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Once again, sports betting in New Jersey will have to wait as the curiously short-sighted American sports leagues get to take their ball and go home. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp issued a temporary restraining order, halting the start of a sports wagering regime in the Garden State, at least for now.… Read more »
After having one of the most restrictive online gaming and poker laws in the United States on the books for years, commentary has suddenly exploded as several figures try to make a change in said law. According to MYNorthwest.com writer Josh Kerns, Seattle radio station KIRO-FM host Dori Monson called out the Washington state government… Read more »
After tabulation of the votes from the living members of the organization and a select list of poker journalists, poker professional Daniel Negreanu and longtime poker fixture Jack McClelland are the two men who will comprise the class for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame. Negreanu and McClelland will become the 47th and 48th members… Read more »
On Thursday, October 16th, Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Sturla introduced House Resolution 1095 into the Pennsylvania General Assembly, a bill which encourages the United States Congress to not give in to Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson and his cronies who want to make sure Americans cannot play poker online. United States Senator Lindsey Graham… Read more »
When Full Tilt Poker removed the likenesses of Gus Hansen and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom from its website, people started gossiping that something was up. It was. The two high stakes poker pros are no longer sponsored by the site. In a statement released to multiple media outlets, Full Tilt confirmed the departure of Hansen and… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) wrapped up over the weekend with Scott Davies taking the Main Event bracelet and Mike Leah capturing the High Roller crown. One side story, though, garnered interest in the last days of the WSOP APAC: the race for the WSOP Player of the Year (POY)… Read more »
Although two men came to the table on Saturday afternoon with a shot at becoming only the second two-time winner in European Poker Tour history, Sebastian Pauli denied both of them – including runner-up Kevin MacPhee – en route to taking down the EPT London at the Grand Connaught Rooms in the United Kingdom. Pauli… Read more »
After a heads-up battle that lasted longer than the four eliminations leading to it, the United States’ Scott Davies outlasted the United Kingdom’s Jack Salter to take home the Championship Event bracelet at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) Saturday night (early morning U. S. time) at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.… Read more »
In what turned out to be an extremely rapid final table, Canada’s Mike Leah rode a chip lead that he took two days to create in dominating the final six players en route to winning his first bracelet in the $25,000 High Rollers event at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC). Coming to the… Read more »
The close of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) is upon us with two tournaments set to close over the next couple of days. Up first will be the $25,000 High Roller event on Friday and the festivities Down Under will conclude with the crowning of the $10,000 Main Event champion. $10,000 Championship… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) Main Event turned the corner Wednesday as the money bubble burst and the tournament played down to the final 18 players. It almost got down to the desired 16, but the plan was to play to either that number or six 90-minute levels, and the… Read more »
Tuesday saw Day 2 come and go at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) Main Event as the survivors from the two opening flights came together in a unified field for the first time. A total of 182 players came over from Days 1A and 1B, while five more players registered… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) AU$10,000 Main Event got going this weekend in Australia as two waves of players started their quest for the final bracelet of the Series (wait, wait…before you say that the High Roller Event is still to be played, I will counter with the fact that… Read more »
Battling through arguably the most difficult final table to date at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC), Germany’s George Danzer captured his third bracelet of the overall WSOP and took over the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race. Although only 48 players put their money on the line in Event… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) is creeping closer to its $10,000 Championship Event, but there’s still a bit of work with the preliminary events left to wrap up. One of those tournaments on Saturday (Friday in the U. S.) was Event #7, the $2000 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em tournament, which saw its… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) has blown by the halfway point of the festival, awarding two more WSOP bracelets over the past couple of days to very worthy champions. Event #5 – $5000 Pot Limit Omaha After coming to the final table with a huge chip lead (his 667,000 in chips was… Read more »
After three days and 249 eliminations, the AU$1,650 Terminator No-Limit Hold’em Event crowned a champion on Wednesday at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC). This event was unique in that one-third of each buy-in ($500) was used as a bounty on every player’s head, while the rest went towards the standard… Read more »
Monday was an historic day at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) as Aussie Jeff Lisandro won his sixth career WSOP bracelet, taking the title in the AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha Event. In doing so, he defeated fellow Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Jason Gray heads-up, denying him of his first… Read more »
While we wait about another month for the World Series of Poker Main Event to conclude, the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) doled out its first two bracelets of the year over the weekend. First up at the Crown Melbourne casino in Australia was the conclusion of the AU$1,100 Accumulator Event, a… Read more »
The final two flights of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific’s (WSOP-APAC) inaugural event, the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” tournament, took place on Friday. While the overall numbers were vastly lower than the 2013 version of the event, the remaining field promises some exciting play as Dan Heimiller and Peter Longmore emerged from… Read more »
Whetting the appetite for next month’s “November Nine” finale, the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) kicked off its ten-event schedule on Thursday. At the close of the day, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements emerged from the field as the chip leader for the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” event. The tournament, introduced… Read more »
Last week, when the auction of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel was pushed back to September 30th, perturbed Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub said that he didn’t “need that monstrosity of a building.” It’s a good thing he feels that way because it doesn’t look like he is going to get it. In an… Read more »
We knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time. Even so, it does feel a little strange. PokerStars now has casino games. Currently available only on PokerStars.es, PokerStars’ strong Spain-only site, if the pattern established with PokerStars’ Spin & Go’s follows, casino games will likely spread to the “dot com” site in… Read more »
In early July, PokerStars launched its version of the popular Lottery Sit-and-Go, dubbed “Spin & Go,” on its Spanish site, PokerStars.es. It was a test run of sorts, giving PokerStars a chance to evaluate the game’s popularity before rolling it out worldwide. It appears the returns were positive and now the world’s largest poker room… Read more »
Nevada had gone on a nice run, but as they say, all good things must come to an end. And so it did for Nevada in August, as the state’s five month gaming revenue winning streak came to an end. That is not to say that Nevada actually lost money from gambling. No, that would… Read more »
