Online poker news
Starting next Monday, poker players in New Jersey and Nevada can take a swing at a World Series of Poker Circuit ring without leaving their bedrooms. From February 25th through March 8th, WSOP.com is hosting the WSOP.com Online Circuit. The site is awarding 13 official Circuit rings in 13 days, with total guaranteed prize pools… Read more »
Have you ever played Texas Hold’em and wished you had more than two hole cards? And then, when you realized Omaha Hold’em was a thing, did you play Omaha and wish you had more than four hole cards? Well, Pot-Limit Five-Card Omaha is also a thing, but that’s not important right now. What is important… Read more »
The online poker world tends to be divided into two factions: tournament players and cash game players. Loads of players overlap and each faction is divided into different groups, but to keep it simple, those are the two sides. Tournament and cash. One thing tournament players have enjoyed for years is various promotions that offer… Read more »
For the upcoming partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour, the online poker room has introduced the “MILLIONS Passport,” giving poker players a more flexible option when qualifying for events. Phased satellites The MILLIONS Passport begins with online satellites. These satellites cost $109 to enter and use a “phased” format. A phased tournament is effectively a multiple starting… Read more »
PokerStars launched the Platinum Madness promotion on Monday, aiming to award 21 Platinum Passes in 21 days. And while the players who grind the most and generate the most rake have the best chance to win one of the big prizes, everyone who plays somewhat regularly will be able to participate. As with most PokerStars… Read more »
Years ago (YEARS ago), I did double-duty with the site that gave birth to this one. One thing I did was organize a few online tournament series for our customers. They were low-stakes or free tourneys, designed to get our site’s little community together and give out some prizes. Once in a while, I would… Read more »
Here in the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” I can’t play online poker because, well, reasons. I mean, I could if I REALLY wanted to, but whatever, I have Overwatch and Slay the Spire and what-not to keep me entertained. It must be pretty great, though, to be able to… Read more »
If you have ever found yourself playing online poker and lamented that you did not have enough opportunity to toss wagers around, PokerStars may have something right up your alley. The online poker room recently began testing a new side bet feature at its Hold’em tables in certain markets. So no need to open a… Read more »
Online poker room partypoker has reworked the qualifying structure for its weekly flagship partypoker MILLION tournament. It has eliminated the myriad of satellites and while there are still extended paths to qualification, the route from nothing to the MILLIONS seems more straight-forward now. partypoker has gotten rid of the $22 Mega Sats as well as… Read more »
Things just keep getting better for poker players in the state of Pennsylvania. It was announced today that FOX Bet and PokerStars will open the doors to the inaugural Pennsylvania Winter Series. The event will tie in with the promotion of the upcoming NFL Super Bowl alongside poker tournaments exclusively for residents of the state… Read more »
PokerStars loves its Spin & Go promotions. It also loves its Platinum Passes. So here they are combining the two. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, though I’m not sure which would be more ruinous for my life. Everything in moderation. On Monday, the poker room has launched the “Spin & Go 10” promo to… Read more »
Eyebrows were raised throughout the poker community over the weekend when BetMGM sent out an interesting e-mail to its customers. The e-mail, hyping a promotion that began Sunday, strongly implies that partypoker might be launching soon in Nevada. Though many people received the e-mail, poker media maven Kevin Mathers posted it on Twitter for those… Read more »
Holidays, changes of season, and major sporting events are all good excuses for online poker rooms to run promotions. The turn of the decade is no different. It’s a special milestone and the perfect time for a poker room to do something. Enter partypoker. Beginning this Monday, the online poker room is running the “New… Read more »
Players on partypoker were greeted with a new software update on Thursday. Much of the update added new cosmetic features such as table themes and fixed bugs, but it did add a few new things that player should enjoy. Headlining the update is the option to Run It Twice. Running it twice should be familiar… Read more »
Like most online poker rooms or networks, 888poker has its version of the jackpot Sit-and-Go called BLAST Poker. Recently, the poker room adjusted the structure of these quick Sit-and-Go’s to bring them a bit more in line with those of its competitors. A chair has been removed BLAST poker games are now three-handed, super-turbo contests.… Read more »
Coral Poker surprised the online poker world over the weekend, announcing a sudden jump from the iPoker Network to the partypoker Network. In fact, there was no formal announcement on its website, just an e-mail sent to customers. Coral Poker will shut down its iPoker operations tomorrow. The e-mail reads as follows: Hi …. We’re… Read more »
As a Green Bay Packers fan, I am still reeling a bit from the team’s egg-laying in San Francisco this past weekend. It is still great, though, to realize that the team is 8-3 and is probably heading to its first playoff appearance in a few years. Hopefully, they will be able to make it… Read more »
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) announced that it was going the way of the dodo about two months ago. The exact termination date was still up in the air, though. Last week, things were brought into focus as it was revealed that MPN will shut down on May 19, 2020. The information was divulged by… Read more »
partypoker released an update to its mobile client this week, the first stage in a major makeover that will last into the early months of 2020. The update currently affects only SPINS games and features a new portrait orientation and social poker additions. One-handed multi-tabling We are all used to seeing online poker screens oriented… Read more »
PokerStars and Twitch are giving poker players the opportunity to win one of two Platinum Passes for the 2020 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC). It starts with one simple step: link one’s PokerStars account to their Twitch account. Connect the accounts Connecting other accounts to Twitch is commonplace today. Other services use it… Read more »
It’s been roughly three weeks since online poker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania opened for business. At this time, only one operator – PokerStars, along with the Mount Airy Casino as its Keystone State partner – is currently allowing those inside the state to partake of their product. So just how well is PokerStars and… Read more »
PokerStars used to be best known for its multi-table tournament schedule and while players certainly still flock to Stars for tournaments, the poker room has also become known for its cycling of novelty cash games. Just a week after ending the two-year run of Power Up, PokerStars announced on Wednesday the launch of not one,… Read more »
Phil Galfond, the founder of the young online poker room Run It Once Poker (RIO) and former high stakes poker pro, issued a challenge yesterday to all comers. Posting on the Run It Once blog, Galfond is looking for people to take him on in high stakes heads-up matches. The challenge outline Galfond has a… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu, one of the most recognizable poker players in the world, announced on Wednesday that he has signed on as an ambassador for GGPoker. Didn’t see that coming His reveal came via a one-minute video on Twitter, recorded as he was walking down the Las Vegas Strip. “In a very short time, GGPoker has… Read more »
Less than two weeks after PokerStars, in conjunction with Mount Airy Casino, became the first online poker room to go live in Pennsylvania, the site has already announced a major internet poker series. On Friday, Fox Bet and PokerStars released the schedule for the inaugural Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP), another poker series in… Read more »
