After coming to the final table with a monstrous chip lead, Arseniy Karmatskiy completed the deal in becoming the first champion of the reborn European Poker Tour and winning the 2018 EPT Sochi Main Event in Russia this afternoon (U. S. time). Karmatskiy was a force on the felt through Day 5, dominating his opposition… Read more »
PokerStars has released the schedule for the New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP), which will run April 14th through April 30th, only on the New Jersey version of PokerStars (as the name would imply). There are 40 events this year, split into high and low buy-in variations, an increase of five events from… Read more »
There are times I wished I lived in New Jersey. And those times that I wished I lived in New Jersey, I throw up in my mouth a little. Now, as someone who has lived in Georgia for 20 years, I will fully admit that as I take that little jab at the Garden State,… Read more »
Poker Central’s Super High Roller Bowl will be held at the ARIA in two months. This being just the fourth installment of the event, the SHRB has actually become quite the anticipated tournament. The $300,000 buy-in brings out the best players in the world and they are guaranteed to get exposure because it streams online… Read more »
Just sixteen players remain – two tables of eight – in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi Main Event after Tuesday’s Day 4. Leading the way is Mikhail Plakkhin with 3.046 million chips. His lead is fairly massive, as the second place player, Sihao Zhang, has 2.193 million and the big blind is only 24,000.… Read more »
Everyone knew Monday would be a rough day for a few people at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi Main Event, as just eight eliminations were needed for the money bubble to burst. Eight survivors from Sunday’s Day 2 had to sleep on it and then go home with nothing. As Earl Burton wrote yesterday,… Read more »
After a first of its type Day 1B and 1C on the same day (more on this in a bit), Day 2 has completed action at the 2018 European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event. After a massive 861 entries were received, only 136 players remain – nine short of the money bubble – with Sergey… Read more »
After a year of wandering in the wilderness branded as another tournament circuit, the European Poker Tour officially made its comeback on Friday in Sochi, Russia. The first day of the European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event is in the books with a contingent of (naturally) Russian players dominating the leaderboard. For the official history… Read more »
We’re a couple of months away from the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl and, just like previous years, the number of players wanting to take part is more than what will get in. Last night, former SHRB champions Christoph Vogelsang (the defending champion) and Brian Rast were selected to participate, but High Roller regulars Fedor… Read more »
A few weeks ago, one of the latest cryptocurrency-based online poker sites, CoinPoker, had its real money tables go live and to celebrate, the site is running a couple of generous promotions. Unfortunately, according to GameIntel Managing Editor and PartTimePoker.com writer Alex Weldon, it appears that those promos are contributing to artificially-inflated player traffic at… Read more »
Station Casinos has decided to discontinue the bad beat jackpot promotions at its casinos a month after the Nevada Gaming Control Board ruled that the company had to pay out a disputed jackpot. The controversy dates back to July 7th, when a $120,000 bad beat jackpot was hit at the Red Rock Casino, one of… Read more »
On Monday, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) published its formal advice to the government regarding its review of brick-and-mortar gaming machines and responsible gambling measures. The 97-page document focuses on how to best make sure customers, especially those vulnerable to the risks of gambling, have an enjoyable and safe experience. One of the most… Read more »
I am an alum of the University of Virginia. As such, I was quite excited to see how my school’s men’s basketball team would fare in the NCAA tournament after completing such a dominant regular season (even if one of our best players was injured). Prior to the tournament, I purchased tickets for the Sweet… Read more »
Atlantic City is in the midst of a renaissance of sorts, as its gambling economy is recovering from a horrific years-long collapse that saw five casinos close in the span of two years. But the revenue graph isn’t always pointing upward, illustrated by February’s numbers released last week by the New Jersey Division of Gaming… Read more »
Although they have had the go ahead since last fall’s passage of the state budget to begin, lawmakers and gaming officials in Pennsylvania to this point haven’t done much of anything regarding opening the state for online gaming and poker. That changed earlier this week as the head of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced… Read more »
With a referendum regarding gambling in the state being held during the 2018 midterm elections, the Florida Legislature had a final shot to make any moves regarding the state’s gambling laws. Instead, the politicians in Tallahassee punted the subject down the road, ensuring that there would be no further changes to the state’s regulations at… Read more »
One of the things that the world of poker does well is show its charitable side. From poker tournaments that have raised millions for many causes to individual efforts that have demonstrated the true heart of the poker community, the game literally puts its money where its mouth is. One of the top philanthropists in… Read more »
From one story about a person in disguise to another. Card Player reported Wednesday that a female poker player who goes by the pen name Sia Layta plans to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event this summer dressed as a man. Now, we have seen men dress as women at the WSOP… Read more »
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced Tuesday via Twitter that he had officially filed the paperwork to run for Governor this fall. That he has thrown his hat into the ring is significant because he is extremely anti-online poker. His stance on internet poker became known in late 2015, when he confirmed that he would… Read more »
In the midnight hour of January 10th, a black male robbed a cashier at the New York-New York casino in Las Vegas. On January 25th, Cameron Kennedy, a white male, was arrested for the crime. Did the police nab the wrong guy? Nope, it was Kennedy, alright, just in disguise. After the incident, the Las… Read more »
Charitable initiatives have been a part of online poker for essentially as long as online poker has existed. Every so often – whether it is in response to a major tragedy or just because – online poker rooms host poker tournaments to raise money for charitable initiatives. PokerStars has been one of the leaders in… Read more »
The Pennsylvania gambling industry is getting shaken up, as the Las Vegas Sands Corp. (headed by online poker enemy, Sheldon Adelson) announced last week that it has agreed to sell its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama, for $1.3 billion. About a… Read more »
With the tournament poker world motoring through the first quarter of the calendar year, it is a “split decision” as to who is the leader in the major Player of the Year races. In fact, in one race the name is a familiar one but, in the other, the “top dog” might surprise many. On… Read more »
The poker, backgammon and chess worlds were stunned earlier this week when it became known that noted gamesman Paul “X-22” Magriel had passed away at the age of 71. The news apparently first came from Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel, who noted Magriel’s passing to his Twitter followers. “Woke up to the sad news… Read more »
After failing several times to satellite into the tournament and instead buying in directly, David Larson fought from the short stack to win his first major poker tournament title in taking the World Poker Tour’s Rolling Thunder in California last night. Not only did Larson come off the short stack, it was a “life support”… Read more »
