Sometimes, a poker pro comes along and garners enough of the spotlight to appear interesting. That player may be a new face to many in the poker world and seem to have a likeable-enough personality. William Kassouf became that player in 2016. He popped into the spotlight at the 2016
The PartyPoker roster of pros and site ambassadors continues to expand. The latest addition to Team PartyPoker is Timofey Kuznetsov, a Russian online poker pro who is better known in virtual poker circles as “Trueteller.” He continuously plays for high stakes but has a firm grasp on the many levels
The PokerStars game development team must be filled with creative and forward-thinking employees, as there seems to be new poker game variations coming from the world’s largest online poker company on a monthly basis. And many in the poker world will never know about all of the ideas that don’t
When the American Gaming Association (AGA) recently posted its annual State of the States report for 2017, it wasn’t of much interest to most online poker and internet gaming enthusiasts. The 116-page report barely mentions internet gaming except as the burgeoning industry contributed to the overall revenue of commercial casinos
In August, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released its annual State of the States report, an economic analysis of the commercial gaming industry in the United States. The latest report focuses on the year 2017. “State of the States 2018: The AGA Survey of the Commercial Casino Industry” is a
Last month, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved the first three online gaming licenses for its new internet market. As of mid-September, two new companies can be added to that list. As of September 12, Hollywood Casino and SugarHouse Casino each received their approvals and can officially move forward
The turbulent online poker market in New Jersey seems to have little rhyme or reason to its ups and downs in 2018, but what is certain is that it remains far out of reach from 2017 numbers. While online casino games of the non-peer-to-peer variety continue to thrive and grow
Poker players are always up for a challenge. They want to learn new games, devise strategies, compute the odds and edges, and add a new poker variation to the repertoire. It comes with the territory of enjoying the competitive and analytical aspects of the game. It seems that there are
When the Chinese government decided to crack down on gambling, it didn’t leave much room for misinterpretation. And the primary focus of its most recent ban was hold’em poker. It started in April 2018 when the government instructed Chinese media to inform the public of the ban. Despite poker having
As a state, Michigan has been making progress toward legalizing and regulating online poker and casino games. State Representative Brandt Iden passed the Lawful Internet Gaming Act through the House of Representatives in mid-June, and lawmakers will attempt passage in the Senate in the coming months. Michigan has grown its
As the state of New Jersey sees significant online gaming growth from month to month, its online poker games struggle to maintain their current rate. Online table games and slots are the main revenue earners in the market. PokerStars takes that information into consideration, and the market is reflected in
Over the past several weeks, a number of online poker sites were hit with DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. The disruption of services was frustrating for poker operators and players alike, and most of the cyberattacks lasted at least several days. Players had to be reimbursed for interrupted games
