Visitors to the MGM National Harbor casino in Maryland experienced frightening moments Saturday night when a series of bangs rang out from near the entrance. People scattered, rushing for the exits, believing there was an active shooter situation. Fortunately, the noise turned out to be fireworks and may be linked to the theft of casino… Read more »
Looking to ramp up their 2022 tournament schedule, PokerStars and the European Poker Tour have been rapidly expanding the list of events for the coming year. After seeing a stop in Russia postponed because of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine, the announcement of the EPT Monte Carlo was a necessary step. In addition… Read more »
There are now seven players in the state-by-state online poker industry in the States of America. Connecticut became the seventh state to open the doors for online poker inside its borders earlier this month. However, there has also been molasses-slow response to this new development as there have been no operators stepping up to offer… Read more »
For those who were expecting a quick decision on the legality of the gaming compact between the Seminole Indians and the Florida gubernatorial leadership, you might be waiting much longer. A decision in the U. S. Court of Appeals has set back even further any consideration for the case. At this time, there is no… Read more »
It has been away for almost two years, but next week the European Poker Tour will return to action at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. When the EPT returns to action on March 5 with the EPT Prague, players who are in attendance will NOT have to provide proof of vaccination for the… Read more »
Let’s just have the WSOP every few months When the World Series of Poker announces the schedule for the year’s big poker festival, I often say something like, “It seems like the WSOP just ended.” This time, it really did just end, as the pandemic shifted the 2021 WSOP to the fall. But the 2022… Read more »
The king is dead, long live the king! On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour announced that it is retiring the WPTDeepStacks brand, replacing it with a new splinter tour, WPT Prime. WPT Prime will debut this spring with three events in Asia. “Our continued efforts to improve the WPT live tournament experience will benefit more… Read more »
The Bounty Builder Series returns to PokerStars next week, scheduled for February 27 through March 13. There will be 196 tournaments across the two weeks, with over $25.5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The two Main Events have buy-ins of $55 and $530 and guarantees of $1 million and $2 million, respectively. As is apparent… Read more »
Just give us all the information Note to card room managers: make sure you are upfront and explicit about all rules, fee structures, payouts, etc. when running a poker tournament. There is absolutely no reason not to and you can avoid situations like what happened over the weekend at Watauga Social Lounge in Watauga, Texas.… Read more »
Not a pretty chart DraftKings, one of the top two names in daily fantasy sports, is also now one of the biggest brands in legal, regulated sports betting in the United States. But that name recognition has not helped its stock price lately, as the company has lost billions in market share. In terms of… Read more »
Eleven years after it was basically shut down in the States of America, regulated online poker has scrambled back to be a force. States that have an adequate size AKA player pool, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, are seeing very decent numbers for their online poker products (and their online casino operations overall). Those states… Read more »
Celebrating the best in poker over the last year, the 2022 Global Poker Awards were handed out on Friday night in the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. Cementing his exceptional performance in 2021, Ali Imsirovic was the big winner of the night, netting three GPA trophies for his efforts. Jamie Kerstetter backed up her 2020… Read more »
Six weeks into the 2022 tournament poker season, one man has been able to ride a wave of success to the lead in the Player of the Year race. Coming off his big victory in the 2022 PokerGO Cup, Jeremy Ausmus has stepped forward as the early season leader in the race for POY. At… Read more »
Effective altruism movement According to a Bloomberg report, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to charity in November. It appears that the man Musk has entrusted to decide where the money goes is poker pro Igor Kurganov. Kurganov, along with Stefan Huber, Phil Gruissem, and long-time girlfriend Liv… Read more »
Wynn Resorts has agreed to sell its Encore Boston Harbor casino to Reality Income, a real estate investment trust (REIT) for $1.70 billion cash. The sale is of the land and real estate assets only; Wynn will continue to operate the property, so customers should not see any changes to their experience. The continued operation… Read more »
Record-breaking weekend The Super Bowl is now in the rear view mirror, with anyone who isn’t specifically a Los Angeles Rams or Cincinnati Bengals fan probably only remembering the halftime show for either being pretty cool or, in a bizarro universe, scandalous. Not that it wasn’t a good game – L.A.’s last-minute go-ahead touchdown and… Read more »
Pay once and just play poker In one of the more upfront and anticipatory names for an online poker tournament we have ever seen, GGPoker announced on Monday the GGMasters Overlay Edition tourney, set for Sunday, March 20. The $150 event comes with a stunning $5 million guaranteed prize pool. And therein lies the reason… Read more »
Faded a bunch of outs Tony G went from professional poker play to politician, but now he’s back to poker and methinks he is not regretting it one bit. On Friday, Antanas “Tony G” Guoga won the largest pot in online poker history: $7.75 million. He accomplished the feat on CoinPoker, a site for which… Read more »
The 2022 PokerGO Cup is in the books, and it came down to the very end to determine the overall champion of the festival. Jeremy Ausmus was able to hold onto his lead in the overall championship, needing every bit of the third place points earned in his stay at the Main Event final table… Read more »
While he will not be a part of determining the overall champion, Ali Imsirovic will at least walk off with a victory. Imsirovic rode his chip lead at the final table in Event #7, the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, to the title, but he was not able to continue the heater in the PokerGO… Read more »
Trying to keep it clean If you are reading this from Russia or Moldova, and thank you if you are, since not even my family reads anything I write, and you have been frequenting partypoker for your online poker fulfillment, it is time to find a new poker room. Last week, the site sent e-mails… Read more »
It’s going to take some work to repeat as the PokerGO Cup champion, but Daniel Negreanu took the first step on Tuesday, winning the 2022 PokerGO Cup Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $350,000. It was both his first cash of the series and his first live tournament cash of 2022. “I’m not gonna lie,… Read more »
Technical glitch caused reporting failure Where I live, I don’t need a true winter coat all that often, so my heavy, warm jacket tends to gather dust in the closet. One day, several years ago, I broke it out and to my great surprise, I found a $20 bill in an interior pocket. Found money… Read more »
Oh, to be Nick Petrangelo right now. The poker pro continued his absolutely scorching half a year on Monday, winning the 2022 PokerGO Cup Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em, good for $369,000. As is the case for these high roller PokerGO events, the field was small, as it attracted just 41 entries, paying out to… Read more »
At the halfway point of the 2022 PokerGO Cup, Jeremy Ausmus has taken the top spot on the series leaderboard after winning Event #4: $15,000 No-Limit Hold’em. For his victory over the 65-entry field, Ausmus tacked on $263,250 to his live earnings total to take him over the $11 million mark. The tournament was a… Read more »
