With only one week until the start of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event, Ray Henson has been able to pull out to a slight lead in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year award. Who is in second place at this mark in the tournament schedule will surprise – and… Read more »
After doling out their inaugural awards earlier this year, the World Poker Tour announced yesterday that former WPT announcer and Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton and French poker legend Bruno Fitoussi will be the next recipients of the WPT Honors Award. “The World Poker Tour is incredibly proud to have Mike Sexton and Bruno… Read more »
Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy signed a bill Tuesday afternoon to authorize the construction of the state’s third Las Vegas-style casino. The property, to be located in East Windsor, will be owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes under a joint venture company called MMCT Venture, LLC. East Windsor is situated in north-central… Read more »
Sports bettors – or wannabe sports bettors – have reason to be optimistic (but not overly confident) as the United States Supreme Court has said that it has granted certiorari in New Jersey’s “Christie II” sports betting case. A certiorari is a legal term which essentially means that a higher court – the Supreme Court… Read more »
Earlier this month, a gambling expansion bill which would, among other things, legalize and regulate online poker in Pennsylvania, passed a vote of the state House of Representatives. Previously, it had made it through the Senate; this would normally be great news, but the House did not approve it as is. Rather, the House made… Read more »
Remember when the World Series of Poker Main Event was such a big deal not just because it was effectively the poker world championship, but also because $10,000 was an unseemly amount of money to drop on a poker tournament? Those were the days. Now there are loads of $10,000 WSOP events, which is perfectly… Read more »
Online poker room partypoker announced on Friday that it has changed the structure of Caribbean Poker Party promotion because of player feedback. Most of the promo, which is highlighted by prize packages to the partypoker MILLIONS Caribbean in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, remains the same, with the main changes coming with the number of prizes… Read more »
One of the biggest criticisms of Poker Central when it went live in late 2015 was that there wasn’t enough original content. Looking to correct that problem with the launch of their subscription app PokerGO, Poker Central has worked out a deal for the broadcasting of an original poker comedy series entitled Poker Nights. Poker… Read more »
As pointed out last week by my colleague and friend Dan Katz, nominations are open once again for the Poker Hall of Fame. Poker’s fandom is asked each year to nominate one person for induction into poker immortality and, because the Hall only inducts two people per year, there are many that are contenders for… Read more »
One of the casualties after Amaya Gaming decided to rebrand the European Poker Tour at the start of 2017 was the notion of poker’s “Triple Crown.” That achievement – winning a Main Event tournament (or a bracelet event) on the EPT, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker – was arguably the… Read more »
After the tepid performance of the rollout of their rebranded tournament series, the President of PokerStars Live, Edgar Stuchly, has been terminated from his position. Stuchly was the boss of what had been one of the most powerful tournament poker schedules in the world circa 2011. Hired from Casinos Austria, Stuchly took over for the… Read more »
It is said that winning one bracelet at the World Series of Poker is a difficult feat, especially in this day and age of the massively large fields. It is also said that winning multiple bracelets is a true indicator of poker talent; anyone can get lucky once, doing it twice means you’ve got some… Read more »
The $10,000 championship events are coming hard and heavy at the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP). On Monday, Ben Yu won Event #34: the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship, cashing for $232,738. I was going to give you the rundown of how difficult the final table was, but I think I’ll just… Read more »
The public nomination stage for the 2017 class of the Poker Hall of Fame is now open, as is evident by the availability of the online ballot on the Poker Hall of Fame website. As always, poker fans (and non-fans, for that matter, though I don’t know why someone who didn’t like poker would participate)… Read more »
The proposed merge of daily fantasy sports (DFS) leaders DraftKings and FanDuel will not be happening if the federal government has anything to do with it. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that, along with the Attorneys General of California and Washington, D.C., it will file a complaint in federal district court in… Read more »
A new online gambling industry trade group made itself known this week, with an aim to work toward helping internet gaming become legalized and regulated throughout the United States. iDEA (iDevelopment and Economic Association – which is a hell of a way to force a name into a handy acronym) represents stakeholders from many different… Read more »
Georgia’s David Bach became the first double bracelet winner of the 2017 World Series of Poker this weekend, taking down the tough final table in Event #30: the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Bach outpaced the likes of Daniel Negreanu, who made his third final table of this WSOP, and Jason Mercier, who won this event last… Read more »
With the state of Nevada and especially the Las Vegas Strip shedding poker tables, it is arguable that poker’s new destination spot could very well be Florida. With more than 400 tables and a plethora of big tournaments that seem to be going on monthly, Florida’s a shining star of the poker world as the… Read more »
Now entering its third full weekend of action, the 2017 World Series of Poker has been the playground of the professionals over the first few weeks. That trend continued over the past couple of days as two top pros were able to take down their first bracelets respectively. Event #26 – $10,000 Razz World Championship… Read more »
Of all the thousands of players who have already descended on the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the 2017 World Series of Poker, there are a few that people have been wondering about. In the case of two of those legends, one is on the way while the other says… Read more »
Golden Entertainment Inc. announced on Monday that it will acquire American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC (ACEP) in a deal worth approximately $849.2 million. ACEP owns the Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder, and the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin. Golden, which was once known as… Read more »
John Monnette won the third World Series of Poker bracelet of his career Tuesday, as he took the title in Event #22: the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. The quarter-million dollar victory was his fourth cash of the 2017 WSOP and brought his lifetime live earnings total to more than $2.6 million. Monnette entered… Read more »
Former Absolute Poker president and co-founder Scott Tom is set to be sentenced on September 28th, 2017, for crimes relating to his role running what was once one of the top online poker rooms in the world. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with his involvement in the infamous “Potripper” super-user cheating scandal from back… Read more »
Although they have slowed the pace of signing top poker talent to sponsorship deals (World Series of Poker bracelet winner Igor Kurganov recent deal notwithstanding), PokerStars is demonstrating that they are willing to spend sponsorship dollars on those that are peripherally associated with the game. Their latest signing for a promotional deal demonstrates that factor… Read more »
The weekend is always too short at the 2017 World Series of Poker and, for two men, it was a time they would like to have lasted longer. Those two men, John Racener and Tyler Smith? They’re the latest champions who earned new WSOP bracelets for their play on the felt. Event #17 – $10,000… Read more »
