 2014 World Series of Poker on Tuesday, two tournaments reached (or came close to reaching) their endpoints. Event #1, the Casino Employees Event, crowned a champion on Thursday – a day later than expected – while the pro-packed Mixed Max tournament will crown theirs later today. Event #1 –… Read more »
While a stalemate has been reached in the Michigan General Assembly regarding proposed new regulations by the Michigan Gaming Control Board over the state’s charitable poker room industry, a new fighter has emerged in the game. On Friday, a Michigan Court of Claims judge will hold a hearing to determine if the court system should… Read more »
As the action continued in the first two events of the 2014 World Series of Poker, Event #3, the action packed $1000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, took to the floor of the Rio for its first day of action. After 1128 players came to the tables for Day One, Loren Klein has emerged as the… Read more »
While it was expected that the first bracelet of the 2014 World Series of Poker would be awarded on Wednesday, the WSOP curfew put the kibosh on that. Instead, the Casino Employees’ Event will finish off on Thursday as the $25,000 Mixed Max tournament heads into its Day Three play. Event #1 – $500 Casino… Read more »
Canada-based Amaya Gaming issued a “move along, nothing to see here” statement Monday in response to rumors that have recently sent its stock price soaring upward. There seem to be two sources to these rumors. One is Industrial Alliance Securities analyst Neil Linsdell, who wrote on May 20th that Amaya may be eager to “‘trade… Read more »
The Garden City Group (GCG), the Full Tilt Poker Claims Administrator authorized by the United States Department of Justice, posted a notice on the Full Tilt Poker Claims website today that a third round of payments to former Full Tilt customers in the U.S. has been approved. This third round will include approximately 3,500 repayments… Read more »
Four hours after the Casino Employees Event kicked off the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the highlight event of the first week, Event #2: $25,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em began its four day journey. In this Mixed Max tournament, Day 1 is played with nine-handed tables, Day 2 is six-handed, Day 3 is four-handed,… Read more »
There is not a much better way to start a poker tournament than to get some of your buy-in back. And the 2014 World Series of Poker sure as hell started in style yesterday. Prior to the traditional first tournament, the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em Event, WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart made a short… Read more »
Full Flush Poker, a member of the Equity Poker Network (EPN), has acquired fellow network member Integer Poker. The change was set in motion quickly, as the announcement and the transition were both made this morning. Integer Poker is no more; its players have already been moved over to Full Flush Poker. Though it just… Read more »
So, do we think Tony G will tell a political opponent in Parliament to “get on his bike” after a debate? We can only hope. This week, Antanas Guoga, best known to poker fans as Tony G, was elected to European Parliament after voting concluded in his native country of Lithuania. The election took place… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins today, but one bracelet has already been awarded. Most people probably don’t realize it (I even forget sometimes), but the WSOP National Championship is held on the boardwalk in Atlantic City before the WSOP proper, celebrating the best WSOP Circuit players of the season. This is year,… Read more »
Close on the heels of its flagship poker room, Full Flush Poker, announcing its retreat from the three states with regulated online poker, the Equity Poker Network (EPN) has decided to require all of its member rooms to follow suit. It was just a few days ago that Full Flush Poker issued a statement informed… Read more »
When the World Series of Poker puts the “November Nine” on hiatus in July, the poker world normally goes into a deep slumber that takes a couple of months to come out of. That was rocked in 2013 when the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, took the chance and guaranteed a… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker technically begins on Tuesday, featuring a slate of big events that should draw in many of the biggest names in the game for the high buy-in events and the return of what was one of the favorite events of the 2013 schedule. The reason that “technically” is used to… Read more »
In a rambling op/ed piece in the National Review, Texas Governor Rick Perry – a potential candidate for President of the United States in 2016 – explains his opposition to proposals for federal and state regulation of online gaming and poker. Perry, who has embraced the “states’ rights” approach that is favored by many in… Read more »
According to information from iGaming.org’s Remko Rinkema, international players at this year’s World Series of Poker – whether they are playing online or in one of the myriad of events at the Rio – will now have to provide two forms of identification to be able to participate in the tournaments. On Wednesday, WSOP officials… Read more »
2014 has seen perhaps the greatest battle over online gaming and poker in the brief history of the industry. While the previous year saw three states – Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – enact historic legislation that regulated the industry for its citizens, the first five months of this year has seen the battle go… Read more »
In a move that has come as a huge surprise to online poker affiliates in the United States, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office have recently gone after affiliates who promote offshore internet poker rooms. The action comes in the form of an April 17th cease-and-desist… Read more »
One of the most popular promotions at PokerStars, Milestone Hands, has returned this week. It started Monday and will run across 300 Milestone Hands with cash prizes awarded every millionth hand. PokerStars promises that $700,000 will be doled out over the course of the promotion. Players eligible to win money in a Milestone Hand is… Read more »
In a frustrating situation for many poker players with more questions than answers, 888 has mysteriously banned some customers residing in Canada and Mexico for no apparent reason. Reports coming in from players indicate, though, that there might be one link amongst those customers: previous United States residence. Despite that possible connection, it is still… Read more »
