Several states started 2021 with the intention of legalizing online poker. Even more states toyed with the idea of igaming or opened the door to discussions of it alongside sports betting. When it all came down to it, only a few states survived the legislative battles with an igaming bill
When online poker launched in Nevada, the now-defunct Ultimate Poker was the first to virtually open in April 2013. The WSOP’s site – WSOP.com – followed in September 2013. The most recognizable name in poker wasn’t the first but turned out to be the only one that could sustain itself
It happened again. Phil Hellmuth won another round of High Stakes Duel, the second one against Daniel Negreanu. Hellmuth took on Antonio Esfandiari in the first edition of High Stakes Duel on PokerGO. He beat Esfandiari in the first round, which cost each player $50K to play. Esfandiari put in
It was already official that the RunGood Poker Series was returning to the live poker tournament scene in June 2021. With the worst of the pandemic (knocking on wood) in the past, the folks at RunGood are ready to work with their casino partners to bring back their mid-majors tournaments
The Winning Poker Network is always upgrading and improving. Players have been noticing more transparency in the last few years, especially with the flagship Americas Cardroom site. And WPN took its desire to garner more trust with its players to a new level in December 2020 when CEO Phil Nagy
No one could have predicted that the World Poker Tour’s Season XVIII would last for nearly two years. It appears that a pandemic puts inordinate delays on hosting live poker tournaments. But that 18th season that began in July 2019 will finally wrap this month. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock
Back in the olden days, PokerStars had one website – PokerStars-dot-com – that served players around the world. Enter governments and laws and taxes and a global misunderstanding of poker and how it differs from other forms of gambling. In the last decade, PokerStars has had to ring-fence its sites
“We have not yet begun to fight!” says PokerStars, probably, in its case versus the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That is difficult to say, though, considering it all began in 2008. Both Kentucky and PokerStars had significant wins as the case moved through the US court system. Kentucky started it seizing
The World Poker Tour’s current season of tournaments has been going since July 2019. Typically, a season of the WPT lasts one year, but we know how 2020 created chaos for just about everything. The latest stop on the main tour appears to be the last one of Season XVIII.
Remember things that happened before the pandemic? In addition to hugging and socializing, eating in restaurants and going to concerts, there was also a vibrant poker industry. It included live tournaments around the world, poker seminars and parties, players were vlogging, and there were things like awards ceremonies. That was
Three weeks ago, PokerStars and US online gaming partner FOX Bet announced the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series for the US market. Specifically, PASCOOP handled the Pennsylvania players, and NJSCOOP and MISCOOP would offer series for the New Jersey and Michigan markets, respectively. PASCOOP was the biggest of
A second and third online poker site launched in Pennsylvania this week. BetMGM Poker and Borgata Poker opened their virtual doors on Tuesday, April 27, both operating on the PartyPoker platform and sharing poker tables and player pools. It was a long time coming. Monopoly Market PokerStars was the first
