The World Poker Tour continues its breakneck schedule through the early part of 2020 with their latest stop on the East Coast. The Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ, is the host for the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open and, once again, the players have flooded the floor to the tune of 1290 entries for the… Read more »
The World Series of Poker has released the schedule for yet another set of 2020 WSOP events. I think at this point we might be able to cobble together a complete or nearly complete schedule from all of the WSOP’s schedule dumps. The one announced on Wednesday was the High Roller Series, a list of… Read more »
One of the summers I covered the World Series of Poker for this website, I lived with my boss (he no longer owns PND). One of his favorite things to do when we weren’t working was go to the Four Queens in downtown Las Vegas to play blackjack switch. On one of our outings, we… Read more »
Everyone wants to have a perfect birthday. Birthdays are special! We only get, I don’t know, 100 to 150 of them in our lives? Chief Justice John Roberts just celebrated his by presiding over an impeachment trial, which would not qualify as a perfect birthday. But Patrick Serda certainly had one, as he ended Day… Read more »
They are through both starting flights in Atlantic City as the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open is on to Day 2 on Tuesday. There were 683 entries on Day 1B, bringing the total field to more than 1,000. Registration is open for the first two levels of Day 2, so there… Read more »
PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg is on United States soil for the first time in a couple decades after turning himself in to federal authorities to face charges stemming from the Black Friday indictments. Writing was on the wall According to Forbes.com, Scheinberg was visiting Switzerland a few months ago when federal prosecutors attempted to have… Read more »
‘Tis a busy start of the year for the World Poker Tour, as yet another WPT event got underway over the weekend. The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event kicked off on Sunday with the first of two starting days. There were a total of 382 entries on Day 1A, with 199 players making… Read more »
After an extensive vetting and nomination process, the Global Poker Index has announced the nominations for the 2020 Global Poker Awards. Now in its second year (and following the success of the American and European Poker Awards), the Global Poker Awards looks to honor achievements in the game by the organizations, players and industry personnel… Read more »
Making the most of his starting position on the penultimate day of the event, home country favorite Vincent Wan outlasted a talented final table at his home casino, the Crown Casino in Melbourne, and emerge as the champion of the 2020 Aussie Millions Main Event. It wasn’t an easy battle, however, as it took more… Read more »
It is usually a sign that you’ve “made it” in a particular endeavor or activity. If anything has been around for a good length of time, it is likely that it has a Hall of Fame. Not only does poker have one (at least in theory, as it doesn’t have a physical location), individual countries… Read more »
Demonstrating that he still has the skills to play at an elite level, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel is at the final table of the 2020 Aussie Millions Main Event. Seidel isn’t just scraping in by the skin of his teeth, either. Seidel is currently in the middle of the pack, well stacked with… Read more »
He had talked for days about the possibility and on Wednesday, Brian Altman’s hopes finally came to fruition: he won the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open. In doing so, he became the first person in World Poker Tour history to win the same event twice. “Winning a second WPT title feels… Read more »
Here in the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” I can’t play online poker because, well, reasons. I mean, I could if I REALLY wanted to, but whatever, I have Overwatch and Slay the Spire and what-not to keep me entertained. It must be pretty great, though, to be able to… Read more »
If you have ever found yourself playing online poker and lamented that you did not have enough opportunity to toss wagers around, PokerStars may have something right up your alley. The online poker room recently began testing a new side bet feature at its Hold’em tables in certain markets. So no need to open a… Read more »
Brian Altman was at the top of the leaderboard for days and now with just one day left in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open, he is the chip leader going into the six-handed final table. It is a two-man race at the moment, as Altman has 10.400 million chips, but is… Read more »
Online poker room partypoker has reworked the qualifying structure for its weekly flagship partypoker MILLION tournament. It has eliminated the myriad of satellites and while there are still extended paths to qualification, the route from nothing to the MILLIONS seems more straight-forward now. partypoker has gotten rid of the $22 Mega Sats as well as… Read more »
The good news about my Green Bay Packers getting completely outclassed yesterday to end their season is that the next couple weeks won’t be filled with overloading my brain with Super Bowl info. As a result, I should have more time to write wonderful poker content. For example, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts… Read more »
Things just keep getting better for poker players in the state of Pennsylvania. It was announced today that FOX Bet and PokerStars will open the doors to the inaugural Pennsylvania Winter Series. The event will tie in with the promotion of the upcoming NFL Super Bowl alongside poker tournaments exclusively for residents of the state… Read more »
Since the surprise passage of online gaming and poker legislation in the state of Michigan to close 2019, there has been a great deal of talk regarding who might be next to broach the expansion of gaming. There are some usual suspects in the mix, including California (for the umpteenth year in a row) and… Read more »
On Wednesday, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) continued its piecemeal release of the 2020 WSOP schedule. This time, it has published what it calls the “Value Menu” for this summer’s poker festival. These are the 25 tournaments with buy-ins of $1,000 or lower. Though this is still a ton of money for most people,… Read more »
$50 million deal Caesars Entertainment and VICI Properties announced on Wednesday that they have agreed to sell Harrah’s Reno Hotel and Casino an unnamed affiliate of CAI Investments. The sale price is $50 million, with 75 percent going to VICI Properties and 25 percent going to Caesars. Once the transaction is complete, Harrah’s Reno will… Read more »
PokerStars loves its Spin & Go promotions. It also loves its Platinum Passes. So here they are combining the two. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, though I’m not sure which would be more ruinous for my life. Everything in moderation. On Monday, the poker room has launched the “Spin & Go 10” promo to… Read more »
Two more iconic properties sold MGM Resorts International announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to sell both the MGM Grand Las Vegas casino and the Mandalay Bay. The total value of the deal is approximately $4.6 billion. The sale of MGM Grand is the most heavily-covered part of the deal in MGM’s press release.… Read more »
Chance Kornuth was the chip leader going into Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Championship and he remains in that position coming out of it with just six players remaining. Though the final table has been set, the six men must now wait until March 31st to play it out at… Read more »
Chance Kornuth is the leader of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Championship after Sunday’s Day 3, holding 1.709 million chips. With just 14 players remaining, Kornuth is in fantastic position to try for his first WPT title. It’s a bit of the “haves and have-nots” on the leaderboard heading into Monday’s action. After… Read more »
