Online poker news
Another reason to stay home The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is only just winding down today, but the poker room has already announced its next online tournament series, the Summer Series. No rest for the weary. The Summer Series will run June 7-21 at will feature 151 tournaments with $25 million in… Read more »
The second heads-up challenge went significantly more smoothly for Phil Galfond than did the first one. On Tuesday, Galfond wrapped up his challenge against Ioannis “ActionFreak” Kontonatsios, coming out on top with a €114,765.66 profit. It was a similar setup to the one against VeniVidi1993, just shortly and for higher stakes. The game was €150/€300… Read more »
$135,000 to charity The poker world is stepping for a good cause once again. On Thursday, May 28 at 8:00pm ET, the King’s Celebrity Poker Challenge on ClubWPT will premiere Twitch. Simulcast are multiple Twitch channels, including Budweiser and World Surf League, the two-hour special will feature six celebrities competing in a poker match to… Read more »
PokerStars released an interesting new mobile app today for iOS and Android called Poker DoJo. And even more interesting, it is actually for poker players in the United States (and the UK). Poker DoJo is a poker training app targeted to novice players. It focuses on understanding hand strength using three mini-games. Aside from the… Read more »
Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the poker world, as the World Series of Poker announced on Saturday that the WSOP Circuit-ending Global Casino Championship has been moved entirely online. It was originally scheduled to be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in North Carolina August 11-13. The Global Casino Championship will now take place… Read more »
It’s a busy week in the online poker world with the Main Event of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and the WPT Online Championship wrapping up and the GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit Online Series in full swing. PokerStars, in particular, has had a hell of a lot of action, setting records all… Read more »
MPN closes its doors Though online poker is booming right now, there is a bit of a dark cloud hanging over those of us who have been in the industry for a long time. Today, Wednesday, May 20, is the first day in over 17 years that MPN is not dealing any cards. MPN, a… Read more »
If only he could go back From the “most of us missed this jaw-dropper” files, Doyle Brunson made it known late last week that he turned down a king’s ransom about a decade ago for his online poker room, Doyle’s Room. Responding to a tweet from Rounders and Billions co-creator Brian Koppleman, Brunson said he… Read more »
If there is one good thing that has come out of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, it is that plenty of people have found their way to online poker. For the second consecutive month, the state of New Jersey has set a record for the “take,” or revenues, in the month of April. As there… Read more »
If you really want to go back in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation before they changed their name so they wouldn’t be confused with a sanctioned sport), legendary wrestler “Hulk” Hogan had a catchphrase of “Hulkamania.” He would often state how “Hulkamania is RUNNING WILD!!” Today, the… Read more »
Nearly half a year after its intentions were announced, Ladbrokes Poker finally made the move from the iPoker Network to the partypoker Network this week. Players were told on Monday, May 11 that the move was imminent and the jump occurred on Tuesday. While player funds were transferred in the move, unfortunately loyalty points earned… Read more »
Online poker is one of the few industries that is doing well during this horrible COVID-19 pandemic. With everyone staying home the last couple months, more people have spent time playing poker on the internet. It makes sense. Naturally, there has also been concern that more opportunity to gamble online during the worldwide lockdowns could… Read more »
Aggressive talk from party When I used to play online poker regularly, I lived for poker room promotions. It was great fun not only be playing poker every day, but working toward something other than purely profit from the tables (yes, we’ll go with profit for the sake of argument). When it was the 800-pound… Read more »
On Saturday, PokerStars hosted a whopper of a celebrity charity poker tournament on PokerStars.net. The Stars CALL for Action tournament raised $1 million for charity. Emerging victorious and winning $100,000 for his cause was actor David Costabile, known for his supporting roles in some of the best shows on television like “Breaking Bad,” “The Wire,”… Read more »
I’ll admit, despite being an incredibly well-respected subject matter expert and trend-setter, I am not an avid consumer of online poker streams. This weekend, however, while I sit at home not doing yard work, I will likely pull up Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook and check out what should be an extremely entertaining poker tournament. On… Read more »
Online poker leaderboards are great fun, but you need to watch out for players who try to game the system. It appears that some people on partypoker did just that, but according to partypoker partner and founder of the Dusk Til Dawn poker club, Rob Yong, the offenders have been caught and kicked to the… Read more »
Coming out of retirement GGPoker is continuing its attempted coup on the online poker world, this time signing young “retired” poker pro, Fedor Holz as a brand ambassador. Along with Holz donning the GGPoker brand, his poker training site, Pokercode has partnered with the online poker room. “Pokercode is yet another top brand to add… Read more »
PokerStars, king of the novelty cash game, has launched another novelty game, but this time, it is as new Spin & Go variety. Well, “Grand Tour” is not exactly a Spin & Go, but rather a progressive knockout series of Sit & Go’s with Spin & Go traits. How to get to the game When… Read more »
Prevented as all live poker tournament series are right now from being held in a physical casino, the Poker Masters – this year called the Poker Masters Online – concluded online this weekend. The high-stakes series, presented by Poker Central on partypoker, had 30 tournaments, all of which had five-figure buy-ins. And the excitement lasted… Read more »
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the announcement of the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series on GGPoker. In the announcement, the WSOP said that it would be made up of “hundreds” of tournaments. To that, I had the hottest of takes, “Hundreds is a lot of tournaments, if you ask me.” And holy jeez,… Read more »
There’s been a great deal of everyday life that has shut down since the COVID-19 pandemic began and people were put into, to paraphrase The Clash, “the clampdown.” Along with carry-out meals from restaurants and grocery stores, there have been some businesses that have experienced a resurgence, however. One of those, perhaps not surprisingly, is… Read more »
Continuing its push to be one of the big boys in the online poker world, GGPoker surprised the poker community last week by announcing the signing of Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier as a brand ambassador. ElkY had been with partypoker, even tweeting a “welcome to the team” to actor and comedian Kevin Hart just a few… Read more »
As bad as things are right now with the COVID-19 pandemic, boy, what a time it must be to be an online poker player. Provided you have the funds for it, I suppose. Stuck at home, some of the prime forms of recreation right now are video games and online poker. My kids and I… Read more »
Because of the current COVID-19-induced state of lockdown over much of the world, many have been turning to online poker to pass the time. In the States of America, that’s a bit more difficult than for some other countries. The individual states that have passed online gaming regulations offer a plethora of options, while the… Read more »
L’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL), the French internet gaming regulatory body, has issued guidance to online gambling operators, discouraging them from offering bonuses to players. ARJEL pointed out that the combination of people being confined to their homes during the current coronavirus pandemic and the lack of sports and horse race betting… Read more »
