The World Poker Tour is back in action again, this time stepping back into the familiar stomping grounds of Las Vegas. The Venetian is playing host to the WPT Venetian for the next few days, marking the first major tournament schedule to resume under the COVID regulations in the city. The WPT is expecting a… Read more »
Fingers crossed 2020 was crap for live poker, as it was for nearly everything in our lives. Not a whole heck of a lot has changed so far in 2021. COVID-19 daily news cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have dropped sizably from early January, but the numbers are still bad, even if they are relatively better.… Read more »
After plenty of sniping between the duo, it appears that there will be a “heads up for rollz” battle between two of poker’s most…engaging…personalities. 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and fellow Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu will step to the felt against each other, with the festivities to be broadcast… Read more »
It’s like the poker boom all over again. “High Stakes Poker” has returned. The once immensely popular poker television show has been resurrected by Poker Central and had its first new episode on the PokerGO streaming service Wednesday night. Fans of the show will also be thrilled to know that both Gabe Kaplan and AJ… Read more »
After dropping a short live session against Daniel Negreanu earlier this week, Doug Polk rebounded during an online session on Friday. Polk, back in his familiar milieu of the online game, would trounce Negreanu by more than $200,000 during the session on Friday. This now puts Polk into the lead, but it is still way… Read more »
The monumental showdown between Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu and online heads-up poker master Doug Polk kicked off on Wednesday night. In a live setting at the studios of PokerGO in Las Vegas, Negreanu and Polk squared off over 200 hands of action to whet the appetite of viewers. After more than three hours… Read more »
In what is rapidly becoming the format du jour for poker players to demonstrate their prowess, 15-time World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth completed his domination of fellow pro Antonio Esfandiari. Making “The Magician” “disappear,” Hellmuth finished off by winning three consecutive matches and, in the final match, $400,000. PokerGO Program What Poker World… Read more »
There has been a little bit of animosity between poker professionals Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk, and it has been brewing for some time. Earlier this year, the duo seemed to be on the doorstep of that classic battle of manhood in poker – the Heads-Up No limit Hold’em match – but for some reason… Read more »
Finding yet another way to get their product to the viewers, a new broadcasting outlet has announced a deal with the World Poker Tour that will get a great deal of their product out through internet, mobile and smart TV outlets. Theta Labs, through their “always on” 24/7 live poker channel on THETA.tv, is looking… Read more »
On Tuesday, Poker Central announced that it has acquired the High Stakes Poker brand and assets. Poker Central’s subscription streaming service, PokerGO, will start hosting episodes of the program “in the coming months.” Future distribution of High Stakes Poker might include broadcast and other streaming services. “High Stakes Poker was a remarkable poker program. With… Read more »
The start of the calendar year is normally very jammed for the top tournament poker professionals in the game. With the ending of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (R.I.P., old friend), however, there’s some room that opened up on the calendar. Just as quickly as it opened, that door has been slammed as Poker Central has… Read more »
One of the toughest things to come up with when programming a network – whether it is terrestrial, cable or streaming – is adequate material to put on your channel. In the case of PokerGO, there’s only so many tournament poker replays that can be put on the air. With that in mind, the streaming… Read more »
We are three days into the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe and if you have been wondering if you will be able to watch any of the competition, the answer is yes, you will. Today, Poker Central announced its streaming schedule for the WSOP Europe. The first broadcast is tomorrow on PokerGO and episodes… Read more »
Poker tournaments, and their specific Player of the Year races, haven’t usually gone the natural route of having a title sponsor. Unlike their tournament brethren in golf (which seems to have a sponsor for every tournament it runs), poker runs off the monies generated by the players themselves. Poker Central is looking to change that,… Read more »
Poker Central has been very active in creating programming for its streaming network. Already broadcasting the World Poker Tour final tables and some of the World Series of Poker (much to some people’s distaste), Poker Central has also created the Super High Roller Bowl and the U. S. Poker Open. These “made for streaming” events… Read more »
For the past couple of years, the streaming service PokerGO, the brainchild of the former (and failed) cable network Poker Central, has broadcast the offerings of the World Series of Poker. Last year, there were 40+ days of action offered either through the PokerGO outlet itself or through their Twitch account. In 2019, however, that… Read more »
Just a short decade or so ago ESPN, acquiescing to the fact that poker fans wanted to watch the action live rather than on tape, brought the World Series of Poker to viewers on pay-per-view. With the advent of streaming, the 24/7 poker channel PokerGO took that banner up over the past couple of years.… Read more »
There are two recognized Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world, the CardPlayer Magazine rankings and the Global Poker Index standings. In these two leaderboards, the effect of “High Roller” tournaments – events with a buy in north of $10,000 – have been thoroughly felt. Now, those style of tournaments will get… Read more »
It was bound to happen eventually. For the first time ever, the world of poker will gather together at one time to celebrate the excellence of the community and the achievements of its players. On April 5, the First Annual Global Poker Awards will be held and will be broadcast live over the streaming PokerGO… Read more »
Back for its second run despite less than stellar numbers from 2018, the “made for streaming” event known as the U. S. Poker Open has opened up play. Streaming over PokerGO, the first two events are in the books, with the numbers showing improvement as Stephen Chidwick and Jordan Cristos walked away with the gold.… Read more »
After debuting earlier this year to a less-than rousing reception, the powers that be at Poker Central and its streaming outlet PokerGO have announced that the U. S. Poker Open will return in 2019. The “made for streaming” series is a high dollar series of poker tournaments that, in some respects, makes for a “Big… Read more »
Attempting to build on the success of its inaugural running, the schedule for the 2018 Poker Masters events has been announced. As a part of the roster of tournaments, the 2018 Poker Masters will also bring to the poker audience a new version of poker – Short Deck Texas Hold’em – which will be one… Read more »
With the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl only a couple of weeks away, Poker Central – through their streaming outlet PokerGO – is airing a new documentary filmed in partnership with CakeWorks. The seven-part series is called “INSIDERS: Super High Roller Bowl 2018” and focuses on three participants in this year’s festivities at ARIA in… Read more »
After missing out on being selected in the “blind draw” for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, former champion Rainer Kempe and high roller stalwarts Bryn Kenney and Fedor Holz have been selected to play in this year’s event. The “second round” selections by the host casino, ARIA Resort & Casino, and the broadcaster of… Read more »
The inaugural U. S. Poker Open is rolling along at ARIA in Las Vegas, with its $50,000 Main Event set to begin on Friday. The question is, though, if you throw a poker tournament and no one pays attention, did it happen? If you’re looking at this tournament, then it hasn’t happened as it has… Read more »
