Europe’s ring-fenced online poker markets continue to be the test labs for PokerStars. This time, it is PokerStars.fr that gets to be the guinea pig, as PokerStars introduced a new type of multi-table tournament that draws inspiration from Spin & Go’s. Spin & Go’s, as you may well know, are three-handed, hyper-turbo, single-table tournaments in… Read more »
The World Poker Tour revved up again over the weekend with the first two of three starting flights of the popular WPT Legends of Poker Main Event held at the Bicycle Casino and Hotel in Bell Gardens, California. Day 1A saw 171 entrants pay the $3,700 buy-in, while 214 more gave it a shot on… Read more »
Wrapping up a record breaking two week stay along the coast of the Mediterranean, John Juanda emerged as the champion of the European Poker Tour Main Event in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, picking up his first tournament cash in well over a year. To start the penultimate day of the EPT Barcelona, the nine men… Read more »
Coming up on its second anniversary, the New Jersey online gaming market has been able to slowly build some speed. Along with Delaware in being the only operations that offer intrastate online casino gaming (Nevada only offers online poker), the Garden State earned well over $100 million from its online casino gaming industry in 2014,… Read more »
On their way to crowning their first Main Event champion for their Season 12 schedule, the European Poker Tour stop in Barcelona, Spain, churned on with its action on Friday. By the end of the day, Peter Eichhart was on top of the final 36 with Day 3 leader Oleksii Khoroshenin lurking behind him. 110… Read more »
With Day 3 in the books at the European Poker Tour’s stop in Barcelona, Spain, only 110 players remain from the massive 1694 player field that started the event on Sunday. Tonight, former EPT champion Oleksii Khoroshenin is sleeping well as he sits atop that 110 player group with the chip lead. 343 players came… Read more »
Next week will be different, we promise. But for this week, watching this program was dangerous to your health in that it lowers your IQ. We here at Poker News Daily have the appropriate medications to alleviate those symptoms, so let us watch for you! After looking like she was going to be the next… Read more »
It’s been a hectic week on the shores of the Mediterranean as the European Poker Tour kicks the afterburners of the inaugural event of its Season 12 schedule at the Casino Barcelona in Spain. They have crowned two High Roller champions earlier this week and, by the close of the weekend, will have a Main… Read more »
Americans who want to bet on sports are going to have to travel to Nevada or play daily fantasy sports for the time being, as a three-judge appellate court panel ruled against the state of New Jersey Tuesday in its efforts to legalize sports betting. It is a little strange to think of Atlantic City… Read more »
Could talks about legalizing casino gambling in the state of Georgia be getting at least semi-serious? On Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that two meetings have been scheduled for state lawmakers to discuss the possibility of a land-based casino industry. The meetings will be held by the Senate Preservation of the HOPE Scholarship Program Study… Read more »
Yesterday, I referred to the Day 1A field of the 2015 European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event as “solid,” with 459 runners. Yeah…solid. Well, Tuesday’s Day 1B was just a *smidge* better than solid, coming in at a staggering 1,214 entries. The total field of 1,673 players set a new European Poker Tour record,… Read more »
Full Tilt completed phase two in its turn toward being an online poker room for recreational players last week, launching its new Players Club loyalty program. The system is geared completely towards those who like to play poker, but don’t make it their life’s ambition, yet still want to be rewarded for their play. In… Read more »
Unlike the World Poker Tour, the European Poker Tour (EPT) doesn’t have a major event seemingly every other week. EPT stops are spaced out over the year, so there is actually some anticipation when they arrive. The EPT Barcelona Main Event was the latest to get underway, beginning with the first of two starting flights… Read more »
The face of Las Vegas continued to change last week as one of its oldest casinos, the Las Vegas Club, shut its doors for good just after midnight Thursday. It was almost dead already, but it was still a sad moment for its regular customers nonetheless. The Las Vegas Club opened in 1930, the year… Read more »
With just over 38 days until it broadcasts its first programming, the new 24/7 poker television network Poker Central is ramping up its drive for suitable shows to put on the air. Just this last week, two new programs were announced as a part of the inaugural schedule for the network when it hits the… Read more »
After a slight siesta following the completion of the World Series of Poker Championship Event in Las Vegas (OK, the determination of the “November Nine”), the tournament poker world is coming back with a vengeance. Following the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open earlier this month, the European Poker Tour is getting back to action with… Read more »
The poker world has lost another member of the community, this time one of its strongest online players and a person who has drawn the respect of the poker world. In an official announcement from his family on Thursday, poker player Chad ‘lilholdem954’ Batista was reported to have passed away. He was 35 years old.… Read more »
OK, back to the same old, same old – please, to maintain your sanity and that of the friends that surround you, do not watch bad television! We’ll do that for you! While she is constantly being hailed as one of the smarter players in the game, poker professional Vanessa Rousso is walking an ever-thinning… Read more »
The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (SHRPO) concluded late last night after a long heads-up battle between Omar Zazay and Brian Phillis. Zazay came out on top, notching just his second recorded live tournament win and perhaps more importantly, his first million dollar payday. This was the third year for the SHRPO and,… Read more »
All the attention in the Rational Group family has been focused on Full Tilt Poker recently and its efforts to make its online poker room more recreational player-friendly, but sister site (big sister site, to be exact) PokerStars is making one small move to make its casual players smile. The world’s largest internet poker entity… Read more »
It is not necessarily a huge step, but it is a step nonetheless: New York State Senator John Bonacic, who serves as the chairman of the state’s Senate Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee, recently told Gambling Compliance that he will hold an online poker hearing in September. Right now, it appears that this hearing will… Read more »
In an interview with CardPlayer, New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak said that he believes PokerStars will be granted a license to operate in his state and that it should happen relatively soon. Of course, we have heard this wishful thinking before, but Lesniak is still confident that it will get done. PokerStars has been… Read more »
Step one for Full Tilt Poker in transitioning its site to a recreational player model was completely overhauling its cash game offerings. Step two was previewed last Thursday, as Full Tilt Managing Director Dominic Mansour revealed a revamped loyalty program. Some of parts of it, while changed, will look familiar, while some aspects are completely… Read more »
The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO), one of the few major live poker tournaments not associated with a poker tour, is on to Day 3 Monday with just 43 players remaining. Topping the leader board by a significant margin is the only player above the 2 million chip plateau, Rick Alvarado, with 2.011… Read more »
After two men filed a declaratory judgment in a Wisconsin court earlier this year, it was thought that laws regarding the play of poker in the state might be changed. Alas, due to the way the laws are written in the Badger State, the law making poker illegal will remain on the books. Poker professional… Read more »
