Online poker news
Need some poker first In a sign that online poker might finally be coming to West Virginia, the state has joined the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), allowing the state to share player pools with the other member states. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced West Virginia’s inclusion on Tuesday. The Mountain State joined New… Read more »
Coordinated stalling In a software update coming “sometime this month,” GGPoker implementing a change to its multi-table tournaments to try to stop max late registration abuse. Using this tactic, groups of players will buy-in to a tournament at the same time at the end of the late registration period. The way GGPoker’s software is currently… Read more »
Bert “girafganger7” Stevens is no stranger to online tournament success. After all, he once commanded the top spot in the PocketFives online poker rankings. He has won loads of big tournaments, including the GGPoker Super MILLION$ Main Event and two EPT Online events (he was the first player to accomplish the latter). But this week’s… Read more »
Benny Glaser is on a run the likes that has rarely been seen in the online poker world, if, in fact, it has ever been seen before. On Monday, the man who goes by “RunGodlike” on PokerStars, won his sixth title of the 2023 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), breaking the series record.… Read more »
A different kind of casino robbery Crypto casino Stake has confirmed that its hot wallets were hacked, resulting in the infiltrators pilfering millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. According to the company, the hacks occurred around 10:00am ET Monday morning. Before the confirmation, posted on X, cybersecurity firm Cyvers posted that it had detected “multiple… Read more »
The full schedule is yet to come, but PokerStars has announced that the inaugural North American Championship of Online Poker (NACOOP) is set for September 15 – October 2. NACOOP will span more than 70 events and offer over $7 million in guaranteed prize pools. While it is the very first NACOOP, it is not… Read more »
As if there isn’t enough live poker going on to keep players happy, PokerStars is offering the latest version of their World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Beginning on September 10, PokerStars will be offering a massive 110-event schedule that covers virtually every discipline that is available in the world of poker. Not only does… Read more »
If you thought activities for the World Series of Poker concluded with Daniel Weinman’s victory in July, you would be highly mistaken. Of course, there is the upcoming WSOP-Europe scheduled for October in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, but another event will start tomorrow that will draw poker players together. Sunday marks the start of the 2023… Read more »
For the majority of the States of America, online poker operates in a quasi-legal (or illegal) stasis. People in these states have offshore options, which can be a bit on the iffy side (and we here at Poker News Daily encourage ANYONE to do their due diligence when it comes to playing online on these… Read more »
A weekend is coming up on the calendar, which inevitably means that another poker tournament series is starting on PokerStars, or so it seems. This coming Sunday, though, there really is a series kicking off: Midstakes Madness. Running August 6-13, Midstakes Madness features 61 events with buy-ins ranging from $11 to $109. Now, for me,… Read more »
It appears that PokerStars may be getting ready to roll out Mystery Bounty tournaments. The folks over at Pokerfuse have a history of digging through hidden files in online poker client installations to find hints as to what may come and this time, they uncovered graphics of cases and envelopes that would likely be used… Read more »
The other day (and don’t ask how these things enter my mind), I started thinking about how people go about poker training nowadays. What happened was I started thinking about an old poker program that I used to have, Donahoe Digital’s Tournament Poker (otherwise known as DD Tournament Poker), and whether I could still use… Read more »
The last time I sent out a “Save the Date,” it was for my son’s Bar Mitzvah. I always thought those were just for weddings, but when our kids’ friends started having their B’nai Mitzvahs a few years ago and we received “Save the Dates” in the mail, I realized it was a thing. Imagine… Read more »
PokerStars has announced a new season-long poker extravaganza of sorts for players in the United States, dubbed the Summer Festival. Running June 1 to July 31, Summer Festival involves all sorts of poker activities, highlighted by Summer Stacks. Summer Stacks is a tournament series, PokerStars’ specialty, spanning June 9-26. Both Pennsylvania and the combined New… Read more »
PokerGO has announced a new social poker app developed in conjunction with Gala Games. PokerGO Play will begin its beta testing period in June, with plans to be released to the general public later in the year. The companies hype PokerGO Play as offering a “state-of-the-art” poker platform and a “revolutionary social gaming experience.” Users… Read more »
PokerStars has always been known for the biggest and best online poker tournament series, but now GGPoker wants to take its turn. On Wednesday, the world’s largest online poker room announced the inaugural GGPoker World Festival, billing it as the biggest series of all time, as it comes with $200 million in guaranteed prize pools.… Read more »
It seems like most online poker tournament series are geared toward people with some depth to their bankrolls. I was never one of those people, so the PokerStars Micro Millions Marathon would have been up my alley (I say “would have been” because I unfortunately do not live in a jurisdiction where I can play… Read more »
Poker got really expensive Just a couple weeks ago, a group of nearly 100 high stakes No-Limit Hold’em players initiated a boycott of GGPoker because the online poker drastically increased the rake at tables with blinds of $25/$50 and higher. Now it appears that the tactic worked, as GGPoker listened to players’ concerns and has… Read more »
The PokerStars 17th Anniversary Sunday Million concluded Tuesday, March 28 as Ricardo “RFN1986” Nagamoto bested 25,721 opponents to claim the $1 million top prize. A player by the screen name of “roflcopter88” finished in the runner-up spot for over $723,000. In all, there were 39,500 entries in the $215 tournament, 25,722 unique players and 13,778… Read more »
New-era poker bots Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way we live, work, and play. The game of poker, in particular, has been transformed by the introduction of AI into online gaming. With more than one in five poker experts using ChatGPT to win hands, according to a recent study conducted by Legal US Poker… Read more »
We’re about two months away from the 2023 World Series of Poker and as such, online poker rooms have started ramping up their WSOP satellites. One of those poker sites is GGPoker, which has had a tight relationship with the WSOP for several years now. On Sunday, GGPoker launched its “Road to Vegas” promotion, during… Read more »
Two different SCOOPs PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for players in the United States returns next week, with $5 million in combined guaranteed prize pools for players in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Running March 17 through April 3, the schedule has 252 events with buy-ins ranging from $10 to $2,500. There will… Read more »
Huge jump from 2021 888poker reported last week that it refunded players nearly $300,000 it confiscated from cheaters in 2022. The online poker room specifically went after players who violated the site’s fair gaming policy, recovering $287,292 and distributing it to opponents who were affected by the cheaters’ actions. A total of 6,801 players received… Read more »
That’s some added value Daniel Negreanu can exhale. On Monday, the GGPoker GGMasters Overlay Edition concluded and while there was a gigantic overlay, Negreanu will not have to foot any of the bill. The $150 buy-in tournament drew 64,622 entries, which is fantastic. The problem – and GGPoker fully anticipated this, hence the name of… Read more »
Sounds like a lot overlay ahead GGPoker has revealed the details of the 2023 GGMasters Overlay Edition tournament, the second time the event will run. Scheduled to begin February 19, the tournament has a $10 million guarantee, but only a $150 price point. That guaranteed prize pool is double that of last year’s inaugural Overlay… Read more »
