The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in the United States this week, setting up shop in one of Atlantic City’s few remaining casinos for the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Yesterday’s Day 1A saw an even 400 players pay the $3,500 to go for the gold with just 172 making it to Day 2. Leading… Read more »
As online gaming and poker regulation remains an issue without resolution in the United States (save for a few states), two countries are currently looking at updating their laws regarding the issue. Those two countries, however, are taking entirely different approaches as to how their respective countries will handle online gaming and poker. In a… Read more »
On the heels of a historic nomination in his first year of eligibility, poker professional Daniel Negreanu may not be winning many votes towards his election. In a blog post on Full Contact Poker, Negreanu is highly critical of some of the nominees for election this year, arguing that some players are being overlooked that… Read more »
As the tournament poker world prepares to head into the home stretch of the major Player of the Year races, “Big One For One Drop” champion Dan Colman has solidified his lead in two of the three rankings. He has a bit of work to do, however, if he will make it a clean sweep… Read more »
As a part of a three-hour block of entertainment, cable television’s Discovery Channel premiered a night of television called “All In All Night.” While the other two programs were adequate, the premiere of “Underground Poker,” featuring poker professionals Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak, showed the best promise of the three. The premise behind “Underground Poker”… Read more »
After the conclusion of fan votes for the process, the final ten nominees have been named by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The final list contains some familiar names from last year’s process, but three newcomers to the list could sway some votes in their direction. In his first year of eligibility, Canada’s… Read more »
Early Thursday morning (Wednesday evening U. S. time), Alexander Lakhov defeated a surprisingly strong final table that included Toby Lewis, Nicolas Chouity and eventual runner-up Dmitry Gromov to capture the title of the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit Classic North Cyprus. The first international event of the Season XIII schedule for the WPT drew in… Read more »
In an effort to provide a shot in the arm for the state’s foundering casinos and racetracks, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued a Law Enforcement Directive Monday lifting the state’s ban on sports betting and assuring said gambling venues that nobody there would have any issues with law enforcement for allowing customers to wager… Read more »
It just keeps getting worse for Atlantic City. The once-popular gambling hub of the east coast has been in a death spiral this year and that spiral is getting deeper and deeper. The latest: Trump Entertainment Resorts has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is saying that it may have to close the Trump Taj… Read more »
There is just one day left in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event as the field was whittled down to the six-handed final table during Tuesday’s Day 4. After two days as the leader, Antonio Buonanno was unable to make it to Wednesday’s tournament conclusion; the chip leader going… Read more »
The money bubble burst at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event Monday as the field was reduced from 79 to just 30 with two days left to play. Leading the way once again was Antonio Buonanno, who was also the chip leader after Day 2. With 1.175 million chips, Buonanno… Read more »
Yesterday marked the first day of what looks to be the most significant online poker series in any of the three regulated United States markets to date: the Garden State Super Series (GSSS). As the name would imply, the GSSS is open to players located within New Jersey’s state borders; it will be held on… Read more »
With three days down and three to go, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event is half over. Well, it is actually two days down, with one of those days being split into two starting flights, but you get the picture. Ok, three calendar days down, three to go. Is that… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has stepped overseas for their next event, landing in the sunny climes of the Mediterranean at the Merit Crystal Cove Casino for the partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus. For its Day 1A action on Friday, a decent sized field came out to play and, by the end of the night,… Read more »
Beginning on September 10, cable television’s Discovery Channel will dive into the world of casino gaming with the premiere of three different programs in a block called “All In, All Night.” While two of the programs will feature content that other cable channels have delved into, the third one features two of poker’s most eclectic… Read more »
About this same time last year, one of the more intriguing poker productions to come along in recent memory debuted their pilot program. The pilot episode for the series The Grind looked promising in its debut on YouTube, but then it went quiet. The creator of the project hasn’t given up on The Grind just… Read more »
The Humorless Champ. The Unsmiling Winner. Call Daniel Colman what you want – he is close to unstoppable right now. The 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Big One for One Drop winner, European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Super High Roller winner, EPT Barcelona High Roller Event runner-up captured another big prize today, winning… Read more »
The world of politics is funny. You never know who is going to get in bed with whom or what is finally going to spark momentum on an issue. It took years for online poker’s proponents to make any sort of headway in legislative circles and we still have not made THAT large of a… Read more »
Save for lingering complications with individual applications, it appears that the bad dream for former Full Tilt Poker customers in the U.S. that started almost three and a half years ago is about to end. Tomorrow, September 3rd, is the final deadline for anyone who still wants to get back their frozen Full Tilt funds.… Read more »
The overlay party of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) Championship Event is down to its penultimate day as 62 players were narrowed to just 18 on Monday. Emerging from Day 3 as the chip leader was Martin Hanowski who, with 5.88 million chips, is one of just two players with over 5… Read more »
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) formally took a stance against the Restoration of America’s Wire Act in August, approving a resolution that urges the federal government to allow the individual states to decide whether or not they want to pursue the legalization and regulation of online gambling. This resolution was preceded in early… Read more »
The headline of the weekend may have been the failure of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) to come anywhere near its $10 million guaranteed prize pool (read: $2.5 million short), but after the shock of the massive overlay, there was still poker to be played. Sunday’s Day 2 saw 478 of the… Read more »
