Back in the “good old days” of online poker, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker were fierce rivals. Numbers one and two in the traffic rankings, they were in the business of trying to one-up each other. PokerStars had the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP); Full Tilt launched the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS).… Read more »
Day 1C of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship finished up Sunday, thus completing the three starting flights of the second WPT stop in Montreal. Jonathan Driscoll came away as the day’s chip leader, finishing the night with 263,800 chips. Just two other players – Jonathan Roy (218,400 chips) and Jake Toole… Read more »
As expected, Day 1B of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Quebec, drew a massive number of players for action as they try to put themselves in position to take down the last event on the Season XI WPT schedule prior to the WPT Championship later this month. The… Read more »
Although it is extremely early to gain a read on how successful it will be, the early days of action on Ultimate Poker are showing that the site is steadily garnering support from Nevadans who can actually play on it. Opening up on Tuesday, Ultimate Poker became the first regulated online poker room in the… Read more »
With the 2013 World Series of Poker on the horizon (less than four weeks from today), many players from around the world are preparing for their trip to Las Vegas and the pursuit of their place in poker history. Recent events in the United States, however, are forcing officials with the WSOP to examine security… Read more »
The cards are in the air for the World Poker Tour stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Quebec, with players positioning themselves for a run at a championship that has quickly become one of the most hotly contested on the WPT circuit. WPT announcer and Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton was on… Read more »
The opening of the first regulated online gaming site in the United States has drawn a great deal of attention across the country. When Ultimate Poker let the virtual cards fly on Tuesday under the auspices of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and its intrastate regulations, it was seen as a landmark moment for online… Read more »
While different states have either moved forward with regulation of the online gaming and poker industries (or have tried and failed), the federal government has largely been quiet on the issue since the end of 2012. That may change with proposed legislation from one of New York’s most well-known and respected members of the House… Read more »
PokerStars will have to wait a bit longer to get back into the United States gambling market. On Wednesday it was revealed that the deal between its parent company, Rational Group, and The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City has been scrapped. NorthJersey.com’s John Brennan broke the news Wednesday morning on his “Meadowlands Matters”… Read more »
For a while, it looked like the final table of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Open Main Event final table would be a quick one, as four of the six players were eliminated within 68 hands. But it took over 100 more hands to get through the heads-up portion of the tournament before… Read more »
