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It may not seem like it, but the 2025 season of the World Poker Tour has been traversing the world. They did make it back to the States this week for their first event, the WPT Rolling Thunder at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California. That tournament is in the books and, after a deal… Read more »
Following the dark days of “Black Friday” nearly fifteen years ago, the States of America’s online poker market has been, at best, a fragmented one. Since the day when the federal government ended online play on the major sites in the industry, the individual states have had to work under a conglomerate of differing regulations,… Read more »
One of a possible 53 tournaments on his schedule You know those “something that makes you feel old” posts on social media? Well how about this: Daniel Negreanu, the man known as “Kid Poker” is 50 years old and qualifies for the Seniors Event at the 2025 World Series of Poker. And according to a… Read more »
We are a quarter of the way into the 21st century. We have been able to get sports betting legalized in almost 80% of the country. But one thing that has not kept up is legalizing the live action of a poker game. Recent developments in the state of Texas, the namesake of the best… Read more »
When it comes to mixed game formats, there is little discussion about who the preeminent players are. Michael Mizrachi, with three titles in the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the World Series of Poker, comes to mind, as does Poker Hall of Famer and fellow three-time PPC winner Brian Rast. Another name can now be… Read more »
At one time, it was one of the featured events on the schedule for the World Poker Tour. After several years off the roster of tournaments featured by the WPT, the Bay 101 Shooting Star is set to return to the fold. In October, the one that started the “bounty” tournament craze will once again… Read more »
Day 1: Totally Borked It’s never fun when technical difficulties disrupt online poker tournaments, but sometimes, things don’t go your way. The world is an imperfect place. But when it happens multiple times over the course of a week, players can and will get restless. On Monday, GGPoker was forced to cancel the $5 million… Read more »
Another tournament poker season is underway and, as typical for the two major ratings systems, there is no consensus. Because of the way that these two organizations allot their points, there is a major conflict in ranking the Poker Player of the Year. That is why there are twelve months to the year, however, and… Read more »
Get him a tryout with the Carolina Panthers We all know we’ve wanted to do it at some point in our poker lives. The temptation has been there. The vast majority of us, fortunately, have self-restraint and the understanding that we live in a society. On Sunday at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC)… Read more »
A week straight is too much In what will likely come as a shock to the poker community, 17-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has announced that he will not participate in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. In a two-minute video posted to social media, the 1989 Main Event champion explained that… Read more »
100 gold bracelet events GGPoker has released the schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker, the first edition of the classic poker series under the online poker room’s ownership. Running May 27 through July 16, the WSOP will span 100 events at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.… Read more »
“With a heavy heart” The poker world is weird. It is an ecosystem that revolves around beating the hell out of each other at the tables for money, while at the same time, many players have no problem loaning and borrowing thousands of dollars from each other to keep the games going. Of course, that… Read more »
Watch what you post Americas Cardroom (ACR) pro Nacho Barbero has been under the microscope since Friday, when he posted a picture of his computer screen showing multiple ACR tables open plus an active instance of GTO Wizard. GTO Wizard is a real-time assistance (RTA) tool that helps players make statistically correct decisions while they… Read more »
Begging for some sort of leniency As part of their case against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, federal prosecutors presented recordings of phone calls with the bank during which the interpreter pretended to be the world-famous slugger. Last Thursday, prosecutors recommended a 57-month sentence for Ippei Mizuhara, who in June pleaded guilty… Read more »
The Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob have announced the finalists for the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards. Most categories went through multiple rounds of voting before being whittled down to the nominees that were revealed this week. A few awards have already been determined based on 2024 leaderboard standings. Finishing atop the Global… Read more »
Cheap rooms, cheap eats The owner of Circus Circus Las Vegas has indicated that he may soon sell the north Strip casino. Speaking with Forbes, 89-year-old Phil Ruffin said that he has been approached by potential buyers. “Let’s just say there is interest,” he said. “It’s worth $5 billion.” Circus Circus has seen better days.… Read more »
Cool half-milly Though the calendar turned to 2025 two weeks ago, the 2024 PokerGO Tour (PGT) season still had some unfinished business this weekend in the form of the PGT $1,000,000 Championship. Most of the 40 qualifying players and ten Dream Seat winners participated in the final tournament of the season and when the dust… Read more »
The excitement is building as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has officially announced the dates for its 56th annual event. Set to take place from May 27 to July 16, 2025, the tournament will once again be hosted at the iconic Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Strip. This year’s Main… Read more »
It was time to make a change In early 2005, my job was making me absolutely miserable. So I quit. Meanwhile, I dabbled in micro-stakes online poker, one of the many people who jumped in at the beginning of the poker boom. I had found Poker Source Online (PSO), the original online poker affiliate that… Read more »
It may have taken a day longer than what officials scheduled, but the victor of the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice World Championship, Event #13 on the 2024 World Series of Poker roster, has been determined. Coming back this afternoon with the chip lead, four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi became a five-time winner after dispatching Michael… Read more »
Pays more than chips to knock someone out In the few years that it has existed, the $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker has been a huge hit. It not only sports a $1 million guaranteed prize for the winner, but is also a bounty tournament, which always makes… Read more »
There are about a million World Series of Poker tournaments running simultaneously right now, even after two finished up Sunday night. Both of those events saw players win their second bracelets, but neither Bryce Yockey nor Nick Guagenti is satisfied to stop there. Bryce Yockey can sure play Omaha Bryce Yockey won his first WSOP… Read more »
It was an interesting weekend around the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as the first weekend of the 2024 World Series of Poker concluded its action. A Poker Hall of Famer took time from their schedule to go “into the masses” to capture their latest bracelet. While that was happening, the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship… Read more »
It has been a busy first few days of the 2024 World Series of Poker. Four events are already in the books, handing out their hardware, as the first weekend of the Series looms. Coming up for the players on this first weekend is one of the “tentpole” events of the 2024 WSOP and the… Read more »
The 55th Annual World Series of Poker wasted little time tossing the fireworks in 2024, starting the festivities with a new event alongside a longtime tournament. The new event, the $5000 Champions’ Reunion, has now reached its final ten players, while the longtime tournament, the $500 Casino Employees’ Event, has only four survivors left. Those… Read more »
