In rapid fashion, the players at the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, CA, rocketed through the money bubble to get down to the final 36 players that will take part in Day 3 action. At the head of the pack is a player with a limited tournament resume, Imad… Read more »
A representative from partypoker released a preliminary draft of the schedule for the second New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOP II) on Two Plus Two this week in order to seek feedback an everything from buy-in levels to game types to tournament structures. NJCOP II will run April 16th through April 26th and will… Read more »
Both starting flights of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event are in the books as Day 1B wrapped up last night. Haixia Zhang ended up bagging the most chips at the end of the day, collecting 281,000. 389 players entered Tuesday’s action, making it an even 700 for the… Read more »
One of the most talked about events on the recently released schedule for the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is Event #64, the first-ever online WSOP bracelet event. Some people think it is a great idea, some think it is terrible, but regardless of what people think about it, the event is on the… Read more »
One of the most popular events on the World Poker Tour (WPT), the Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, kicked off on Monday as 311 players bought-in to Day 1A of the tournament hoping to become the next member of the Champion’s Club. Just 106 made it to Day 2 with Bay 101 defending champ,… Read more »
According to PokerScout’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update, online poker cash game traffic fell the slightest of amounts last week, declining just one-tenth of one percent. It was still a loss, though, marking the fourth consecutive week that internet poker counts have fallen. On the bright side, though (aside from it being a nearly break-even… Read more »
In November 2014, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) granted conditional approval to an online gaming partnership between Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa (via its parent company, Marina District Development Company LLC) and Pala Interactive LLC. It was a fairly momentous occasion, as it marked the first time a Native American… Read more »
After a triumphant debut with the inaugural American Poker Awards in February, the Global Poker Index and its leader, Alexandre Dreyfus, now head back to a familiar ground as they prepare themselves for the 2015 European Poker Awards. The nominees for nine of the categories to be awarded have been announced, with the victors of… Read more »
After coming from the bottom of the standings, Anthony Zinno made history on a few fronts with his victory in the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic on Thursday night. At the start of the final table, Zinno was looking way up to the top of the leaderboard. Igor Yaroshevskyy held the chip lead… Read more »
Amidst the discussion of Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz’ reintroduction of a bill called the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (RAWA), there has been a strange silence on the other side of the equation. For the past seven years, there has been some sort of bill introduced for discussion in Congress that would allow for the… Read more »
After what turned out to be a short day of action for those in attendance, the World Poker Tour has set the final table for the L. A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino. Of the six men who will come to the tables this afternoon to contend for the championship, one is looking for… Read more »
Bitcoin online poker room SealswithClubs.com is no more. SwCPoker.eu has risen in its place. As Seals chairman Bryan Micon promised in February, his poker site was down but not out, re-launching on Friday with its new brand. The SwC saga dates back to the morning of February 11th, when Micon’s Las Vegas home was raided… Read more »
Wednesday could be quite a fun day for Peter Tran at the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event as he has a massive lead with just twelve players remaining. And since the tournament will play down to the six-handed final table today, Day 5 should be short. Heck, Tran might be… Read more »
UPDATE: The RAWA hearing has been postponed because of expected inclement weather. The PPA’s message still stands. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has put out a call to the poker community, asking everybody to make their voices be heard in advance of the March 5th Congressional hearing for the Restoration of America’s Wire Act bill… Read more »
Day 3 of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event is in the books and with just 43 players remaining, things should be a bit tense at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday as the final table is within reach. Peter Tran leads the survivors going into Day 4 with 1.369 million… Read more »
PokerScout.com released its Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update on Saturday, reporting yet another difficult seven day stretch for the internet poker industry. Cash game traffic fell two percent last week with seven of the top ten networks and sites experiencing down weeks. There was some slight shifting in the top ten, as Bodog moved up… Read more »
The first leg of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) California Swing kicked off over the weekend as the WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event got underway at the Commerce Casino. Two days have already been completed; 538 players registered for the $10,000 tournament and going into Monday’s Day 3, only 120 remain. Brent Hart has… Read more »
On Friday night, the ‘best of the best’ in North American poker came together for the inaugural American Poker Awards. After a day of seminars and forums addressing issues in the game, the finale was the actual awards show hosted by Kara Scott, capping a hugely successful debut. The World Series of Poker drew the… Read more »
