The past month has been a difficult one for the World Poker Tour, cancelling live tournaments throughout the world on its main tour and for WPTDeepStacks. It also cancelled some of its final table action at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas, which were to be filmed for future FOX
The World Series of Poker worked exceptionally hard in late 2019 and early 2020 to release details early and often about the 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas. Officials made changes, expanded, and ended up with a 101-tournament schedule set for May 26 through July 15 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel
The coronavirus pandemic stopped progress on a great many things. Every state in America now faces massive hurdles – many financial in nature – to overcome in the remaining months of 2020…and probably beyond. To say that online poker fell completely off the radar of lawmakers in Kentucky in the
The Galfond Challenge is reminiscent of the old Durrrr Challenge. Back when online poker was still thriving worldwide in 2009 and Full Tilt Poker was still the place to be for high-stakes games, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan issued a heads-up poker challenge to anyone to play tens of thousands of hands.
There was no doubt that the March gambling revenue numbers would be all over the place. And they are. Pennsylvania casinos began closing earlier than most in the United States. Some decided on their own to close when it became clear that public gatherings could be dangerous and places along
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down casinos and all live poker options, the World Series of Poker Circuit was not exempt. The WSOP Circuit cancelled events across the United States and around the world per government and travel restrictions pertaining to COVID-19. As the WSOP knew that people wanted to
Poker players in America who don’t live in Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, or Pennsylvania have no state-regulated sites on which to play. Thus, during the coronavirus shutdown of casinos and card rooms across America, they’ve logged on to their favorite sites. Ignition is one of them. Ignition Poker has been
Month after month – for years now – the New Jersey internet gaming market has been telling the same story. The online casino games sector continues to grow (especially year-over-year) and set records, while online poker steadily declines. The overall online gaming numbers have consistently helped the overall New Jersey
The flurry of online poker tournaments continues. As players remain quarantined in many parts of the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, they’re taking to online poker in record numbers. And PokerStars is ready for it. Already this month, PokerStars took its live Brazilian Series of Poker and transformed it
When the coronavirus pandemic closed casinos and card rooms around America, many in the gambling industry assumed that online numbers would increase. They looked to New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania for bigger numbers. The smaller-than-most Delaware iGaming market via the Delaware Lottery was the first to release official revenue numbers
This past Saturday took people from all walks of life to Twitch. Most of them were poker fans but all were there to watch two huge tournaments livestreamed to benefit charities responding to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States. One tournament was a 32-player heads-up No Limit Hold’em event,
It seems that PartyPoker is consistently upgrading its software, making changes according to player requests and feedback. Back in February, there were numerous upgrades to detail, including more bot bans and a new queuing ban, mobile fastforward options, and a Run It Twice option. With its ambassadors interacting with the
