He’s had one of the more impressive runs in the world of poker. He’s also been able to make an impact on the international politics stage. But, after several years away from the game, is Antanas ‘Tony G’ Guoga looking to return to the poker world on a full-time basis? End of His Political Career… Read more »
Month: February 2021
Doug Polk/Daniel Negreanu Heads Up Challenge Ends With Polk Dominant Winner
After a three-month battle that, for some, was never in doubt, the “Heads Up Challenge” between Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu and online legend Doug Polk has come to an end. More than 25,000 hands of poker were played and, in the end, both players were complimentary of the other. Compliments aren’t the scoreboard,… Read more »
Could a Futures Contracts Market for Sportsbooks Happen?
State-by-state regulation can expose sportsbooks The past week, I have had so many images of stocks, hedging, futures, and cryptocurrency in my head that I have gone on deep YouTube dives into clips and discussions of the film, The Big Short. And I didn’t even jump on any of the meme stocks or invest in… Read more »
UK Gambling Commission Mandating New Customer Protection Measures for Online Slots
In an effort to make online gambling safer for customers, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced a slew of new restrictions on online slots games. The sum of the measures is to slow down the pace of play and give the player more information so that they understand how much and how fast they… Read more »
Sung Joo Hyun Wins 2021 WPTDeepStacks Venetian Main Event
Sung Joo Hyun came from the bottom half of the final table to win the WPTDeepStacks Venetian Main Event Monday and the $208,335 first prize. The South Korean with the refreshingly non-poker Hendon Mob profile picture upped his lifetime recorded live tournament earnings to over half a million dollars. Going into the eight-handed final table,… Read more »
Phil Galfond Looking for Challengers in the United States
Can’t play on his own site Now that Phil Galfond is done with Chance Kornuth, his latest opponent in the Galfond Challenge, he is looking for some new competition. Thing is, because of pandemic travel restrictions, he is stuck in the United States and therefore cannot play on Run It Once, the online poker that… Read more »
PokerStars Announces Sunday Million 15th Anniversary With $12.5 Million Guarantee
Complete details are still to come, but PokerStars has officially launched the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary event. I don’t know what makes me feel older: that I am about to have a high school-aged child or that I was in the poker industry when the first Sunday Million debuted. Though online poker rooms the last… Read more »
Golden Nugget Parent Company to Go Public
Fertitta Entertainment, the parent company of Golden Nugget, announced Monday that it will once again be a publicly traded company after being private for the last decade. It will make the move not via an initial public offering (IPO), but through a merger with FAST Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). A SPAC… Read more »