The World Series of Poker evolves every year; not everybody likes every change that is made, but it does appear that WSOP officials do take player suggestions into account and try to adjust to the times. Case in point: 2015, when the very first online bracelet event was held. It was by all indications a… Read more »
The new PokerStars rewards system, logically named Stars Rewards, went live for players in Denmark last week; it should be available to Italians shortly. It is a significant departure from VIP program the world’s largest online poker room had previous and to this point, reviews are not good. Stars Rewards begins with reward points, which… Read more »
The New Jersey State Assembly passed a bill which would legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports last week by a vote of 56 to 16 (six did not vote and two abstained, which sounds the same but is actually different). A3532 is sponsored by Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo, Ralph Caputo, Paul Moriarty, and John J. Burzichelli… Read more »
Several of the world’s top professional poker players revealed last week that they have been victims of a hacker or group of hackers who took over some of their non-poker online accounts. The security weakness that allowed this to happen was one most people wouldn’t expect: two-factor authentication (2FA). Most of us, when logging into… Read more »
It is that time of year, the most glorious time of year for poker players and fans around the world. The 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) officially opens today. For nearly two months, poker players will flock to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to try to live the dream and… Read more »
If there is one thing we should have all learned by now, it is that there is no reason not to play online poker on a laptop or a mobile device. That way, you never have to take a pee break. It’s really that simple. Nature calls, take your laptop with you, and never miss… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has not been content to sit back and cede the summer poker news to the World Series of Poker. After announcing the creation of new tournaments in several locales and broadcast outlets in areas of Europe it previously wasn’t seen, the WPT has finished off (maybe) the month of May by… Read more »
Yes, the 2017 World Series of Poker is just around the corner, but there’s some other business to take care of before the call for players to return to poker’s Mecca. In this case, it is the deep-pocketed pros who populate the High Roller world as they set course for the 2017 Super High Roller… Read more »
As two former members resigned their seats on the Board of Directors, Amaya Gaming announced earlier this week two new directors to take their seats. Venture capitalist Peter Murphy and retired executive Mary Turner will take over the seats of the departing Dr. Aubrey Zidenberg and Army General Wesley Clark, effective immediately. The chairman of… Read more »
Wednesday, May 24th was a momentous day in United States online gambling legal history, as a bill which would legalize and regulate online gambling, including online poker, passed a vote of the full Pennsylvania Senate. H 271 was passed easily, by a vote of 38-12, just one day after making it through two committees: the… Read more »
Hot off the heels of its announcement that it has acquired the global television and digital media rights to the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Poker Central has revealed that it is launching a subscription streaming video on demand (SVOD) service called PokerGO. PokerGO will cost subscribers $10 per month or $99 for an entire… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has released the schedule for the 14th WSOP Circuit season, a season which consists of a record 26 stops. The first stop is at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina this summer, August 2nd through August 14th. The season culminates with the Global Casino Championship, featuring a $1 million or… Read more »
Not content to rest on its laurels while the World Series of Poker gets all the headlines, the World Poker Tour (WPT) dropped a stunner on Monday, announcing that the legendary Mike Sexton is retiring from his position as the WPT’s long-time co-announcer. Sexton, a Poker Hall of Famer and the “Ambassador of Poker,” has… Read more »
A new rakeback system went into effect on partypoker on Monday, May 22nd. The Cashback reward program, as it is called by partypoker, allows players to earn from 20 to 40 percent in rakeback per week. It really is a simple system, something that should be familiar to most people who have participated in virtually… Read more »
While the Oregon House passed their version of a bill to shut down the Portland with little discussion, the story on the other side of their bicameral legislature is a bit different. Last week, the Oregon Senate debated legislation regarding the Portland poker room industry, drawing some different conclusions than their brethren in the House.… Read more »
Just when you think that there are no new worlds left for the World Poker Tour to conquer, the WPT finds…well, more new worlds. It was announced earlier this week that the WPT had signed a new distribution deal with ELEVEN SPORTS Network aimed at bringing the products of the WPT to new markets. ELEVEN… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker begins in just over ten days, but there currently is little talk about preparations for the biggest event in poker. Instead, much of the poker community is talking about the ludicrous prop bet between tournament director Matt Savage and poker professional Mike Noori, which will begin today at noon.… Read more »
We have been hearing from PokerStars about its new rewards program for what seems like a decade now, but according to a post on the PokerStars blog Wednesday, it looks like players will finally get to see it in action soon. PokerStars Director of Poker Innovation and Operations Severin Rasset said that by the end… Read more »
As if the news about the elimination of the November Nine wasn’t news enough just two weeks before the start of the 2017 World Series of Poker, the WSOP has more to announce. Starting this year, a new formula will be used to determine the WSOP Player of the Year. Details have yet to be… Read more »
More PokerStars news, how fun! The first season of the PokerStars All Stars is in the books and the leader board winners have been determined. Ukranian player Hatrick19911 emerged as the overall champion of the top division, the All Stars Table, winning $25,453 across 4,686 hands. In addition to the money he won from his… Read more »
Technology can be a pain in the ass sometimes. As awesome as it is (it lets us play poker online!), it can let us down at the worst possible moments. That was the case yesterday on PokerStars, when the world’s largest poker room experienced an outage right in the middle of the Spring Championship of… Read more »
When it was announced a decade ago that the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table would be moved to November, rather than directly following the preceding days of the tournament, many jaws in the poker community dropped. To many, it was an intriguing idea, meant to allow ESPN to build up the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has wrapped up its pre-World Series of Poker schedule with the close of action at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam. As to their WPTDeepStacks Main Event, Daniel Daniyar started the day with the second biggest stack and finished it with all the chips to take the title, while Andreas Klatt celebrated… Read more »
In its previous two seasons, the Super High Roller Bowl presented by Poker Central has had its share of businesspeople (Dan Shak, Kathy Lehne, both accomplished poker players) and poker professionals (too numerous to mention), but it has never had a “celebrity” in the mix. Some might still say that bar hasn’t been crossed but,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has, at certain points in its history, stretched their moniker as far as “world.” For a few years, the organization barely left the States of America and, if it did, it was still on the North American continent. Of late, however, the WPT has been stretching out into the international market,… Read more »
