Poker tours have been cautious to return to live tournament action. Poker itself was the last game to return to most land-based casinos, and most poker rooms offered cash games only. Considering capacity limitations and travel dangers amidst the coronavirus pandemic, few tours (and casinos) believed they could host safe
During the 2020 pandemic, many people have discussed the extraordinary burden on medical professionals, teachers, and all frontline workers. And quite a huge portion of the population is directly and negatively affected by Covid-19 and its many consequences. But who is talking about high-stakes poker players who prefer live tournaments?
PokerStars has been in a similar position as many other hosts of live poker tours. The European Poker Tour was just one of its series that PokerStars had to put on hold in 2020 without any idea of when it may be safe to restart. The good thing for PokerStars
The World Poker Tour has been unable to run live tournaments for more than eight months now due to the persistent coronavirus pandemic. While everyone at the WPT is anxious to get back to their signature live tournaments, they do have options through their partnership with PartyPoker. That brings us
Online poker is popular. Esports is more popular. These are facts. There are some poker players who cross over into the esports world – and vice versa. There have even been some attempts by online poker sites and tour operators to forge relationships with esports players and/or entities. Most have
The state of Pennsylvania can call October a success for its gambling industry. Every major segment of the industry grew from the previous month, and most segments even grew from the previous year. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released its October revenue report this week. While the coronavirus pandemic still
The title of this article could be almost any given month in the past several years. New Jersey online casino games revenue increases consistently from month to month, while online poker struggles. The statistics from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for October 2020 fit squarely into that pattern.
This is most definitely the month of micro-stakes poker players online. BetOnline.ag and SportsBetting.ag are ready for it with their joint venture called the MICRO Tournament Series. The pair of online poker websites share a network, which means they remain separate sites but offer liquidity for players, putting them together
November seems to be the perfect month for micro and mini buy-in online poker tournaments. Americas Cardroom is ready with the Mini Online Super Series (MOSS), one of the most popular of its OSS variations. The Winning Poker Network actually runs MOSS across all of its skins, including Black Chip
One of the most popular online poker series returns this month on PokerStars. And it turns out to be a very good time for MicroMillions, the low buy-in tournament series that welcomes players of all bankrolls. As much of the world returns to some form of lockdown status due to
The World Series of Poker seems to be trying to make the best of a tough year. The coronavirus pandemic preempted most of its live poker schedules for the entirety of 2020. The WSOP Circuit did host a few events in the US and internationally at the beginning of the
One of the many live tournaments to be thrown off schedule this year was the Caribbean Poker Party (CPP). There was no dispute that it was a favorite stop for PartyPoker LIVE because…well…it took place in the Caribbean! Of course, the CPP also offered numerous High Roller events like the
