The 2026 World Series of Poker is underway, but fans might have been left in the dark trying to find information about it. The WSOP, in its infinite wisdom (/off sarcasm), has decided that people don’t need to read about what is going on without downloading an app that is notoriously wonky and difficult to… Read more »
Banned in Tennessee Three states – Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Iowa – have recently taken legislative action against sweepstakes casino sites as pressure for the sites to comply with state laws ramps up. Let’s get right into it, starting with Tennessee. Last Friday, Gov. Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 2136 into law, banning online sweepstakes casinos… Read more »
The 2026 World Series of Poker has begun in Las Vegas, but no broadcast of the tournament action has hit the air yet. The first event to be broadcast will be on Friday, when the WSOP will air the play from the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up World Championship on YouTube. When that action kicks… Read more »
That time of the year is upon the poker world once again. The 2026 World Series of Poker kicks off bright and early (for poker players, anyway) at noon on Tuesday, and the throngs will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas like seventeen-year cicadas waiting to breed. Event #1, the $500 Mini-Mystery Millions,… Read more »
Annual poker celebration It’s that time of year again. Winter is in the rearview mirror and outdoor temps are comfortable, so it is time to spend the next month and a half in the air conditioning, playing poker. That’s right, the 2026 World Series of Poker kicks off on Tuesday, May 26 at Horseshoe Las… Read more »
The worlds of celebrities and poker have often come together in the 21st-century entertainment scene. Many remember the “golden age” of these types of programming, such as Celebrity Poker Showdown, which featured actors, comedians, and other entertainers playing poker for charitable causes. This still exists today (witness the Creator Poker Championship) and will be further… Read more »
State blazes a trail Minnesota has become the first state to ban prediction markets, after Governor Tim Walz signed SF4760, a public safety bill, into law. The bill was previously passed overwhelmingly by both chambers of the state legislature. The new law makes it a felony to create, operate, and even advertise prediction markets; penalties… Read more »
When it comes to the PokerGO Tour, everyone knows the big events. The PokerGO Cup, the U.S. Poker Open, and the Poker Masters are the first tournaments that come to mind. But many do not realize that almost a quarter of the qualifying tournaments for the PGT come from one event – the World Series… Read more »
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has filed an injunction against the NCAA, looking to be reinstated and eligible to play in the upcoming season after admitting to gambling on his own team when he was at Indiana University. Sorsby, who was the most coveted quarterback in the transfer portal this past offseason (he previously played… Read more »
While they are on break for the 2026 World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour is actively setting its schedule for the second half of 2026. The WPT has announced that, for one of its second-half tournaments, the carnival will return to Sydney, Australia, with the Star Sydney as host. The Star Sydney will… Read more »
It is about ten days from the start of the 2026 World Series of Poker, but officials from the WSOP and GGPoker are already looking to get ahead of some potential issues from last year. By introducing new standards into the rulebook, the WSOP is trying to get ahead of issues like promotions and players… Read more »
The Lodge Card Club just outside of Austin, Texas, has announced that it will reopen on May 26 at 9:00am, two and a half months after it was raided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). The raid occurred on the morning of March 10, just hours after the end of the Lodge Championship Series.… Read more »
Last week, we looked at the two major Player of the Year races, provided by CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index. There are a couple of other POY battles that people are interested in, however. On one, the leader has been dominant during the “high roller” tournaments, but the other shows that the steady… Read more »
Spin the wheel It seems that everything today is gambling in some form or another. The latest entry in the “cross your fingers and hope it hits” game is, perhaps inevitably, a debit card. Last week, a fintech company named Tuyo went viral upon introducing its “buy now, pay maybe” card, bringing gamification mechanics to… Read more »
At the start of the final table for the European Poker Tour’s Monte Carlo Main Event, it looked like nobody could top Austria’s Bernhard Binder. With a dominant chip lead, the railbirds in Sporting Monte-Carlo figured they were there for a coronation rather than a competition. As they say, however, that is why they play… Read more »
Five days of poker at the Sporting Monte-Carlo in Monaco have seen a field of over 1,000 players whittled down to the final eight. The European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Main Event final table is upon us, with a player looking to go for the long run to the title. Chip leader Bernhard Binder, who… Read more »
The World Series of Poker has announced that players will be able to rate their dealers this summer from within the WSOP LIVE app. According to a 50-second video featuring the WSOP’s Jeff Platt, players can submit a dealer rating right at the table, using a 1-star to 5-star scale. The ratings will not be… Read more »
Say what? The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taipei wrapped up over the weekend, but not before a really weird hand played out during the heads-up portion of the NT$120,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller event. It was Ritwik Khanna versus Trung Quan Nguyen, Nguyen healthily in the lead, 22 million chips to 9.7 million. Nguyen… Read more »
In the race for the Player of the Year in poker, there has been one name that has dominated over the others: Brandon Wilson. On the CardPlayer Magazine POY, Wilson has been able to move out to a dominant lead, while the Global Poker Index POY rankings have his lead a bit smaller, but still… Read more »
Golden Entertainment, operator of The STRAT Hotel, Casino, and Tower on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, has made its transition to a privately-held company. In the move, Vici Properties acquired the real estate of seven of Golden’s casino resorts for $1.16 billion. Golden shareholders received .902 shares of Vici stock and $2.75… Read more »
