After failing to gather enough votes for passage earlier this week, a Michigan lawmaker has reset his sights regarding his bill for online gaming. That reset goal? Right before the Michigan legislative body takes its summer break from Ann Arbor in June. Michigan Representative Brandt Iden introduced his bill, called House Bill 4926, late in… Read more »
We are still waiting for online poker to get started in Pennsylvania, but let’s not forget that the bill was more than just online poker – it was a massive gambling expansion bill. Among other things, it also legalized daily fantasy sports in the Keystone State. And within the last couple weeks, daily fantasy contests… Read more »
Gordon Vayo, the runner-up in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event, has filed a lawsuit against PokerStars (more specifically, Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (REEL), but for our purposes, it’s PokerStars) in the U.S. District Court Central District of California Western Division because the online poker room has refused to pay him nearly $700,000… Read more »
The 2018 World Series of Poker kicks off later this month and hundreds of thousands of poker players (not to mention their significant others, families, and friends) will descend upon Las Vegas and the Rio for weeks and weeks of poker excitement. This year, though, people can play more than just poker at the WSOP,… Read more »
Sometimes I open an article with a tangent or rambling story just to up my word count, but all I need to do right now is point you to the title. AC Ocean Walk, the parent company of the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, formally announced on Monday that the casino will open to… Read more »
In April, Phil Galfond – after a lengthy silence about his upcoming online poker room – finally provided the poker public with updates as to the progress of Run It Once, promising to be more forthcoming with further updates as the launch date drew nearer. Last week, he provided another, lengthy post detailing a major… Read more »
Only two months ago, the two major Player of the Year races in the poker tournament world were a free for all with 17 players manning the 20 slots available. Heading into the 2018 World Series of Poker, Stephen Chidwick has brought some stability to the standings as he seized control of both of those… Read more »
Recently the Women in Poker Hall of Fame announced their latest inductees, which will be honored during a dinner this summer in Las Vegas. Poker professional Maria Ho and longtime poker advocate Lupe Soto were chosen from a highly qualified list of 11 players that were nominated for the honor. Unfortunately, the choices of Ho… Read more »
The rise of private “poker clubs” in Texas has drawn its share of attention from the poker community and, unfortunately, law enforcement. Now one of those who would make the laws – a Houston politician – has sounded off on the subject, made more important after the shooting of a player at one of the… Read more »
Battling through one of the most difficult final tables in recent memory, Nicolas Dumont was able to vanquish several top professionals on his way to winning the championship of the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo in Monaco on Friday. Dumont was at the helm of the ship at the start of action on Friday, sitting… Read more »
Battling through the largest ever tournament in the history of Canadian poker, California’s Taylor Black was able to vanquish veteran poker professional Daryll Fish to capture the championship of the partypoker MILLIONS North America last night. Before the final table of the tournament started on Wednesday, the partypoker MILLIONS North America was already one for… Read more »
Though it is disappointing that it has taken this long, New Jersey has finally begun sharing its online poker player liquidity with Nevada and Delaware. On May 1st (technically April 30th, as things got started a few hours earlier than expected), WSOP.com became an interstate poker site, no longer limiting Nevadans and New Jerseyites to… Read more »
The field of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Main Event needed to go from just 120 players to 111 on Tuesday’s Day 3 in order for the money bubble to burst. That clearly happened – otherwise it would have been the slowest day in major tournament history – as the field stood at… Read more »
Lupe Soto and Maria Ho were announced today as this year’s inductees into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHoF), capping a two month-long nomination and voting process. The two women will be honored in an induction ceremony on June 26th at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas. Tickets to the event cost $55… Read more »
The field is oh so close to the money at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Main Event as just 120 players remain after Day 2, with 111 making the money. I have made this comment on several occasions, but the short stacks after Monday’s play might not have gotten much sleep, wondering if… Read more »
