The Women in Poker Hall of Fame has announced the list of seven finalists for the Hall’s Class of 2022. The women are, in no particular order, Liv Boeree, Kristen Bicknell Foxen, Vanessa Selbst, Kara Scott, Jennifer Tilly, Terry King, and Angelica Hael. The public nomination process began in mid-August and closed on September 1.… Read more »
The situation in the tournament poker world is one that is currently in a great deal of flux. After postponing their stop at bestbet Jacksonville in August, the World Poker Tour will move one of their flagship stops, the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, to a fully online affair. As a part of the… Read more »
At the current time, the poker world has ground to a halt. This has given this writer a chance to catch up with some other media productions that, previously, would have been overwhelmed by the tournaments and other poker politics that’s been going on. One of those things that I’ve caught up with is the… Read more »
It may seem like the World Poker Tour has some sort of poker tournament going on every week and it looks like they would like that to be even more frequent. This week the WPT announced that there will be two new stops for poker players to enjoy in 2020. One will be on the… Read more »
For almost two decades, the World Poker Tour has brought the magic, the drama and the skill of poker to the television viewers. As they prepare for their eighteenth season of action, the WPT has announced which venue and tournament will earn the honor of holding the Season XVIII season opener. The Gardens Casino to… Read more »
The inaugural Global Poker Awards, sponsored by PokerStars and presented by the Global Poker Index from the studios of PokerGO in Las Vegas, were handed out on Friday night. Over the span of a brisk 74 minutes the awards show – hosted by commentator Ali Nejad and hostess Drea Renee – the Global Poker Awards… Read more »
For those of you who missed yesterday’s Part One, the First Annual Global Poker Awards are going to be handed out in Las Vegas this April. To give out awards, however, you need to have some people to choose to receive said awards. With this in mind, the Global Poker Awards have reached out to… Read more »
Major poker tournament schedules always have as a disclaimer “We reserve the right to amend the schedule as deemed necessary.” The World Poker Tour is putting that disclaimer into effect, but in a good way. It was announced that the WPT will be adding a stop to their schedule, a tournament at the Venetian in… Read more »
One of the conundrums of poker is why more women don’t take part in the game, since the female population makes up more than half of humanity. From its beginnings, there have been a lack of women in the game – be it playing or in its management – and it is something that has… Read more »
After a month of nominations from the poker community and a couple of weeks of review by the Nomination Committee, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has put together an outstanding list of nominees for induction this year. The 11 nominees run the gamut of the poker world, from working behind the scenes as… Read more »
