PokerStars continues to tweak its offerings, popping the cork on a new tournament feature. And when I say tweak, I mean just a little tweak. The new feature is the “Early Payout Tournament,” which is exactly what it appears to be from the name. In an Early Payout Tournament, every player remaining in the contest… Read more »
Eric Danis has been named President of the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the Hendon Mob Poker Database, the leading source on the internet for live poker tournament results (and a resource I use often). Danis’ tenure with the Global Poker Index’s parent company, Mediarex, dates back years, to when the company was called Zokay… Read more »
PokerStars, not known for being shy about introducing new games, has given players yet another novel offering. So if you sit down at a Split Hold’em cash game table, don’t freak out thinking there is a glitch. What you are seeing is completely normal. Split Hold’em plays just like regular Texas Hold’em except for one… Read more »
The Heartland Poker Tour has a history as one of the most highly respected “mid-major” tournament circuits in the poker industry. It’s recent stop at the Westgate Las Vegas, however, has become mired in controversy over a decision regarding the buy-in for the tournament and the guarantee that was set. Making its first return to… Read more »
After a month of nominations from the poker community and a couple of weeks of review by the Nomination Committee, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has put together an outstanding list of nominees for induction this year. The 11 nominees run the gamut of the poker world, from working behind the scenes as… Read more »
After making a plea to its membership base for donations to continue their efforts, the future of the Poker Players Alliance is in doubt as those pleas apparently went unheard. In what has been a tumultuous few months for the Poker Players Alliance, the organization issued the call for donations as its leadership changed. In… Read more »
There are few markets that the poker monolith PokerStars hasn’t entered. The name is synonymous with the #1 online poker site in many countries that have set up “ring fenced” operations, including Italy, Portugal and many countries in the European Union and continues to be the “top dog” internationally. Now PokerStars is ready to enter… Read more »
In the state of Connecticut, the two Indian tribes that also run the two casinos in the state – the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and the Mohegan tribe – would be going at it tooth and nail for customers to their own properties. If there is one thing that can bridge competition, however, is a new… Read more »
The World Series of Poker announced Wednesday that the World Series of Poker Europe will return to King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic this fall. This ends the short-lived alternating year schedule for WSOP Europe. Beginning in 2015, WSOP Europe was to run in odd-numbered years, while WSOP Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) was to be… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced Wednesday that it has added Big Blind Ante tournaments to the 2018 WSOP schedule. Eight of the 78 bracelet events – all with different buy-ins – will use the format. In a news release, WSOP’s Seth Palansky said that the decision was made after seeing how Big Blind… Read more »
Any legal news reported on this site tends to focus on activities in the United States because, after all, that’s where we are located. There is also plenty of news that comes out of Europe – of significance recently has been the shared liquidity of France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal – but that is usually… Read more »
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHoF) has announced the list of candidates for induction into the Hall’s Class of 2018. The candidacies of the eleven women will now be put to a panel of media members and WiPHoF members. Cutting right to the chase, the finalists are as follows, in alphabetical order: Hermance… Read more »
New York’s newest casinos are not doing as well as they had expected, so two of them have asked the state to provide them with financial concessions. Governor Andrew Cuomo nixed that idea last week. The state of New York has many racetracks and tribal casinos and has had them for decades, but it wasn’t… Read more »
There are several things that make poker enjoyable. Sitting down with friends for a home game or even heading to your local casino to take on other players you know emphasizes the camaraderie of the game. The strategies and mindsets employed in playing the game help to keep your mental wits about you. Finally, there’s… Read more »
One of the most flamboyant businessmen in the world, British mogul Richard Branson, is now a part of Sin City. It was announced on Friday that Branson, along with a group of other businessmen, have become the new owners of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Branson, who founded Virgin Airlines America… Read more »
The Phil Ivey/Borgata case is one that has transfixed the poker and gaming worlds for most of the past six years. One of the side cases in that ongoing legal battle – between the Borgata and the manufacturer of the cards used on that weekend in 2012 – has finally reached its conclusion, much to… Read more »
