Christian Lusardi, the man who brazenly counterfeited chips and profited from them at the Borgata in January 2014, is finally being brought up on charges for his scheme. After being sentenced for completely separate wrongdoing, he is now being charged in federal court for his crime that derailed the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open. In… Read more »
The end is near. If the players remaining in the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event couldn’t visualize the final table before, they should most definitely be able to now. There are just 69 players left after Sunday’s Day 5 of the Main Event and virtually all of them have a reasonable shot… Read more »
Now that the preliminary events have concluded at the 2015 World Series of Poker – leaving only the WSOP Championship Event and the ten-event schedule of the World Series of Poker Europe in Berlin this October remaining on the schedule – the true contenders have moved forward in the WSOP Player of the Year race.… Read more »
We are down to the final few days of the 2015 World Series of Poker and the drama ratchets up as the hours tick down. At the close of Day Four on Saturday night, two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Joe McKeehen emerged as the chip leader with 3.122 million in chips. 661 players came back… Read more »
As the 2015 World Series of Poker reaches its final days, one of the major milestones of the 2015 WSOP Championship Event was celebrated on Friday. Late in the evening, the final 1000 players were determined that took home an official WSOP cash as Day Three progressed. There were still 1796 players remaining from the… Read more »
Due to the humongous crowd that turned out for Day 1C, Day 2B of the 2015 World Series of Poker’s Championship Event was bustling with activity. With 2765 players returning to the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino’s tournament rooms, the hope was to reach a manageable figure to allow for a reasonable combination of… Read more »
Sometimes the world of poker takes itself a bit too seriously. Crunching numbers to determine whether to call that big bet, worrying about which state will or will not pass online poker legislation, even fretting over things that haven’t happened (such as the demise of online poker) puts way too much stress on the community.… Read more »
After being rumored for much of 2015, the position of bwin.party has finally come to light in the poker community. Earlier today it was announced that bwin.party Digital Entertainment and GVC Holdings would be entering discussions towards a final merger of the two companies. According to Gaming Intelligence, GVC Holdings has made an initial offer… Read more »
The first of two Day Twos is in the books at the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event with the relatively unknown Amar Anand sitting atop the standings at the end of Wednesday’s play. 1154 players came back from Days 1A and 1B to comprise the field for the Day 2A festivities with Hamid… Read more »
As residents of New Jersey were getting ready to celebrate Independence Day late last week, those who tried to partake in a little online gambling on Thursday afternoon were met with some unwanted resistance. According to NJ.com and later reported by numerous media outlets, four of New Jersey’s internet gaming sites were hit by a… Read more »
The field is still divided, but the preliminary festivities of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are complete, as the three starting flights are now in the books. The chip leader coming out of Day 1C, John Gorsuch, now also has the distinction of being the overall chip leader going into Day… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing, but not every poker player can afford the $10,000 buy-in and transportation costs to Las Vegas plus the time off of work, no matter how much they love to play. Enter the World Series of Poker Circuit. Last week, the WSOP released the… Read more »
The opening flights of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are always the most exciting; everyone in the tournament room is at the beginning of what could be a life-changing journey, everyone is so hopeful. There is a buzz in the air. So let’s enjoy the first three days of this week because… Read more »
Jackpot Digital announced last week that it has reached an agreement with Multimedia Games, Inc. to purchase the company’s PokerTek business unit. The deal is worth $5.4 million, but may increase to as much as $7.5 million if the terms of an earn-out formula are met. An earn-out, in a nutshell, is a deal in… Read more »
This past weekend was a time of celebration in the United States. Not only was Saturday Independence Day (or Treason Day for those of you in the U.K.), but Sunday was the start of the 2015 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event, best known as the Main Event. It is the biggest week of… Read more »
While everyone thinks that the game of poker is about taking someone’s money away from them, some of poker’s best professionals and people with big hearts gathered late this week in Las Vegas instead with other motives in mind. During the run of events at the World Series of Poker, these people gathered together to… Read more »
The final two $10,000 World Championship events at the 2015 World Series of Poker – other than the Main Event, that is – have been the focus of much of the attention around the Amazon Room over the past couple of days. In one event, Andrew Barber was able to overcome a tough final table… Read more »
Although it seems to be thriving in the international community if not the United States, online poker does have a relatively short history and background. You can technically trace its history back to the old “rec.gambling.poker” days of the early 1990s (it is rumored that former World Champion Chris Ferguson honed his poker games on… Read more »
Much was made of the plans by Caesars and WSOP officials announced they would have an online event as part of the 2015 World Series of Poker Schedule. People wondered if there would be anyone who would show up for the $1000 buy-in event; people pondered whether the WSOP.com online poker software would stand up… Read more »
In a ruling that should surprise absolutely zero people on the planet Earth, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the “sweepstakes” games offered by many storefront shops are illegal. For some reason, there had been a question about these sweepstakes gambling parlors, as if there was some technicality that made them legal. It… Read more »
PokerStars has announced that it is bringing back the All-in Kitchen this year in conjunction with the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) stop in Bristol, England. The fun dining gimmick will be open July 27th through July 29th at Pata Negra, a highly-regarded Spanish tapas restaurant. At the All-in Kitchen, customers will be able… Read more »
