Lost amid the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker (seriously, World Poker Tour…have you not learned by now to NOT hold these things right before the WSOP?) was the fact that the WPT finished off some of their delayed final tables from earlier this year. One of those final tables was the Seminole… Read more »
The 55th Annual World Series of Poker wasted little time tossing the fireworks in 2024, starting the festivities with a new event alongside a longtime tournament. The new event, the $5000 Champions’ Reunion, has now reached its final ten players, while the longtime tournament, the $500 Casino Employees’ Event, has only four survivors left. Those… Read more »
New York State Senator Jessica Ramos has effectively blocked a proposal from New York Mets owner Steven Cohen to build a casino to build a casino next to the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. On Tuesday, Ramos issued a statement saying that she will not introduce legislation to allow for the rezoning of parkland to make… Read more »
Just three weeks before it was set to begin, WPT Macau has been canceled. In a short statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), the World Poker Tour said, in part, “WPT, Wynn Macau, and Allied Gaming and Entertainment regret any inconvenience or disappointment for players from around the world who were planning to travel to… Read more »
The 2024 World Series of Poker kicked off with what will likely be one of the highlight tournaments of the summer yesterday, the debut edition of the $5,000 Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout event. All former WSOP Main Event champions received a free seat in the tournament, but with that gift comes a cost: a… Read more »
A long time coming A woman has been arrested for allegedly colluding with a table game dealer at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in 2023. According to KLAS, Yuk Wong faces five felony counts of cheating at a gambling game and one felony count of conspiring to cheat at a gambling game. The Nevada Gaming… Read more »
At long last, the 2024 World Series of Poker is upon us, with Tuesday marking the first of over a month and a half of wall-to-wall poker action in Las Vegas. Just like last year – and for the foreseeable future – the WSOP is being held on the Strip at both Horseshoe and Paris.… Read more »
Choose wisely The 2024 World Series of Poker starts tomorrow and with it, so does the chase for the WSOP Player of the Year title. But before you plan out your 50-event POY grind schedule, the WSOP announced on Sunday that it has changed the rules for the series-end award. In years past, those who… Read more »
Later this week, the 55th Annual World Series of Poker will begin its play. The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be abuzz as both professional and the greenest amateur players look to claim poker’s biggest prize. There is also another prize on the line for these players – ranking points on the two major… Read more »
Ahead of the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker, Caesars Digital and WSOP officials have announced a revamp of their online poker site, WSOP.com. Under the new moniker WSOP Online, the new site will allow the three states that allow online poker play – Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan – to take part… Read more »
Fans of Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow have been waiting for a treatment of his life for quite some time. A ghost-written autobiography in 2012 told the story from Matusow’s perspective, but it seemed that the four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner was still hiding some things. Fast forward a decade later and a documentary… Read more »
In what was one of the stranger final tables in the history of the World Poker Tour, Dongwoo Ko didn’t let anything affect him. Despite a pause in the middle of the tournament (more on that in a moment), Ko dominated from the start of the 2024 WPT Montreal final table to the end, capturing… Read more »
If you can figure out how to start your own legal, regulated gambling company, I suggest you do it because boy, is it ever easy to make money (unless you’re Donald Trump, apparently). As they say, the glitzy casinos in Las Vegas weren’t built because people win. Case in point: according to sports gambling reporter… Read more »
Australian casino company Star Entertainment has seen its stock price go on a roller coaster ride the last couple days, as rumors of a takeover have swirled. And the latest is not good. On Monday, Star said that it was involved in “non-substantive discussions” with a consortium led by Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts (Pacific)… Read more »
Payout scale smoothed With the World Series of Poker just a week away, the WSOP has announced that payout structures have been changed, with a minimum cash for most events now equaling two times the buy-in. This flattens the payouts a bit, reducing the awards for the top finishers, but benefiting many more players at… Read more »
The televised final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event as just six players remain at the Playground Club de Poker. Right now, it looks like a two-man race, with Dongwoo Ko entering Wednesday’s action as the chip leader, holding 15.100 million chips, and Tommy Nguyen in second with… Read more »
More Ohtani connections Major League Baseball (MLB) has launched an investigation into allegations of illegal betting by David Fletcher, a former Los Angeles Angel now playing for the Atlanta Braves’ Triple-A squad. Specifically, ESPN has reported that David Fletcher bet on sports with Mathew Bowyer, the illegal bookie who took millions in bets from Shohei… Read more »
Markets react positively A consortium led by Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts (Pacific) has expressed interest in acquiring struggling Australian casino company Star Entertainment. According to Australian Financial Review, Star’s Board of Directors has received the group’s proposal, though no official offer announcement has been made. Hard Rock would rebrand Star and separate the casinos… Read more »
It was not until the start of Day Two of the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club that the players learned what they were playing for. Because late registration/reentry for the tournament was extended until the start of the action on Sunday, nobody was sure how high the figures would go.… Read more »
Two-thirds of the way through the three-Day Ones of the World Poker Tour stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal and the $2 million (Canadian) guarantee is safely within the sights. Day 1B of the 2024 WPT Montreal saw 278 entries registered in the Playground cages, bringing the overall total north of 400 players.… Read more »
For the past week, the World Poker Tour has ensconced itself in the pleasant climes of the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada. But it has not been a pleasure trip, at least for the WPT and its staff, and the tournament players participating in their events also have been working hard. Day 1A of… Read more »
Thousands of jobs lost The Mirage will be no longer two months from now. On Wednesday, Resort President Joe Lupo gathered staff to let everybody know that the famed Las Vegas Strip casino and hotel will close on July 17, 2024 as it prepares for its transformation into Hard Rock Las Vegas. It was originally… Read more »
Every day is a fine day for an overlay. Unless, I suppose, you run a poker room and the overlay is massive. Over the weekend, Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen had to swallow $417,000 in overlay for the $2 million guaranteed Lodge Championship Series Main Event at their Lodge Poker Club in Austin,… Read more »
After years of trying, Lex Veldhuis finally came through. On Monday, the Team PokerStars Pro and prolific streamer won his very first Championship of Online Poker on Stars, taking the crown in the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em Titans event in the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The high stakes tournament attracted the world’s best online… Read more »
Chris Moneymaker helped launch the poker boom in 2003 when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, but even though he is a Poker Hall of Famer and one of the greatest ambassadors the game has ever had, he has not won anything of note since. On Monday, though, he hoisted the trophy… Read more »
