Poker Central has been busy. About one week after announcing that they acquired the High Stakes Poker brand and library of television episodes, Poker Central issued another press release. This one pertains to Global Poker, which is now the official online poker partner for many of the company’s poker tournaments,
It may seem redundant, another article about Connecticut considering online gaming. And yet again, it is State Senator Catherine Osten introducing the bill to combine online gaming with online lottery ticket sales, online keno, and sports wagering. Nevertheless, she persists. The latest bill is Osten’s annual effort to upgrade the
There aren’t many issues that garner bipartisan support in today’s American political environment. But there they were – a Democratic governor and Republican State Representative – holding a press conference in support of sports betting. The press conference last week brought the unlikely pair together. Newly-elected Democratic Governor Andy Beshear
Poker Central is known for sponsoring a plethora of high-stakes poker tournaments, from the US Poker Open to the Super High Roller Bowl. This week, it announced that it acquired the High Stakes Poker brand and all of its assets. It makes total and complete sense. Along with the announcement,
The departures from Team PokerStars Pro continue into 2020. The latest person to announce the end of a long-term partnership with PokerStars is Fatima Moreira de Melo. The year began with Jason Somerville’s exit from the team. Somerville had only been with PokerStars for a few years, but his deal
When the second half of the World Poker Tour’s Season XVIII got underway last month, it also kicked off the part of its season that offers delayed final tables. The first half of the season, with events from the UK to Montreal, from Los Angeles to Atlantic City and Las
Poker Central took its signature tournaments Down Under last month for the first time. The crew and players headed to The Star Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. First up was the inaugural Australian Poker Open, an offshoot of the US Poker Open and last year’s first-ever British Poker Open. The
The World Poker Tour is in the midst of its Season XVIII action. And now it’s preparing for the season-ending Tournament of Champions and final tables at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas. It all started last summer with the WPT Gardens Poker Festival in Los Angeles and traveled the
It’s another week, which means another announcement regarding more events added to the 2020 WSOP schedule. The excitement continues to build as the latest additions bring the summer series up to 80 bracelet-awarding tournaments. The World Series of Poker took this week to offer a full list of the events
It started as a dire sickness in Wuhan, China in late 2019. People were coming down with what seemed to be an extreme form of the flu and dying from it. As doctors explored it, they began to realize that it was something for which there was no antidote. And
The first-ever Australian Poker Open finished this week. Poker Central took its Poker Open series to the poker room at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland for the first time. And while Aussie Michael Addamo won the Main Event of the seven-game series, Stephen Chidwick won a preliminary event and
All online poker sites change with time, adjusting to evolving gaming environments and regulations. PartyPoker seems to do more than most. The GVC-owned online poker operator seems to make more changes than others and actually solicits player feedback with the intent to incorporate suggestions and desires into the site. PartyPoker
