Two more events are in the books at the 2021 U. S. Poker Open. In Event #2, the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Sam Soverel finished what he started in leading wire-to-wire to win the championship. In Event #3, the second $10,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament on the schedule, Joe McKeehen made short work of… Read more »
The 2021 U. S. Poker Open is fully into its action for its first Saturday of play, crowning a champion and setting the final table for the highly competitive $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha final table. Up next for those not involved in the PLO tournament will be another $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event on Saturday,… Read more »
“Regular” tournament poker is slowly beginning to make its way back into action (the World Poker Tour’s first event for Season XIX starts in a couple of weeks), but the “high rollers” have been extremely active. The ARIA High Rollers Series has held a few events, but this week marked the start of an entire… Read more »
Crown not even bothering Australia’s Crown Resorts is in trouble yet again. During a royal commission in Victoria into Crown’s gaming license on Wednesday, Adrian Finanzio, counsel assisting with the inquiry, called Crown’s responsible gambling policies “an example of the most irresponsible approach to gambling.” As reported by WAtoday, Crown allowed some gamblers to sit… Read more »
Good thing they were comfortable at home Christian Rudolph came back from the middle of the final table pack on Wednesday to win the World Poker Tour (WPT) Online Series Main Event on partypoker. After striking a heads-up deal, Rudolph walked away with $487,442.75, about $40,000 less than he would have won without an agreement… Read more »
Out of the house, into the poker room Summer unofficially began this week with the start of June, though it doesn’t officially began for about three weeks. With the United States beginning to emerge from its collective home as COVID-19 numbers keep trending downward, it feels more like the beginning of spring. We break out… Read more »
William Hill sportsbook at Capital One Arena The NBA playoffs are in the midst of the first round, so don’t expect anything particularly memorable to occur (though my Milwaukee Bucks are the only team to advance so far and the only team to sweep their opponent). All the really fun stuff happens later. The Washington… Read more »
