Ultimate Poker, the first completely legal and regulated online poker site in the U.S. (rapidly approaching its first birthday, if you can believe it) really, really wants to get people to play in its tournaments. At risk of qualifying for government assistance, the poker room has launched the unique NO-verlay promotion a deal in which… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event wrapped up Tuesday as the six players at the final table competed to see who would take the crown of the year’s first WPT event in Florida. Fittingly, it was Floridian James Calderaro who ended up on top, beating Shannon Shorr heads up… Read more »
One side effect of moving the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event from the summer to November is that it naturally makes one WSOP end so much closer to the start of the next one. Not that that’s a bad thing, by any means. It just feels strange, at least… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event’s penultimate day is in the books as the six-handed final table has been determined. 33 players entered Monday’s Day 3, all at least comforted by the fact that they had cash, but it was only six who made it to Day 4. It… Read more »
Online poker room Ultimate Poker introduced a new poker variant Monday, attempting to bring yet another game to the poker world that requires less skill and more luck. The game, Two Street Hold’em, saw the light of day for the first time in a live test game at the Ultimate Gaming Headquarters in Las Vegas.… Read more »
The survivors from the two starting flights of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event combined for Day 2 on Sunday looking to be rewarded for their hard work with a pay day. Day 2 began with 167 players and just 54 were going to make the money, so Sunday… Read more »
The 2014 Aussie Millions is beginning to come to its conclusion as, on Sunday, the Main Event champion was determined and, back on Saturday night, the $100,000 Challenge came to a conclusion. Aussie Millions Main Event A strong group of contenders came to the final table on Sunday afternoon at the Crown Casino in Melbourne,… Read more »
After a Day 1A that was thought to be pretty large, Day 1B of the World Poker Tour’s Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Coconut Creek Casino in Florida blew the doors off the building. Through another ten levels of play on Day 1B, a new overall leader was crowned in the form of Jaime… Read more »
It was one of the darker stories in the recent past of poker history. In 2008, professional poker player Ernie Scherer III’s parents were found murdered (a week after their death) in their California home. That story will get airtime tonight on CBS as a part of the series “48 Hours.” “48 Hours” is a… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has pulled into Florida’s Seminole Coconut Creek Casino for their latest Main Event. With a $1 million guaranteed prize pool on the line (plus unlimited re-entry and multiple Day Ones), even Day 1A was expected to draw a crowd and it didn’t disappoint. As the cards hit the air on Friday,… Read more »
Although he may be considered Public Enemy #1 to most in the poker community, Las Vegas Sands Corporation chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson is now also looking to use his money in the U. S. gaming industry. Adelson, ranked in 2013 by Forbes Magazine as the fifteenth wealthiest person in the world and… Read more »
The 2014 Aussie Millions has once again proven to be one of the elite tournaments in the international poker world. On Friday, a strong final table for the $10,000 Main Event was determined as some of the deepest pocketed pros stepped up for Day 1 play in the $100,000 Challenge. Aussie Millions Main Event 36… Read more »
Just days after online poker got a new enemy, allies of the game have a new weapon to fight back. MGM International and what politico.com calls “other Washington powerhouses” launched the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection (CCOP) Wednesday, a group stands in opposition to a ban on internet gambling. Though Nevada, New Jersey, and… Read more »
Poker players who are trying to make a living grinding it out at the online tables in New Jersey can rejoice. PokerTracker 4 (PT4) is now available in the Garden State. According to a press release issued yesterday, today’s new version of PokerTracker, PokerTracker 4.10.8, includes “official support for the USA Regulated Market in New… Read more »
Well, that was a quick turnaround. After complaints about how affiliates were being handled in regards to the reimbursement process for former U.S. Full Tilt Poker players, the Full Tilt Claims Administrator has made adjustments that will benefit the players. Last year, the Garden City Group (GCG), the company that is handling all the claims… Read more »
As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. According to Jon Ralston on his website RalstonReports.com, Steve Wynn is now opposed to the legalization and regulation of online gambling. This would be news in and of itself, but adding to the interest is that he was swayed to his new point of… Read more »
On Friday, the Garden City Group (GCG), the company authorized by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to be the Claims Administrator for the long-frozen Full Tilt Poker funds, posted a couple important updates on the remissions process on its website. The first concerned former U.S. customers of Full… Read more »
The news going into the weekend may have been dominated by Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, the Super Bowl, and the fallout from Atlanta’s “Snowpocalypse,” but six poker players in Atlantic City were focused on one thing: $842,379. That was the first prize of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker… Read more »
After leading the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France for the last two days, it wouldn’t have been out of the question for Greece’s Sotirios Koutoupas to succumb to the pressure and come up a bit short. There was no stopping the Greek powerhouse, however, as he stormed his way to the latest EPT… Read more »
It was a quick Day 5 in Deauville, France as the European Poker Tour determined its final table on Friday. Heading into tomorrow’s action, Sotirios Koutoupas holds the lead for a second consecutive day while Eugene Katchalov looks to make poker history. Sixteen men stepped to the felt on Friday afternoon in Deauville and, almost… Read more »
