Online poker hit a significant milestone in New York Tuesday, but as the legislative session draws to a close, the future of the game in the Empire State is still a question mark. For the first time in the state, an online poker bill passed through a full chamber of the legislature, as S5302 was… Read more »
Jason Mercier won his fourth career World Series of Poker gold bracelet Tuesday morning outlasting an extremely seasoned field of 99 other players in Event #16: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship. The victory was worth $273,335. Now, even though the first place prize was more than a quarter million dollars, it sounds like Mercier… Read more »
After Howard Lederer issued an apology for his role in the Full Tilt Poker “Black Friday” scandal last month, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that he would make an appearance at the World Series of Poker. While we would all like to believe that the apology was completely heartfelt (and I’m not saying it… Read more »
There are nearly 70 events at the World Series of Poker this year. We will touch on most of them to some extent on this site, but in the end, most readers aren’t going to really care to read about the final hand of event 30-something that allowed a 20-something to win a gold bracelet.… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is well underway in at the Rio in Las Vegas and of course, that is going to be the talk of the poker world for much of this summer. Not to be forgotten, though, is the Global Poker League, which began its Summer Series last week with Heat… Read more »
A little more than a week after alleged co-conspirator Chris Ferguson returned for the first time in six years to the 2016 World Series of Poker, former Full Tilt Poker front man Howard Lederer stepped up to the felt in the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday. Lederer put down his ducats to enter Event… Read more »
With the 2016 World Series of Poker in full swing, we sometimes might overlook that there is OTHER poker news that is going on. With that in mind, it is time to take a look around the poker world and check that information out, just “In Case You Missed It.” Michigan Senate Committee Passes Online… Read more »
Wednesday at the 2016 World Series of Poker was a day in which there was only one bracelet handed out, despite the factor that several events were in their final throes. In that one event, Ryan D’Angelo achieved his career highlight in winning a WSOP bracelet while three other events are waiting until Thursday for… Read more »
By early Tuesday morning at the 2016 World Series of Poker, the latest two bracelets had been awarded to their fortunate winners. The “Colossus II” finally came to a conclusion and awarded its million dollar first place prize, while the Dealer’s Choice tournament came to a close just after dinner was completed on Monday night. Event… Read more »
It was a busy Monday of action around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino as the 2016 World Series of Poker awarded two more bracelets and set the final table for two other events. Event #2 – $565 “Colossus II” No Limit Hold’em 78 players were back on the grind on Monday in “Colossus… Read more »
A documentary that was a couple of years in the making, detailing the life of poker professional and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, is now seeing its premiere over a major streaming service. The documentary KidPoker, produced by PokerStars Original Films, premiered on the streaming service Netflix last week and has already generated some decent… Read more »
The entirety of the humongous field for “Colossus II” came together for the first time on Sunday at the 2016 World Series of Poker while, off in its own quiet little corner of the Amazon Room, the deep-pocketed pros who came back for Day 2 of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship determined their… Read more »
After taking a week off for players to travel to Las Vegas for the 2016 World Series of Poker, the Global Poker League will come back to life with their six-week Summer Series. So just what is entailed in this “Summer Series” that differentiates itself from what we’ve seen previously from the GPL? Over the… Read more »
The first Saturday of the 2016 World Series of Poker saw the tournament arenas around the Rio packed with a plethora of players of all types. For those with a shortened bankroll, the “Colossus II” rumbled on with its final two flights, while those with a bit more change in their pockets chose to take… Read more »
After more than five years out of the tournament poker spotlight, one of the men involved in the demise of Full Tilt Poker and the “Black Friday” scandal returned to the World Series of Poker stage on Saturday. Former World Champion Chris Ferguson, the man formerly known as ‘Jesus,’ entered the $10,000 Seven Card Stud… Read more »
The action at the 2016 World Series of Poker is off and running, with one bracelet already on its new owner’s wrist. As for the next one? There’s still a great deal of poker to be played yet as the “Colossus II” rumbles through the first weekend of the WSOP. Event #1 – $565 Casino… Read more »
In perhaps one of the more dominant tournament performances you’ll ever see, Germany’s (and the United Kingdom’s, by residency) Rainer Kempe dominated a stacked final table to take down the championship of Poker Central’s 2016 Super High Roller Bowl at Aria in Las Vegas early this morning. The final table of seven men had survived… Read more »
Amid much fanfare, the 47th Annual World Series of Poker kicked off on Wednesday at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The traditional starter for the greatest poker tournament of all time, the $565 Casino Employees Event, has put its Day One action into the history books while the weekend is set… Read more »
For the past four days I, like many in the poker community, have been watching with great interest the second incarnation of the Super High Roller Bowl. The 2016 version, broadcast “live” (on a one-hour delay) from Aria in Las Vegas, was an intense battle between 49 of the best (or deepest-pocketed) pros that are… Read more »
Yesterday, it was Matt Berkey who went into the day’s action at the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) with a prohibitive chip lead. A day later, it is Rainer Kempe in a similar position, though this time it is only with seven players remaining. With 5.545 million chips, Kempe enters the final table on… Read more »
Last week, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted on two gambling amendments and passed neither, meaning that the progress of a possible regulated online poker industry in the Commonwealth was slowed. Cross our fingers, but hopefully the slowdown is brief as the House is scheduled to reconvene next Monday, June 6th, and hold a re-vote… Read more »
