On the very first day of 2020, Jason Somerville posted a video on Twitter to announce his departure from Team PokerStars. In and of itself, a member of a sponsored team of poker pros leaving the group is not exceptional. Somerville was a prominent member of that team, though, one
As 2020 gets underway, it is time for the annual predictions regarding online poker in the US market. At the very end of 2018, we chose five states that we felt were most likely to legalize playing online poker for real money in 2019 but tossed in an additional three
One of the most difficult feats in poker is to achieve consistency. Most players experience variance on some level, especially in tournament poker, due to the simple nature of the game. Skill plays an essential role in players’ successes, but luck is an undeniable factor. Some players seem to defy
Last week, the poker world learned of the death of a longtime poker player and advocate for the game, Oklahoma Johnny Hale. He died just before Christmas at the age of 92. https://twitter.com/RealArtistZ/status/1211322160972742657?s=20 Sad Holiday News CardPlayer originally reported the news that Hale passed away. It seems he died just
The end of the year is not the end of the World Poker Tour season, which actually runs through May or June. But the end of the 2019 calendar year is a good time to recap the latest WPT tournaments and mark the halfway point of Season XVIII. When we
The latest information from West Virginia State Lottery Director John Myers indicates that internet gaming, including online poker, could be ready for business in 2020. Earlier this year, West Virginia became the fifth state to legalize online poker and only the fourth to do so for casino games. It was
A decade ago, Peter Jepsen was an EPT champion, an admired high-stakes online poker pro, and even a sponsored pro at various times with Betfair, Ladbrokes, and Full Tilt Poker. The Danish poker pro was a part of the wave of Scandinavian players (Scandis) who were dominating the game during
It seems like years have passed since California was the greatest hope for legal online poker in the United States. In fact, several years have passed since lawmakers and interested parties discussed online poker. As 2019 comes to and end, the distance between gambling expansion supporters and everyone else has
The partnership between Poker Central and the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) began in 2018. And this month, Poker Central announced that the partnership would be ongoing and larger in scope. The original deal between the two companies came in December 2018 and was set to begin in January 2019. One
The United States Department of Justice is going to stand by its interpretation of the Wire Act, even if it means filing its brief to the US Court of Appeals within an hour of the deadline. It should have been obvious, though, that the DOJ was going to pursue the
A series for every season…is not PokerStars’ motto, but perhaps it should be. It seems as if there is always an online poker tournament series wrapping up at the same time that another one is on tap. Just a few weeks ago, the MicroMillions series wrapped, which led into the
It happened. The lawmakers did it, and the governor approved it. Michigan legalized online gambling that includes online poker and casino games. Many supporters of Michigan online poker were holding their collective breath over the past weeks. They didn’t want to be surprised as they were in December 2018 when
