At a final table in which nearly everyone held the lead at some point, Aaron Mermelstein held it when it mattered most in winning the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Winter Poker Open last night in Atlantic City. Shawn Cunix, in the hunt for his second WPT championship, had run roughshod over the field the previous… Read more »
The 2015 Aussie Millions is beginning to wind down at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, with two tournaments scheduled for their final table action this weekend. In the Aussie Millions Main Event, James Rann is in command – but will have to contend with Brian Rast at the final table – while the $100,000 Challenge features… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Winter Poker Open final table in Atlantic City this afternoon as Shawn Cunix continued his charge towards potentially his second WPT championship. Three tables (27 players) returned to action on Thursday, looking to work their way down to the six fortunate individuals who would… Read more »
After a tense few days following the disclosure of the introduction of a new bill in the Nevada General Assembly, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), A. G. Burnett, has issued a statement regarding what that bill would cover. In an e-mail to Jocelyn Wood of Pokerfuse.com on Wednesday, Burnett cleared up… Read more »
After receiving nominations from more than 60 industry insiders (this journalist included), the 2015 Global Poker Index American Poker Awards, sponsored by PokerStars, has tabulated the results and set the final four contenders in a host of categories. “I wish to thank each and every member of the Nomination Panel for taking part in the… Read more »
The final 27 players have been determined at the 2015 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City with two former WPT champions, Shawn Cunix and James Calderaro, in position to vie for their second titles. 136 players came back to the chilly climes of the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Wednesday with Justin… Read more »
It is unusual to see a player have the chip lead in consecutive early days of a live poker tournament, so Jan Suchanek’s 2015 Aussie Millions to this point has been quite impressive. Suchanek was the Day 1A chip leader, ending the day with 163,400 chips (ok, so he wasn’t the overall chip leader, but… Read more »
Well, what do you know? Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event got off without a hitch. It was looking a little dicey a couple days ago as the blizzard that was approaching the northeast United States prompted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to shut down all road… Read more »
The 2015 Aussie Millions, part of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, saw its Main Event get going over the weekend as players from around the world flocked to the Crown Melbourne casino for one of the most prestigious events on the poker calendar outside of Las Vegas. All three Day 1 flights have concluded and,… Read more »
The 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open guaranteed a $3,000,000 prize pool and thanks to an active Day 1B, it just made it past that threshold. After 360 players entered on Day 1A, another 629 registered on Monday, bringing the total field to 989. With the $3,300 buy-in (another $200 fee went… Read more »
The jackpot for PokerStars’ $1 Million Spin & Go promotion is only supposed to hit three out of every ten million times. Methinks it is ahead of schedule. A couple weeks ago, a trio of lucky players became the first to bink the $1.2 million spin with Russian “sss66666” winning the three-handed single table tournament… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in action for 2015 and kicking off the latter portion of Season XIII is the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City (you thought I was going to say “at the Borgata,” didn’t you?). The first of two starting flights ran yesterday; 360 players registered for Day… Read more »
After the introduction of a new bill regarding the regulation and taxation of online poker in California from a previously unaffiliated Assemblyman, a new online poker bill has come to the table from one of the industry’s longtime supporters. On Friday, California State Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer introduced the latest version of his efforts to regulate… Read more »
A new bill has been filed on behalf of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) in the State Senate that could effectively end the practice in poker known as ‘staking.’ Senate Bill 40 (SB 40) was filed on December 20 to “prohibit certain acts related to wagering,” naturally something that would be covered by the NGCB.… Read more »
In an intriguing article from PokerNews journalist Donnie Peters, it appears that several poker records could be threatened during the 2015 tournament poker year. According to Peters, a discussion came up during a poker tournament in 2011 that featured Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel. Seidel apparently asked the table who was the only player… Read more »
While the battle rages on regarding the regulation of online poker, many may not realize that it is illegal to play poker in many areas of the United States. One lawmaker in the Heartland of America is looking to change that situation in his state. According to Zach Pluhacek of the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska… Read more »
One of the venerable tournaments on the international poker circuit, the 2015 Aussie Millions, is in full swing at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Several events have already been completed as its $10,000 Main Event and two High Roller ($25,000 and $100,000, respectively) prepare to take the stage this weekend. Five events have crowned… Read more »
Online poker players looking to enter some solid tournaments on the cheap this month only have to wait until next week to get their fix (which is handy, considering next week is also the final week of January). Starting Monday, January 26th, the iPoker Network will be hosting its January Sale discounting over a dozen… Read more »
Mark one in the “W” column for Sheldon Adelson against online poker. Before you panic, though, and worry that the Las Vegas Sands CEO is making inroads in the United States in trying to get online poker banned completely, know that this victory has nothing to do with the U.S. Last summer, Adelson and his… Read more »
Mississippi State Representative Bobby Moak (D – Bogue Chitto) is making another attempt to get online poker legalized and regulated in his home state. Rep. Moak introduced House Bill 306, the “Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015,” on January 12th, referring it to three committees: Gaming, Rules, and Ways and Means. This is the… Read more »
Sometimes a screen name is just so amazingly appropriate. Last week, Darren Woods, who was known by the screen name “DooshCom” in the poker community, was sentenced to prison for defrauding players on internet poker sites, including 888poker and the iPoker Network. Woods, who hails from Healing, a town about halfway up the east coast… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Alpha8 tournament series does not get a lot of attention and to an extent, that is understandable. The high roller series, despite being broadcast on Fox Sports , is not heavily marketed and features tiny fields. Since the players involved have to pony up $100,000 to play, though, those fields… Read more »
Online poker cash game traffic monitoring site PokerScout.com released its weekly update on Friday, reporting that traffic was up one percent last week. Not too exciting, but certainly better than the alternative (unless the alternative is two percent). Of the top ten networks and sites, seven saw increases in their traffic while just three experienced… Read more »
According to the London Daily Mail, a London restaurant is offering its patrons the option of playing poker to determine the bill on their exquisite three-course meal. The All-In Kitchen in the Haggerston area of London is the business that is offering this unique method of determining the check. Opening tomorrow and through January 21,… Read more »
Although we are only a few weeks into 2015, online poker and gaming regulations have been on the minds of many in the United States. Since the calendar flipped to January, three different areas of approach have appeared and, from maybe at least one of them, perhaps online poker and/or gaming legislation can be passed.… Read more »
