A group of 76 hospitality workers filed a lawsuit against Station Casinos Tuesday, accusing the casino company of violating Nevada’s Right to Return law. The law, signed by Governor Steve Sisolak in June 2021, requires employers (with some exceptions, particularly small businesses) to offer workers laid off during the pandemic their previous jobs back or… Read more »
Pulling up stakes Our friends in Ontario, we have good news and bad news for you. The good news is, as we reported a couple months ago, you are about to get legal, privatized, online gambling starting on April 4! As someone who lives in a state with no legal online gambling, I look to… Read more »
Nothing quite like pushing things to the limit. On Monday, Sean Winter won the final event of the 2022 U.S. Poker Open – his second U.S. Poker Open victory in a row – to not only take home $756,000, but also win the points race for the series championship. And he did so after starting… Read more »
Power of three Michigan poker players have reason to be excited today, as WSOP.com has gone live in the state. The launch breaks up the duopoly of PokerStars and BetMGM. Online gambling in Michigan began in late January of last year. PokerStars was the first online poker room to launch, doing so a week into… Read more »
Just one day remains in the 2022 U.S. Poker Open, as Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em, is down to seven players. Sitting in first place with a sizeable advantage over the other six competitors is Zhuang Ruan with 2.810 million chips. Ruan has more chips than the next two players combined: Masashi Oya has 1.570… Read more »
This last week, the city of Dallas, TX, made a decision regarding the poker “clubs” that have sprung up around the city. The City Attorney for Dallas, Gary Powell, had been pushing for the closure of these rooms. But the attorney forgot one thing – he would have to provide evidence as to a reason… Read more »
In Event #10 of the 2022 U. S. Poker Open, the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Dylan Weisman continued to demonstrate his Omaha Hold’em prowess. Weisman would be responsible for every knockout at the final table, eventually taking out Cary Katz to win the latest title on the USPO schedule. Along with that championship, Weisman… Read more »
In a battle of the poker titans (and two Poker Hall of Famers), Erik Seidel was able to top Phil Hellmuth to capture the championship of the latest event at the 2022 U. S. Poker Open. The $25,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament, Event #9 on the schedule, saw Seidel pick up a sizeable chunk… Read more »
The competition for Chicago’s first casino is down to three finalists after Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office reviewed five proposals. The two proposals that were rejected were from Bally’s and Rush Street Gaming, but don’t cry for them, as they also offered up two of the proposals that Lightfoot selected, along with Hard Rock. Both of… Read more »
Could it be? The slowest-growing industry in the United States may be in for some good news. According to PokerNews, Michigan appears to be gearing up to form an interstate online poker compact with one or more states. There is no word as to when this might happen, but it looks like the legwork has… Read more »
It has been a wonderful week for Japan’s Tamon Nakamura, who on Tuesday won his second tournament of the 2022 U.S. Poker Open. In taking the title in Event #6: $15,000 8-Game, he claimed the $239,700 first prize, beating the legendary Phil Hellmuth heads-up. As is common on the PokerGO Tour and its high roller… Read more »
More money for non-Hold’em events With the 2022 World Series of Poker just two months away, the WSOP is making a hard push to recruit as many dealers as possible to cover the hundreds of tables needed for bracelet events, satellites, and side games. On Monday, the WSOP announced a new pay structure to try… Read more »
GGPoker’s GGMasters Overlay Edition kicked off on Sunday and things did not go particularly well. Technical issues put a damper on the proceedings, preventing some players from taking their seats or depositing. The online poker room let players know that it was aware of the situation about 20 minutes into the first starting flight, saying… Read more »
They may be getting a bit of a late start in 2022, but the Global Poker Index’s battle for the 2022 Player of the Year is off and running. It was announced on Friday that the tabulations for the 2022 race have been determined and, naturally, have been backdated to the start of the year.… Read more »
Grzegorz Glowny won the 2022 European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event Wednesday, earning €692,252 in the process. It was his biggest career cash and his first major tournament title. In fact, it was only his second record live tournament cash, the other coming in one of the side events at EPT Prague, where he… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event is down to its final six players and in a bit of a surprise development, it is Gab Yong Kim who enters Wednesday as the chip leader. With 9.565 million chips, he holds a solid lead over Andrea Cortellazzi, who has 7.930 million, but up and down… Read more »
Helping those in need As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, around 3 million people have fled Ukraine for safer countries. Nearly 2 million more have been displaced inside the country. It is a horrible humanitarian crisis, but were it not for the efforts of thousands upon thousands in neighboring countries, even more Ukranians would… Read more »
With just 16 players remaining, the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event heads into its penultimate day with Teun Mulder atop the standings. Holding 8.195 million chips, Mulder has a commanding lead, a stack more than double his closest opponent. Symeon Alexandridis is that opponent, with 4.065 million. After him, it is a logjam,… Read more »
$4.5 million in guarantees PokerStars has announced the schedules for its three U.S.-based Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey. Running March 25 through April 11, this year will be the first time all three will be held simultaneously. While all three SCOOPs span the same dates and their schedules… Read more »
The 2022 EPT Prague Main Event has worked its way from a monstrous starting field to the final 42 survivors. Leading the way after five levels of action on Sunday is South Korea’s Gab Yong Kim, holding a stack of 2.3 million chips, but he has a host of strong players in pursuit of him.… Read more »
The bust outs were frequent on Saturday at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov as the European Poker Tour continued onward with its EPT Prague Main Event. Despite 453 players coming back for Day 2 action, the players were leaving the casino quick enough to allow for the money bubble to be popped. As the dust… Read more »
In a marathon final table, Tony Sinishtaj was able to outlast Isaac Kempton to take down the championship of the 2022 Wynn Millions Main Event. In taking the title, Sinishtaj captured the first-place prize of over $1.6 million, while Kempton earned his own million-dollar payday. Finally, after starting the final table as the chip leader… Read more »
After a two-year hiatus, we can say these words again. The European Poker Tour is back in action with one of their preeminent events, the 2022 EPT Prague. Although this version is taking place at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, due to continued COVID regulations, that does not mean the players are staying… Read more »
There has certainly been a call for poker in Las Vegas since the beginning of the year. Every tournament that has run in Sin City has had exceptional numbers (well, maybe not ALL), and the 2022 Wynn Millions has not disappointed either. As the final table prepares for action on Friday, poker professional/ambassador Vanessa Kade… Read more »
Following other companies’ examples PokerStars announced on Wednesday that has stop serving the Russian market. No reason was given – the entire of the tweet was “Important update: we are suspending all our services in Russia.” – but it does not take a doctorate-level understanding of world politics to know that it has to do… Read more »
