If it seemed like an inevitability going into the final table that Noah Schwartz would win the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, it’s because it was. Schwartz entered final table play Tuesday with close to half the chips in play and cruised into the heads-up portion of the match.… Read more »
In news that has taken the poker world by surprise, Norbert Teufelberger, co-CEO of the online gaming firm bwin.party, was detained by Belgian police in Brussels Tuesday. Teufelberger was in town for Responsible Gaming Day, put on by the European and Betting and Gaming Association’s (EGBA), an organization which he chairs. Teufelberger was not arrested;… Read more »
Despite only needing 22 eliminations to get through the day, Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event was a long one, lasting over 14 hours. The six-handed final table was determined, though, and Noah Schwartz will take a gigantic chip lead into Tuesday’s play. With 6.255 million… Read more »
You knew it was coming back. You just didn’t know when. Well, now you know. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has been resurrected and will kickoff less than a month after the once dead and buried poker room was reborn. FTOPS XXI will begin Sunday, December 2nd with the $200 + $16 No-Limit… Read more »
It was a big day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, as 81 percent of the field that started the day on Sunday was sent packing. In the meantime, the money bubble burst when the 46th and 47th place finishers busted just as the tournament was about to… Read more »
The latest stop for the World Poker Tour brings the circuit to Jacksonville, FL, for the BestBet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble and the players have turned out in droves for the two Day Ones completed yesterday and Friday. On Friday, the tournament kicked off with its unique entry format. The $3500 tournament featured a same… Read more »
Although the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event was one of the more exciting final tables in quite some time, there is a new debate raging across the internet regarding one aspect of poker that, some believe, has become a problem…the “tanking” by players as they make a decision. This discussion has brought out… Read more »
As expected after the dissolution of the California Online Poker Association last month, the free to play online poker site run by the organization, CalShark.com, closed its doors earlier this week. On Wednesday, an e-mail was sent to players who participated in play on the site to announce the closure of the online poker room.… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) revealed the 2013 portion of its schedule for Season XI yesterday, presenting nine tour stops in three countries. The year kicks off with an old favorite, the WPT Borgata Winter Open, and ends, as usual, with the WPT World Championship. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has had a rough… Read more »
Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson announced Tuesday via Twitter that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Brunson has expressed confidence that everything will be just fine. Early yesterday afternoon, the ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner relayed the news to his friends and fans via his oft-used Twitter account, writing: “It was malignant.… Read more »
One of the oldest poker rooms on the internet, Sun Poker, has ended its ten year run, closing its doors this past Monday, November 5th. Its customer accounts have been transferred to Omni Online Casino. Sun Poker came into existence as Caribbean Sun Poker back in 2002 and for several years was one of the… Read more »
Tuesday was a big day. In the United States, it was Election Day. The importance of that goes without saying. But for poker players in the rest of the world, it was Full Tilt Poker Day, the day that the former online poker giant rose from the ashes. Full Tilt got its real money games… Read more »
Tuesday, November 6 is the day Americans go to their polling places to cast their vote for the person they wish to be the next President of the United States. There will be other local, county, and state elections on each ballot, but the focus tomorrow will obviously be on the Presidential race between the… Read more »
There was recently a slight to-do in the poker community about the popular site PokerStrategy.com supposedly reporting mostly negative news about Full Tilt Poker, which will re-launch tomorrow. Some people believe it is because PokerStars, Full Tilt’s new owner, ended all rakeback deals and thus cost PokerStrategy and other large affiliates a significant chunk of… Read more »
A recent report from one of the most respected advertising websites points out the potential for online gaming advertising in the United States, but fails to accurately look at the issue in its current status. The online site Ad Age and writer Alexandra Bruell took up the topic earlier this week in an article entitled… Read more »
The companies are lining up in Nevada for the start of intrastate online poker, with three more given preliminary licensing for their operations by the Nevada Gaming Control Board yesterday. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Chris Sieroty, MGM Resorts International, Z4Poker LLC of Las Vegas and CAMS LLC of Los Angeles were recommended for… Read more »
Although the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event is now in the books, crowning a worthy World Champion in Greg Merson, the conclusion of that tournament by no means is spelling the end to the 2012 tournament poker calendar. The World Poker Tour will be continuing its Season XI schedule next week with a… Read more »
With the conclusion of the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event on Tuesday night (OK, Wednesday morning), the poker community has a new World Champion in Greg Merson and several stories about one of the most exciting final tables in the past few years. On Sunday, I predicted how the final table would play… Read more »
