Online poker players in Ontario, Canada have a nice, new option. On Tuesday, PokerStars announced that it has launched in the province after having its license approved by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). And it’s not just poker either; PokerStars is offering casino games and sports betting, as well. “In many respects… Read more »
A British court has found former tennis champion and poker ambassador Boris Becker guilty of breaking the terms of a bankruptcy agreement he reached in 2017. As a result of these charges, Becker will be spending the next 30 months (two and a half years) in jail. He will only see half of that time… Read more »
Thomas Wolfe famously once said that you “can’t go home again.” Come 2023, PokerStars is going to test that adage. Last week, PokerStars announced it will resurrect two of its most popular tournaments in 2023, taking them both back to the islands of the Caribbean for action. PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, PokerStars Players Championship Coming Back… Read more »
Online gaming has been a part of the lexicon for the past 25 years. The American Gaming Association (AGA), the lobbying group for the American casino market, has had several different stances regarding online gaming over that time span. In a letter to the U. S. Department of Justice last week, the AGA has once… Read more »
The saying is usually “better late than never.” The citizens of Ontario have to say this after the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) made it seem that several of the top online gaming operators were going to have to depart the province after new regulations took effect Monday. Now, the dance partners are… Read more »
It has been a long time coming. After spending much of the last decade as a trio, the multi-state online poker compact will be adding a member to the fold. That lucky state will be Michigan, which will join Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey in providing their online poker products and open the doors for… Read more »
Since the 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act in the States of America, there has been one dominant online poker site in the world. Because of the departure of the then-called PartyPoker from the U. S., the title of “largest online poker site in the world” went to PokerStars. Over the past… Read more »
Beginning Monday, the online gaming world will be set to change in the Canadian province of Ontario. While the rest of the country will be able to partake of various offshore online gaming offerings, Ontarians will be reckoning with new laws intended to rein in the online gaming industry in the province. The initial result… Read more »
Pulling up stakes Our friends in Ontario, we have good news and bad news for you. The good news is, as we reported a couple months ago, you are about to get legal, privatized, online gambling starting on April 4! As someone who lives in a state with no legal online gambling, I look to… Read more »
$4.5 million in guarantees PokerStars has announced the schedules for its three U.S.-based Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey. Running March 25 through April 11, this year will be the first time all three will be held simultaneously. While all three SCOOPs span the same dates and their schedules… Read more »
Following other companies’ examples PokerStars announced on Wednesday that has stop serving the Russian market. No reason was given – the entire of the tweet was “Important update: we are suspending all our services in Russia.” – but it does not take a doctorate-level understanding of world politics to know that it has to do… Read more »
PokerStars is awarding live tournament entries Two of the heaviest hitters in the poker world – PokerStars and the World Poker Tour – announced their celebrations of International Women’s Day. Though International Women’s Day is Tuesday, March 8, both organizations are holding special tournaments this coming Sunday, March 13, as it is traditionally the most… Read more »
There are now seven players in the state-by-state online poker industry in the States of America. Connecticut became the seventh state to open the doors for online poker inside its borders earlier this month. However, there has also been molasses-slow response to this new development as there have been no operators stepping up to offer… Read more »
The Bounty Builder Series returns to PokerStars next week, scheduled for February 27 through March 13. There will be 196 tournaments across the two weeks, with over $25.5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The two Main Events have buy-ins of $55 and $530 and guarantees of $1 million and $2 million, respectively. As is apparent… Read more »
The latest effort from PokerGO to create a tournament poker schedule is its “Stairway to Millions,” honestly not an original idea (more on this in a moment). The “Stairway to Millions” kicked off on Wednesday with its first tournament at ARIA Resort & Casino and, to PokerGO’s credit, it actually turned out to be a… Read more »
Six high stakes tables Well, it looks like this is PokerStars week here at PND. It’s unintentional, but hey, poker news tends to be slow around the holidays, so we’ll take what we can get. In today’s edition, we’re not going to talk about Stars tournaments, but rather the site’s cash games. Specifically, high stakes… Read more »
Omicron variant spreading quickly As the world rushes headlong into yet another COVID-19 wave, this time thanks to the omicron variant, we are all experiencing the challenges of simultaneously trying to be safe and live our lives. After live tournaments were cancelled for the vast majority of 2020, they have come back with a vengeance… Read more »
Familiar structure The PokerStars Winter Series is back this month, offering $50 million in guaranteed prize pools across 291 tournaments. Cue the “unwrapping presents” cutesy phrase, as the festivities get going on Christmas Day, December 25, and run through January 12. As is the case for many PokerStars tournament series, the Winter Series has a… Read more »
Very limited for now PokerStars is testing the use of webcams at its virtual poker tables. First reported by Poker Industry PRO, “video chat” is currently only available on a limited basis in some “dot com” and “dot eu” markets and solely in Stars’ Home Games offering. It is also only integrated into the online… Read more »
Turkey Day poker in the US PokerStars is the king of tournament series, so now is as good a time as ever for the site to introduce a new tournament series. On Wednesday, Stars revealed Fall Fest in the United States, with separate tournaments in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan running November 20-29. It’s all… Read more »
Over $10 million in guarantees To celebrate its 20th anniversary, PokerStars has announced a special tournament series, The Big 20 Rewind. Running November 14 through December 4, the Big 20 Rewind features – you guessed it – 20 tournaments. Each event represents an “iconic moment” in the online poker room’s history. PokerStars is guaranteeing $5.5… Read more »
One of the realities of the online poker world is that some countries have legislated that their citizens can only play on sites that cater to their country. This is called “ring fencing,” or the government ensuring that they will be receiving the appropriate revenues from the site in question. The latest country to be… Read more »
Everyone has been excited by the 2021 World Series of Poker. The schedule has run without incident, even being able to shift on the fly with the announcement of two new Day Ones for the Championship Event due to international restrictions for COVID being eased. But poker players always have to be looking for that… Read more »
The nominees for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame for 2021 were announced last week and as is usual for the nominees, it was an incredibly special list. Any and all of the men nominated would be viable inductees, with obvious qualities that would set them apart. As my friend and colleague Dan Katz… Read more »
I cannot begin to tell you how jealous I am of those of you living in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan (and Nevada and Delaware, but those aren’t totally relevant for our purposes right now). I used to play online poker every day. I wasn’t that good – probably break even at micro-low stakes before… Read more »
