The World Poker Tour is ready for 2022. It is a fresh start to a new year, one that has the potential to play all the way through the year with few postponements or cancellations. It will be an improved post-pandemic schedule, reminiscent of pre-2020 years filled with numerous live
The poker tour dedicated to high-stakes players wasted no time in getting its second season underway. Season 2 of the Poker GO Tour (officially the PokerGO Tour Presented by Guaranteed Rate) kicked off on January 5 at the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip. There were four events on the
BetOnline and Sportsbetting.ag share their online poker platforms. That partnership comes in very handy for cash games but especially for large poker tournament series. It means more players can participate in the same events, which allows for bigger prize pool guarantees. Enter the Championship Online Poker Series, better known as
The new year of the RunGood Poker Series got underway just a few days after 2022 began. The crew and players headed to Thundery Valley in Northern California to play in the first RGPS tour stop of the year. And the turnout was impressive. This year, the stops on the
It happens around the end of a year or the beginning of a new one. Sponsored pro poker players sometimes exit their contracts, whether at the behest of the online poker operator or their own free will. The end of the year always brings some changes. And this year, they
A couple of weeks ago, we noted that the World Poker Tour closed its 19th season with the WPT Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. Technically, that was true. There was one small matter, though, that the World Poker Tour hadn’t yet announced: WPT Season XIX Player of
The Global Poker Index ended its 2021 year of rankings at the end of January 4, 2022. The Player of the Year races ended their calculations, and the standings for the year 2021 are final. Prior to the end of 2021, there were some races still in play, especially on
The announcement was an exciting way to start off the new year. On Monday, January 3, as many people tried to emerge from their holidays and resume whatever serves as regular life, the poker community lit up on Twitter and YouTube as three well-known poker personalities all announced a new
The Bank of Timex is closed, at least as the PokerShares business. On December 29, 2021, PokerShares revealed via Twitter that the company will cease operations sometime in January 2022. For several reasons, the five-year-old business will stop offering its poker-related staking services. McDonald as Bank of Timex At one
It was a journey for Phil Galfond, one that he dreamt of for years and fulfilled in the last few. He worked for years to launch his own online poker site, one that met the criteria that he and fellow players had long hoped a site would offer. He launched
Not only was the Mid-States Poker Tour one of the first tours to return after pandemic-mandated casino closures, the MSPT finished its 2021 season in grand fashion. The second-last tournament of the year was the MSPT Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. That event ran in early December with great success.
Just a few weeks ago, the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the Hendon Mob (THM) announced that the 2021 Global Poker Awards will happen. After a year off for the unprecedented pandemic, the rankings restarted in 2021 with the relaunch of live poker. So, to honor those who excelled in
