It was a chance for a hugely overlooked part of the poker community to shine and, when given the chance, the women of poker put on a great show. Friday night at the World Poker Tour World Championship festivities, the WPT Ladies’ Championship took center stage (and streaming rights) as the season-ending schedule for the… Read more »
Month: December 2023
Mars Fires Back at Nik Airball, Wesley Fei for Accusing Him of Cheating
NOTE: This article was originally published on Tuesday, December 5, but was inadvertently deleted after some IT migration. The latest scandal in the poker world involves Nik Airball, Wesley Fei, and Ye “Mars” Shen, all of whom play on the Hustler Casino Live stream. Over the weekend, Airball and Fei accused Mars of introducing marked… Read more »
Wanna Bet, Florida? Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Opens Sports Book (and Much More)
In an elaborate ceremony featuring many sports legends and tribal representatives, the Seminole Indians of Florida threw the switch on their live sports book in Tampa on Friday. At noon, the first bet was received in the live book (more on this in a moment), but there was plenty of action around the Hard Rock… Read more »
WSOP Paradise Reversing Earlier Trends with GGPoker High Roller Tournament
The 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise is underway in the Bahamas and, after a tentative start, the money has started to flow. Two events are in the books, which barely brought out enough players to crack the guarantees that were placed on the tournaments. That has changed with the first “big money” tournament of… Read more »
Former PokerTribe Software Fraudster Arrested in Murder-For-Hire Plot
Lifelong fraudster Well here’s something weird. You probably don’t remember the saga of PokerTribe.com or PokerTribes.com, depending on the iteration of the site, and neither did I, really, so don’t worry about it. The short version is that several years ago, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma were trying to launch a poker site… Read more »
BetMGM Interstate Online Poker Network “Imminent”
US online poker cupboard still pretty bare It appears that the United States will soon have its third interstate online poker network. Now, that’s not nearly as exciting as adding states to the mere handful that have legalized online poker, but it’s still something. Competition is good. During an investor presentation on Monday, BetMGM, without… Read more »
Nik Airball, Wesley Fei Accuse Ye “Mars” Shen of Cheating Them Out of Millions
When you mix millions of dollars with poker players who seek the limelight, you are bound to have a poker scandal at some point. So it’s poker scandal time. On Sunday, high stakes cash game live stream personality Nik Airball tweeted that he found out that someone he considered a “close friend” had cheating him… Read more »