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The money bubble drew ever closer Tuesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was slashed by about two-thirds. With just 32 players getting paid and 65 remaining going into Wednesday’s Day 3, the field will still need to be cut by half before anyone can exhale even a… Read more »
With the preliminary events out of the way (except for the High Roller Event, which begins Wednesday), it is on to the Main Event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe. The two starting flights are already in the books and leading the way heading into Tuesday’s Day 2 is Scotland’s Niall Farrell with… Read more »
I’m not going to go so far as to say that the end is nigh for daily fantasy sports (DFS), but it is not looking good for the young and suddenly extremely popular gaming pastime. On Monday afternoon, yet another shoe dropped, as Amaya Gaming announced that it is pulling its DFS site, StarsDraft, almost… Read more »
As the €10,000 Main Event prepares to begin today, preliminary action at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe is beginning to wrap up. Two events have reached their conclusion, with Greece capturing its second bracelet of the WSOP-E and a veteran Brit making some noise in Pot Limit Hold’em. Event #6 – €3000 No… Read more »
It’s been a busy couple of days at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe at the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany. Two bracelets have been handed out, including a U. S. expatriate earning one and a European taking his first for his country. Event #4 – €1500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 22 players… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe rolls on and Tuesday night, Richard Gryko (not to be confused with former “21 Jump Street” star Richard Grieco) picked up his first WSOP bracelet, winning Event 3: €3,250 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Gryko picked up €126,345 ($143,489) for his achievement. It was a small event compared to most… Read more »
Event #2 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe made history over the past several days, as it became the largest tournament – in terms of player numbers – ever seen at the WSOP Europe. It obliterated the previous record, too, fielding 2,144 entries, almost three times as many as the 771 who played… Read more »
Defeating a difficult final table, Makarios Avramidis emerged as the victor of the first event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe, the €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, on Saturday night. Six men (hence the name of the tournament) returned on Saturday to determine the champion of this event with Paul Michaelis,… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe has opened the doors of the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany with action in its first event on the schedule. The €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament’s Day One action saw a nice turnout and a popular British pro take the top slot for the day’s play.… Read more »
If fans of online gambling and daily fantasy sports (DFS) hoped that news of the recent “insider trading” scandal would stay contained to niche industry news sites and message boards, they are now sorely disappointed. Mainstream news sites have now caught wind of what has been going on and have jumped on the situation. Even… Read more »
The prize pool may not have been anything unusual, but the size of the field of PokerStars’ inaugural Common Cents tournament series certainly was. On Monday, PokerStars broke its own record for the largest online poker tournament of all-time by attracting 253,698 players to the micro-roller tournament series’ kickoff event. PokerStars didn’t get over a… Read more »
The recovery process from the freezing of Full Tilt Poker player funds nearly four and a half years ago continues. Though millions of dollars have been paid out to former U.S. customers of Full Tilt, there are still millions left to go. You thought it was all over, didn’t you? On Friday, the Poker Players… Read more »
As we pull into the final quarter of the tournament poker year, poker professional Anthony Zinno has continued to dominate the different Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world. In fact, unless someone goes on a major heater before December 31, Zinno probably should have these titles sewn up. (Due to the… Read more »
After hyping their product as “the world’s only round-the-clock poker TELEVISION network” (emphasis by author), yesterday’s debut of Poker Central was rather disappointing as it became painfully apparent that the new “channel” is nothing more than a streaming outlet, falling far short of the requirement for a TELEVISION station or network. Visitors to the Poker… Read more »
After nearly two years of waiting, PokerStars has finally been given the green light from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to begin operating in the Garden State. The DGE approved Amaya Gaming’s application, meaning both PokerStars and Full Tilt can now get back into the United States online poker market for the… Read more »
Aaron Mermelstein joined a select group of poker players Tuesday as he became just the 25th repeat winner in World Poker Tour (WPT) history, as he took the crown in the inaugural WPT Maryland Live! Main Event. Not only was it his second WPT title, but it was also the second he earned this calendar… Read more »
It was a fairly short day at the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event as only fourteen eliminations were needed to determine the composition of the final table. Leading the charge into Tuesday’s action is the chip leader entering Monday, 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Greg Merson. With… Read more »
The 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event has been a swift one, as after just two days (three calendar days because of the two starting flights), the field has been whittled from 337 to just 20 players. Leading the charge for the quarter-million dollar first prize is 2012 World Series of Poker… Read more »
Not one to rest on their laurels, the World Poker Tour quickly swung back into action after the conclusion of the Borgata Poker Open. In fact, while David Paredes was wrapping up the championship of that event, the first of two Day Ones took place at the newest venue for the WPT, Maryland Live! in,… Read more »
After hovering around the top of the leaderboard for the past two days, poker professional David Paredes made his big breakthrough in taking down his first major tournament poker championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City late Friday night. Paredes, who held the Day 3 chip lead earlier this… Read more »
After battling through a massive field over the past four days, the final table is now set for the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City. Leading the final six men will be James Gilbert, but every player at the final table has a wealth of experience and could take down the championship.… Read more »
A two-part public service warning here: 1) Watching reality television is roughly akin to having a lobotomy without the benefit of anesthesia, so don’t do it, and 2) If you want to waste three months, there’s better ways to do it. After three months in which she obviously played the best game of anyone in… Read more »
The survivors from Day 1A and 1B met on Tuesday at the Borgata in Atlantic City for Day 2 of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event. After late registration closed, the total field, including those who had already been eliminated, end up at 1,027 players. Just 127 runners remain heading… Read more »
The opening flights of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City are complete and the survivors from each are ready to combine into a single field today for Day 2. Sofia Lövgren came out of Day 1B as the chip leader both of her flight and of the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour was back in action Sunday with the first of two starting flights of the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City. This $3,300 + $200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament has a $3 million guaranteed prize pool and will pay down to 120 places if its field reaches the same size… Read more »
