The deal is done. Caesars Entertainment no longer owns the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The space that has provided a home for the World Series of Poker since 2005 is now under the ownership of a company called Dreamscape. Rumors had been swirling for years that
This week, the Global Poker Index and Poker Central announced the Second Annual Global Poker Awards. It will take place on March 6, 2020, and the awards will celebrate the industry for the year 2019. The first-ever Global Poker Awards was held earlier this year to honor poker players, events,
The poker pros who dabble in the high-stakes poker world know his name very well, as do any poker players who have traveled to the Czech Republic to play poker at King’s Casino in Rozvadov. Leon Tsoukernik owns that casino and regularly plays in high-stakes poker games around the world.
The announcements from PartyPoker have been coming at a quick pace over the last few months. The online poker operator seems to be on a roll with everything from software updates to revived and new tournaments, all with PartyPoker spokesperson and partner Rob Yong at the helm. October saw the
The state of Virginia has been moving at a steady pace toward its plans for gambling expansion. A bill to allow said expansion passed and was signed into law in March. Less than two months later, the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) had already appointed a firm
The story was incredible but failed to gain much traction in the media. It was July 2019, and the World Series of Poker was wrapping up in Las Vegas. The WSOP Main Event field was thinning toward the final table, and poker fans were focused on the possibilities. Meanwhile, though,
It didn’t take PokerStars long after its launch in Pennsylvania to know that the players would turn out in big numbers. Within days, it was clear that PokerStars PA attracted more players than its sister site in New Jersey. In the weeks since the official November 6 launch, the numbers
PartyPoker generally puts most of its attention and efforts into online poker, naturally. But PartyPoker LIVE offers players the chance to take those online poker skills to the live tables and compete for millions of dollars in prize pools. The PartyPoker LIVE events are many and span the world, the
The exits continue from Team PokerStars Pro as the end of the year approaches. Contracts are set to expire, and players take stock of their poker lives as a new year approaches. Just one week after two of the most recognizable faces in the PokerStars lineup announced their departure from
Americas Cardroom, the flagship online poker site on the Winning Poker Network (WPN), faces the same issues as many of its competitors. Specifically, the identification and banning of poker bots is a task that players have demanded all poker sites address. WPN CEO Phil Nagy did that earlier in 2019,
The global online poker scene has welcomed a new network in the past few years, as GGNetwork has grown in scope and respectability. GGPoker is the flagship site of the network, but Natural8 is also a well-known skin. And now, GGPoker has taken a huge step in the online poker
PokerStars spent significant time in 2018 – and into 2019 – introducing new online poker variants. The online poker giant experimented with ways that poker players could find new opportunities for challenge and analysis through original variants of traditional poker games. This really all started in 2017, though, with the
