The Mid-States Poker Tour takes little downtime, for the holidays or any other reason. There is almost always an MSPT event or series happening around the United States. It’s no surprise that the MSPT wrapped its 2022 season on December 30 and will start Season 14 on January 5. Players
Much has been said about the World Poker Tour in recent weeks. The company just celebrated its 20th anniversary throughout 2022 and ended it with a record-breaking WPT World Championship at Wynn in Las Vegas. Three weeks of tournaments at Wynn included a range of mixed games and high rollers,
The second season of the PokerGO Tour was a busy one all the way to the end of the year. There was a total of 175 tournaments on the tour throughout 2022. They included everything from Aria High Roller tournaments at various times throughout the year to high-stakes tournaments that
Americas Cardroom just finished its Winter Online Super Series (OSS) in grand fashion a few days before Christmas. The 18-day series wrapped up as the holidays ramped up, but ACR Pro Chris Moorman was hard at work trying to win a Winter OSS title. He did just that by winning
November was a month of mixed results for the online poker and entire igaming industry in the United States. The state-regulated market remained confined to a handful of states, with still only five of them offering online poker. The ray of sunshine has been coming from PokerStars. For weeks, the
The RunGood Poker Series ended its normal season at the beginning of December. It was the mid-stakes poker tour’s best season to date, with its sixteen tour stops attracting entries totaling 10,119 in Main Event tournaments alone. And those Main Events paid out $6,168,379, up 102% from the previous equivalent
The World Series of Poker may be months away from its 2023 Las Vegas series, but the WSOP Circuit rolls on throughout the year. As the 2022 WSOP had barely put most of its tables and chairs into storage, the WSOPC crew had gone to Choctaw in Durant, Oklahoma. They
Earlier this month, we wrote about the poker room and casino crime that appears to be on the rise or, at the very least, more publicized. Of course, crime is not relegated to poker and gambling establishments. In fact, there appears to be less crime at poker rooms than at
The World Poker Tour is hitting its stride. It had a stride – different strides at different paces throughout its 20 seasons – but its 2022 WPT World Championship has set it on a new path. The WPT World Championship started offered a slate of tournaments, including a WPT Prime
It’s been a long time coming. In fact, for the majority of this year, online poker sites in the restricted American states markets have been working to connect their sites across state lines. Specifically, Michigan joined the multi-state agreement in May, creating a legal pathway for online poker sites operating
Last year, the World Series of Poker announced its 2022 WSOP dates in November. This year, it happened just before the holidays. While the timing was a little later than usual, it still gave poker players plenty of time to put WSOP tournament entries on their wish lists. The dates
There’s been quite a lot happening over at Ignition Poker this year, even more than usual during this holiday season. And everything in December – even into the first week of January – is a part of the Ignition Festival of Felt. In all, the festival guarantees $3M in special
