It took nearly nine years for the founder of PokerStars to travel to the United States to face his indictment issued by the Southern District of New York. It took only two months from the time Isai Scheinberg submitted to be taken into custody and the date he pled guilty.
It was a massive tournament, bigger than most could have anticipated. PokerStars set up its 14th Anniversary Sunday Million with a $12.5 million guarantee as the biggest online tournament ever offered on PokerStars. The three-day tournament had its usual $215 buy-in, typical for a Sunday Million, but offered more satellite
The coronavirus shutdowns took many live poker tournament series out of commission for the foreseeable future. One of the tours hit hardest by the forced cancellations was the World Series of Poker Circuit series. The first WSOP Circuit cancellations were tough decisions for World Series of Poker executives. And the
The poker cheating case against Mike Postle is about to kick into a higher gear, at least temporarily. Of course, the process of a civil case working its way through the US District Court can be long and filled with seemingly insignificant motions and points of order. However, the latest
While many industries in the United States are shut down and will remain so for the foreseeable future, some things continue with little interruption. The American court system has adapted in some ways, such as requesting oral arguments via video and meetings via telephone instead of in a courtroom. This
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) released its February gaming revenue this past week, revealing very significant growth for internet gaming as a whole. Sports betting was down quite a bit, though, as was real money online poker. Overall, the PGCB was pleased with the results. The entire gaming industry
It comes around once each year. The anniversary of the Sunday Million, PokerStars’ most well-known and respected weekly tournament offering a big guarantee. On Sunday, March 22 – which is tomorrow – PokerStars will celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Sunday Million with its biggest tournament ever. And PokerStars is
It started last weekend. PartyPoker kicked off its latest edition of POWERFEST, a massive real money online poker tournament series featuring No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha tournaments. The 488-event series started on March 15 but runs through March 29, giving players plenty of time to participate and take
March Madness typically rallies college basketball fans online and around their television screens – not to mention to sportsbooks and betting sites – through the month of March. This year, the much-anticipated basketball games are nowhere to be found. The spread of coronavirus prompted the games’ cancellation. That same COVID-19
The majority of people in America are currently in some form of quarantine due to the threat of COVID-19. Amidst a flurry of business and general life shutdowns over the past two weeks, almost every casino and card room closed. Live poker is only available to those willing to risk
As the coronavirus pandemic spread across Europe and America, it prompted the cancellation of poker tournaments and, subsequently, the closure of casinos and card rooms altogether. Tournament operators quickly gathered ideas to continue poker in this temporary but real realm of contagion and quarantine. There was one online poker company
The poker community has been known to be generous and supportive when it counts. Over the past week or two, the vast majority of live poker players, dealers, and other poker room staff have been laid off. What started with a few card rooms shutting down snowballed over the last
