Poker Pro Faces Illegal Gambling Charges
The Poker community knows Gal Yifrach for being a big name in the community, particularly for appearing in the Live at The Bike streamed show. He also managed to grab a World Series Of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2018, further cementing his al...Read More
Run It Once Poker Acquired By Rush Street Interactive
Phil Galfond is mainly known as a professional Poker player. But he is also the owner and driving force behind the site Run It Once Poker (RIO.) It was his insight, combined with a professional team of software developers, that made the pop...Read More
GGPoker And FLIP Join Forces For Women’s Day
With International Women’s Day coming up, it seems as if GGPoker and Fantastic Ladies In Poker (FLIP) saw the opportunity to host a spectacular promotional event. The organisations came together to create the International Women&rsquo...Read More
Poker Player Ben Ross Ejected From Venue
Some would say that the life of a Poker professional is easy. Or at least they would if they hadn’t seen the video of Ben Ross being thrown out of the Watauga Social Lounge. A video of the player surfaced on social media, clearly show...Read More
Borgata Poker Tournament Enrages Players
The world health crisis understandably put a hold on Poker tournaments around the world. But now with restrictions being eased things are getting back to normal. At least, they would be getting back to normal were it not for the chaos cur...Read More
Jeremy Ausmus Crowned Overall PokerGO Champ
The PokerGO Tournament has been wrapped up, but not without a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. The final table saw Brock Wilson duke it out with Sean Perry, and fittingly the finale was a nail biter. Perry went in with a signi...Read More
New Online Poker Jackpot Win Recorded
Professional Poker players around the world are starting to pay attention to a previously unknown site. Called CoinPoker, the crypto based digital venue has seen a steady climb in record breaking pots. The most recent, snagged by Antanas &l...Read More
PokerStars Apps Crash
Stars Group is known for real money apps such as Stars Casino, PokerStars, and FOXBet. Each site is well liked, at least when the software actually works. Twitter was abuzz with angry Poker players for an entire weekend, given that none o...Read More
WSOP Circuit Calgary Sets New Prize Record
It is safe to say that the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) was dramatically upset by the world health crisis. But now, thankfully, it seems as if the community of Poker is fully recovering. The Circuit Calgary was previously cancelled but has ...Read More
Alex O’Brien Plays Poker For Charity
If the name Alex O’Brien rings a bell, it’s because the writer was supposed to go head-to-head with Dan Bilzerian. In December 2020 she earned the right to play against him, having won the GGPoker promotional event. This matchup...Read More
Poker World Goes Wordle Word Game Crazy
When thinking of Poker most don’t associate it with a word game. But that would be a mistake, because apparently Wordle is big with card loving fanatics. Created by Josh Wardle, the simple word-based game is going viral in a big way. ...Read More
DJ Steve Aoki Named WPT Brand Ambassador
The World Poker Tour is officially headed into a grand 20th season. And to help boost the brand, organisers have named popular DJ and music producer Steve Aoki as the tour’s latest ambassador. The famous artist is no stran...Read More
Neymar Struts His Stuff In Winter Series
Most sports fans know Brazilian football superstar Neymar to be famous for more than just his stellar antics on the field. Neymar also happens to be a keen Poker player, and recently spent his injury time away from his team at Paris St. Ger...Read More
Phil Galfond Pulls Plug On Run It Once
After three years, legendary professional Poker player Phil Galfond has made the decision to end the global operations of Run It Once. The online Poker room’s shutdown was scheduled for the 3rd of January, and now, Galfon...Read More
Poker Postponements & Abandoned Stacks
While live Poker in the US was on top form during 2021, the game fared less well in Europe, where events and tournaments were postponed or cancelled, and players abandoned their chip stacks. The situation has led several high-profile play...Read More
Poker Innovator Henry Orenstein Passes Away
The world of Poker has many icons and legends, but few have been as truly influential as Henry Orenstein. Having just passed away at age 98, Orenstein played a big part in transforming the game, helping to bring it to a wider audience tha...Read More
Gulas Wins 2021 World Series Of Poker Main European Event
Josef Gulas Jr was crowned the new champion after his victory at the 2021 World Series Of Poker Europe Main Event in December. Gulas claimed the title and the €1,276,712 ($1,440,808) first prize when he beat Johan Guilbert at King&rs...Read More
PokerPaint Faces Massive Copyright Backlash
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are currently all the rage, especially when it comes to sites like PokerPaint. The digital outlet deals in Poker inspired art, selling images that are reminiscent of iconic moment in the game’s history. Th...Read More
Dan Bilzerian Fails To Deliver For GGPoker
Dan Bilzerian is known for many things, such as owning many guns, having big muscles, hanging out with porn stars, making bombs, and having a large trust fund. He is also known for being associated with GGPoker, yet not living up to any o...Read More
The WSOP Unexpectedly Moves To A New Home
Anyone that knows the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) expects the event to take place at its traditional home; the Rio All-Suite Hotel And Casino. But something unexpected has happened. At the final table of the 2021 event an announcement wa...Read More
Josh Arieh Takes WSOP Player Of The Year
The World Series Of Poker (WSOP) has been a success, which is remarkable given that many were concerned it may not happen at all. But now, with the event drawing to a close, most have been asking who will take the Player Of The Year. Comp...Read More
WSOP Attracts 6K Players Despite Concerns
Given that the world health crisis is still very much a worry, there were concerns that the WSOP Main Event might not be a success. But now, with a total of 6,650 players, plus a massive $62,011,250 prize pool, the event is well on track....Read More
PokerStars Ink Women Who Code Online Casino Canada Deal
A significant new partnership inked between online casino Canada giant PokerStars and Women Who Code has at its core the very worthy goal of improving female involvement in software engineering and development. The partnership marks a pr...Read More
Friedman Cleans Up $10,000 Event At WSOP
Adam Friedman is known to be an impressive Poker player, with many considering him amongst the best in the world. But if there was ever any doubt, the card playing savant has now managed to claim his fourth World Series Of Poker (WSOP) $1...Read More
Phil Hellmuth Wins 16th WSOP Bracelet
Phil Hellmuth was already respected as a legend in the world of Poker. But now, having officially won a 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and having made it to 70 final tables in total, he is truly regarded as a legen...Read More
WSOP Introduces Controversial New Poker Game
At this point, the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) is no stranger to controversy. Professional players have repeatedly accused the organization of lowering the skill bar, pointing at various new games that go against what many consider to be...Read More
World Series Of Poker Makes A Live Comeback
There is no question that world health crisis has been causing havoc with live events, including the World Series Of Poker (WSOP.) If not taking into account the hybrid event that took place last year, involving most games being played on...Read More
Borgata Settles Bizarre Lawsuit With Poker Pro
Poker pro Scott Robbins has officially accepted a settlement from The Borgata. Though, the reasons for the lawsuit are some of the most bizarre in recent Poker history, standing out as nothing short of outrageous. Robbins had previously b...Read More
Jonathan Little Enters The Poker Big Leagues
Poker pro Jonathan Little is no stranger to the game, having played in numerous tournaments. But, on Monday he took the leap and truly stepped into the big leagues. It was his first time at the notorious Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB,) a t...Read More
Addamo Earns Poker Masters Purple Jacket With 2 Wins
Michael Addamo brought the 2021 Poker Masters to a dazzling close when he claimed the coveted purple jacket after winning the last two events. The last of the tournament’s 12 events took place on 19 September. Addamo’s wins bo...Read More
Potential Birth Of The First Poker Union
Professional Poker players are known to be a disorganised, potentially even difficult group of individuals. In fact, Poker pros are sometimes so strange in their behavior that organising them has been referred to as herding cats. Rob Yong...Read More
WSOP Commentary Threesome Finally Reunites
When it comes to the World Series of Poker (WSOP), at least as far as watching it at home is concerned, many argue that enjoyment hinges on the quality of the commentators. Much of the viewing experience is, after all, listening to the co...Read More
PokerStars Petitions $1.3bn Kentucky Verdict
Flutter Entertainment owned PokerStars is once again going head-to-head with the state of Kentucky. The original case, which saw Kentucky residents suing PokerStars, originally blossomed over a decade ago in 2011. Since then, legal disput...Read More
Adams Concedes Defeat In Galfond Challenge
The Galfond Challenge, notorious in the world of professional Poker, is not to be taken lightly. The latest victim was Brandon Adams, rated by many as one of the best Pot-limit Omaha (PLO) players in the world. However, these credentials ...Read More
Erik Seidel Achieves WSOP Legendary Status
Erik Seidel has always been a respected figure in the Poker community, even if he hasn’t been particularly outstanding for the last few years. But his incredible achievement at the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online has now th...Read More
Unusual WSOP Health Rules Confusing Players
There is no question that the world health crisis is still running rampant. But, despite the challenges, the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) has been given the go ahead. This is good news for poker pros, but many are a little confused. Event...Read More
Van Fleet & Nemeth Sunday’s Poker Money Stars
Final table action proved on the cards for two of Poker’s online stalwarts on the weekend as both Andras “probirs” Nemeth and Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet cashed in on Sunday majors on the weekend. Last-mentione...Read More
Hellmuth And Dwan To Battle It Out
Poker legend Phil Hellmuth is set to go head-to-head with his rival, Tom Dwan in the High Stakes Duel Poker match on 25 August. Just a few days ago, hypeman Hellmuth teased his Twitter followers by asking who they think his next ...Read More
Will The USA/EU Travel Ban Impact WSOP?
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) online 2021 event is winding down, pushing the Poker world’s attention towards the WSOP Online international leg, as well as the traditional, in-person WSOP held annually in Las Vegas. The in-person ...Read More
Mike Postle Poker Saga Seriously Heating Up
Things have been going from bad to worse for Mike Postle, the American Poker pro who has been accused of cheating. It wasn’t long ago that Veronica Brill and Todd Witteles called him out for cheating at a game of streamed low stakes...Read More
Poker Pro Layne Flack Found Dead In His Home
Layne Flack is a well-known name in the world of professional Poker. The 6-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner is recognised as having an incredible wit, exceptional skill for the game, and a winning attitude. But profession...Read More
Technical Issues Cancel PokerStars Tournament
PokerStars’ weekly Sunday Storm tournament has seen its 10th-anniversary event cancelled due to a glitch in the software. The error occurred after 64 617 entrants had bought in and saw the clock running, blinds raising, but players ...Read More
Doug Polk Makes A Comeback
Known around the global poker community as the biggest poker content creator around, Doug Polk is officially back after a long hiatus. His YouTube channel, to which he currently has 318,000 subscribers and a whopping 121 million views, re...Read More
Poker Pro Gets Jail Time For Movie Piracy
Talon White, the famed Poker player, has been sentenced to 12 months in a federal prison. This comes after he admitted to heading up operations at a subscription-based website that was responsible for streaming thousands of movies and tel...Read More
WSOP.com Launches In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s players are in for a real treat now that the World Series of Poker has officially launched its online Poker room in the state. The site went live on Monday afternoon and is said to be hosting a four-day long soft laun...Read More
Landon Tice Concedes Heads-Up Challenge To Bill Perkins
Landon Tice, the up-and-coming American Poker star, has officially conceded his No Limit Hold’em Poker challenge to hedge fund manager and high stakes player Bill Perkins. On Saturday, 22-year-old Tice waved the white flag. This eve...Read More
Science Writer Explains Why Poker Offers Life Lessons
Some parents insist on teaching the kids how to catch a ball, but Alex O’Brien is insisting on teaching her young child how to play Poker. The science writer from the UK believes that a long list of life skills can be gained from pl...Read More
Moreno Takes Wynn Millions 2021 Title
The $10,000 buy in for the Wynn Millions Poker tournament puts things into perspective. It is not a game for amateurs, especially not considering the nearly $1.5 million in prize money. But, after 1,328 contestants went head-to-head, the ...Read More
Robinhood App Faces Record High Penalties
US-based Robinhood Financial LLC, owners of the Robinhood trading app, have been blasted by the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA.) The watchdog authority handed out the biggest financial penalty in Wall Street History, over ...Read More
Phil Ivey To Release Royal Flush Poker NFTs
It was back in April that the World Poker Tour (WPT) decided to take an unexpected step. Namely, getting into the business of non-fungible tokens (NFTs.) Those familiar with NBA Top Shot will already know what an NFT is. Namely, a digital...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Ready For WSOP
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule has finally been released for the fall series! This has fans of the game in a frenzy trying to figure out how to attend the event. Las Vegas will likely find itself buzzing by September as profess...Read More
World Series of Poker Making A 2021 Comeback
Following a hiatus that has lasted more than two years, the World Series of Poker will be returning to Las Vegas in 2021. The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will play host to the championships which will kick off on Thursda...Read More
Hellmuth Emerges Victorious From High Stakes Duel
Phil Hellmuth has once more done what he always seems to do – won a high-stakes game of Poker despite being the underdog. This marks the third time that he has beaten Daniel Negreanu and a sixth consecutive win. With the High Stakes...Read More
Largest Ever GGPoker Spin & Gold Jackpot Won
While most of us were likely content with simply being able to kick back and relax this past weekend, a player who goes by the name ‘kapsikorn’ quite possibly had the nicest weekend in the world. The player bagged themselves a...Read More
Phil Ivey Teases Return To Pro Poker
As the winner of 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and one of the game’s most iconic faces, every move that Phil Ivey makes is one of great interest to the Poker community. He recently sat down for a lengthy, revealing inter...Read More
America’s Cardroom CEO In Trouble Over Comments
This week, the game of poker suffered yet another major setback as Phil Nagy, Chief Executive Officer of America’s Cardroom, displayed an instance of overt misogyny within the community. During a Twitch stream, he made a number of c...Read More
Peters Wins Second US Poker Open Event
This year’s US Poker Open is drawing to a close and with two events left to decide who the winner will be, David Peters and Ali Imsirovic seem to be the tournament’s stand-out stars. Peters is the first ever player to have won...Read More
Joe Ingram’s Phil Ivey Interview Digs Deep
For many Poker fans, ten-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) winner, Phil Ivey, has always been a mysterious figure. Despite being one of the most famous Poker players in history, very little is actually known about him. Throughout the cour...Read More
WSOP 2021 Updates Announced
We have less than four months to go until the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins on Thursday, 30 September. Throughout the global Poker community, a vivid sense of excitement is brewing as players look forward to returning to Las Ve...Read More
The Biggest Bluff” Is Coming To Paperback
Bestselling author Maria Konnikova’s “The Biggest Bluff” is officially being launched in paperback format on June 8. And the Doctor of Psychology, who is also the author of three best-selling books, will on the date of l...Read More
Canada’s “leblond1996” Wins Spring Series #8
A Canadian player has won 888Poker’s XL Spring Series #8: $50,000 High Roller event that’s part of the premium provider’s XL Spring Series. According to a report by a prominent Poker news broadcaster, Canadian “leb...Read More
Virtue Poker Attracts Big Names For Charity
The colourful world of Poker hardly ever does anything on a small scale. After Virtue Poker, the world’s first licensed Ethereum-based decentralised Poker app and platform, went live on Friday, it has now been confirmed that some of...Read More
Old Guard Poker Legend Tommy Hufnagle Dies
One of Poker’s few true old-school legends, Tommy Hufnagle, has passed away. After suffering an incapacitating heart attack on Feb. 15 this year, Hufnagle died on Friday. He was 77. Originally from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, the ...Read More
Slow Indian Summer Coming For Online Poker
With warmer weather on its way, not to mention the gradual lifting of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions to movement and socialising, this summer is quickly turning into a period of reckoning for online Poker. This is an industry ...Read More
PokerStars To Expand Content For Canadians
Canadians will soon have access to so much more content than ever before when signing up at PokerStars. The gambling giant recently announced that it will soon be launching PokerStars sports betting offerings and PokerStars Casino across ...Read More
Poker Pros Going Crazy For Prop Bets
The world of Poker clearly has gone prop-bet mad. And while many Poker players will insist they’re nothing like the gamblers we see showing off in front of their mates with fearless bets in the movies, recent developments insinuate ...Read More
Elon Musk Makes Haters Of Poker Community
Tesla and SpaceX billionaire CEO Elon Musk is far from the favourite person in the Poker room right now. This after a couple of tweets from the space-tech visionary late last week sent the price of Bitcoin on a rollercoaster adventure of ...Read More
Former Poker-Pro Accused Of Spying On FBI
Former Poker-pro and Survivor star Anna Khait has been accused of spying on FBI employees during former US President Donald Trump’s term in office. According to a report ran on Thursday by the New York Times, Khait did so on behalf ...Read More
Dvoress Wins 1st GGPoker Super MILLION$
Canadian Daniel Dvoress has finally done it. The Poker-pro, following his May 11 rampage on the felt, can now tick off yet another major milestone: GGPoker Super MILLION$. And although certainly nothing to smirk at, the fantastic $394,852...Read More
Dan Colman Issues PSA On Sean Perry
So convinced is Poker pro Dan Colman that he’s been had by Sean Perry for a cool $1 million, that he’s now taken to Twitter to warn the general Poker public about the supposed scam. Colman on the weekend tweeted a PSA to the P...Read More
Bluff-Fest As Daniel Loses Twice To Phil
“The Poker Brat” Phil Helmuth recently pulled off yet another one up on Canadian Poker-pro Daniel Negreanu when he beat his worthy opponent to the victor’s post in Round 2 of the High Stakes dual on PokerGO. After Round ...Read More
Video Poker Industry Forecast
In the world of casino games there are some that are more popular than others. Slots tend to be tops, as do classic games like Roulette and Blackjack. However, there is one game that has seen a significant increase in popularity in the la...Read More
Phil Hellmuth Looking To Extend Winning Streak
Phil Hellmuth will face off against Daniel Negreanu in the second round of High Stakes Duel on Wednesday night. This is the fifth instalment of PokerGo’s heads-up poker show. Prior to the match between the poker world&rsquo...Read More
GGPoker Crowns Its First Ring Winners
The dust from GGPoker’s dazzling $150 million GG Spring Festival has barely settled and another nine-figure extravaganza has kicked off to keep the action going. Accompanied by an impressive $100 million in guarantees, 20 WSOP ring ...Read More
Patrick Pads Leonard Blows Points Whistle
Patrick “Pads” Leonard has shown himself to be a true sportsman after blowing the whistle on a points mistake that saw him mistakenly topping the PokerStars SCOOP Player of the Series leaderboard resulting from his performance...Read More
Psychic Predicts Poker Game
Calling for specific cards is nothing new in Poker. But when someone correctly calls every single card to complete a perfect trifecta, the world tends to sit up and take notice. And that’s exactly what happened when American player ...Read More
Irish Twitch Champ Wins Second SCOOP Title
Irish online Poker ace Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand made full use of what could very well be described as the biggest virtual gaming weekend of the year when he only just beat a power outage to grab the second SCOOP title of his...Read More
Leon Tsoukernik Sues Facebook Over King’s Ad
King’s Resort owner Leon Tsoukernik is reportedly trying to take social media giant Facebook to the cleaners for around $24 million over fraudulent and false advertising. Tsoukernik owns King’s Resort in Rosvadov in the Czech ...Read More
Matusow Says He Lost Millions On Black Friday
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow claims Full Tilt Poker’s Black Friday cost him around $186 million. Matusow revealed on a recent episode of the Robbie Strazynski-hosted The Orbit that Poker’s darkest day cost him much mor...Read More
WSOP.com Reveals Full Schedule For 2021
The WSOP.com has now announced its complete US schedule planned for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) online for 2021. While the online version of the World Series of Poker will run from July 1 through August 1, featuring as it goes a cool...Read More
Sam Trickett Taking A Break From Poker
English Poker master Sam Trickett has opted to take a break from his responsibilities as partypoker ambassador. The Brit has explained his decision as one motivated by a desire to focus more of his attention on his “growing” f...Read More
Poker Fans Get Ready For WPTDeepStacks
Grand excitement happens to be headed in the direction of Poker players and fans alike this summer. The World Poker Tour will this year make a return in its online form, with this year’s edition of the beloved tour set to include se...Read More
WPT To Co-Launch Live NFT Marketplace
The world of digital collectables is an interesting new force to be reckoned with in the global marketplace, and the World Poker Tour has just bought in on a piece of the action. Following a link-up with decentralised video delivery netwo...Read More
Pavel Veksler Crowned Irish Poker Open Champ
Ukrainian Poker-pro Pavel Veksler has been crowned the new Irish Poker Open champion. Veksler on Wednesday entered Day 4 of the event as the player ranked seventh among the final nine before catapulting into the lead with a handful remain...Read More
Poker’s Staples Brothers Share Their Secrets
Poker brothers Matt and Jaimie Staples have long been stalwarts in the world of streaming, and the partypoker associates recently revealed what they deem to be the secret to their convincing success on attracting traffic to their Twitch p...Read More
Patrick Leonard Unleashes Poker Training War
That the road to Hades is paved with good intentions is no secret. And apparently even more so when your name is Patrick Leonard and your playground the online Poker scene. Leonard on Friday sparked a spat between two of Germany’s ...Read More
PSPC PokerStars Barcelona Again Postponed
The unprecedented global health crisis has taken its toll on yet another major Poker tournament. PokerStars this week announced that this year’s PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC), played each year at the ...Read More
Kade Banks Big Sunday Million Win
Not only has Canadian Poker-pro Vanessa Kade managed to get her own back by signing with PokerStars following her misogyny fuelled fall-out with Dan Bilzerian and GGPoker, but she’s just sweetened the victory by winning the Sunday M...Read More
Vanessa Kade Signs With Americas Cardroom
High-profile Canadian Poker-pro Vanessa Kade is clearly determined not only to put the entire Dan Bilzerian-GGPoker debacle behind her, but to push even harder to make a difference in a profession traditionally plagued by misogyny and all...Read More
Postle Enlists HONR Network For Legal Aid
Mike Postle is clearly determined to be considered the real victim in his response to the anti-SLAPP motions filed by Veronica Brill and Todd Witteles. So much so, that he’s taken steps to enlist the help of the HONR Network –...Read More
2021 Heralds The Return Of Grudge Poker
A Poker world literally starving for news and entertainment resulting from the big hiatus on every form of live action that was 2020 has resulted in the rise of a strange and peculiar set of circumstances. And among those at the very top ...Read More
WPT Final Table Action Here At Long Last
Spring is finally coming – and so are the final World Poker Tour tables delayed for more than a year now due to the big global interrupt. Originally reached during the first couple of months of last year, the tables in question were...Read More
Poker World Enraged By GGPoker’s Misogyny
GGPoker have pulled the plug on their affiliate deal with women’s Poker-pro Vanessa Kade. And the Poker world is divided in its reaction. Kade earlier this week announced the termination on Twitter, confirming that the popular Poker...Read More
Doug Polk Says Malinowski-Holz Was Staged
Doug Polk is accusing Fedor Holz and Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski of having staged their recent heads-up match. So convinced was he of his opinion, that he ended his coverage of the competition early, saying that he had been ...Read More
Dara O’Kearney The King Of Poker Content
It’s no secret that the holy grail for professional Poker players is being selected to become sponsored ambassadors for renowned Poker sites. More than a means to making a living and being recognised for one’s skills and accom...Read More
Poker-Pro Brent Carter Charged Over Hoaxing
Long-time professional Vegas Poker player Brent Carter, 72, recently appeared in the US District Court over charges brought against him by the state over a supposed grudge he’s allegedly been nursing against the New York State Gamin...Read More
Fedor Holtz To Take On Wiktor Malinowski
Notwithstanding his incredible Poker prowess and more than $18 million in live and online tournament winnings, Poker prince Fedor Holz will be the underdog even as he takes on a “drunk” Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowsk...Read More
Natural8 Presents Super MILLION$ Week
Exciting news is that a right royal Poker big-money feast is coming to Natural8. In fact, Super MILLION$ week is already underway, having kicked off on February 28, and set to continue all the way through March 9. In total, the week-long ...Read More
Poker Re-Embraces An Era Of Education
The world of Poker has passed through its fair share of historical paradigms. Poker players have traditionally made use of a wide variety of tools and resources in an attempt to better understand the game, as well as increase their levels...Read More
PokerStars To Shut Down Full Tilt Poker
PokerStars is finally pulling the plug on Full Tilt Poker. The operator giant has announced that come Feb. 25, Full Tilt’s entire database will be merged with that of the PokerStars platform, thereby discontinuing Full Tilt’s ...Read More
Daniel Negreanu To Take On Phil Hellmuth
Those who followed the action between Doug Polk and Canadian Poker champion Daniel Negreanu will be happy to know that the hype has resulted in talk of a similar stand-off between 15-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winn...Read More
Loto-Québec In Hot Water Over Poker Glitch
A ruling by the Superior Court of Quebec late last week might spell trouble afoot for Crown corporation Loto-Québec after a technical glitch occurred on its OK POKER online platform. Between July 9, 2019 and May 18 last year, playe...Read More
GGPoker Names Daiva Byrne Community Advocate
GGPoker is making good on its signing of Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian by levelling the playing field in favour of the fairer sex. The online Poker giant has just named Fantastic Ladies in Poker (FLIP) founder Daiva Byrne its new Outrea...Read More
Terrence Chan Upset Over Poker Bet Misunderstanding
As bets tend to come and go, not every last one can be a good one. Some leave you wondering whether the odds you’ve just wagered on might not perhaps have been too good to be true. Especially when you’re Terrence Chan, and you...Read More
Bryn Kenney Strikes Out Ex-Philly Pitcher
Bryn Kenney is the reason former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Schwimmer rues the day he decided to agree to be pitched by High Stakes Poker against some of the champions of the felt. Shuffling up alongside a player of Kenney&rsqu...Read More
Bonomo Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$ Payday
Justin Bonomo is the latest GGPoker Super MILLION$ final table champion. Bonomo walked away with a massive $430,646 payday after beating some of Poker’s modern-day legends on February 9th. Heading towards the final table...Read More
Negreanu Struggles To Match Previous Glory
Negreanu was riding high at the previous PokerGO cup. He managed to walk away with the tournament in his pocket, smiling from ear to ear in the process. No small achievement, especially since it was his first big win in over 8 years. When...Read More
“Smile” Film Honours Life Of Thor Hansen
A new Poker documentary seeks to celebrate the life and career of a man believe is worthy of induction into the Poker Hall of Fame: the man hailed the “Godfather of Norwegian Poker”, Thor Hansen. A documentary by filmmakers Li...Read More
Daniel Dvoress Wins WPT Mike Sexton Classic
Canadian Poker player Daniel Dvoress has won the World Poker Tour Mike Sexton Classic. The million dollar guaranteed event formed part of the WPT Montreal Online Series, and saw the 125 players play for charity by contributing to a good c...Read More
Polk Celebrates Grudge Match Win
The battle is done. The ultimate grudge has been put to rest between Canadian master Poker player Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu and American semi-retired player Doug Polk. And it now seems as if the score between the pair of long...Read More
Yong Kwon Named 2020 WSOP.com POY
American-based online Poker grinder and phenomenal player Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon has been named the 2020 WSOP.com Player of the Year. The 31-year-old, who is a resident of New Jersey, received $10,000 in cash prize money as p...Read More
Midway Poker Tour Boss Has Players Fuming
Ghoster and Poker disappearing act Dan Bekavac, founder of the controversial Midway Poker Tour that last year saw at least a dozen players seriously short and out of pocket in terms of advertised payouts, has resurfaced. Bekavac, who has ...Read More
PokerStars Officially Live In Michigan State
Top online Poker operator and brand PokerStars recently become the first online Poker room ever to go live in Michigan state. In turn, Michigan has become only the fifth U.S. state to legalise online Poker – having recently joined N...Read More
Phil Galfond Wins 3rd Match By Concession
Champion Poker ace Phil Galfond has added yet another victory march to his Galfond Challenge performance. Galfond on Saturday won the third match in his namesake challenge when he accepted a match-concession from rival Chance Kornuth. No...Read More
New Wire Act Ruling May Benefit Online Poker
Potentially good news for online Poker in the U.S. is the recent overturning of a Trump Administration opinion on the controversial Wire Act by a federal appeals court. What the court’s ruling means for Poker could ultimately lead t...Read More
Postle Without Aid As Court Plot Thickens
Mike Postle is staring down the barrel of a gun of hundreds of thousands in potential legal fees. The alleged Poker cheat will also have to find new legal representation after lawyer Mac Verstandig last December applied to a Sacramento co...Read More
Allied Esports Selling WPT to Element, LLC
Big news this week on the Poker front is that Allied Esports Entertainment has announced that it is in the process of selling the World Poker Tour to new owners Element Partners, LLC. The deal is expected to be finalised as early as late ...Read More
888 & Caesars Extend Poker Partnership
Following the successful extension of a multi-year B2B Poker link-up between casino and entertainment giants Caesars Interactive Entertainment and 888, the World Series of Poker online Poker rooms get to enjoy the best online gaming tech ...Read More
Poker Legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew Dies
Beloved live Poker legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew has died aged 86. Tahoe is considered by many one of Poker’s most beloved characters and is an industry stalwart who competed in every World Series of Poker Main Event from...Read More
Negreanu Plays Catch-Up In Polk Poker Match
Canadian Poker master and GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu on Monday squashed his losses to under $500k for the first time since day number 12 of his high-stakes Grudge Match against archrival Doug Polk. The 26th session of their WSOP.c...Read More
WSOP Reveals Online Circuit Line-Up For ‘21
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) recently announced quite a line-up of online events to be played as part of a Circuit series of virtual events all throughout 2021. Since live Poker events may be off the table for a while yet, the idea is...Read More
Huck Seed Inducted Into Poker Hall Of Fame
1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner Huckleberry “Huck” Seed has finally made it into the Poker Hall of Fame. It may have taken him over a decade, but Seed a few weeks ago scored an impressive 76 voter points ou...Read More
Chris Moneymaker Parts Ways With PokerStars
Chris Moneymaker is after a 17-year-long partnership bidding team PokerStars farewell. Moneymaker has been sponsored by and affiliated with the Canadian Poker powerhouse brand ever since he won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event ...Read More
Joseph Hebert Declared WSOP Winner in Vegas
The Las Vegas segment of the World Series of Poker recently unfolded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. After taking the lead in the game early on, Joseph Hebert walked away with a memorable victory and a whopping US$1.5 million. U...Read More
Dan Sewnig Aiming For NJ Poker Pro Top Spot
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig says though he enjoys the occasional live tournament at venues like the Borgata and Parx, he considers himself a full-time professional online Poker player. Born and raised in New Jersey, the 29-year-old...Read More
Bond Director Admits To Poker Scene Error
Martin Campbell, who wrote and directed actor Daniel Craig’s first 007 film and James Bond appearance, Casino Royale, has admitted to a small error having sneaked in (initially) undetected in the film’s most climactic scene; t...Read More
Top 10 Live Poker Earners Of 2020
2020 has been a strange and precarious year for most people and certainly the majority of industries. The live Poker industry, in particular, has taken a massive hit – not only in 2020 but also over the past several years. Live Pok...Read More
The Likely Future Of Online Poker In Canada
The global health crisis has turned our world and country upside down. So much so, that even as the world celebrates the successful development of a likely vaccine, it will likely be several more months before Canadians will be able to re...Read More
Excitement As Neymar Jr Rejoins PokerStars
He’s a world champion Olympic gold football star with a 50 million+ fanbase. But Forbes’ fourth highest paid athlete of 2020 is also a Poker fan without parallel – so much so that his dog’s named Poker! And now tha...Read More
Timothy Adams Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$
Canadian champion Poker stalwart Timothy Adams has won his first GGPoker Super MILLION$ title, adding his latest big win to a long list of prestigious events won during his long and successful professional career. The $10,000 buy-in Dece...Read More
Dan Bilzerian Named GGPoker’s New Ambassador
GGPoker has inked King of Instagram Dan Bilzerian as its newest brand ambassador. The notorious playboy joins Daniel Negreanu, Elky, Brynn Kenny, Fedor Holz, and Felipe Ramos, as he steps into his new role. The social media influencer wa...Read More
WSOP Saves Face And Resolves Payout Error
A recent high-profile presumably technical glitch very nearly threatened the integrity of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. What had started out a $100 rebuy satellite event wasted no time at all devolving into mass confu...Read More
Partypoker To Exit All Unregulated Markets
Online Poker brand partypoker, which is owned and operated by GVC Holdings, has confirmed having begun its exit from roughly a dozen unregulated markets. This as a result parent company GVC’s decision to depart from all markets clas...Read More
What The Queen’s Gambit Can Teach Poker Pokers
American Woman Grandmaster, World Chess Hall of Famer, and Poker player Jennifer Shahade says that Poker players can learn a lot from Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. And owing to director Scott Frank’s clean and uncomplica...Read More
WhatIfGod Wins PokerStars EPT Main Event
PokerStars’ European Poker Tour Online Series concluded with a spectacular $5,200 buy-in Main Event on Wednesday, with the final table and $1,019,081 first prize winner none other than two-time WCOOP champion, Sweden’s “...Read More
iPoker Network Confirm A Surge In Bitcoin Withdrawals
A recent surge in Bitcoin’s value has led to Costa Rica-headquartered online operator Winning Poker Network having had to buy millions of dollars in bitcoin nearly daily in order to keep up with players’ withdrawal demands. Pl...Read More
Bill Perkins Calls Time On Grudge Match
Fans and followers of Canadian Poker player Daniel Negreanu and Doug “Truck Driver” Polk and their rather bizarre WSOP.com Grudge Match were this week treated to the stuff that makes of Poker such an entertaining experience &n...Read More
Newcomer Landon Tice Wins MSPT Main Event
Sunday’s 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw a field of 1,123 entries spend nearly 16 hours battling it out on the felt for a whopping $201,529. The winner turned out to be 21-year-old Landon Tice from B...Read More
Badziakouski & Eibinger Pocket EPT On A Chop
That the 2020 PokerStars European Poker Tour Online has only been running for a little over a week has not deterred some of the biggest names in the competition from already having scooped up some of the largest of the big-money prizes. T...Read More
WSOP To Host $10,000 Live Main Event In 2020
Since unprecedented times call for unique solutions, there will this year be a 2020 World Series of Poker live Main Event, after all. The World Series of Poker on Friday announced that the official Main Event for the year will begin onlin...Read More
Lewis Hamilton Seen Revving To Go At GGPoker
Six-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton was recently seen playing high-stakes online Poker alongside Poker greats Isaac Haxton, Niklas Astedt, Artur Martirosian, and Christian Rudolph in the $1.25 million-guaranteed Event #7 of...Read More
PokerStars & Team Furia Ink eSports Deal
The world of eSports is living an explosive boom not showing signs of settling down anytime soon. And riding the wave of success by making the most of every new opportunity to come its way is online Poker titan PokerStars – courtesy...Read More
GGPoker Sets World Record With 2020 WSOP
It’s official. The World Series of Poker Online Event 77: $5,000 Main Event hosted by GGPoker on September 6, 2020, has emerged the holder of a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Prize Pool for an Online Poker Tournament. The...Read More
Poker Pro In Tax Battle With Canadian Authorities
2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel reportedly owes the Canadian federal government an amount of CA$1,2,114 in back-taxes from money earned playing professional Poker during the period 2010-2012. What’s mor...Read More
Microgaming Teases Exciting New Poker Suite
Big news making Poker headlines this week is that online casino games titan Microgaming has announced the upcoming launch of an all-new offering. The news comes only months after the industry-leading developer/supplier closed down its Mic...Read More
Kornuth Back In The Black In Galfond Challenge
Whether or not career Poker player Chance Kornuth will ultimately succeed where both VeniVidi1993 and ActionFreak have failed remains to be seen. But as for right now, and following Wednesday’s session, Kornuth’s $190,000 fini...Read More
Poker Veteran Sam Grizzle Dies
Professional player Sam Grizzle, widely known as one of the funniest guys in the Poker world, has died. Grizzle was 67 years old. After suffering a serious stroke and brain aneurysm on Sunday, October 18, Grizzle reportedly fell into a co...Read More
Negreanu Says He Has No Problem With VPNs
Canadian Poker whizz Daniel Negreanu says he has no problem with players making use of a VPN to hide their real physical location – just as long as they are who they say they are. The GGPoker Ambassador shared his personal views on ...Read More
Doug Polk’s Trash Talk Falls Flat Ahead of Negreanu Game
There’s now less than a fortnight remaining until Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu’s heads-up match on PokerGO. And judging by Doug Polk’s pre-game trash talk, his intention of taking out the trash is nothing more than fear...Read More
GTO Leads To The Ultimate Poker Conundrum
Game Theory Optimal Poker is about as controversial and disparity-invoking an issue as counting cards in Blackjack. And since Poker is a game of player-on-player as opposed to Blackjack’s player-vs-dealer, GTO supporters are natural...Read More
PACOOP 2020 A Success, Next Up New Jersey
Thanks to Canadian online Poker and iGaming operator PokerStars, online Poker is thriving in regulated U.S. states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With the second edition of PokerStars’ Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker...Read More
Missing Poker Man Possibly Killed By Backer
Jon Jonsson, the Icelandic Poker player last seen alive leaving a hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on February 9 last year, may have been killed by a backer. According to an unnamed detainee currently serving time in a local prison in Iceland, J...Read More
Negreanu And Polk Talk About Grudge Match Rules
They’re ready to launch, say Poker champs Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk. Having in July agreed to a heads-up style Poker grudge match, it now seems they’ve finished hashing out the final details. The so-called grudge match wi...Read More
Mike Postle Suing His Critics For Damages
In an unexpected turn of events, alleged Stones Gambling House cheater Mike Postle has turned plaintiff in his own legal matter raised against certain members of the Poker community. The man previously accused of having bamboozled hundred...Read More
Midway Poker Tour Puts Players Out Of Pocket
Excitement over a new live Poker tournament series recently launched didn’t last as long as expected – all as a result of exceptionally poor planning and confusion over payouts leading to allegations of fraud and underhanded a...Read More
PokerStars Announces Active Waiting List
The practise of bum hunting has long plagued online Poker. But it’s just been dealt yet another blow. PokerStars has now rolled out active waiting lists for the protection of new and recreational players typically preyed on by more ...Read More
Kruse Debacle Draws New Attention To RTA
Real-Time Assistance (RTA) in Poker is a hotter conversation topic now than ever before because of what we saw happening as a result of the Fedor Kruse debacle. Since many Poker players weren’t even aware of such a thing as cheating...Read More
Galfond & Co Out To Prove Postle A Cheat
Stones Gambling Hall supervisor and Postlegate-sympathiser Justin Kuraitis may be convinced of the Poker community’s apathy regarding alleged cheat Mike Postle. But some of the biggest names in the industry aren’t about to sim...Read More
All-New Midway Poker Tour Coming To Illinois
Players’ inability to play live in-person Poker on the felt has frustrated the industry and everyone in it no end. Which is why the upcoming launch of a brand-new Poker tour set to offer players endless amounts of Poker action along...Read More
Hellmuth Upsets Esfandiari A Second Time
High-stakes Poker pounders Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari have been arch-rivals on the felt for longer than any of the two would probably care to remember. In fact, for 18 years has Esfandiari been a professional thorn in Hellmuth&r...Read More
Isai Scheinberg Sentenced
A U.S. federal judge has sentenced online Poker offender and PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg to a $30,100 fine and suspended prison time over his involvement in online gaming operations after the coming into force of America’s Un...Read More
Parker Talbot Wins First-Ever WCOOP Event
Whether or not he himself ever thought he’d actually nail it is anyone’s guess – but luckily, that doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Canada’s Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot finally became a ...Read More
Brad Booth Confirmed Alive & Well By Family
Prominent Canadian born Poker player Brad Booth has been found and is alive and well, Booth’s family has confirmed via a tweet. On July 30 Booth was reported missing after he failed to make contact with neither friends nor family fo...Read More
Fedor Kruse Accused Of High-Stakes Cheating
A well-known online Poker player has been accused by two of his former housemates of cheating in high-stakes cash games by making illicit use of “solver” software. According to Fedor Kruse’s former Vienna housemates, id...Read More
Settlement Sparks Postle, Kuraitis Reaction
Now that a part-settlement has been reached in the Postlegate scandal involving disgraced Poker cheat Mike Postle and Sacramento-based Stones Gambling Hall, it appears as if both Postle and Stones supervisor Justin Kuraitis are eager to r...Read More
AJ Kelsall Wins WSOP Global Casino Champ
This year for the first time in the history of the event hosted online, the invite-only World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship concluded yet again in super-successful fashion on September 13. Hosted this year in Nevada as well a...Read More
Fabrizio Gonzales Wins Big In 888poker Event
It’s the biggest online Poker festival ever to be hosted by online Poker platform 888poker – and the good news is that Millions Superstorm officially got underway on September 10. The $8 million+ guaranteed prize pool-event w...Read More
Canada’s Daniel Dvoress Makes Cover Feature
Poker media publication CardPlayer has just released its latest digital bi-weekly magazine, and trending on the cover is none other than Canadian Poker champion Daniel Dvoress – the man who recently won the WSOP’s Millionaire ...Read More
Connor Drinan Wins Final WSOP Bracelet
His is a win that wrapped up a super successful and record-smashing World Series of Poker online tournament. His name is Connor Drinan and he’s the United States player to have won the final available WSOP bracelet – along wit...Read More
WSOP Celebrates Historical Poker Event
Never before has the Poker world witnessed anything quite like it. An event hosted on the back of the disappointing cancellation of a flagship Las Vegas live tournament competition, the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker online competitio...Read More
Stoyan Madanzhiev Nabs Biggest WSOP Win Ever
What had initially started out as an unlikely Event #77: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event final table finish for Stoyan Madanzhiev, could not have worked out in a more pro-Madanzhiev way no matter which way the chips could ultimat...Read More
Melika Razavi Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Supermodel beauty and former Miss Global Iran Melika Razavi has officially shown herself to be not only drop dead gorgeous, but also a super smart player at the Poker felt by having just won a highly coveted World Series of Poker Online g...Read More
Beloved Poker Ambassador Mike Sexton Dies
Beloved Poker Hall of Famer, strategist, and broadcaster, Mike Sexton, the man famously dubbed the “Ambassador of Poker” for his lifelong passion for instilling an appreciation of the game in others, has died of cancer. He was...Read More
Mike Sexton Gravely Ill And In Hospice Care
Well-known Poker ambassador Mike Sexton is gravely ill and has for at least a month now been receiving hospice care at his home. So confirmed friend and fellow Poker enthusiast Linda Johnson on social media on September 2. Fellow Poker p...Read More
Poker Couple To Run Marathon Des Sables ‘21
Not only are they dab hands playing the felt, but Poker’s Julie Cornelius and husband Darin Dobler are apparently also quite adventurous and eager to do their bit for charity and specifically, childhood cancer research. As such, th...Read More
PokerStars Exits China, Macau And Taiwan
PokerStars is no longer active or available to players living in China, Macau or Taiwan. This following the popular brand’s September 1st exit from all three the aforementioned countries. This following an email notifica...Read More
Esfandiari Loses WSOP Bracelet In Burglary
Career player and live Poker ace Antonio Esfandiari says his home’s been burgled, and valuables to the tune of at least $1 million has been taken in the process. Alleged burglar Svitlana Silva (46) has, according to the WSOP bracel...Read More
Unknown Canadian Player Wins WSOP Bracelet
Each year, we get to hear stories of this famous player or that regular grinder after several years in the game, winning their first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. And it typically takes no more than a quick search to reveal a ...Read More
There’s Much To Be Said For On-Cam Poker
Online Poker certainly has lived its fair share of comeback magic in recent days. What with everyone suddenly stuck at home, and Poker rooms practically in a hibernation of sorts for months on end, it can be said that players were made to...Read More
Anson Tsang Wins His 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet
It’s this year two years since Anson Tsang won his very first WSOP bracelet playing Pot Limit Omaha. Which is why his having just nabbed his second WSOP gold bracelet in Event #68 of the 2020 Online World Series of Poker, is such a ...Read More
BetOnline Announces $2.5M Online Poker Tour
Online casino operator BetOnline has announced the upcoming launch of a stunning $2.5 million guaranteed online Poker series. Scheduled to run from September 7 through September 27, the tournament will reportedly feature a phenomenal sch...Read More
Poker NLHE Cash Pot Record Smashed - Twice
The 2020 World Series of Poker online on GGPoker is just about the number one focus in the world of competitive professional and recreational Poker right now. But it’s actually the cash games currently running on the GGPoker Network...Read More
Police Rule Out Poker Ties In Zhao Death
Police have now released fresh new findings regarding the tragic death and horrendous murder of top-performing and well-known career Poker player Suzie Zhao, most prominent of which is that there appear to be no ties between Zhao’s ...Read More
Mike Postle Magically Off The Hook Yet Again
After several months of pre-trial arguments in the class action lawsuit filed against confirmed Poker cheater Mike Postle and his supposed Stones Gambling Hall cronies, the case has been dismissed. US Judge William Shubb ended up ruling i...Read More
Bilzerian’s Blitzpoker Brand Live In India
Poker player and Instagram personality Dan Bilzerian’s Blitzpoker brand is officially live in India thanks to a five-year extended partnership deal between Connective Games and popular Indian operator Spartan Poker. Bilzerian&rsquo...Read More
GGPoker Confiscates Thousands In Winnings
Controversial German high-stakes Poker player Tobias Duthweiler is again headlining casino news pages – this time round for naming prominent online Poker brand GGPoker as the real scoundrel in the latest drama to hit the industry. ...Read More
Natural8 Deals Handed To 6 WSOP Winners
Leading GGNetwork online Poker platform brand Natural8 has reportedly awarded sponsorships to all six of their World Series of Poker Online 2020 gold bracelet winners so far. Now roughly three weeks into the competition, a total of 25 WSO...Read More
Susie “Q” Zhao Murder Suspect Charged
Authorities have confirmed having charged convicted sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris with the death of murdered WSOP Poker-pro Susie “Q” Zhao. The victim’s body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation ...Read More
The Mental Health Benefits Of Poker & Gaming
Games have long been recognised as being beneficial to the general well-being of the human body and mind. Games stimulate our minds on a cognitive level, and they’re also recognised as being social and mental health boosters. Not o...Read More
GGPoker Rolls Out New SnapCam Feature
Despite the ever-increasing popularity of online Poker, players can often be heard bemoaning the fact that online, when compared to live, in-person Poker, tends to be experienced as somewhat of an impersonal affair. Which is exactly what ...Read More
Kristen Bicknell Wins 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet
Canadian Poker-pro and partypoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell this past weekend not only won Event #44 of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Series, but also her 3rd WSOP gold bracelet. The Canadian player beat a field of 8...Read More
Nahrain Tamero Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Online Poker player Nahrain “2Rivers” Tamero not only won $310,832 in incredible first-place prize money when he recently outlasted quite the field of players in the 2020 WSOP Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship ...Read More
Negreanu & Polk Shake Hands On Fight Terms
They used to be the best of friends but are now sworn rivals. They’re two of the biggest names in Poker today – and possibly even in the history of the game. And they’ve just shook hands on the terms of what promises to ...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Apologises For Twitch Tirade
Canadian Poker-pro and GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu has issued the type of apology that leaves everyone uncomfortably aware of its non-apologetic nature. Negreanu three days after he physically threatened a commenter named Tom Estr...Read More
Tony Dunst Wins WSOP Event And Gold Bracelet
Poker-pro, World Poker Tour presenter, and World Series of Poker regular Tony Dunst has won his second WSOP bracelet. Dunst not only got to walk away the champion of Event #21, complete with a WSOP bracelet in tow, but also now gets to b...Read More
WSOP Player Susie “Q” Zhao Dead At 33
World Series of Poker player Susie “Q” Zhao, 33, has died. Last seen by her mother on July 12, Zhao’s badly burned body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area in Oakland County, Michigan, only a da...Read More
WPT Renames Champions Cup After Mike Sexton
The World Poker Tour has announced that it has decided to rename the WPT Champions Cup after veteran WPT television commentator and partypoker ambassador/chairman Mike Sexton. The travelling trophy will from now on be called the ‘Mi...Read More
All 12 WPT Online Champ Events Live-Streamed
The world of live online Poker is doing what it can to make the game as entertaining as possible to online viewers, fans, and participants. To this end, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Online Championship, which just so happens to be und...Read More
Pat Lyons Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet Ever
A year that’s been particularly gruelling to some, has turned out one of the best years ever for Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons, who has just won his first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Lyons, who in 2016 won the W...Read More
Strauss Off The Hook After Naked Vegas Rant
When Kenneth Strauss got himself kicked out of last year’s 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event by having removed his trousers, exposed basically everything he had to show, followed by an unceremonious throwing of one of his shoes ...Read More
WSOP Regular Bob “Big Tex” Talbot Has Died
World Series of Poker regular and cash-games enthusiast Bob “Big Tex” Talbot has died aged 73. The Granbury resident passed on July 9; his family confirmed. Born November 3, 1946, Big Tex Talbot had throughout his Poker caree...Read More
9Stacks Unveils Voice-Enabled Poker Table
9Stacks, India’s leading and fastest-growing Poker operator, has just launched the world’s first voice-enabled tables on its premium online platform. Voice-enabled Poker tables are according to 9Stacks, the opportunity for pla...Read More
Kid Poker Flips Out Over Internet Glitch
It’s easy to forget that Canadian Poker-pro Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu is only human and not only the no-emotion-show guru we so often perceive him to be. Recently forced out of hand by an internet connection glitch whi...Read More
Ivey Settles Protracted Dispute With Borgata
Controversial Poker player Phil Ivey has allegedly finally reached a settlement agreement with the Borgata, Atlantic City. The supposed settlement relates to a nearly decade-long dispute between Ivey and the popular MGM-owned casino over ...Read More
Two More WSOP Bracelets Won
With Event #5 and Event #6 of the WSOP Online Event officially in the bag, two more Poker enthusiasts recently managed to each book a WSOP bracelet win. First up to win his WSOP bracelet was Allen Chang – which bracelet also just to...Read More
Online Poker Boom Bubble Bursts
The recent online Poker boom probably won’t last, and an unprecedented global dilemma won’t turn out to be quite the game-changer the industry had hoped. This according to data released late last week by GameIntel, an industry...Read More
Travel Poker’s Silk Road With WSOP & GGPoker
The feeling of the proverbial letting out of the air from the wheels of life is a sensation intimately familiar to the world’s live Poker playing cream of the crop. Not only did a global crisis of epic proportions swoop in threateni...Read More
David Coleman Wins WTP Online Poker Open
Online Poker may not be turning out to witness quite the online revival the industry had hoped it would, but that doesn’t mean that recent tournaments haven’t made for one heck of a ride and virtual money-making thrill. The Wo...Read More
Mike Matusow Courts Controversy Over Mask Law
So peeved off is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow with Caesars Entertainment’s decision to change its policy from only employees being subject to the mandatory wearing of masks to masks being now compulsory across the boa...Read More
Joey Ingram Weighs In On Postle And Dancing With Death
Not only is Vancouver native Joey Ingram notorious for his crazy prop bets and for being the man behind the public calling out of Mike Postle, but he’s also making headlines of an altogether different (not to mention not necessarily...Read More
PokerStars Announces Upgraded Home Games
Leading online gaming giant PokerStars, obviously eager to keep the online and mobile Poker momentum going, has just made several changes and upgrades to its Home Games offering. Not only has the operator upgraded Home Games so as to incl...Read More
Vegas Poker Rooms Exceeding Expectations
Las Vegas Poker rooms this weekend reopened their doors to 5-handed Poker games and according to the majority of casino managers, it proved to be a weekend of exceeded expectations as far as participation went. Games were obviously hoste...Read More
Genting To Close All UK Poker Rooms For Good
Really sad news recently handed down to UK-based card playing enthusiasts is that major operator Genting will not be reopening any of its . All rooms situated across Genting’s 42 UK casinos will therefore remain permanently closed e...Read More
Venetian First To Return To Multi-Table Play
If all were to go ahead as planned, The Venetian in Las Vegas will become the first Poker room to host a multi-table tournament post March’s shut-down orders. Up until now, the only live tournaments to have been played in person hav...Read More
Negreanu Willing To Bet On 2020
Canadian golden Poker boy Daniel Negreanu is obviously in no mood to have his professional career up-ended even further than what it already has. Last week Friday the star GGPoker ambassador challenged interested parties to a bet based on...Read More
Playtech Debuts Spin & Win With PokerStars
Leading online casino games developer Playtech has announced the official launch of its brand-new Spin & Win live-dealer product across PokerStars brand-domains. The game is now live and available to online Roulette enthusiasts via po...Read More
Kami Hudson Aces WSOP Online Finale Event #9
At the end of last week we saw the World Series of Poker Online Finale Circuit Series wrap up a 9th successful tournament event. The 12-ring series concluded on June 14, and was open to all players in New Jersey, Delaware and N...Read More
partypoker Overhauls Its MILLIONS Online
Popular Poker operator partypoker’s MILLIONS weekly online tournaments were even before the cancellation of all major live Poker tournaments and games, a super success. MILLIONS Online is presented in the style of a flighted tournam...Read More
WSOP Announces 85-Bracelets Online Series
The World Series of Poker has announced that the newly created World Series of Poker Online, which was effectively created in order to replace the cancelled 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas, will officially kick off on July 1st. What&rsq...Read More
Mike Postle Off The Hook
Its apparently true that it never rains in California. Just ask the 100+ aggrieved plaintiffs in the recently dismissed class action attempt to call one of Poker’s biggest cheats to accountability and owning up to his many sins. And...Read More
schimmelgodx Wins GGPoker WSOPC Main Event
GGPoker’s WSOP Super Circuit Series is officially complete – and a sterling win for the Good Gaming Network-owned online Poker platform at that. A whopping total of 9,779 entries and a superb $5 million guaranteed prize-pool o...Read More
Loto-Québec Faces Class Action Over Poker Glitch
Crown corporation and popular online gaming and Poker destination Loto-Québec has been confirmed as facing serious charges as well as a class-action lawsuit as a result of what appears to be a nasty technical glitch that caused unf...Read More
WSOP Edging Nearer Pennsylvania Online Poker Entry
The fight for the keys to the legalised online Poker kingdom in the US state of Pennsylvania is officially good and proper on. And as these things go, current one-man monopoly show PokerStars may soon have competition in the persona of th...Read More
Online Poker Steps Into a New Era
Whoever thought a whole lot of good could come of a time challenging all of humanity on a global scale? But it has, and talk of sickness and mortality aside, it seems to have given old players and new a completely new lease on life. And ...Read More
Daniel Cates Admits To Ghosting Allegations
Daniel “Jungleman” Cates has reportedly admitted to having ghosted a (none-pro) friend’s account in a high-stakes home Poker game played around three weeks ago. This after businessman and Poker enthusiast/player Bill Per...Read More
Bill Perkins Outs Cheat Worse Than Postle
According to well-known businessman and long-time Poker enthusiast Bill Perkins, there walks among us a player who makes Mike Postle’s cheating antics resemble innocent fooling-about shenanigans. This has obviously catalysed a massi...Read More
PokerStars Unveils New DoJo Training App
Trust to save the boring day. The leading Poker room operator has now launched a rather superb new (and free!) training app intended to help players master specifically the basics of the game. Poker DoJo is available to all U.K. and U.S....Read More
Belarus’s Alexgirs Wins Biggest SCOOP Event
“Alexgirs”, an online Poker champion hailing from Belarus, has just won the largest prize of the entire 2020 PokerStars (SCOOP) awarded so far. The player did this by acing the SCOOP $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, ...Read More
GiG Joins Playtech’s iPoker Network
Leading casino games tech-supplier and platform administrator this week announced having successfully migrated high-velocity casino content developer Playtech’s iPoker online network to its own aggregator platform. Playtech’s...Read More
MPN Says Its Final Goodbye
One of the oldest online Poker networks has dealt its final spread. The Poker Network (MPN) on May 19, after nearly 18 years actively running, flipped the final goodnight switch. Founded in March 2003, the gaming giant’s Poker...Read More
Leonard Patrick Bags $1.61M Career Win
GGPoker’s Circuit Ring Event #8: HR Championship has seen to it that U.K. Poker prodigy Patrick Leonard nabs the biggest score of his long and celebrated career so far when he finished in the runner-up position on May 17.
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Getting To Know partypoker’s Steven DWStevie Kok
21-year-old Poker streamer Steven ‘DWStevie’ Kok says he’s positively “digging winning” in his capacity of official Twitch team member. The Netherlands-based streamer was signed by famous online Poker room p...Read More
PokerStars Extends SCOOP To End Of May
is going to town with bells and whistles on with its now-extended 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The operator last week announced that not only will it be extending its SCOOP by very close to two additional weeks of pl...Read More
Alabama Player Rakes It In With Global Poker
is quickly becoming the new go-to online Poker room guys and judging by everything that’s been happening at the currently in-play Rattlesnake Open, running from May 3 through May 25th, it’s not difficult to see why...Read More
Rounders And The Hidden Lessons In Cheating
It’s no secret: Rounders has instilled itself dead centre into modern-day culture. We’ve borrowed the taglines, we’ve adopted the adages – basically, we live and dream what we imagine it must be like to live the l...Read More
Poker Rooms To Limit Players Upon Reopening
Sufficient distance geared at limiting the spread of any infectious diseases, airborne or otherwise, will be the new normal once operators are given the go-ahead to reopen by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Physical distancing policies w...Read More
Poker’s Darkest Friday Nearly 10 Years Old
former CEO and founder Isai Scheinberg’s March plea and guilty verdict was likely the beginning of the end of what will forever be known as Poker’s own Black Friday saga. The once-respected online Poker boss earlier this year...Read More
Second Chance Loto-Quebec Bad Beat Jackpot
It now seems that even the worst of luck “pays” when playing OK Poker on Loto-Quebec’s premium gaming platform. And since we could all do with a bit of beating the odds right now, ’s Bad Beat Poker progressive jack...Read More
PokerStars Announces Celebrity Poker Event
is doing more than just its bit for relieving the plight of those affected by the current global calamity. The operator has announced the launch of a special charity initiative called “Stars Call for Action – Powered by Poker...Read More
Online Poker Continues To Thrive
During a time when an invisible enemy is wreaking havoc with most markets around the globe, one particular industry is proving to be quite the star; the industry. Now that most folks have been ordered to sit the crisis out by staying at ...Read More
GGPoker Welcomes Fedor Holz And Pokercode
That nothing but recognition as the world’s leading Poker room will be good enough for is becoming increasingly more evident. An entire host of celebrity-style ambassadors have joined the brand’s family over the course of rec...Read More
Get Ready For The Super High Roller Bowl
There’s nothing quite like riding the wave and keeping a good thing going. Which is exactly what plans on doing following the smashing success that was the 2020 Poker Masters Online Series. The leading online gaming site has announ...Read More
The Stars Group Rebrands BetStars
The Stars Group is slowly but surely building its brand into a name to be reckoned with. And since knowability is the name of the Fortune-500 game, the group’s recent rebrand applied to its online sports book BetStars – which...Read More
GGPoker Welcomes Boris Becker As Brand Ambassador
The news is official: 6-time Grand Slam tennis legend Boris Becker is the latest to join impressive list of representatives and celebrity brand ambassadors. Becker joins the likes of Canadian pro and miracle-maker Daniel Negreanu, t...Read More
888poker To Host 11 Days Of XL Inferno
2020 certainly is shaping up to be quite the year for online Poker. Since the majority of us are currently under unofficial house arrest, most major sports events and competition events have been either postponed or outright cancelled. h...Read More
Andrew Neeme Is Master Of Poker Meet-Ups
His is so much more than a desire to be YouTube- or -famous. He plays not because he’s a show-off, or even because he gets paid to stream clips of himself playing cards. Online Poker master Andrew Neeme is in fact, the real deal, an...Read More
Caesars Postpones World Series Of Poker
We’re living in precious but precarious times. And since even medium-sized gatherings are now considered life-threatening given humanity’s current normal, the organisers of the epic annual have taken the decision to post...Read More
Gearing Up For PokerStars SCOOP
Exciting news this week is that the official schedule for the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has been released. And best of all is that it will this year feature an incredible $85 million in guarantees! These include $1...Read More
Galfond Off To 2nd Round Of Challenge
Run It Once-man has just kicked off the second leg of his Galfond challenge and this time round, its amateur Poker enthusiast and hedge fund manager Bill Perkins on the other side of the virtual table. The duo is playing $100/$200 Pot-Li...Read More
David Haye Stars In New Poker Documentary
Exciting news this week is that a new documentary following former professional boxing champ David Haye’s transition from professional sports player to Poker player will be aired on Prime starting April 17. David vs Goliath will te...Read More
Golf’s Best To Play in Charity Online Poker Tournament
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Poker’s Phil Galfond Makes A Surreal Comeback
It wasn’t all that long ago that Run It Once Poker celebrity Phil Galfond took to Twitter to publicly bemoan his supposed fate playing Pot-Limit Omaha against online opponent VeniVidi1993. A clearly deflated Galfond wrote on Twitter...Read More
Ben Affleck’s Poker Game Raises $2M For Charity
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A Sneak-Peek At PokerStars’ Anti-Cheat Team
It may be argued that the majority of Poker players can reasonably be expected to be aware of the anti-cheat safeguards implemented by online operators like . And yet, thousands of transgressions are reported each year, ranging from playe...Read More
The Home of Poker Goes Quiet
Las Vegas Nevada, the once bustling and happening home of , is hardly even recognisable in its current devoid-of-all-movement state of lockdown. No one unfamiliar with Sin City would be persuaded to believe that the town that now lies des...Read More
WSOP Yet To Confirm 2020 Series Cancellation
Save for a global health pandemic that has caused nearly 2,000 deaths in a single day in the US alone, there is probably nothing quite as paralysing as uncertainty and the inability to plan for the future. And the r’s supposed inabi...Read More
Playground Poker Moves Cash Games Online
Our world is in actual fact no more than a digital village and Playground Poker Club has decided that there’s no time like the present to make the best of an otherwise very worrying time by taking full advantage of the unique opport...Read More
GGPoker Launches StayHome Freerolls
Online Poker provider GGPoker may not have mentioned the current by name, but its quite obvious that its new hourly StayHome $100 freeroll prize pools are intended to give those stuck at home something fun and completely free to do with ...Read More
Andrew “DrDisRespect” Dean Wins WSOP 15
A little over two weeks ago the launched its own tailor-made response to covid-19 and a global lockdown: an 18-ring online series consisting of as many events for all online players residing within the borders of Nevada, Delaware and New...Read More
PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Faces 5 Years In Jail
The drama surrounding founder Isai Scheinberg finally drew to a close last week when Scheinberg pled guilty to various charges stemming from a 2011 slew of indictments imposed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Each of the charges brough...Read More
PokerStars Crowns Richest Sunday Millions Champ
Live Poker may be off limits right now but that doesn’t mean that online Poker isn’t living an absolute heyday. Last week Sunday saw Brazilian online Poker player “AAAArthur” earn a fantastic $1,192,802 in prize mo...Read More
Poker Pro Launches Covid-19 Support Group
That the Coronavirus pandemic is testing the casino industry to its absolute limits is no secret. Casinos all over Canada and the US have closed up shop amid the global pandemic. All manners of Poker tournaments have been cancelled and ca...Read More
Phil Galfond Trying To Turn Poker Challenge Around
Run It Once poker pro has gone from utterly defeated to what some might describe as a mixture between stupidly positive and positively stupid. But money talks and tells its own story and the story being told right now is that Galfond has...Read More
David Doc Sands Tests Positive For Covid-19
Poker pro David “Doc” Sands this week became the first high-profile Poker player to test positive for the Coronavirus. The Poker champ took to to share the news with his followers and said that he hoped that by providing...Read More
Covid-19 Push To Legalise Online Poker in US
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Winnipeg Casino Workers Face Corona Lay-Offs
The industry is one reliant on the exact opposite of social distancing. And as such, the Coronavirus has just become public enemy number 1 to this industry too. Casino workers employed across the Canadian provinces are now being made to ...Read More
WPT Final Tables Postponed Until May
Three more live Poker Tour final table events have now been postponed in an attempt to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. Enterprises chief executive officer Adam Pliska announced on Tuesday that the three WPT tables that were supposed ...Read More
Doug Poke Done With YouTube Poker Channel
Controversial online figure and former Poker-pro Doug Polk says that he has decided to quit making videos about Poker. Polk recently uploaded a 15-minute video titled “This Is My Final Poker Video” to his YouTube platform as w...Read More
WPT Goes Online With partypoker
There’s a whole lot of exciting Poker headed our way, even amidst all of the deadly Coronavirus drama. Great news is that the , in association with online giant partypoker, will in May of this year be hosting its very first WPT Onli...Read More
Negreanu Says Online Poker Best For Covid-19
Canadian pro player believes that now is the time to legalise online Poker, if only as a trial-run of sorts. Negreanu a couple of days ago called on US government officials to reconsider legalising online Poker nation-wide and specifical...Read More
Phil Galfond Resumes Challenge
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Phil Ivey Wins Big In Sochi
Phil Ivey is no stranger to relying on pure luck. And luck certainly sealed the deal on what very nearly turned out to be another major victory for the pro player at a high-stakes event in Sochi. One of Ivey’s opponents ended up on...Read More
Negreanu Says Covid-19 Bets Are Cold-Blooded
Betting may be all good fun and games, but only up to a point. As soon as human lives are at stake, very poor taste enters into the equation. Which is exactly why Canadian GGPoker professional and brand ambassador Daniel Negreanu has labe...Read More
Special Poker Cruise Coming This September
Longing for a bit of colour, sea and adventure? Then be sure to sign up for a very special tournament to be hosted by Card Player Poker Tour in partnership with Card Player Cruises this September 10 – 19. The tournament will be pla...Read More
partypoker’s New Update Includes Rabbit Hunt
is going all out on adding additional elements of enjoyment to its current online Poker offerings. The award-winning operator describes its new March 5 update as a collection of things and elements that simply aim to make all games ...Read More
Mobile Poker Moves To Portrait Mode
Operators are shaking it up in the spirit of making online more accessible to mobile clients. The fact is: horizontal video has adapted to typical mobile behaviour. And it’s a basic thing of efficient practicality too. Mobile devic...Read More
PokerStars Reveals Surprise Disqualification
recently all but dumbfounded the online community when it announced that the winner of the 2018 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event is no longer regarded the real winner. Not only has “wann2play” ...Read More
3 Cops Injured At Encore Boston Harbor
It’s only fun and games until it’s not. Which appears to have been what had gone down this past weekend at ’s Encore Boston Harbor. The fun and games managed to get out of hand to the extent of law enforcement having had...Read More
Coronavirus Scare - WSOP May Call Off Tour
It’s absolutely mind-blowing to even try to begin to understand the sheer scope of the trail of collateral damage currently being created by the dreaded Coronavirus (). And the industry’s most at risk are those reliant on larg...Read More
WPTDeepStacks Montreal Coming To Playground
If DeepStacks Poker is your thing, then be sure to enter the upcoming WPTDeepStacks event this coming April. The WPTDeepStacks has been a firm favourite on the global Poker circuit ever since it won the coveted Mid-Major Circuit of the y...Read More
Eric Afriat Has Won His 3rd WPT Big Title
Poker master Eric Afriat has won the 2020 World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic $5,000 CAD No-Limit Hold’em event. One of Canada’s best Poker players, Afriat outlasted a sweltering field of 549 entries and bested them all. ...Read More
partypoker Heads To Russia For High Stakes Action
It’s official: is heading to Russia. Specifically, partypoker is bringing the best in high-stakes Poker to Russia - winter or no winter. Not that things aren’t already heating up at host venue Casino Sochi. This is the highes...Read More
Why Vancouver Should Enter 2030 Olympic Bid
We have the tools, and so why not put them to repeated good use? Such is the opinion of the man responsible for having helped secure the bid for the 2010 Winter and Paralympic Games on behalf of the city of Vancouver. John Furlong has su...Read More
ESPN & Poker Central To Broadcast WSOP 2020
and Poker Central will this year for the fourth time be partnering it up in order to broadcast all of the exciting live-action play that is the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 2020 WSOP broadcast schedule has just been released and the...Read More
Playground Poker’s Power Weekend Coming Up
Poker is about to return to Playground Poker Casino in smash-hit kind of way and it’s all happening on February 27th when the CA$140,000 GTD Power Weekend returns to the popular Quebec venue. The main attraction is...Read More
WSOP Announces Feb 25 Online Poker Tour
This February 25 is the big day. Also known as the opening day to one of the most exciting online Poker tournaments of the year. The online tournament kicks off in a couple of days’ time, and this year, a cool total of 13 online to...Read More
PokerStars Ramps It Up With 6-Card Omaha
Thanks to a genius initiative dreamt up by leading operator , a brand-new product is headed in the direction of card playing enthusiasts. Pot Limit 6 Card Omaha will instead of following the usual 4-card model, make provision for 6-card h...Read More
Sahara Las Vegas Reopens Its Poker Room
This Valentine’s Day marked a special occasion for Vegas-based enthusiasts. After 9 long years of having been closed, on February 14th the Sahara Las Vegas reopened its Poker room. The grand opening celebration is yet to ...Read More
WPT Cancels Asia Stops Due to Coronavirus
Not to be flippant about the global threat of a potentially fatal influenza-like infection, but the is pooping on even Poker’s party. The World Poker Tour (WPT) has officially cancelled all of its events planned for Asia for the ne...Read More
Pro-Poker US Candidate Andrew Yang Withdraws
To say that the withdrawal of Andrew Yang from the US presidential race is a real blow to the online Poker community is a gross understatement. Yang, the only candidate in the current presidential candidacy run vocally in favour of the le...Read More
partypoker Announces Cash Game Leaderboards
Cash game leaderboards are all the rage right now. And if Poker is your thing then the good news is that online Poker operator a couple of days ago announced that cash game leaderboards will soon be implemented as a means by which to rew...Read More
Awkwafina To Star In New Baccarat Film
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Martin Piik Wins The Very Last MPN Tour
It’s said that most good things must eventually come to an end. That this applies to Microgaming’s last-ever tournament is a sure thing. The very last MPN competition and 23rd MPN Poker Tour recently came to an end...Read More
Galfond Calls Off Poker Challenge
Self-professed Pot-Limit Omaha expert and 3-time bracelet winner Phil Galfond used to own a Manhattan apartment with an in-built custom-designed slippery slide for those no-stair days. You know the kind. But these days the creator of Run...Read More
PokerStars To Give Away 21 Platinum Passes
is all about creating core value by expanding on rewards. The latest news is that the operator has officially launched its Platinum Madness Promotion, which aims to dish out 21 Platinum Passes in as many days. Not that’s Platinum v...Read More
Online Poker in Favour Of Facial Recognition Technology
When businessman and partner Rob Young recently posted a poll on Twitter requesting votes in favour of facial recognition technology being employed by the site in order to rule out issues related to ghosting, multi-accounting and general...Read More
Relax Gaming Rakes In Top Poker Award
This year’s 2020 Gaming Intelligence (GI) Awards, a top-class casino games and entertainment awards event, has crowned none other than leading casino games and platform provider with the highly sought-after Poker Supplier of the Ye...Read More
Poker Central Now Owns High Stakes Poker
Poker Central recently confirmed having acquired the famous High Stakes Poker brand, along with all of its assets. The good news for players is that Poker Central’s PokerGO subscription streaming platform will over the course of the...Read More
Playground Poker Club To Host Valentine’s Day Dinner
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Phil Galfond Down €500k At His Own Game
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MPN Tour Grand Finale Heads To Madrid
The time has come to celebrate the end to an era; to say goodbye. From the 6 – 9 February the Poker Tour will make a super stop for the very last time. The grand finale, which will be hosted by Spanish capital Madrid, will mark the...Read More
WSOP 2020 Schedule Unchanged Despite Coronavirus Threat
The organizers of the 2020 recently revealed that the event would be postponed until further notice following the Coronavirus outbreak that started in China earlier this year. Following this, Poker players have been rightly concerned abou...Read More
Phil Galfond’s Challenge Kicks Off
When not too long ago started hinting at a high-stakes challenge in favour of those players willing and able to part with hands levelling out the playing field at $100 a pop, it all seemed almost too good to be true. But what with Galfon...Read More
WSOP Announces 2020 Value Menu Schedule
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Greg Fossilman Raymer Wins at Heartland Poker Tour
Greg “Fossilman” Raymer is no stranger to winning multiple Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) titles. The World Series of Poker legend does after all adorn no fewer than fewer than four HPT crowns; all won during 2012, for which he al...Read More
Griffin Paul Makes WPT History
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Excitement As MSPT Heads To The Venetian Again
Not only will the Las Vegas Venetian feature as a top stop on this year’s World Series of Poker’s official tournament schedule, but the latest news is that it will this year for the fourth year in a row, and again in partnersh...Read More
Hollywood Casino Fined Over Illicit Poker Games
Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control board has confirmed having slapped local games venue Hollywood Casino with a $20,000 penalty fine. The fine was for having hosted four tournaments at Penn National Race Course in Grantville at increase...Read More
WPT Announces Venetian Stop For 2020
Big news to have recently hit Poker circuit news pages is that the legendary Venetian will this year yet again feature as a tour stop on the World Poker Tour schedule. This, said organisers at the time of the announcement, would be in ord...Read More
Casino Charlevoix To Celebrate 25yr Anniversary
Canada’s Casino Charlevoix opened its doors to the public an impressive 25 years ago. To mark the fact that it is this year a quarter of a century in operation, the casino will be celebrating having served its players for so long by...Read More
Playground Kicks Off 2020 In World Cup Style
2020 has kicked off with a bang and players looking to really get their money’s worth would be well advised not to miss out on Playground Poker’s upcoming World Cup of Cards. The event gets underway on January 19th ...Read More
Poker Cheats Who Made 21st Century History
There’s an enormous difference between being famous and being regarded as infamous. With the latter being far less desirable that the first-mentioned as far as having one’s name permanently entered into the pages of Poker hist...Read More
Jason Somerville Announces PokerStars Split
The man famously regarded as the founding father of Poker streaming, Jason Somerville, has announced having split with PokerStars. Sort of. Somerville announced on New Years Day via a video message announcement on soci...Read More
Playground Poker To Re-Launch Bust The Bank
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Ontario Poker’s Land Of Big-Win Champions
Ontario native Daniel Negreanu needs no introduction. The career Poker champion tournament and cash player first discovered a love for Poker and all things hustling at the age of only 16. His early participation in tou...Read More
College Dropout Turns Poker Prodigy
Malcolm Trayner, a 20-year-old college dropout who hails from Sydney, Australia, has just banked AU$100,000.00 (CA$91,419.50) in Poker winnings. What makes this feat especially remarkable, and the reason why so many pe...Read More
Alex Foxen Wins 1st WPT Title and GPI POY
Former Footballer and current professional Poker player Alex Foxen won the 2019 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT). This is Foxen’s first WPT title, as well as his biggest caree...Read More
Why The GPI POY Race Is A Tight One
If the copy error that had wrecked havoc on this year’s World Series Player of the Year winners’ list was more excitement that what was bearable, then perhaps don’t read on because the points race for 2019 is far...Read More
Books About Poker You Need To Read
In Poker, much like life, if nothing else, you simply have to have a plan. And even though life’s “how to guide” may at times appear to be non-existent, luckily this isn’t the case with Poker. And better yet is...Read More
Inaugural Galfond Challenge Heats Up
Three-time World Series of Poker champion Phil Galfond is stirring up some excitement with his first-ever Galfond Challenge. Nearly 7 years after the infamous and never-completed Durrrr Challenge, the legendary high-st...Read More
7 Tips to Boost Your Poker Game
Poker can be a notoriously tricky game to master. If your table results are average at best, don’t worry – you aren’t alone. Even the best players took years of dedication to get to where they are now. Often, mak...Read More
Canada’s 5 Most Famous Poker Players
Canada is full of skilled and talented gamblers, particularly when it comes to the game of Poker. Here are the nation’s 5 best players and innovators that have taken the industry to new heights. Read MoreR...Read More
Maurice Hawkins Voices WSOP Gripes
Maurice Hawkins isn’t afraid to speak from the heart. This is something that has awarded the WSOP champ his fair share of friends as well as haters. With that having been said, when a 13-time WSOP gold ring winner de...Read More
What To Expect at the 2020 Global Poker Awards
The Global Poker Index team is hard at work putting together another hopefully stellar Global Poker Awards event. The Global Poker Awards 2020 will be trending on Poker Central early on in 2020 and is expected to this ...Read More
No-Award Verdict For Rick Salomon in Saudi Sheikh Case
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Best Poker Movies To Watch This December
We’re nearing the holidays, which of course means plenty of free time to be cozy under the blankets binge-watching all of our favourite movies of all time. It’s the only time of the year when it’s perfectly excus...Read More
Top Poker Podcasts For 2019
Everybody loves a good podcast and for players and fans of Poker, there are lots to go around. Poker-focused podcasts discuss a variety of topics centered on the game and these are compiled by a long list of industry e...Read More
WSOP Announces New International Stops
Going big on international circuit stops has been a dream tirelessly pursued by the WSOP over the course of recent years. And it now seems as if all of the Poker giant’s hard work has started to pay off in a huge way...Read More
2019’s Top Ten Women In Poker
Being named one of the top Poker players in the world isn’t an honour enjoyed or deserved by many. It requires grit, determination, wit and a healthy dose of tenacity for good measure. And if you thought that these a...Read More
Poker Legend Rosilyn Jordan Dies Aged 46
Tragic news recently received by the professional world of Poker is that industry legend Rosilyn “Roz” Jordan has died at the age of only 46. Jordan was a regular on the global Poker circuit and worked events all o...Read More
Top 10 Poker Players For 2019
There are Poker players and then there are top Poker players. Those players raking in the big money, playing against their fellow big-guns and racing each year towards the ultimate accolade of being named Player of the...Read More
Remembering The Glory Days Of Online Poker
It has now been just over ten years since the day the online Poker community looked on an absolute anticipation; and in some cases, horror; as the biggest hand in online Poker was played – and won and lost. The two poles at opposite...Read More
Microgaming Announces MPN Closure Date
A few months back Microgaming made for quite the stir when it announced that it planned on terminating its Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) in 2020. This would be a permanent pulling of the plug, but the brand originall...Read More
Dennis Blieden Admits To Embezzlement Charge
Many will remember Dennis Blieden as the man who won the 2018 LA Poker Classic for a cool $1 million. But instead of his name having been cemented in time for having beat British Poker-pro Toby Lewis in a superbly ente...Read More
Poker Man Talon White Charged With Piracy
Poker “professional” Talon White may play the game, but he has certainly failed dismally at upholding the good name. White has entered a plea of guilty on two different charges related to a massive video piracy ope...Read More
PokerStars To Give Away Passes To Twitchers
Exciting news for those following the world of Poker is that PokerStars has made available not one, but two platinum passes to Twitch users. In order to qualify for a free platinum pass, hopefuls are required to link t...Read More
Adrian Mateos Wins MILLIONS World Bahamas
Spanish Poker-pro Adrian Mateos may be young but he’s everything but inexperienced or inadequate. The player recently strutted his Poker stuff when he absolutely aced the MILLIONS World Bahamas Main Event for $1.1 mi...Read More
PokerStars Release Two New Cash Games
PokerStars has just launched two brand-new novelty cash games. Deep Water Hold’em and PokerStars Tempest Hold’em both follow typical PokerStars style in that they tie in perfectly with other limited cash games laun...Read More
Daniel Negreanu The New Face Of GGPoker
Canada’s pride has done it again. Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu has officially been signed into the third major brand ambassador deal of his professional career. Perhaps not surprisingly given Negreanu’s more mod...Read More
PokerStars Launches Celebratory PCOOP Series
Poker is officially alive and online in Pennsylvania. And it’s all thanks to the genius and innovative work of PokerStars. And to celebrate the November 4 launch and two weeks of successful post-launch action, the op...Read More
Phil Galfond Issues Unique Poker Challenge
Phil Galfond has issued a super high-stakes challenge to those players strong enough to stomach the variety of hands that sees the loser $100 out of pocket. That’s per hand. The man once feared most of all not only a...Read More
DeepStacks Poker Tour Champs Begin Canadian Leg
The DeepStacks Poker Tour Canadian Championship has officially kicked off at the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino. Its an exciting affair all round for everyone involved, not least of all as a result of the stunning $500...Read More
Red Star To Move From MPN To iPoker Network
Independent Russian online Poker room Red Star has announced that it will soon be leaving the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) and will be joining the iPoker Network instead. This move was supposedly prompted by Microgaming’s announ...Read More
Sam Soverel Crowned 2019 Poker Masters Champion
What a journey the 2019 European Poker Masters has been for top Poker-pro Sam Soverel, and really, where to even begin? Soverel did his thing and he did it seemingly effortlessly, working his way into the mix of no few...Read More
Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov Leave PokerStars
PokerStars appears to be experiencing nothing short of a mass exodus of player-expertise and brand personalities. The latest players to have announced what they have referred to in true tongue-in-cheek style as a “split-up”...Read More
WSOP Circuit To Hit Bicycle Casino On November 30th
A bout of fantastic news on the competition Poker front is that the legendary World Series of Poker Circuit will be making its return to the famous Bicycle Casino in California at the end of November. The event promise...Read More
PokerStars to Nix Popular Power Up Game
After 2 years of entertaining online players, the days of PokerStars’ exclusive poker variant Power Up are numbered. The Canadian-based operator, which is widely considered to be the largest in the world, has cho...Read More
Phil Hellmuth Loses Prop Bet To Tennis Pro
Professional poker player Phil Hellmuth is known for a couple of things. Of course, he is renowned for his exceptional poker playing skills, but his fans and loved ones also know him as someone who finds the opportunit...Read More
888Poker Launches Brand New Event
There’s a great deal of excitement happening on the world-wide Poker front and in between 888Poker’s upcoming launch of a brand new series; the PKO Series; and the World Series of Poker’s exciting satellite event...Read More
Kristen Bicknell Secures Biggest Career Win
Kristen Bicknell has just pocketed the biggest win of her career to date. The pro-Poker player did so by winning Event #6 of the 2019 Poker Masters; a win that saw her securing a fantastic $408,000 in super 1st place prize mon...Read More
WSOP PoY Error Sees New Winner Crowned
And so the unimaginable has happened. Daniel Negreanu, who a little over a week ago was named WSOP Player of the Year; easily the most coveted title and honour in professional Poker; has been stripped of his title, hav...Read More
China Enforces Video Game Curfews For Teens
The Chinese government considers itself a guardian of the mental health and overall well being of its teens and children. To this end, the country has now instituted time limits on playing online video games. According to a government ...Read More
Ex Poker Bot Reveals Trade Secrets
A cheat bot “industry insider” is letting the online Poker community in on some valuable trade secrets, as well as having essentially ratted out several other “bot rings” currently operating on popular online p...Read More
Toronto’s Hum Crowned Main Event Champ
Part-time Poker player Geoffrey Hum is nothing short of a study of how determination and sheer grit is able to make up for having a lack of sufficient time and resources to really chase down one’s dream 365 days of t...Read More
The Best of WSOP Europe
You simply have to love Poker for the stories. And the best of these are the stories told by winners after having clinched tournaments and main events. It was no different at the most recent World Series of Poker Europ...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Awarded WSOP Player of the Year Title
Who’s the man? Canadian Poker-pro Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu, that’s who. We’re of course talking World Series of Poker Player of the Year. Negreanu has just been bestowed the honour of player of the year af...Read More
partypoker Determined To Recover From Flop
partypoker says that it will be issuing some $600,000 in additional cash and perks over and above general refunds to players after a major system error caused havoc with and led to the cancellation of its MILLION onlin...Read More
Alexandros Kolonias Wins 2019 WSOP Europe
Alexandros Kolonias not only triumphed over his opponents to go on to win the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe main event and the stellar €1,133,678 in super 1st place prize money, but the star Pok...Read More
Andrew Barham The Latest Platinum Pass Winner
All Poker hats off to Andrew Barham. Barham recently became the latest player to win a Platinum Pass by having pipped his opponent to the post in Moneymaker’s Road to PSPC 2020. Barham did his magic in Piccadilly Lon...Read More
Yang Speaks Out In Support Of Online Poker
US Presidential election candidate Andrew Yang is more than just 33/1 on the election odds list; he’s also very eager to see online Poker legalised in all 50 US states. In fact, so passionate is Yang about the cause that he recently...Read More
PokerStars To Open 1st Pennsylvania Online Poker Room
PokerStars wants to do Poker, and specifically, online Poker. The Stars Group’s flagship brand is about to have its wish come true in Pennsylvania and will come Monday 4 November, launch the state’s very first online Poker roo...Read More
Quebec Players Treated To Super Jackpot Wins
Quebec players are treated to the very best that the casino games, Lottery and Poker world has to offer. Poker recently paid it forward to one of its loyal players when Fadi Seeman grabbed hold of a really lucky opport...Read More
Ben Affleck Spotted Playing Poker While Drunk In LA
Actor Ben Affleck is what one would call a highly functional alcoholic; or at least one in recovery, if he does stick to the plan of not allowing a recent roundabout with the bottle to completely derail his sobriety journey. The Hollyw...Read More
Kahle Burns Claims Two WSOP Bracelets
Kahle Burns has joined a rare and exclusive band of Poker elite by wining not one, but two, WSOP bracelets in a single week. He achieved this mighty feat by closing the deal on two WSOP wins in a single series. This ha...Read More
Michael Lech Wins Big Again
Poker-pro Michael Lech has done it again. His latest WSOPC Mexico win brings his impressive career accolades to 7 rings nabbed in a total of 5 countries. Michael achieved his latest record win when he finished in 1
Serghei Lisii Wins 2019 Battle Of Malta
The recent topless male dealer controversy aside, Poker’s Battle of Malta continues to break every conceivable popularity, number of entries, and instant money record out there; and this year for the 8th y...Read More
Battle Of Malta Slammed Over Topless Dealers
A recent ladies-only Battle of Malta Poker event has sparked a public outcry on social media and beyond. Professional male dealers were apparently minutes before the €110 event was about to commence, offered an additional $50 in c...Read More
Newcomer Josh Adkins Wins WPT BestBet Bounty
Newcomer Josh Adkins hit Jacksonville Poker full-force when he recently won the World Poker Tour BestBet Bounty Scramble as well the super $331,480 in prize money. He may not be long-time local Poker celeb Jason Mercie...Read More
Mike Postle Poker Lawsuit Not All That Simple
A just call of judgement in any conceivable argument, or legal argument as it in this case were, depends on various factors, with the most important of all being a proper understanding of the fact relating to the merits of the matter. ...Read More
Strauss Declared Unfit For Terrorism Trial
Kenneth Strauss may have been the author of his own demise by setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately culminated in his pulling down his pants and revealing all during a WSOP main event in Las Vegas, as wel...Read More
PokerStars Rolls Out Spin & Go Flash Games
Consider yourself to be “faster than the speed of light”? Then be sure to move closer and listen up because PokerStars has just launched their new Spin & Go Flash tournaments. It’s not all that different from...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Joins WSOP European Tour
Daniel Negreanu is in town. And by town we mean Czech town. And by Czech town we mean World Series of Poker European Tour town. Also, he’s brought his new wife along for the ride. In fact, the newly married pair has ...Read More
16 Players Agree On A Chop At WPT Event
Something very much out of the ordinary went down recently during the World Poker Tour’s Maryland at Live! Casino stop. A never-before-seen total of 16 players decided to, towards the end of the event, opt in on a co...Read More
Stones To Answer To $10M Conspiracy Lawsuit
Its not every day one gets to read about a $10 million conspiracy lawsuit. And even more rare is the occurrence when it involves something like playing Poker. But given the circumstances leading up to the civil lawsuit...Read More
Doug Polk Says No To Mike Postle’s Poker Invite
Mike Postle has ruined Poker for Doug Polk, and possibly also for Joey Ingram, many things depending. The alleged Stones Gambling Hall scammer, having recently become the face of fraudulent and angle-shooting style pla...Read More
WSOP Launches New High-Stakes Poker App
The World Series Of Poker is going on all in on the big money on its official app. And that’s not overstating the entire business in the least, unless one considers buy-ins to the tune of $15 million and $40 million ...Read More
John Hashem Wins 2019 SIGA Poker Champs
He’s a master at his trade and would be fair to say that going up against Regina’s John Hashem would likely turn out a disaster to most players gutsy enough to challenge the player at his game of choice. The 2019 S...Read More
Holz And Eibinger Have Cracked The Pokercode
When high-stakes GTO Poker pros open their pie holes, it’s time to listen up. Even if “listening up” will set you back at least $1,549. What high-stakes players Fedor Holz and Matthias Eibinger are proposing is n...Read More
Matt Savage Opens Discussion About Poker Deals
Poker isn’t merely a game of skill instead of being based on pure luck, but soon may be turning into a business venture instead of a competition, if some will have their way. A recent invitation issued by World Poker...Read More
Mike Postle Treading Hot Water Over Cheating
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Or in Poker talk, questionable decisions cannot lead to streaks of success 30 times out of 30, not even if your name happens to be Mike Postle. Or more to the point, esp...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Wants A Rounders 2
It’s now some 20 years since we first encountered Mike McDermott in the cult Poker classic, Rounders. Games were played, money was won and we thoroughly enjoyed the movie, having all but lived the life of McDermott i...Read More
Poker Site Owner Has His Say Over High Stakes Players
High-stakes online Poker players are no more than the bait the lures the rest of the thousands of little fish in the pond to a central location. Thus spoke Rob Young, part owner of partypoker and owner of Dusk Till Daw...Read More
Poker Author Al Alvarez Dies Aged 90
Poker enthusiast and author Al Alvarez has died. The 90-year-old had reportedly developed complications following a bout of viral pneumonia. Never one to be bothered too much by awards and accolades, Alvarez simply did...Read More
Microgaming Announces MPN Total Shut Down
Microgaming’s MPN (Microgaming Poker Network) will soon be a thing of the past. The casino games giant recently caused a real stir when it announced that it has decided to permanently shut down MPN come 2020. Microga...Read More
Phil Galfond Offers A Word Of Money Advice
Career Poker-pro Phil Galfond knows what he’s talking about when talking bankroll management. The Poker legend recently took to social media to warn others about the dangers of poor bankroll management. According to ...Read More
Mike Leah Wins 3rd WCOOP Title
Canadian Mike Leah is a king among kings of online Poker. Leah, who recently became dad to a brand new little addition to the Leah family, pulled a rabbit from the hat on September 4 when the Canadian won his third Wor...Read More
Zynga Poker & Brad Garrett Present Hope Fundraiser
Zynga Poker is on a full-on mission to bring hope to those who need it the most. The operator has teemed up with award-winning actor, comedian, and celebrity star Brad Garrett. Garrett, a semi-pro Poker man himself, will team up with Zyn...Read More
Twitter Abuzz After Brits Play Money List
There’s no need to be constantly aware of Britain’s high stakes Poker schedule, at least not when you’re a Twitter user. Twitter users are notorious for taking to the platform to vent about especially the equalit...Read More
Kevin Martin Retires From Streaming Poker
Kevin Martin has come a long way since his days of living it up in the Big Brother Canada house back in 2015. This was after all the same year he became one of the pioneers of Poker streaming on Twitch. But the streame...Read More
PokerStars Raises $56k In Aid Of Children
Big-time Poker brand PokerStars is making a difference to the plight of children in need thanks to its long-time support of the flagship charity initiative known as Right to Play. PokerStars, which is owned by operator...Read More
Poker’s Bardah Confirms Survivor Entry
Poker-pro and WSOP bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah is more than just a hoody and a pair of shades, and he’s out to prove it Survivor style. The main event casher-in has announced that he has officially gained entry int...Read More
Backers Claim Ivey’s WSOP Money Is Theirs
Whether or not Ivey-style shenanigans are at play is anyone’s guess but backers Daniel Cates and IIIya Trincher have filed an objection to the Borgata Casino garnishee attachment order that saw more the more than $12...Read More
Van Blarcum Reigns Victorious In EPT Event
Aaron Van Blarcum is no ordinary Poker player. He recently beat a field of 520 entrants and made his way all the way to the $474,390 first-place prize money in the WPT Legends Of Poker main event played at the Bicycle ...Read More
PokerStars Mixes It Up On The Big Blind
Frustrated with having to guestimate your next move on PokerStars because you simply do not possess the faculty of super-human abacus skills? The operator has heeded the cries for change and has implemented a brand-new...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Selling WSOPE Investment Package Again
Those still worried about whether or not Poker legend Daniel Negreanu has waved the WSOP farewell for good can catch a breather. Despite his having recently left the ranks of PokerStars’ Team Pro and his vocalised di...Read More
More Events And Bracelets At WSOP Europe
The World Series of Poker Europe is currently underway and players who were up until now going this way and that with the idea of joining in all the while wondering whether there will this year be enough on the menu to appease the hunger...Read More
WSOP “Flasher” Lands Himself In Hot Water
Exposing the crown jewels in public is bad enough, but a flash and a throwing about of shoes with a generous serving of terrorist-like behaviour on the side is sufficient to get any US federal judge hot under the colla...Read More
EPT Barcelona Shadowed By Angle Shooting
To say that angle shooting is frowned upon by Poker’s global mass following is a gross understatement. So much so that a recent stunt pulled by Quan Zhou during the European Poker Tour’s Barcelona event is enjoying...Read More
Ryan Dunn Wins Poker bestbet Summer Warm Up
The WSOP and European Poker Tours aren’t the only Poker tournaments offering some pretty decent buy-ins and prize pools. A lot is happening stateside too, with the popular Poker room bestbet Jacksonville having very recently wrappe...Read More
Nick Marchington’s WSOP Winnings Unfrozen
Brit Nick Marchington’s ordeal with former backer C. Biscuit Stables appears to be something of the past, or at least for now. The young Poker pro is now finally able to take his recent WSOP winnings home after the f...Read More
PokerStars Announces Free Passes For 2020
PokerStars is upping the tournament ante. The operator is going all in on a repeat stunt of the pure Poker Platinum Pass European Poker Tour celebration that made news headlines in 2018. Many were left wondering whether the operator woul...Read More
MPN’s UCOP To Make A September Return
The Microgaming Poker Network is doing its bit for passionate lovers of the game and its legendary flagship tournament series, namely the Universal Championship of Poker (UCOP) will be making its return for the 5th year in a r...Read More
Koplimaa Wins Barcelona EPT Poker Stop
The European Poker Tournament has officially kicked off in Barcelona and pro-champion Markku Koplimaa is the man to have taken down the 2019 €1,100 EPT National Barcelona. Koplimaa proved to be the embodiment of what...Read More
Phil Ivey’s WSOP Winnings Seized
The Borgata may not have completely gotten its own back following the 2012 Baccarat edge sorting scam pulled off by disgraced Poker player Phil Ivey and partner-in-crime Kelly Cheung Yin, but it did at least recover a ...Read More
Annie Duke To Team Up With Hartford Funds
Annie Duke, famously known as the Duchess of Poker, may no longer be actively playing major tournaments, but this hasn’t stopped the rest of the world from continuing to idolise her as being a true “Poker professio...Read More
PokerStars Slashes Cash Games From 24 To 4
PokerStars has slashed the number of cash tables that any player is able to play simultaneously at any given time from 24 down to 4. In spite of the fact that this is bound to prove highly unpopular as far as changes go; especially among...Read More
Get Ready For the Biggest WCOOP Series Yet
2019 celebrates 17 years in business for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). And this year promises to be the best year yet in the history of the tour. PokerStars is the mastermind behind the stroke of geni...Read More
POWERFEST X By partypoker A Super Success
Online Poker at its very best went down in during the recent POWERFEST X by partypoker. Online players showed their prowess over the course of 15 days of pure Poker glory during which a total of 275 events were played....Read More
Why Triton’s New Format Proved A Charm
This year’s Triton Poker High Roller event was a stellar success and many are now of the opinion that this is true as a result of various changes having been made to the registration as well as to the actual competition process and ...Read More
Bryn Kennedy Is The $55 Million Dollar Man
Bryn Kennedy is Poker’s very own moneymaking machine. The man who not too long ago, despite having finished second in the wealthiest game on earth, the £1,050,000 Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity, still manage...Read More
WSOP-C Set To Return To Canada In August
More good news prevails as the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) prepares to make its return to Canada. The circuit will be visiting the country for its second international stop for the year and seven tournaments will be played at P...Read More
Richard Lyndaker Dead At 33
Yet another one of Poker’s legendary players has died. Former online legend Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker passed away in his San Diego apartment following a suspected accidental pain medication overdose. A close friend of ...Read More
partypoker’s POWERFEST X Pays Out Big
The 10th edition of partypoker’s flagship POWERFEST is currently underway. Since it kicked off on July 28th, POWERFEST X has awarded more than $9.5 million prize money across 91 events. Missed out on the action...Read More
WSOP Changes Causing Upset
Rake and re-entries will mean the end of the World Series of Poker as we know it, and ultimately, also of the big grind. So say some of Poker’s most respected and celebrated pro-players following the latest announced development, be...Read More
Marchington Sued Following WSOP Performance
Nick Marchington is no ordinary British youngster. The 21 year old also happens to be one of Poker’s most promising WSOP future-champions, and anyone looking in from the outside would be easily fooled by the shiny exterior of the yo...Read More
Welcome To New York’s Largest Poker Room
Poker is coming to New York and it’s nothing short of Vegas-style. As the city looks ahead to an exciting time of change and transformation in the sports betting arena, casino offerings are yet again under the limelight too. It&rsqu...Read More
Zynga Reports Above-Average Revenue For Q2
Its that time of the year again. When all is revealed, and everything laid bare in the world of financial reporting. With the second quarter of 2019 now behind us, its time for a Q2 revenue show-and-tell. Social casino games giant Zynga h...Read More
Aaron Zang Wins Poker Gold At Triton London
Triton London. Pokers very own big-name, big-prize, big-everything celebrity-style mega tournament event. Attracting the biggest names in Poker to the city that is home to more billionaires per capita than any other city in the world. $1....Read More
MPN To Run Special Cash Mountain Promotion
Eager to make the final warm days of summer last? Microgaming’s Poker Network (MPN) is too. The casino giant has just announced its second cash game leaderboard promotion for the year and its all about a race to the summit and makin...Read More
What The Rules Really Say About Chip Counts
The WSOP’s rulebook is quite clear about what should happen when a player goes all-in and a discrepancy then arises as to the actual chip count. But even thought the rules are there for good and obvious reason, they aren’t alw...Read More
Playtech Launches Live Casino Stud Poker
We are about to discover what bet365 players have been enjoying for an exclusive time: Playtech’s newly launched live Casino Stud Poker. The iGaming specialist and top-class provider of gaming entertainment has declared the exclusiv...Read More
PokerStars Trials All-In Cash Out Feature
Insurance protection may be considered to be just another way in which the house ultimately wins when it comes to playing Blackjack, but when it comes to equity protection when talking Poker, and especially when cash players come to the p...Read More
Poker Legend Mad Marty Wilson Has Died
It’s been a sad week for Poker, as shortly after Kevin “Racks” Roster passed away from Sarcoma, “Mad” Marty Wilson died after losing a 6-month long battle with cancer. A true legend at the tables, Poker has l...Read More
Apple Re-Launches Texas Hold’em In App Store
Ever wonder what the very first game ever to have been sold on Apple’s App Store was called? Poker fans will be happy to know that it was none other than a game of Texas Hold’em. Better yet, Apple has just announced that a com...Read More
Poker’s Kevin “Racks” Roster Has Died
Poker lover and all-round good guy Kevin “Racks” Roster has passed away. Roster was in 2017 diagnosed as suffering from sarcoma, a particularly unforgiving form of cancer. But instead of lying down and waiting for the inevitab...Read More
Negreanu Has No Problem With VPNs
With online Poker now outlawed in the United States, more and more US players are making use of VPNs in order to cast a cloak of anonymity over their real identities, and more importantly, their geo-locations, in order to gain access to i...Read More
Dan Bilzerian Claims To Have Invented LAG
Claiming not to care two hoots and a tick what the Poker community thinks and publicly making known one’s refusal to even be seen around a table with Poker’s best doesn’t seem to quite square off with a claim of being th...Read More
WSOP Deep Stack Event Ends On a High
It’s a common complaint among WSOP participants that once the final Vegas table has been cleared, everyone is left wondering what to do next; much like the mind’s refusal to accept that an award-winning television series won&r...Read More
Backer Exposes Maurice Hawkins On Twitter
Poker-pro and record 13-time WSOP gold ring winner Maurice Hawkins isn’t quite as fond of paying his dues as what he is of raking in the money. At least not if what Poker backer and restaurant man Randy Garcia recently posted on Twi...Read More
Two New Inclusions In Poker’s Hall Of Fame
It’s a glorious set of recognitions that have been a long time in the making. We’re referring of course to two of WSOP’s own recently having been included in the Poker Hall of Fame. The World Series of Poker main event w...Read More
Ivey Continues To Dodge Borgata Judgment
Phil Ivey is a man on the run. Well, so to speak. If the information contained in documents filed by legal counsel for the Borgata are true, then Ivey has yet to settle a single cent of his outstanding debt that was made an order of court...Read More
Canadian Simu Liu To Play Marvel’s Shang-Chi
Superheroes do exist, and they can even be Canadian. Marvel announced at a recent San Diego Comic Con that its latest superhero will be played by none other than Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu. The Canadian will embody the characte...Read More
Cats –The Movie Trailer Met With Mixed Reactions
Cats. You gotta love’em. The Internet certainly does. And soon, on December 20 to be exact, cat lovers will be feasting their eyes on the ultimate feline celebration when a star-studded cast congregate on the big screen to present t...Read More
Hossein Ensan Wins $10M In WSOP Main Event
Germany’s Hossein Ensan is a man not only artistically versed in the faculty of calling the bluff but also of embodying the bluff in such a way that he is regarded as being an altogether unreadable force to contend with. A combinati...Read More
Negreanu’s New Record Not What He Hoped For
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Such is the story that seems to have attached itself; and rather unwantedly so; to Poker-pro Daniel Negreanu. Thanks to Keith Tilston’s Event #83 $100,000 High Roller victory, Negreanu is now ...Read More
WSOP Raises $693,306 For One Drop Charity
That the World Series of Poker recently did for safe-drinking water charity One Drop is much more than what the Little One For One Drop name of the special Poker event tends to suggest. The event attracted the second-biggest field of play...Read More
Pluribus The AI Bot Rocks The Poker Word
AI bots have become rather expert at beating humans at their own games. Poker is the latest game to have travelled down this particular road and apparently nobody bluffs quite like a motherboard. Researchers from Facebook’s AI lab r...Read More
2019 WSOP Crowns Its First Female Champion
The 2019 World Series of Poker has crowned its very first female champion and event-winner. Veteran player Sue Faber (71) not only won her first career bracelet by having been the last player to leave the Event #71 $500 No-Limit Hold&rsqu...Read More
PokerStars Debuts Novelty Game Tournaments
Iconic Canadian brand PokerStars’ classic novelty cash games have received a makeover. Three of the site’s original novelty titles that were launched last year are now available in an innovative multi-table tournament format. ...Read More
Belianin Responds To WSOP Disqualification
The fruit of the vine can be a many-wicked thing. Especially when indulged in in greedy fashion. Just ask WSOP Poker-pro Georgii Belianin. The Russian recently made Poker news headlines when he was disqualified from the WSOP 2019 $10,000 ...Read More
WSOP Main Event May Make History Yet
Who here dares challenge the Poker supremacy of the WSOP? And if anyone had this somewhere hidden in the back of their minds, they had better reconsider their view on the matter. The WSOP $10,000 No-Limit Main Event has always been a top ...Read More
Seniors Outraged By New Gambling Rules
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London To Host The World’s Richest Poker Game
Not only is London considered to be one of the world’s wealthiest cities but its also about to be become the host city to the richest Poker tournament ever played. Best not get too excited too soon about possibly participating thoug...Read More
Poker Players Go All Out On Canada Day
The beauty that is Canada is this year 152 years old. And in order to celebrate in true Canadian style, Poker players competing in the current World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas wore red and white as a matter of national pride ...Read More
$888 Event Won By Former Fast Food Worker
As honourable as what an honest day’s work may be, whether its flipping burgers at a local fast-food joint or performing open-heart surgery, winning a gold bracelet and a load of cash still beats it all. Especially if your name is R...Read More
WSOP Honours Poker’s Best At First Fifty
The World Series of Poker’s First Fifty Honours event celebrates Poker’s very best. The special celebration was hosted over the weekend and two of Poker’s very best were honoured for their service to the game. Daniel Neg...Read More
NSOP Comes To Niagara Fallsview Casino
There’s a new player in town and its bound to be a smash hit among the Poker community in Southern Ontario. The newly announced NSOP – Niagara Series of Poker is going down in October and will run from October 24th ...Read More
WSOP-C To Make Its Return To Canada Soon
If it’s a coveted World Series of Poker C-ring you’re after, then Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake is the place to be from August 18th all the way through September 2nd. The WSOP Circuit is making its r...Read More
PokerStars Eyeing Out Swiss Market
Switzerland has officially closed its iGaming space off to the outside world. New Year’s Day saw the country’s new Money Gaming Act officially come into effect, despite the various motions filed in opposition of such a move si...Read More
Joe Sal Allegedly Robbed At Gunpoint At Rio
The fact that security at major events where Poker players are most likely to carry large amounts of cash on their persons is in desperate need of major sharpening up has been an issue of contention for quite some time. Self-proclaimed Po...Read More
Bookies Announce Props For WSOP Main Event
Whoever assumed that the bookies are only interested on offering bets on sports events have it all wrong. In fact, there are few things as exciting as a good old prop bet. Prop bets are wagered on everything from politics to Prince Harry&...Read More
Amanda Baker On Money, Titles And Sexism
World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion Amanda Baker isn’t someone who necessarily enjoys the limelight. In fact, Baker prefers to fly under the radar. This doesn’t mean that she doesn’t put up a regular stellar performanc...Read More
Only One New Name On Poker Hall Of Fame List
Having one’s name and Poker prowess immortalised in the legendary Poker Hall of Fame is no walk in the part. A definite set of rules and conditions apply. The WSOP has just announced the members that have been nominated for inclusio...Read More
Ari Engel Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet
There’s something to be said for persistence. Just ask long-time grinder Ari Engel. Engel, originally from Canada, has over the course of his 15-year pro-Poker career managed to win 9 gold rings, but this is the very first time ever...Read More
Poker High-Roller Pays To Avoid Jail
45-year old Kansas Poker player and casino enthusiast Brandon Steven has forked out a fine to the tune of $1.1 million in an attempt to avoid jail-time following his involvement in the cover up of an illegal gambling operation in his home...Read More
How Drew Gonzales Got Saved By Twitch
Drew “BetOnDrew”Gonzales is a man who considers streaming to be a big part of who he is; not only as a lover and player of online Poker, but as a human being. Streaming; especially streaming Poker; is Drew’s life, his &l...Read More
John Hennigan Crowned World Seven Card Champ
John Hennigan is no newcomer to the worldwide Poker scene. In fact, the latest WSOP champion is now the holder of a smashing total of 6 World Series of Poker bracelets. Oh and he also got to leave with $245,451 tucked safely into the pock...Read More
The Mouth Makes His Way Back To Poker
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow reckons he owns Poker media. The blabbermouth is quite able to draw a lot of attention thanks to his words and deeds and the most recent news in Mike-land is the fact that the Poker-style celeb has now...Read More
John Hennigan Crowned World Seven Card Champ
John Hennigan is no newcomer to the worldwide Poker scene. In fact, the latest WSOP champion is now the holder of a smashing total of 6 World Series of Poker bracelets. Oh and he also got to leave with $245,451 tucked safely into the pock...Read More
MVS and partypoker At Loggerheads Over HUDs
Even though its perfectly sensible that online Poker operator partypoker would have made the decision to ban the use of HUDs, one tends to forget that there is a developer behind the product that is heads-up display software, and that obv...Read More
How Chess And Poker Saved BigWheel McNeil
You can’t keep a good man down. Just ask Canadian Poker player and gold bracelet winner Calen “BigWheel” McNeil. McNeil’s story is an inspiring one; a story of what becomes possible when someone refuses to give up ...Read More
Femi Fashakin Wins BIG 50 Poker Event
Overwhelmed, humbled, excited and grateful. Those are the words that Femi Fashakin used to describe how he was feeling after winning the largest-ever live Poker tournament on 8 June 2019. The Big 50 event was played at this year’s W...Read More
Media Personalities Realise WSOP Dream
Prominent Poker media personalities Robbie Strazynski and Lane Anderson were fans of the game before they were industry professionals. Playing at the World Series of Poker, or WSOP, has long been a dream for both of them, and this is the ...Read More
WSOP Big 50 Event Sets A New Record
The World Series of Poker is celebrating 50 years in business, and the birthday celebrations have made the record books. The Big 50 event has been confirmed as having attracted more players to single live tournament than any other event i...Read More
Alias Name Changes Implemented By partypoker
Major online Poker operator partypoker, a division of GVC Holdings, has declared war on players making use of HUDs in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage over other, and often-times less experienced, players. The result is that newer p...Read More
Poker Community Pays Tribute To Gavin Smith
The worldwide Poker community is well known for its generous nature when it comes to looking after its own. When the news broke of pro-player Gavin Smith’s passing in January of this year, it wasn’t too long before fellow play...Read More
Francois Billard Wins MILLIONS Tournament
One has to wonder whether Canadian Francois Billard, upon having entered partypoker’s MILLIONS North America tournament, actually thought that he would end up hoisting the trophy of victory on high only days later, having just laid ...Read More
YouTube Poker Video Takedown Under Fire
Pro-Poker players and popular channel streamers Evan Jarvis and Jaime Staples were recently forced to add their voices to the YouTube content controversy. For Evan Jarvis, it all started on the morning of June 1st. Jarvis tells...Read More
Tiger Woods Fails To Make The Cut At Own Poker Event
If Poker is a lot like golf, then let it be known that Tiger Woods is the exception in every way. The world’s most popular card game shares a number of qualities with golf. Much like swinging away with the old stick and ball, in Pok...Read More
Gambling As A Legitimate Career Path
Whether or not it’s actually possible (read: profitable) to make a full-time career out of gambling is a question that has captivated and also boggled the minds of many. To the person who just loves a good old bet; whether standard ...Read More
Tankaza Secures Back-To-Back Main Events
In Poker, whether online or when talking in-person tournaments, winning back-to-back main events is a thing that is almost unheard of. Unless your name is Gianluca “Tankaza” Speranza of course. The Austrian online Poker player...Read More
Daniel Negreanu To Split From PokerStars
Anyone who has been following the more subtle goings-on on the world-wide Poker circuit will agree that although slightly sad because of it being the end of an era, Daniel Negreanu’s announcement that he will no longer be part and p...Read More
The Stars Group Launches Stars Affiliate Club
Affiliate clubs have enjoyed a lot of success in many industries all over the world, but it’s an element of business that has been strangely absent from the worldwide gambling and betting industry. Until now that is, because The Sta...Read More
Chris Moneymaker Embarks On 2nd Tour
Player power in Poker. The concept is nothing new and it is proving to be a popular occurrence on the international scene. Players are doing their own thing and branding away at leisure, becoming household names and celebrities in their o...Read More
Red Dead Redemption Players Complain About Poker Access
Proper regulation is the backbone of the gambling industry, but needless to say, it can at times be a real party-pooper. Or in this case, a real Poker-pooper. Rockstar Games, product owners of Red Dead Online and Red Dead Redemption 2, we...Read More
The Stars Group Owns Up To Chinese Affair
Now may not have been the best time for The Stars Group to have been caught with its pants down and entangled with unregulated Chinese site Red Dragon Poker. All was revealed when a group of Chinese nationals were stripped of their coins ...Read More
WSOP Celebrates 50 Years With Special Event
It’s difficult to believe that the World Series of Poker has been doing its thing for going on half of a century! As part of its 50-year anniversary celebrations, the WSOP will be hosting a special First Fifty Honours and Dinner. Th...Read More
Divine Releases Eye Of The Grinder Single
WSOP gold bracelet winner and aspiring Hip-Hop artist Rulah Divine has been dreaming about winning a gold bracelet ever since he was 17 years old. But the pro player has been dreaming about doing something big in music too, and specifical...Read More
Annie Duke On Why Poker Is A Lot Like Business
Annie Duke, Duchess of Poker, despite her professed dislike in the nickname, is pure blue-blooded royalty to the industry. Duke followed a truly diverse career-path in that her original ambition involved a whole lot of PhD and preci...Read More
Three PokerStars UFC Ambassadors Introduced
Can PokerStars possibly get any better at what they have been doing up until now? Room for improvement seems to be a many-splendid thing that reveals itself in fresh new ways to the relentlessly committed. When PokerStars’ partnersh...Read More
Poker Player In Hot Water Over Movie-Piracy
If Poker players are anything, then let that thing be recognised as being resourceful. But resourceful isn’t always what one should be going for, especially not when one’s particular brand of resourceful makes one to steal sha...Read More
Poker’s Ronnie Bardah May Be Next Survivor
The Poker world’s relationship with reality television shows; and especially the fight-for-survival brand, is nothing new. There certainly appears to be a fatal attraction between the two, and if rumour has it right, Poker’s W...Read More
Tim Adams Wins WSOPE High-Roller Event
Tim Adams is a man with a solid plan. And best of all is that he’s one of our own. The Canadian player recently showed the world exactly what he was made of by winning the 2019 World Series of Poker European Tour’s €25,00...Read More
NY’s Underground Poker Secrets Revealed
New York. The Big Apple. Also, not surprisingly, home to a recently exposed thriving underground illegal Poker network. A network that has, since having had its dodgy ins and outs revealed by an unnamed dealer and inside source on Reddit,...Read More
Exciting Times On The WSOP Scene
There’s been much movement on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) scene. For one, Maurice Hawkins has managed to do what most other players can only dream of, by having secured a record 13th World Series of Poker Circuit gol...Read More
Sonic Gets A Make-Over After Internet Poll
Sonic The Hedgehog may be able to achieve a family-friendly rating yet, and it’s all thanks to the Internet. Not long after the release of a two and a half minute trailer for the upcoming new Sonic The Hedgehog film, internet users ...Read More
Zynga Reclaims Major Market Confidence
Booking a loss and preparing for the worst isn’t any company’s idea of fun and really has a way of wearing down investor-confidence. For social games giant Zynga, this turned out to be nothing more than a false alarm, as the c...Read More
PokerStars To Celebrate Rags To Riches
Most of us just love a good old story of rags to riches. We are inherently benevolent by nature and learning of how other managed to rise above their own circumstances gives us a sense of hope and creates in us the notion that if it&rsquo...Read More
Carlo Todaro Wins Spring PlayNow Poker Champ
Carlo Todaro was the official last man sitting down at the recent 2019 Spring PlayNow Poker Championship. The event was hosted by the Farmery Estate Brewery and culminated in a very grand $400 No-Limit Hold’em Big Blind Ante event. ...Read More
WSOPC Announces The New Stops-Schedule
Behold the 2019/2020 schedule for the US World Series of Poker Circuit. Behold it and weep, especially if you’ve never had the pleasure of upping the blind ante yourself. Once you’re done weeping for time lost and never to be ...Read More
WSOP Poker Room Opens At Harrah’s Philadelphia
Christmas came early this year. Just ask Harrah’s Casino Philadelphia, which has just opened its very own brand new and wonderfully grand World Series of Poker-branded room. 27 brand spanking new tables were on show at the grand ado...Read More
Poker Streaming Pros To Watch
Streaming tech; you just gotta love it. And also the fact that Canadians have hopped on board in a big way, especially when talking Poker (no surprises there!). Many have taken up the challenge of putting their own personal daily or night...Read More
888 Acquires Costa Bingo
888 Holdings has acquired Costa Bingo thanks to their willingness to put up £18 million in cold hard cash. The purchase price will be paid to soon-to-be-former owner Jackpot Joy Group (JPJ) in two instalments; £12 million as a...Read More
College To Open $6M eSports Arena On Campus
Full Sail University is eager to turn Orlando into a games hub, and the university’s $6 million eSports arena construction investment speaks volumes regarding just how invested and interested the university is in the sector. The For...Read More
No More Poker Or Mahjong In China
China has a long history of opposing anything its government deems to be too modern or too progressive, forever fearing the worst; forever pre-empting the complete moral and cultural demise of the country’s citizens. China’s r...Read More
Kim Kardashian’s Mirrored Sunglasses Cause Poker Uproar
Fake news is now a major problem, and it is often hard to sort out the true from the false and the sublime from the ridiculous. A recent story about Kim Kardashian wearing mirrored sunglasses while playing Poker has made headlines on ente...Read More
PokerStars Makes Major Tech & VR Changes | Gaming Post CA
PokerStars first announced its own giant leap for Poker-playing mankind when in 2018 it adopted Virtual Reality technology into its forte for the very first time. Not much more came of it all at the time, save for the grand and elaborate ...Read More
Maurice Hawkins Wins 12th WSOP Gold Ring
Pro-poker champ Maurice Hawkins is a man with a plan. Hawkins recently walked away $44,297 the richer after he out-played, outwitted and outlasted 319 of his contemporaries at the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harra’s Cherokee ...Read More
PokerStars In Trouble Over College Bets
New Jersey may have fought in the front lines of the war that eventually saw the ban on sports betting abolished in the United States, but that certainly doesn’t mean that anything goes. The state doesn’t permit any form of sp...Read More
WPN Calls Full-On War On Poker Bots
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) has finally called all bets off on the fight against online bots. From now on, said the WPN, it’s a full-on war aimed at complete elimination. And it’s high time really, what with quite a bit of...Read More
Skyrocket and Millennium Media To Make Movie Themed Slots
If movies and films are your thing, then you’ll be happy to learn that online gaming giant Skyrocket Entertainment has just concluded a brand new partnership with film company Millennium Media. Thanks to the provisions of the new de...Read More
Pennsylvania To Offer Online Poker
Pennsylvania To Offer Online Poker If any one day on this year’s calendar promises to be happy day then it’s without a doubt July 15. The 15th of July will see residents of the state of Pennsylvan...Read More
Irish Poker Initiative Helping Marty Wilson
The Poker community has called on fans far and wide to join in and raise funds for one of the game’s most beloved players. There was a time when “Mad Marty” Wilson was a regular on the Poker scene; always up for a laugh ...Read More
PokerStars Celebrates 13 Years Of Poker
It’s not every day that one launches a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million. That would just be looking for trouble. Unless, of course, your name is PokerStars and you’re celebrating your 13th birt...Read More
Elio Fox Successfully Defends His #14 Title
You do what you love, and if you really play your cards right, you are paid a six-figure for your efforts. If this sounds too good to be true, think again. Or instead, just ask Elio Fox. Fox has just won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showd...Read More
Spraggy Goes Bald In Reno After Losing A Bet
Prop bets: spicing things up since 19-way-back-when. A prop bet was yet again the cause of much humour and excitement when Poker pro Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg was forced to go bald for a day thanks to having lost a bet involvi...Read More
PokerStars & UFC Enjoy Joint-Venture Spoils
It’s the coming together of two of the world’s greatest entertainment brands: Ultimate Fighting Championship and ultimate Poker. But what do MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and Poker have in common? Not much, until now that is. The a...Read More
partypoker Ramps Up Anti-Fraud Efforts
Online Poker operator partypoker is making good on its promises of tightening the noose around the neck of fraudsters, and with renewed resolve. The operator recently confirmed having closed down a total of 277 “bot” accounts ...Read More
MPN Welcomes Ascensus LLC To Its Fold
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) is quickly carving a name into online gaming history books, and has progressed from a sideline initiative to a mainstream online Poker force that compares with the best of them worldwide. Microgaming is...Read More
MPN Joins Forces With CGF In Latest Promo
There’s a hot new online promotion on the block and its all thanks to the Microgaming Poker Network’s (MPN) latest collaboration with Cash Game Festival (CGF). The brand new Cash Game Festival: Wired promotion will afford play...Read More
Negreanu Keen To Mix It Up This Season
Daniel Negreanu has an eventful time coming up. He’s marrying long-time sweetheart Amanda Leatherman on May 19, and will barely have time for a honeymoon before its time for the World Series of Poker that gets underway on May 29
First Global Poker Awards A Golden Success
20 Trophies awarded to the absolute cream of the Poker world. And the legendary Aria in Las Vegas the charming host venue. Does there even exist anything more fanciful that that? It all went down on April 5 when the very first Global Poke...Read More
A Rare Insight Into Little’s Big Poker Life
Working harder than everyone else at what you’re good at is the golden key that unlocks the doors of success. This according to Poker champion Jonathan Little, the man who has since having discovered online Poker in 2006, won more t...Read More
Microgaming’s Fish Party Sit ‘N Go Pays Big
Fishing trips are great fun and many enjoy the activity as a means to relaxation. But we’re willing to bet that no fishing trip is able to beat Microgaming’s Fish Party Sit ‘N Go progressive jackpot when it comes to big-...Read More
Poker Community Casts People’s Choice Vote
Poker celebs Lex Veldhuis, Jonathan Little, Johnie Moreno and Brad Owen have been singled out as those who belong on the short-list for the Global Poker Awards’ People’s Choice nomination. After much unhappiness prevailed foll...Read More
WSOP Kicks Out Catherine Valdes
Social media celebrity Catherine “catrific” Valdes has expressed her deep dissatisfaction at the manner in which she was allegedly treated on the weekend by a World Series of Poker official at the World Series of Poker Bally&r...Read More
Wait For CSA 2019 Winners Is Over
The wait to find out who won what at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards is over. The winners were announced at a glittering event at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on 31 March. The event, held annually since its 2013 launc...Read More
New Zynga Spin And Win Pulls Out The Stops
Thanks to Zynga Poker, players will now have the opportunity to play shorter quick-scoop online tournaments. What’s more, after each win, a lucky prize wheel may be spun for the chance of winning up to 10x the initial buy-in value. ...Read More
Station Classic 2019 Bigger Than Ever
One of the main reasons Canadian Poker players love spring, besides for the warmer weather of course, is that it also marks the start of one of Western Canada’s most popular and longest running tournaments. The Casino Regina has bee...Read More
West Virginia Legalises Online Poker
The online Poker industry was recently able to utter a sigh of absolute relief after yet another state took the step of legalising online Poker. West Virginia is now the 5th official state to have legalised online Poker. Player...Read More
Ben Palmer Wins Venetian’s First WPT Event
The only thing better than winning a World Poker Tour main event, is winning a World Poker Tour main event at your favourite Las Vegas casino. Just ask Ben Palmer. Palmer recently won the very first WPT main event hosted by the Venetian i...Read More
Andrew Neeme Live In Canada On The Weekend
Canadian Poker players and fans are in for a special treat this coming weekend. Andrew Neeme, who is known for his popular in-person meet-up game events, will be hosted by 888poker in Canada. Thanks to the initiative, Neeme will have the ...Read More
Partypoker Closes No-Limit Gaming Twitch Deal
Partypoker is on an all-out mission to become the next big Poker platform. The latest in an endeavour to do so is that the brand has inked a sponsorship deal with No-Limit Gaming, a high-stakes Poker and eSports brand. All of this in an a...Read More
Poker’s Big 3 Under The Looking Glass
The Big 3 online Poker brands have been in constant competition with one another, and PokerStars, partypoker and 888poker each had its own story to tell when the revenue figures for the latest close of year were recently released. One can...Read More
888 Launches First Phase Of Poker 8 Platform
Poker 8 is the name of a brand new Poker platform soon to be launched by the highly regarded developer-operator 888 Holdings. The new platform will be rolled out in various stages, with the first expected to be launched soon. Once launche...Read More
Inaugural GPA Battling Flawed Voting Process
The nomination panel tasked with short listing prospective award-winners at the inaugural Global Poker Awards appears to have gotten its lines crossed somewhere along the way. Much unhappiness followed not long after the shortlist for the...Read More
PokerStars Celebrates 13 Years Of Sunday Million
On the 14th of April 2019 PokerStars will celebrate the 13th anniversary of its legendary Sunday Million Tournament. The tournament has enjoyed a lot of support and success since a Canadian online...Read More
Timothy Adams On Fire At Triton Main Event
The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju HKD 2,000,000 main event has a new master and its none other than Timothy Adams. The win has pushed Adams’ lifetime earnings all the way to the $14 million mark. Still, the $3,536,550 w...Read More
Poker’s GPI Combines EPA And APA Awards
There’s a new development in the Poker Awards business and a very exciting one at that. The Global Poker Index has officially merged the American and European Poker Awards in order to form the bigger and better Global Poker Awards. ...Read More
Poker World Mourns Loss of WSOP Star Mickey Craft
Sadly, Poker on Sunday past lost another of its great players. Champion Mickey Craft, who ensured much entertainment and laughter at a 2017 World Series of Poker main event, reportedly passed away in his sleep. Craft’s sponsor, name...Read More
Vinicius Lima Wins WSOP Borgata Open Final
It’s a tournament that started out with 1,415 entries; with each player as hopeful and as determined as the next to make it to the final table. Last Wednesday, one month after the first of the cards were dealt, it was finally time f...Read More
Jake Cody Leaves The PokerStars Family
Despite the fact that nobody has made any move to confirm or challenge the rumour, it certainly appears as if the youngest ever winner of the Triple Crown is no longer affiliated with PokerStars. Jake Cody certainly was regarded as one of...Read More
Koon Kicks Ivey Off The Top 10 List
As if being forced, admittedly all of one’s one doing, to resort to playing low-budget Poker and having your name stripped from one of the most esteemed Poker rooms in Vegas isn’t bad enough, Poker’s disgraced golden boy...Read More
72 Year Old Retired Dentist Wins WSOP Event
There’s a lot to be said for aging gracefully, keeping up with life’s small pleasures, and realizing that growing older doesn’t mean that it’s time to kick every hobby or pastime to the curb. Just ask 72-year-old E...Read More
Devan Tang Beats Peter Jetten To A Cool Million
A recent battle consisting of 45 players, of which 24 were re-entries, culminated in the ultimate Poker showdown when Hong Kong’s Devan Tang went head to head with Canadian Poker champ Peter Jetten. Unfortunately the chips did not f...Read More
WSOP Announces Value-Adding Overhaul
The World Series of Poker is 50 years old and in celebration of half of a century, a host of benefits will this year be re-routed back to the players who have made it all possible. The WSOP has just announced its schedule for 2019, and se...Read More
Demo Kiriopoulus Finally Has The Last Say
It’s not hard to imagine that for any Poker-pro, securing that first major live tournament title is a very special event indeed. Such is the good fortune that recently befell Demo Kiriopoulos when he won the World Poker Tour (WPT) F...Read More
Kyle Cartwright Scores His 5th Royal Flush
Having the golden touch, often referred to as the King Midas effect, can be both a blessing as well as a curse. Just ask World Series of Poker bracelet winner Kyle Cartwright. The expectation for a win is always there, and onlookers are n...Read More
Split Omaha May Be Coming To PokerStars
If a recent report is to be believed, player may soon have the opportunity to kick their four-card playing sessions up a notch thanks to a brand-new novelty game in the PokerStars pipeline. PokerStars appears to be going all out with a su...Read More
From Rags To Riches – Poker Style
The story of how one man went from barely earning a minimum wage working for a department store, to 10 years down the line winning more than $2 million playing Poker, is an inspiring modern-day tale of rags-to-riches and one that is bound...Read More
Zachary Donovan Celebrates Bitter-Sweet Win
Zachary Donovan, 31 year old Poker-pro from Massachusetts, has won the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek $1,700 main event. And if you thought that that was a mouth-full, consider the fact that the win saw D...Read More
Get Ready For The Lex Live Spring Festival
Twitch Pro-Poker celebrity Lex Veldhuis is about to offer his fans the opportunity of taking him on in person in the live Poker arena. The Dutchman is throwing his very own party, dubbed the Lex Live Spring Festival, and the Team PokerSta...Read More
No More Staples And Gross For PokerStars
Streaming personalities Jamie Staples and Jeff Gross have made their exits out from under the PokerStars umbrella. Staples and Gross gained fame and momentum when they grew their own personality-brands on the popular streaming website, Tw...Read More
Uproar Over PokerStars Incentive Re-Shuffle
PokerStars has made quite a number of changes aimed at stimulating recreational play. The flip side is that the funds has to come from somewhere, and it’s now very much a matter of taking away from the rich and re-routing the resour...Read More
PartyPoker Partners With The Thirst Lounge
Bill Perkins is a true visionary. In 2016, the hedge fund manager turned film director, who also happens to be a keen Poker player, decided that it was time to join in on the Twitch revolution and explore the world of Internet streaming. ...Read More
PokerStars Signs A New Brand Ambassador
The world’s leading Poker operator, PokerStars has just signed a new brand-ambassador to represent their brand. Winner of the PokerStars Player’s No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) Ramón Colillas, officially rep...Read More
Danny Ibrahim Wins World Cup Of Cards
The 2019 Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards draw 317 entries, and Danny Ibrahim ran circles around each and every one of the entrants. Three days was all that it took for the Ottawa, Ontario pro-player to secure the ultimate $1,100...Read More
New Book Focuses On The Dark Side Of Pro-Poker
Allegations of reckless lending, unpaid debts, unsecured loans, and financial crimes associated with high-stakes Poker, are nothing new. But these are often overlooked and dismissed as being riddled with sensation and urban legend, instea...Read More
Gaudreault-Remillard Takes Montreal WPT DeepStacks Title
Poker player Martin Gaudreault-Remillard is just as full of swag as his name suggests. The player, who has to date only racked up one other tournament score, has won the CA$1,650 buy-in WPT Deep Stacks Montreal Main Event at the Playgroun...Read More
Run It Once Poker Nears Official Launch
Three-times World Series of Poker golden bracelet winner Phil Galfond has been a very busy man for some years now, and it now seems as if his Run It Once Poker site is finally nearing its official launch. Galfond recently revealed more de...Read More
February 3rd A Big Day for Online Poker
Dozens of enthusiastic online grinders won huge on Sunday, February 3 thanks to 888poker’s innovative RakeLESS promo. Also on the table for players on the day was partypoker’s KO series, PokerStars’ Turbo Series, and a c...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Causes Controversy On Social Media
Daniel Negreanu appears to have opened a right royal can of worms when he recently commented on the current state of Poker, and specifically looking forward into 2019. The Canadian, who in 2014 was recognized by the Global Poker Index as ...Read More
Betty White Celebrates Her 97th with Poker
There’s nothing better than an iconic celebrity and an equally iconic gambling game coming together in perfect harmony. That is exactly what happened on January 17, when legendary US actress Betty White celebrated her 97thRead More
PokerStars Slash Online Games’ Time Banks
In a bid to speed up the pace of its cash gaming action, PokerStars will be slashing its time banks by significant amounts. The world’s top online poker platform will reportedly be doing this for both its zoom games and its standard...Read More
PokerStars Bans Seating Scripts in Policy
Cash poker players at PokerStars, the world’s largest card gaming room operated by Canadian giant The Stars Group, will soon no longer be able to use automated seating scripts. The changes will be enacted from March 1 onward followi...Read More
‘AU555’ of Ukraine Wins the Sunday Million
On January 27, PokerStars ran its for the first time after the iconic poker website permanently reduced the event’s buy-ins from $215 to $109. Any concerns about the tourney’s $1 million guarantee not being reached were soon ...Read More
CT Proposes New Online Poker, Gaming Bill
A new proposal to regulate online gambling, poker, and sports betting has been filed to the state of Connecticut’s January legislation session. The bill is a two-way measure that is aiming to create jobs, additional revenue streams...Read More
PA’s iPoker Scene Tossed Into Uncertainty
The US Department of Justice has recently plunged the entire gaming industry into chaos with a single decision. Following the commotion, Pennsylvania’s online poker industry must now decide collectively how to move forward from here...Read More
Endless Action in PokerStars Winter Series
It was another action packed weekend at US-licensed online poker rooms with the recent Winter Series coming to an end at PokerStars New Jersey. To add even more fun to the mix, the New Year Kick Off Series also started at WSOP.com, giving...Read More
PokerStars Embrace Short-Deck in 6+ Holdem
Canadian iPoker brand PokerStars has officially joined the short-deck movement with the launch of its latest online game, 6+ Hold’em. According to industry media channels, players can expect the new title to officially appear on iGa...Read More
DOJ Changes Stance on iGaming & Poker
In a memorandum penned in November last year, the US Department of Justice has rethought its stance that the Wire Act – a federal law that bans punters from transmitting gambling information between states – applies only to sp...Read More
Ramon Colillas Takes Home $25k PSPC Win
With every level that passed in the $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC), the stakes grew even higher for those still in the running for the grand prize. A group of 38 participants reached the second last day of action on Januar...Read More
Dutch PokerStars Players Escape Win Taxes
Canadian company The Stars Group operates some of the world’s most successful iGaming brands. Among them is the number-one online poker platform on the planet, PokerStars, which operates in every corner of the globe from North Ameri...Read More
JPJ Group Enters Regulated Swedish Market
It seems like online gambling companies from all over the world are jostling to grab a piece of the newly regulated Swedish market. Just a few days ago, Canadian giant The Stars Group revealed the news that two of its cornerstone brands, ...Read More
The Stars Group Goes Live In Sweden
After being granted a license from Swedish regulator Lotteriinspektionen late in 2018, Canadian gaming giant The Stars Group (TSG) has officially entered the country’s regulated iGaming sphere. TSG’s flagship online poker bra...Read More
NY Senators Reviewing New iPoker Proposal
The new year has already brought around favourable changes for the online poker scene in the US state of New York. State lawmakers have again contemplated iPoker legislation, thanks to a bill that was recently forwarded to the Senate for ...Read More
PartyPoker’s Live MILLIONS Dates Unveiled
Premium poker brand PartyPoker has officially revealed the dates for its 2019 Live MILLIONS Events. The brand is already running its added value online qualifiers for the highly anticipated first event, which is set to take place this co...Read More
12 Canadians Score PSPC Platinum Passes
The hype all began late in 2017 in Prague when Team Pro Daniel Negreanu officially announced the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC). The $25k tournament was slated to run at the start of the yearly PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this ...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Puts a Ring on It
Canadian star and top professional poker player Daniel Negreanu shared some truly exciting news with his fans late last week. The card whiz is now officially engaged to Amanda Leatherman, the iconic host of Friday Night Poker on the Faceb...Read More
Bicknell Named Female Player of the Year
As the new year kicks off, the Global Poker Index (GPI) rankings for the 2018 year have been revealed. Canada’s Kristen Bicknell once again secured a couple of great victories for her country, edging out Mike Leah for the top Canadi...Read More
Snyder Scraps Online Poker, Gaming Bill
In a move that has shocked industry experts, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has scrapped a bill that would have legalized online poker – and online gaming in general – in the American state. Just days before leaving office for...Read More
Paul Michaelis Takes Home EPT Main Event Win
The 2018 European Poker Tour Prague $3,500 main event has just crowned its newest member of Poker royalty. German player Paul Michaelis is the latest player, and one of the youngest, to boot, to have had the opportunity of raising the tro...Read More
Aleeyah Jadavji Gets Her Platinum Pass
She’s not just instrumental in making things run smoothly from behind the scenes at PokerStars, but she’s also an enthusiastic and capable Poker player herself. And now, she’s won a coveted a Platinum Pass, an opportunit...Read More
888 Poker Launches Brand New Pick’em8
The pre-release information, in the style of any pre-release information worth its salt, has leaked before its official release. 888 Poker, according to mentioned leaked pre-release, will soon be unleashing Pick’em8 into the ether. ...Read More
Why Poker And Chess Are So Similar
Poker and Chess. Not exactly a combination that one would describe as being a natural one. But more and more Poker players – and pro players no less – are showing a keen interest in the game of Kings. And really, when you thin...Read More
The Stars Group Awarded Swedish Online Licence
It’s official: PokerStars parent company, The Stars Group (TSG), has just been welcomed into Sweden’s newly regulated online gambling fold. The Stars Group, together with four other operators, have become the latest operators ...Read More
Russell Sullivan Wins Second WSOP Gold Ring
South Carolina pro-player Russell Sullivan has finally broken his dry spell of two years by winning his second World Series of Poker gold ring by beating 151 other gold ring hopefuls at the recent IP Biloxi $400 No Limit Hold’em Tou...Read More
NBA Names The Stars Group As Gaming Partner
Canadian-based The Stars Group, owners of the world-famous PokerStars brand, have managed to secure its very first partnership with a US pro-sports league. The group was recently named the official gaming partner of the National Basketbal...Read More
Alati Accepts $62k Prop Bet Buy-Out Offer
A surprising $100,000 proposition bet (or prop bet) between high-stakes poker players Rich Alati and Rory Young over whether Alati could stand to be confined in a pitch-dark room for 30 days has come to an end early. The confined player w...Read More
888 Holdings Acquires Remainder Of AAPN
Make no mistake: the US has its own unique set of challenges. No country is exempt from having to fight its daily battles. But for all purposes worthy of public mention, the United States is and remains a land of promise and massive poten...Read More
Floplay Set To Revolutionize Poker at Home
Every once in a while, someone comes up with a piece of technology that when released, no one can imagine ever having lived without. We have a strong suspicion that is going to be the story of Floplay, a useful bit of Poker technology tha...Read More
Nancy Matson Wins WSOP Gold Ring
For Los Angeles-based video editor by day, Nancy Matson, entering the World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em Tournament wasn’t about fame or even about fortune. Nancy simply wanted to gather enoug...Read More
Microgaming’s Poker Network Launches in Bulgaria
Isle of Man iGaming giant Microgaming is back with news of yet another exciting expansion into European terrain. This time, the world’s leading software provider has revealed that it has gone live with the National Lottery AD in ord...Read More
partypoker Makes History Online
History was made last week as online Poker once again managed to re-invent itself. The biggest online Poker tournament in history ran on partypoker, proving that the game of Poker has evolved into something that is bigger and better than ...Read More
Two-Time WSOP Master Thor Hansen Dies
Legendary Norwegian Poker player Thor Hansen was a legend in his own right. A regular on the scene, Hansen quickly acquired the honourable nickname of the “Godfather of Poker”. Sadly, after a 6-year long battle with cancer, Ha...Read More
Negreanu Makes Appearance On Domenick Nati’s Show
He is the man who has been described as a Poker mind reader and certainly is one of the top Poker players of all times. He isn’t easily intimidated and won’t hesitate to adapt his style mid-game when necessary. We’re ref...Read More
PokerStars and Player Agrees to Drop All Charges
If you’re going to try and have your cake and eat it too, you best make sure that on your end of the net, the court is squeaky clean. Just ask world-renowned professional Poker player, Gordon Vayo. Vayo had previously tried to take ...Read More
WPT Heads to The Bellagio
The World Poker Tour needs no introduction. Each year, it sets the stage for some of the most thrilling Poker games around the globe, with each event hosted by a first-class top casino. With the year now slowly drawing to a close, it&rsqu...Read More
Japan’s Mikiya Kudo Aces APT Main Event
We can hardly think of a better feeling in the world than being the Poker player to have taken down a field of 307 opponents in a prestigious and world-renowned tournament. This particular honour has befallen Mikiya Kudo after he managed ...Read More
Ben Wilinofsky Wins WPTSD Calgary Main Event
Quit while you’re ahead. Some people consider this to be sound advice; others think it’s the way of the coward. Whatever anyone’s opinion on the matter, online Poker pro Ben Wilinofsky has decided to go out on top. Wilin...Read More
Tony Miles Takes On Reality TV
Prop bets are all the rage right now, and Poker players have bought into the fad in a big way. To want to better and challenge one’s self is never a negative thing, and so the media is joining in on the fun by reporting on every lit...Read More
WSOP-C Winners Share Golden Poker Advice
In October, two players scored their first World Series of Poker Circuit rings, both of whom hailed from Indiana. The first ring was won by Heather Alcorn in the $1,700 Main Event at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, while Mo Nuwwarah scored th...Read More
US Tax Season Around The Corner for Poker Pros
It is said that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. As annoying as though it may be, the US tax season has once again come knocking. It may be true that tax returns are only due in April, but the time to start prepari...Read More
PGCB Grants PokerStars an iGaming License
PokerStars, the highly popular online gaming brand run by Canada’s own The Stars Group, is reportedly taking its first steps back into the US’s online poker market thanks to a ground-breaking new deal. The successful company&...Read More
Sundays Sizzle with partypoker Tournaments
Sundays have long had a reputation as the busiest tournament days at online poker websites. However, November 25 was a particularly action-filled event for players at partypoker, who enjoyed the end to the massive $10 million guaranteed K...Read More
Xuan Liu Moves Into the World of eSports
It has been more than 18 months since Canadian poker star Xuan Liu cashed in a live tournament. This may seem odd considering that she has cashed six-figure wins in four different years since 2011 and has earned nearly $2 million in her c...Read More
Ryan Laplante Spills All in a Recent Interview
US poker star Ryan Laplante was only in high school when the industry’s boom was at its peak, but even at such a tender age, he knew that he would one day become a professional player. The Brainerd, Minnesota native was so dedicate...Read More
Global Poker Lines Up Big December Promos
Global Poker is aiming to send off 2018 with a bang! After having recently debuted a whole range of new products and formats, the US poker website is creating a thrilling December schedule that is packed with winning potential to see out ...Read More
WSOP’s Coast to Coast III Ends with a Bang
WSOP.com’s Coast to Coast III ended its 51-event circuit with a bang this year. Online poker players in the tournament enjoyed another extremely successful Sunday over in the US of A, with the online main event wrapping up by delive...Read More
Victor Adams Wins SFPC $1,000 Main Event
Local Canadian grinder Victor Adams has won the Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort’s 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 no-limit Hold’em main event. The player bested a field of 249 entries to score t...Read More
Canada’s Kruger Wins SFPC 2018 ME Day 1a
Day 1a of this year’s edition of the Seneca Fall Poker Classic (SFPC) $1,000 Main Event saw a relatively small turnout of just 21 entries. By the end of level 15, just three players remained in the running for the top spot. The pla...Read More
November 18 A Memorable Day for Canadian Poker
November 18 was a huge day for online poker tourney grinders. Some immense scores were achieved by players from all around the world, and as per usual, it was PokerStars’ Sunday Million that generated the biggest prize pool and thre...Read More
‘Talonchick’ Rowsome Talks Family Business
Since taking her leave from team online, Canadian poker icon Adrienne ‘Talonchick’ Rowsome has expanded her family and started a brand new business. For more than 5 years, Rowsome represented as a Team Online member, and a...Read More
Vayo Drops Fraudulent Lawsuit Against REEL
Gordon Vayo, the iconic 2016 WSOP runner-up and popular online poker player, has reportedly dropped his former lawsuit against the parent company of PokerStars, Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (or REEL) after it was revealed th...Read More
WCC 2019 Heading to Montreal in January
According to the Playground Poker Club, the third edition of the premier World Cup of Cards (WCC) will be returning to Canada once more in 2019. The 29-series championship will be running from January 20 to February 6 next year, and will ...Read More
Borgata Honors Disabled US Veterans in FPO
Atlantic City’s has opted to honor disabled US military veterans by holding an appropriately thrilling fundraiser. The gaming venue recently hosted its Borgata Fall Poker Open (FPO), and also held a special event on the final Sunda...Read More
Evolution Gaming Air TV Series for Ardent Group
Live dealer casino giant Evolution Gaming has reportedly joined forces with Ardent Group, a prominent Belgian gambling operator, to launch a nightly live gambling television series. Last week, Evolution’s upper management announced...Read More
Caribbean Party Poker Rocks the Bahamas
Partypoker’s Caribbean Party Poker series is off to a great start, having kicked off on November 9. The series will run all the way until November 17 at Baha Mar in the Bahamas, which of course is the ideal setting for a few rounds ...Read More
Global Poker Adds Extra Options
If you’re interested in exploring the world of poker beyond the traditional Texas Hold’em offerings, then Global Poker might just have what you’re looking for. The social online gaming site that runs patented Sweeps Cash...Read More
The Stars Group Profits’ Soar Post-Acquisitions
Canadian iGaming operator operates, among other things, two of the world’s most successful online poker brands: PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. It should come as no surprise, then, that fans of the company’s poker offerings w...Read More
Casinos Aiming To Be More Female-Friendly
Traditionally, gambling has always been viewed as a gentleman’s pastime, with characters like James Bond setting the scene by playing dynamic games of baccarat and roulette with a gorgeous gal in attendance. Interestingly, there was...Read More
WPT and Partypoker Decide to Join Forces
After a period of social media fights and name-calling, Canadian firm Partypoker and the World Poker Tour (WPT) have at long last reached an amicable agreement. They will soon be jointly holding a series of live tournaments in both Europe...Read More
Pat Serda Wins Big at 2018 WPT Montreal
The winner of the $5,300 buy-in, No-Limit Hold’em Main Event has emerged! Patrick Serda, a 28-year-old poker professional hailing from Canada, managed to best a field of 792 entries to secure his first ever WPT winning title and an...Read More
Kevin Martin Scores Over $180k in 2018
has done it again. This time, the Albertan Team PokerStars Pro Online star has scooped yet another life-changing cash, which comes as his largest to date and has added to some exceptional results for the year in review. Last week, Marti...Read More
Jack Sinclair’s Race to Win the WSOPE 2018 Title
The final day of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2018 at Kings Resort saw just six remaining players battling their way to live poker glory. After an action-packed series, spectators were excitedly speculating as to who would be ...Read More
Kristen Bicknell Opens Up
Live tournament regular Kristen Bicknell recently took an admirable shot at high roller play after participating in the €100,000 King’s Super High Roller. It was her very first 100k event, and she came away with the impression ...Read More
Matt Stout Wins 2018 Run It Up Reno ME
Poker pro Matt Stout and his girlfriend are expecting their first child before the end of the year, and this upcoming life-changing event has seen him moving away from the full time tournament circuit. The Las Vegas professional has over...Read More
Miguel Goncalo Wins WPT500 Montreal
The World Poker Tour’s Montreal Main Event has just wrapped up at Canada’s Playground Poker Club. Before the tourney got underway, it was headed up by the $500 buy-in WPT500 Montreal – an event that attracted a whopping ...Read More
Moneymaker & Chad Host Reddit AMA Session
Poker icon Chris Moneymaker recently appeared on an episode of ESPN’s 30 for 30 podcast, casting the spotlight over the 2003 WSOP Main Event winner once more. Following up on that appearance, Moneymaker and WSOP co-host Norman Chad ...Read More
The Best Poker Players in Canada
Canada has produced many top-class Poker players over the years, including Tim Andrew from British Columbia who nabbed the country it very first WSOP bracelet for 2018. As well as being a popular destination for US players, Canada has chu...Read More
Seminole Hard Rock Hosts Rock ‘N’ Roll Open
This November, the Florida-based Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will act as the host of the Seminole Hard Rock ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open’ with the assistance of the World Poker Tour (WPT). The 2018 edition of...Read More
Poker Players Vie for $1.6bn Lotto Jackpot
Poker players have been doing everything they can to get their hands on the legendary . Players of the classic card game are forever chasing the next big cash win, be it during tournaments or traditional cash rounds. Most of them will ne...Read More
Gus Hansen Heads Back to Vegas
Gustav “Gus” Hansen let everyone know he was on his way back to Las Vegas in a series of posts on Instagram, his favorite social media platform. Having spent the last month or so relaxing after what can only be described as an...Read More
APT Tokyo Heads To Japan in February 2019
The Asian Poker Tour is headed for Japan! Next year, for the first time ever, the iconic Asian gaming tournament will be held in Tokyo, and is scheduled to play out over the course of two weekends, starting on February 1, 2019 and ending ...Read More
Roommates Win Poker Rings on Same Day
The (WSOP-C) is about to wrap up at the Horseshoe Hammond, in Illinois, with its $1,700 main event (with a guarantee of $1 million) being concluded on Monday, 22 October, 2018. The series has seen massive turnouts, as well as a number of...Read More
Record €317k Win for MPN’s Fish Party S&G
The Fish Party €20 jackpot has reportedly struck for a massive, record-smashing prize. One lucky player managed to score an impressive windfall of €317,849.78, showing just how far twenty bucks can take you with a bit of luck o...Read More
WPT Montreal Coming Up Soon
The iconic WPT (World Poker Tour) Montreal will return to the Playground Poker Club for the seventh consecutive year in 2018. The event will take place from October 26 to November 4 this ...Read More
Sung Victorious at Wynn Poker Fall Classic
Poker player Steve Sung has won his first major live tournament in five years when he bested a field of 593 competitors in the Wynn Poker Fall Classic Championship Main Event. He managed to pocket an impr...Read More
Maria Ho Takes WPT DeepStacks Win
Maria Ho took down a title in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 14, 2018. This is her 3rd visit to the country, her 1st win on South African soil and her 3rd career title. Currently ranked 4thRead More
New Deaf Poker Champion Crowned
Over in Australia at the Deaf Poker Australia (DPA) Championships, it was Alisha Wormald who managed to best a field of 114 players to win the Main Event hosted at the Crown Melbourne. Deaf Poker AustraliaRead More
More Marijuana Troubles for Raskin
The fortunes of up-and-coming Poker Micah Raskin have taken another turn for the worst. In February he faced his first set of felony charges related to possession of , and now he is dealing with federal-level accusations.
The Initial...Read More
Rio Casino May Become an MLB Ballpark
The focus of the rumor mill in Las Vegas lately has been the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, located off-Strip, and best known to Canadians as the home of the Nevada leg of the . Rekindled reports about the property bein...Read More
US Elections May Impact Online Poker
In just a few short weeks, voters across several US states will be casting their votes to decide the fates of various pressing issues. These include, among other things, online poker and sports betting. Right now, it is t...Read More
Winamax Faces Poker Bot Lawsuit
As revealed by Poker Industry Pro (PIP) in a recent report, French online poker site Winamax is now facing a lawsuit filed by 6 of its players. The punters have argued that the company fa...Read More
Lefebvre Claims Top Spot at SIGA 2018
The first week of October always signifies the start of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) Poker Championship for Canada’s most passionate players. The premier event on SIGA’s calendar each year, ...Read More
Poker Pro Hired by Mavericks
Marc Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks has hired pro poker player and expert sports bettor Haralabos ‘Bob’ Voulgaris as the team’s newest director of quantitative research and development. ...Read More
Poker Pro Liv Boeree Gives TED Talk
The professional Poker world is dominated by men, but Britain’s Olivia ‘Liv’ Boeree is one of the few women who are in the process of changing that. The pro player has already won more than $3.7 million in prize money, a...Read More
Playground Poker Pays $1M Bad Beat Jackpot
For the second time this year, Playground Poker Club has paid out a bad beat jackpot of more than $1 million. The big $1,187,160 payout happened in early October, at a $2/$5 No Limit Hold’em table. This was also the third time sinc...Read More
How Rounders Taught Matt Damon Poker Cheats
Matt Damon did not only learn to play Poker for his role in the – he learned to cheat at it, too. Former co-star Edward Norton spilled the beans in an interview in which he also told how he and Damon thrashed the film’s produ...Read More
PLON Leads In Women’s Poker Push
The daunting task of giving women greater representation in open events has received greater impetus thanks to Poker League of Nations (PLON). This year, the league demonstrated its commitment to ensuring women make up mo...Read More
888 Profits From US Expansion
has brought about a change in fortunes for the online gambling operator. Its Q2 report showed 2017’s $17 million pre-tax profit loss turned into a gain of $60.1 million this year. The new market also meant 24% and...Read More
Veerab Zakarian Wins MSPT 2018
At the during the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), Canadian Veerab Zakarian found the perfect opportunity to claim his very first MSPT title. The $63,340 has come has the biggest win of his...Read More
Phil Ivey Ventures Back Into Live Poker
Phil Ivey is commonly regarded as one of the in the world – and also one of the planet’s strongest professional gamblers. With that said, his controversial gaming tactics have landed him in various sticky situations, one of w...Read More
Big Expansion Plans for The Stars Group
A few years back, The Stars Group was struggling with debt after being shaken by an insider trading scandal involving its founder and CEO David Baazov. After paying off its debts from the acquisition of PokerStars...Read More
Rounders Celebrates 20 Years of Popularity
Action-packed poker film Rounders officially hit theaters 20 years ago on September 13, 1998! Back in the 90’s, the film – which cost around $12 million to produce – wasn’t the biggest hit at first...Read More
Kim Kardashian Plays Poker
The world is in mutual agreement that if anyone needs more media coverage; it would have to be Kim Kardashian and her sisters. Some would suggest that the reality television stars have all the media coverage they need, and could perhaps e...Read More
PokerStars Galactic Series a Clear Success
The latest has demonstrated the overwhelming success of shared liquidity in Europe. It was in August when PokerStars launched the largest online poker series in the world for players in the newly merged European shared ...Read More
Record Attendance at the 2018 Fall PNPC
Over the past couple of years, the PlayNow Poker Championship (PNPC) has been establishing a reputation for itself as an essential stop on the Canadian poker tourney schedule. The bi-annual event takes place once in sprin...Read More
Canadians Scoop $800k at WCOOP Tourneys
Fans of already know that in September, the iconic World Championship of Online Poker (or WCOOP) swings around. Players are offered a chance to scoop humongous guarantees and ultimate gaming glory while battling it out a...Read More
MuchBetter Payments Coming to Stars Group
Online and mobile payment service firm MuchBetter revealed this week that it has signed an exclusive new partnership with Canadian iGaming giant, . Under the terms of the fresh new deal, the payment service provider will supply their sec...Read More
WPT Releases its Montreal Event Schedule
The World Poker Tour (WPT) and partypoker LIVE have officially revealed a slew of , which will spoil a handful of players with the chance to participate in European and Canadian live events. The promos&r...Read More
Poker Masters Pros Talk Top Amateur Leaks