It is tournament series season, and Ignition has one for its poker players. The Black Diamond Poker Open is its signature series, and it is ready for its 11th iteration. To celebrate, the series will kick off on February 28 and run for more than a month with 150 events.
It’s that time of year again…almost. PokerStars is preparing to celebrate its Sunday Million’s anniversary with a massive guarantee on March 20. The annual event garners attendance from around the world. This year, the Sunday Million has a bit of competition. While the Sunday Million remains a unique event, GGPoker
There aren’t many elegant evenings in poker. There aren’t many events in poker that warrant formalwear. The Global Poker Awards is an exception. And after its absence in 2021 due to the pandemic, this year’s gathering was all the more anticipated. The Global Poker Awards took place at the PokerGO
The month of January was good to the American states that offer internet gambling. With few exceptions, both month-on-month and year-on-year revenue numbers were positive in January 2022. When we wrapped 2021 and examined the growth trajectory for New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, it showed a positive trend. The
Progressive knockout tournaments are all the rage, so much so that online poker sites dedicate entire series to PKOs. When BetOnline and Sportsbetting.ag first rolled out their King of the Ring PKO series, it was a hit. So, the two online poker rooms that share a platform – and player
January was a busy month for the World Series of Poker Circuit. It started with the WSOP Circuit Choctaw in Oklahoma. The other two January events were all over the place. The US part of the WSOP Circuit then went to Northern California, while Deerfoot in Calgary hosted a Canada
Nearly one month ago, Gianluca Pace won the first Mid-States Poker Tour of the year. He took down that MSPT title at Sycuan Casino in Southern California. The tournament went well beyond its $300K guarantee when 460 entries pushed the prize pool to $444,700. Pace took home nearly $75K for
High-stakes poker player Igor Kurganov hasn’t been in the news much lately. He plays his poker when time permits and has appeared to keep himself busy outside of the poker world as well. Kurganov turned up in the news once again today, this time the mainstream media. Bloomberg wrote an
It’s been a while since poker fans had a new season of High Stakes Poker. That pesky pandemic put a bit of distance between Season 8 and the latest season. Season 8 premiered in December 2020. It was great timing because many poker players and fans had yet to return
The World Series of Poker has had its own type of star power for years. Gabe Kaplan was a player and television broadcast commentator. Jennifer Tilly is a WSOP bracelet winner and a very regular player. Norm Macdonald was a member of the poker community. Ray Romano and Brad Garrett
The 2022 PokerGO Tour is off to a fast start. It began the year with some Venetian High Roller tournaments in Las Vegas, followed by the new Stairway to Millions series at the PokerGO Studio. Some players then went to Florida for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, where that high
Less than a year after Vanessa Kade signed on to become an ACR Team Pro, she resigned that position. Details remain somewhat scarce, but Kade would like to keep it that way. She purposely released a brief statement about her departure from Americas Cardroom. And when we asked her for
