As it turns out, it is more difficult than anticipated to recruit poker players to put up $800K to play heads-up poker against Phil Hellmuth. PokerGO has been trying to push its High Stakes Duel series forward for months, but two players have backed out of the match against Phil
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame is returning this year with a nomination process to induct at least one new member. This is the first year since 2018 that WiPHoF is inducting new members. And prior to 2018, the pattern was to host a ceremony and induct at least
Just this month, Poker Night in America returned to the tables. The crew and players took to the tables at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida for six days of playing and filming August 4-9. Players and fans alike celebrated the opportunity to play PNIA again. The six
He’s ready. Chris Moneymaker is ready to put himself out there, to become the owner of a new social club in Kentucky. On September 1, he plans to open the doors of Moneymaker’s Social Club to the public. Anyone of legal age can pay a membership fee at said doors
PokerStars is a big player in a small market. Well, the United States market, such as it is, is just a series of state-run markets, and only three of them allow PokerStars to operate there. PokerStars has been operating in New Jersey for quite a few years, Pennsylvania for several,
The World Poker Tour has been celebrating its 20th anniversary all year. Its first year under new ownership provided opportunities to make changes and try new things. The WPT signed a group of ambassadors, turned WPTDeepStacks into WPT Prime, and launched the WPT Global online poker site. As for the
The World Series of Poker awarded 88 gold bracelets in live tournaments in Las Vegas this summer, plus the Tournament of Champions. During that time period, the WSOP also offered 13 bracelet events online for players in Nevada and New Jersey. There were also eight bracelets online for Michigan players
The big picture shows overall growth. It usually does. When looking at the state-regulated online poker market in the United States – currently functioning in Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – revenue increased from the first half of 2021 to the first half of 2022. Of course, there
The latest Venom ran its course on Americas Cardroom this week. The Winning Poker Network hosted its third Venom of the year. The first was similar to this one – a regular format with a $10M guarantee on the prize pool. That one didn’t go as planned, as it failed
Just days after we last posted about the World Series of Poker Europe edition, the WSOP released the full schedule. We knew there would be 15 tournaments and had some information about the Main Event and High Roller, but details had been scarce. Now, we know the full WSOP Europe
The last event hosted by the RunGood Poker Series was in mid-June. It was a quick Contenders Weekend event in Tulsa, one dedicated to players who have time for one tournament on a weekend…and that’s it. Since then, the RGPS team respected the focus on the World Series of Poker
As poker players are recovering from the Las Vegas portion of the 2022 World Series of Poker, some are already planning for part deux. Despite the WSOP not including the WSOP Europe in its Player of the Year race and not promoting the European leg of the series, many non-American
