Many online poker players today do not remember a world in which partypoker dominated the internet poker industry (also a time when partypoker capitalized the first letter of its name). Believe it or not, though, partypoker was the 800-pound gorilla during the poker boom, before it left the U.S. market when the UIGEA passed in… Read more »
Hundreds of poker players in one room might be a bad idea With coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading quickly across the globe, PokerStars announced on Sunday that it has postponed all of its PokerStars LIVE events until April 10th, 2020. The three events that will no longer be held as scheduled are: Road to PSPC – HamburgRoad… Read more »
Tony Tran won the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event Tuesday, beating his friend Jake Schwartz for the title. For the victory over a field of 250 entries, Tran won $279,270. It is the second WPT crown of his career. The most fascinating part of Tran’s triumph is that it came over Schwartz. In… Read more »
Last week, partypoker distributed an update to its poker software. There was nothing revolutionary included, but a few additions should appeal to recreational players and, as we know, the industry has been targeting casual players for months. The highlight of the update is something pros will probably hurumph at: rabbit hunting. Coulda, woulda, shoulda Rabbit… Read more »
There are just a few tables left in the $5,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event as the tournament heads into its third day. Jake Schwartz is the chip leader of the remaining 32 players with 965,000 chips. He had nearly a 200,000 chip lead over defending champ and reigning WPT Player of… Read more »
On Friday evening, the crème of the poker world gathered together to honor those who made their mark on the game in 2019. The 2nd Annual Global Poker Awards, presented by the Global Poker Index, was the second gathering of what used to be the separate American and European Poker Awards. 25 members of the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour wasted little time getting back into action. The final leg of what used to be the “California Swing” of the WPT season (the L. A. Poker Classic and the WPT Shooting Star at Bay 101 were the other two legs), the WPT Rolling Thunder at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in… Read more »
After several months of inaction on the case, partially because of the defendant’s inability to be served, the Mike Postle/Stones Gambling Hall cheating case looks to be moving forward in California. Part of this is because of actions by the attorneys for Stones, who have made a motion of dismissal as to the civil suit… Read more »
In what turned out to be a rather quick Wednesday for the survivors of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the L. A. Poker Classic, the final table of six has been determined. There are some familiar names on the board, but they’ll be looking up at Balakrishna Patur and his 6.32 million stack. Instead… Read more »
Details emerge from December robbery This past December, two men who had just had good nights at the MGM National Harbor casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, were robbed when they arrived home. The public didn’t know much else about the incident, but through a search warrant, Prince William County police have revealed that serious violence… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event is down to just eleven players going into Day 5 with Isaac Baron in the lead, holding 2.970 million chips. Wednesday could be a short day, as the field will be narrowed to six players. The remaining field is extremely strong, with four past World… Read more »
The GGNetwork introduced Spin & Gold games over the weekend, its long-awaited version of the popular jackpot Sit & Go. The structure is the same as it is virtually everywhere else around the internet: three-handed, hyper-turbo Sit & Go’s with a random prize pool determined once everyone is seated. There are some differences, though, namely… Read more »
I would suspect that partypoker is eventually going to settle on a structure for its Cash Game Leaderboards and stick with it for a while, but for now things continue to be malleable. Over the weekend, partypoker changed the Cash Game Leaderboards once again, the second time it has done so in about a week.… Read more »
Good things come to those who wait The long, international nightmare is over. Ezequiel “eze88888” Waigel has become the self-proclaimed “World default champ of online poker 2018.” This past weekend, PokerStars stripped “wann2play” of his 2018 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title, giving it to Waigel. wann2play was disqualified for unspecified (publicly, that is)… Read more »
While people continue to watch hotspots like California, Florida, or Texas as the next breakthrough in online casino gaming, daily fantasy sports (DFS) and online poker, the real state to watch may be Kentucky. Plenty of online gaming organizations are putting their efforts into lobbying legislators in the Bluegrass State, only trailing the Kentucky Chamber… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is going “old school” this weekend, harkening back to the days when tournament poker was “may the best man win” and you actually had to think about your actions! The WPT’s yearly stop at the Commerce Casino for the 2020 WPT L. A. Poker Classic has drawn out the players once… Read more »
It is approximately three months until the start of the 2020 World Series of Poker and many players are making their arrangements to attend this year’s event. As many are planning, however, there are rumblings around the world regarding the coronavirus outbreak that has plagued the globe. Caesars Entertainment, the management behind the WSOP, is… Read more »
