As my colleague Earl Burton reported yesterday, the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event, better known as the Main Event, needed nearly 4,000 players to belly up to the tables on Monday’s final starting flight in order for the total field to eclipse last year’s number of 6,420 entrants. Not a… Read more »
In what would be a game changer for online gaming and poker in the United States, officials from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and authorities with the United Kingdom’s gaming offices and several major players in the European online gaming industry have opened preliminary discussions on sharing liquidity – or players – between… Read more »
As the 2016 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event played out its second Day 1 on Sunday, two tournaments were looking to crown champions. The “Big One High Roller” concluded its action late Sunday night, while the Ladies’ Champion was crowned in rapid fashion on Sunday afternoon. Event #65 – $10,000 Ladies’ No Limit… Read more »
While the first Day One for the 2016 World Series of Poker’s Championship Event was held on Saturday, several other tournaments either wrapped up or were near their conclusion. In one event in particular, a popular professional player picked up the second leg of poker’s Triple Crown in winning a WSOP bracelet. Event #63 –… Read more »
Saturday marked the beginning of the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event, but there was still some unfinished business around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino to take care of first. In fact, one of the final “big money” tournaments of the WSOP was extended a day to determine its championship, among… Read more »
After a much hyped spending bill was passed through the Pennsylvania General Assembly – one that included regulations for online gaming and poker as a part of the budget – the bill has yet to be signed by Governor Tom Wolf. Why is that? It comes down to the crux of what holds up many… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker crept closer to its Championship Event with the conclusion of the inaugural Tag Team event on Friday. With several top-notch pros entered into the event, it was the duo of Doug Polk and Ryan Fee who walked away as champions. Event #61 – $1000 Tag Team No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker is lumbering to its featured tournament – the $10,000 Championship Event – but there’s still some work left to do with the preliminary events. The final table is set in the inaugural Tag Team tournament, while the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha field has been whittled down to the final… Read more »
In one of the best battles so far at this year’s World Series of Poker, Brian Rast was able to outlast a strong Justin Bonomo to make history in winning his second $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. When the final table for the PPC began on Wednesday, Rast wasn’t the only person with a shot at… Read more »
True Poker is on the Winning Poker Network. It was formerly known as Yatahay. True Poker opened in 2001 and used a proprietary 3-D platform. The software became very dated and it eventually moved to IG Soft, formerly known as Dobrosoft. The Winning Poker Network is operated by a massive sports betting operation. It is… Read more »
PokerHost is a journeyman online poker room. It is currently on the Winning Poker Network. It launched on Dobrosoft in 2004. It eventually moved to Microgaming, then to Cake, next Merge Gaming, before it reached to the Equity Poker Network. That is where it is today. Some of its moves were forced, for example Merge… Read more »
Intertops is the world’s oldest online sportsbook. It took the first online bet in January 1996. It is one of the most respected brands in the world. Intertops worked hard to preserve its reputation over the years. Intertops accepted action from U.S. players for its entire existence. It stopped accepting new ones in June 2012… Read more »
As pointed out by my colleague Dan Katz a couple of weeks ago, the Poker Hall of Fame has opened up the nomination process for their 2016 ceremonies. Over the next couple of months, fans will be able to nominate one person that they feel is worthy of induction into the hallowed (yet still-unbuilt) halls… Read more »
Three late-20’s poker pros each won the first gold bracelet of their careers yesterday at the 2016 World Series of Poker. Let’s take a quick look to see what went on: David Peters – Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 29-year old poker pro David Peters finally broke through, besting a field of 1,860 players one… Read more »
Full Flush Poker is the flagship on the Equity Poker Network. It uses the same software as BetOnline and the Chico Poker Network, but the player pools are separate. The Equity Poker Network highly discourages serious players from joining it. Skins are punished for referring too many winning players. In response to this, winning players… Read more »
Black Chip Poker is a member of the Winning Poker Network. It once operated on Merge Gaming before that network booted all of its non-core skins. Black Chip Poker was one of only two that found a new home, as opposed to simply shutting down. Poker Host is the other. Read more »
The highlight of the World Series of Poker is quite obviously the $10,000 Main Event and that is coming up in a few days, but right now, all eyes are on the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. The high stakes mixed game event is largely seen as the “real” championship, the one… Read more »
As we in the United States have been focusing our attention on the legislative roller coasters in Pennsylvania and California and those states’ efforts to legalize and regulate online gambling, a new internet gaming law in the Czech Republic has flown a bit under the radar. About a month ago, Czech President Miloš Zeman signed… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) released the schedule for the thirteenth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit Tuesday, a schedule which features 22 tour stops in the United States plus six more international stops. The centerpiece of the schedule appears to be Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. The WSOP Circuit season begins… Read more »
In an e-mail distributed to the media (as well as likely a similar message sent to affected players), PokerStars announced on Friday that it is withdrawing from the Slovenian online gaming market, effective today. The official statement, issued by a PokerStars representative, reads as follows: Our management team regularly review our operations market-by-market to assess… Read more »
It has taken years and years for any progress to made on legalizing online poker in California. In the last year or so, some solid steps have been taken, but one huge obstacle still remains: a bloc of hard-line Native American tribes who want to grab as much of the online poker pie for themselves… Read more »
While it may not be the homestretch, the end of the 2016 World Series of Poker – at least the summertime run – is in view with more than 50 events completed. A burgeoning pro and a player who already had multiple pieces of WSOP bling picked up bracelets while a veteran of the high… Read more »
With only about two weeks to go (and another 19 or so tournaments in the canister), poker professional Jason Mercier is threatening to make the race for the 2016 World Series of Poker Player of the Year a runaway. Mercier has been a runaway train since the start of the 2016 WSOP, fired in part… Read more »
Normally when you’re writing your autobiography, you’ve achieved all the goals that you’ve set for your life. For poker professional, Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour analyst Mike Sexton, however, it is difficult to believe that he has achieved everything that he wants to do with his life quite yet. With that said,… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker is steaming into July, but not before awarding several important championships. The first woman to win an open WSOP event has been determined for 2016, while a trio of top professionals emerged victorious from their particular events. Event #46 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em Bounty Tournament Battling through a… Read more »
