The second annual* WPT Online Series kicks off on Friday on partypoker and organizers have made it bigger than last year’s. Over the course of two and a half weeks, running May 14 to June 2, the 2021 WPT Online Poker Series will feature more than 130 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from just $5.50 up… Read more »
Winning tickets are still winners 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for an illegal steroid after the race and could end up disqualified. Legendary trainer Bob Baffert said that the horse tested positive for 21 picograms of betamethasone, a steroid typically used to treat inflamed joints. This used to be twice the legal… Read more »
Hellmuth need not risk a side bet For a guy who is retired from poker, Doug Polk certainly likes playing poker for tons of money. Then again, if I could beat the best poker players in the world and win millions of dollars in the process, I’d probably unretire briefly, too. And so Polk is… Read more »
If you have been around the world of poker for any length of time, you always wonder “whatever happened to” a few players. In the case of champion poker player Joanne “J. J.” Liu, it is something that sometimes pulls her away from the tables but still challenges her business sense. Liu, it seems, has… Read more »
On Wednesday night, the battle continued between 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and fellow Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu. High Stakes Duel 2 was once again an entertaining affair, but the outcome was no different. In the end, Hellmuth ended up vanquishing his rival, extending his streak on the program… Read more »
Keep on SCOOPing The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) may have just ended, but apparently that does not mean that the festivities are actually over. On Tuesday, PokerStars kicked off the SCOOP Afterparty, another, shorter tournament series for players who are jonesing for more SCOOP. The SCOOP Afterparty will run through Sunday, May… Read more »
Paying employees to get vaccinated The slow march toward the beforetimes continues in Las Vegas, as The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is set to increase its gaming floor capacity to 100%. The Nevada Gaming Control Board permitted the casino to go up to full capacity from 80% because The Cosmopolitan reported that 80% of its… Read more »
Palms was for the cool kids The wheeling and dealing in the casino industry continues as Red Rock Resorts announced that its subsidiary, Station Casinos LLC, has sold the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for $650 million. The sale is an all-cash deal. If the deal… Read more »
Back when Ultimate Poker became the first legal, regulated online poker room to launch in the United States, it developed its own software from scratch. It was ok, it was playable, but it was initially quite limited, as the company opted to get up and running as quickly as possible, before the software was robust.… Read more »
More people means more betting It is going to take a while before we are back to “normal” in the United States, but this past weekend’s Kentucky Derby gave us at least a little glimpse of what something approaching normal used to look like in the sports world. Churchill Downs Incorporated reported that 51,838 fans… Read more »
2020 is pretty much a “lost year” in many aspects of life and sports. Major sports leagues did crown champions, but it just did not seem like those achievements were really earned. Poker had a similar situation, without any of the usual events associated with the game. Thus, it was announced recently that the Global… Read more »
After almost a month’s layoff, the battle will resume between Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. High Stakes Duel II will resume its festivities this Wednesday, broadcast over the streaming outlet PokerGO. It will be an opportunity for Negreanu to draw even in the event after what was an exciting opening salvo from the competition. The… Read more »
