For people who operate online gambling sites, one of their worst nightmares is the thought of somebody being able to crack the site’s random number generator (RNG) and end up having knowledge of exactly what cards, spins, or dice are about to appear. It is bad enough if the hacker ends up cheating the house… Read more »
When Jonathan Duhamel wins a World Series of Poker bracelet, he certainly makes the most of the situation. Early this morning, Duhamel won the second gold bracelet of his career, taking the title in the 2015 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP Event, winning $3,989,985. Duhamel, of course, won the 2010 World Series of… Read more »
Swedish gaming firm Betsson AB announced Monday that it has acquired the Georgian gambling company Europe-Bet in a deal worth a minimum of $50 million. Europe-Bet is in an interesting spot in the gambling industry, as it helped draw attention to the Republic of Georgia, a nation that is not normally on the forefront of… Read more »
As a fan of technological doo-dads, gizmos, and gadgets, I subscribe to WIRED magazine, so imagine my surprise when I received the latest edition in the mail (yes, I read it in paper format) and found a short piece on 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson. It is not an article… Read more »
As the schedule steams toward the start of its $10,000 Championship Event next weekend, the 2015 World Series of Poker crowned two more champions. In one event a longtime Limit expert was able to defeat a strong field of contenders while an amateur became the first woman to take down a bracelet at this year’s… Read more »
After a long Day 4 of action, Mike Gorodinsky was finally able to break through at the 2015 World Series of Poker, defeating Jean-Robert Bellande heads up early Friday morning to win arguably the most prestigious bracelet on the WSOP schedule, the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. Six men returned on Thursday afternoon to battle for… Read more »
Prior to a Congressional recess to mark the tragic murders in Charleston, S. C., two members of Congress put bills in front of their respective bodies for consideration. Both of the bills were expected to come to the fore at some point and, in this case, the bills are on opposing sides of the argument.… Read more »
After returning from the island nation of Antigua and being booked into the Clark County Detention Center upon his arrival, poker professional/Bitcoin entrepreneur/online poker room owner/operator Bryan Micon has decided to plead guilty to lesser charges and will avoid any jail time. According to David Ferrara of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the deal struck by… Read more »
After three days of battle amongst some of the world’s greatest poker players, David Baker – the ‘ODB’ version, not the ‘Bakes’ one – will head the six men who will contest the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship final table at the 2015 World Series of Poker this afternoon. 19 players returned from the original 84… Read more »
UK-based gaming giants Ladbrokes and Gala Coral Group are discussing a possible merger, according to a report on RacingPost.com. The combined company would become the largest in the UK’s gambling industry. Ladbrokes CEO Jim Mullen confirmed the talks with the Racing Post, saying: Since becoming CEO my focus has been on a more aggressive plan… Read more »
The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino may be the property that is hopping right now in Las Vegas, what with the 2015 World Series of Poker going on, but ARIA Resort & Casino is doing its very best to get poker players over to its venue. The WPT500 is currently being held there as a… Read more »
ATTENTION: DOYLE BRUNSON SIGHTING AT THE 2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER. Apologies for the dramatics, but hey, Doyle Brunson playing in a tourney at the WSOP is news (at least I didn’t include the Drudge sirens). The poker legend is not much of a tournament player anymore, so it is a big deal when he… Read more »
If you want a say in who is elected to the Poker Hall of Fame (HOF), it is time to get on it, as the nomination period for the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame class is now open to the public. Largely the same as the past several years, those interested in shaping the Poker… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced Sunday that it has been acquired by Chinese gaming behemoth Ourgame International Holdings Limited. Ourgame will pay $35 million for the international poker tournament brand. This is not the first time the World Poker Tour has changed ownership. Founded in 2002 (doesn’t it seem like it has been around… Read more »
Brian Hastings is making a case for WSOP Player of the Year, as he has become the first player this year to win two bracelets at the 2015 World Series of Poker. The 26-year old who is better known for his online poker prowess won Event #39: $1,500 Ten-Game Mix, earning $133,403. Hastings certainly seems… Read more »
It was a busy Friday at the 2015 World Series of Poker as three tournaments handed out bracelets. It would have been four, but the final two contenders in that event played to the WSOP curfew before deciding to come back on Saturday afternoon to decide the champion. Event #34 – $1500 Split Format Hold’em… Read more »
With half of the 2015 World Series of Poker in the books, two players that have not yet won a WSOP bracelet – Paul Volpe and Mike Gorodinsky – sit atop the standings for the 2015 WSOP Player of the Year race. Both men have had outstanding starts over the first three weeks of the… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker is blowing past the halfway point as more than half of the scheduled events have either started or concluded. In two of those concluded events, a top professional was able to capture his third WSOP bracelet against a difficult field while a newcomer surprised the pros in the other tournament. Event… Read more »
While the poker community would like to think differently, poker isn’t the linchpin of gaming anywhere in the world. For most land-based casinos, poker rooms are a drain on the bottom line while slots, other table games (blackjack, craps, etc.) and sports betting bring in the most revenues. This is also true for those operations… Read more »
If anyone is following the 2015 World Series of Poker religiously this summer and wonders where in the world Vanessa Rousso is, the answer is cooped up in a house with a bunch of strangers with access to the outside world. No, she is not a hostage exactly, but rather the professional poker player is… Read more »
When one looks back on the poker boom era of the World Series of Poker, one of the distinct themes was the changing of the guard from the old school players who became instant television stars in the mid-aughts to the new-age, brash, young internet players who learned the game by grinding out thousands of… Read more »
Professional poker player Sam Trickett has left Everest Poker and is now a free agent on the poker sponsorship scene, according to a report from CalvinAyre.com. Trickett, 28, is the top all-time live tournament earner in the history of the UK. Trickett joined Everest Poker in March 2014, a surprise to many in the poker… Read more »
OMG. Phil Galfond won the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship Monday at the 2015 World Series of Poker, earning his second career bracelet and his first since 2008. For the win, Galfond won $224,383. As is always the case with high buy-in specialty events like 2-7 Draw Lowball, the field was very small, just… Read more »
Internet poker cash game traffic monitoring site PokerScout.com released its Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update on Friday, reporting yet another down week for cash games. Last week was the ninth consecutive week that liquidity at the cash game tables across the internet dipped and unlike some of those weeks, when the decrease was just a… Read more »
During the course of the past month, discussion on internet poker forums of third-party software usage in online poker has been heating up. Always a subject of debate, the topic has found some extra steam recently primarily because of a controversial, yet quite secretive piece of software developed by a player named “skier_5.” As such,… Read more »
