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In what will certainly be a hotly discussed situation, poker professionals Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen have been chosen as the 2016 inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, October 26, the induction ceremony will take place at Binion’s Gambling Hall (the original home of the World Series of Poker). The traditional ceremony… Read more »
On Friday morning, Mediarex Sports and Entertainment announced that they had entered into a sponsorship deal with PokerStars, with the online poker industry’s largest site becoming the lead sponsor for Mediarex’s Global Poker League. During the announcement of the new deal, the GPL’s Chief Executive Officer and the founder of the league Alexandre Dreyfus stated,… Read more »
When the 2016 nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame were announced, only three of the nominees were on the ballot for the first time. Of those three men (former World Champion Chris Moneymaker and Todd Brunson were the other two), there was quite a cacophony of voices supporting the nomination of Eli Elezra to… Read more »
The 2016 U. S. Presidential Campaign has been in full swing since March 2015, when Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first person to announce his candidacy. Since that time, the primaries of the Republican and Democratic parties have divided many in the country. Not left out of this turmoil are some of poker’s biggest… Read more »
The inaugural season of the Global Poker League resumes on Tuesday as the 12 teams in the league get back together for online play in the Six-Max format. But a recent release from the GPL regarding the “Summer Series” during the 2016 World Series of Poker – and the usage of “The Cube” in those… Read more »
If you don’t remember that day back in May 2003 (yes, you young ones, the World Series of Poker was once played in the springtime instead of the summer), it was something that anyone who considers themselves a fan of the game will ever forget. In the Championship Event, a young accountant in his first… Read more »
When the nominees for the 2016 Poker Hall of Fame were named last week, there were some usual suspects on the list. In fact, seven of the 10 men that were nominated had been tapped the year before or had previously been nominated for induction. One of those seven men wasn’t a player but a… Read more »
In an interview with Yahoo! Finance, Sheldon Adelson let the cat out of the bag: poker is not a skill game. I mean, I guess that’s true if said bag is located within the psychotic and drug-riddled brain of a similarly-named fictional character, Elliot Alderson, but even then, as nutso as Mr. Robot is, he… Read more »
Hearings have begun in Quebec to discuss the insider trading case involving former Amaya CEO David Baazov and thirteen of his associates, which include family, friends, and business colleagues. According to CTV News Montreal, two days of hearings in front of a financial sector independent tribunal began on Monday. Baazov has been hit with a… Read more »
After a two-month period, the public nomination period has closed and the final ballots have been tabulated. In an announcement from the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council on Friday afternoon, the final nominees for the Class of 2016 has been determined and, from a look at the overall list, it is going to be… Read more »
For 13 seasons, the European Poker Tour has arguably provided one of the best tournament experiences in the industry. Lavish parties, well-run tournaments and other entertainment has been the hallmark of the EPT since its creation back in 2003. According to several players, that has all gone away since the ownership of the circuit changed… Read more »
We have seen plenty of examples over the last several years how the many of the stars of the poker boom of the mid-to-late “aughts” have had trouble dealing with the collapse of online and televised poker in the United States and, in turn, their stardom. Add to that list one Ted Forrest, who, according… Read more »
In what has seemingly become a normal occurrence for him and the organization he represents, the Global Poker League’s top honcho, Alexandre Dreyfus, continues to have financial issues surrounding the league. The latest issues involve a player that is playing with one of the GPL franchises and money that was supposed to have been an… Read more »
In the world of business, there is always that quest in finding the “next big thing.” With this point in mind, the business and finance magazine Forbes is looking into what many are saying will be the “next big thing” – Esports – and comparing it with what now appears to be “old news” –… Read more »
In what was an unprecedented length for renegotiating a deal, the World Poker Tour and FOX Sports reached agreement on what is essentially a five-year extension of the contract between the two entities. After previously having deals for two or three years, the five-year commitment from FOX Sports harkens back to the early years of… Read more »
According to a report from PokerFuse.com, professional poker player Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi has once again been banned from PokerStars, this time for playing on the site from the United States on other player’s account. The story of Mizzi’s rules violation dates back to February 2016, when a poster went on Two Plus Two and alleged… Read more »
When it was conceived, the Alexandre Dreyfus-driven Global Poker League looked as if it would be “The One” attempt at making poker more “sport-like” that survived when others failed. A recent announcement has cast some doubt on that, however, as the GPL looks to end its inaugural season on a high note. According to Will… Read more »
What was once a thriving casino scene in Atlantic City a decade ago will be nearly halved come this October as another casino will officially shut its doors. On Wednesday, the Trump Taj Mahal became the latest victim of the East Coast expansion of gaming. Although its owner, billionaire Carl Icahn, tried to invest in… Read more »
After more than 30 months of wrangling over the case, a court in New Jersey has denied the appeal of a group of players who took part in the “Chipgate,” reaffirming the decision by the casino and state gaming regulators as to how to settle the tournament. In a hearing in front of the Appeals… Read more »
So you may be in the World Series of Poker Championship Event, ponying up your $10,000 to play. You get eliminated in the early going from a streak of bad luck, something that you try to share with people. This is a constant occurrence at the WSOP but, for one sports legend/poker player, it seems… Read more »
In an e-mail sent to Poker Players Alliance (PPA) members late last week, PPA Vice President of Player Relations Rich Muny relayed the positive news that a ban on internet poker has been removed from the Republican Party’s platform in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Ever since online poker has been a… Read more »
The Global Poker League is in a hiatus at this time, taking a break after finishing the first half of their inaugural season and their “Summer Series” during the run of the World Series of Poker. It’s certainly been an interesting run so far for GPL creator Alex Dreyfus’ pet program and it has seen… Read more »
If you play poker, you will inevitably play against some unsavory characters. I suppose in everything we do in life, we have dealings with people we love and people we would rather see trip on the sidewalk and chip a tooth. But poker seems to bring out the creeps sometimes. Enter Chris Ferguson and Howard… Read more »
Normally when you’re writing your autobiography, you’ve achieved all the goals that you’ve set for your life. For poker professional, Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour analyst Mike Sexton, however, it is difficult to believe that he has achieved everything that he wants to do with his life quite yet. With that said,… Read more »
With everything that is going on at the 2016 World Series of Poker, there is some news from the poker world that some people might miss. In this week’s edition of “ICYMI” (In Case You Missed It), a former major tournament champion is headed to court, a popular tournament pro gets a less than profitable… Read more »
