James Holzhauer has become a household name for many, not from his many World Series of Poker bracelets or his high-stakes poker play. He became popular when he performed exceptionally well on Jeopardy!, the most popular trivia show on television. However, Holzhauer has an affinity for the game of poker.
His nickname was Gentleman John Gale for a reason. Nearly everyone who met Gale at or around the poker tables found him to be a gentleman. He was kind to all, generous with his time and attention, respectful of other players, passionate about poker, and a genuinely lovely human being.
Season XVIII of the World Poker Tour kicked off in late July and runs through the spring of 2020. The last tournament on the schedule is WPT Choctaw in mid-May, but there will likely be some season-ending events that have yet to be announced. The first event on the main
The World Series of Poker isn’t just a summer series anymore. In addition to the primary WSOP in Las Vegas each summer, there is a WSOP Europe, along with a WSOP Circuit series that runs from July/August to May/June. The WSOP Circuit has grown so much in the past few
The latest edition of a Poker Central high-stakes poker tournament series is complete. Ten players walked away with Poker Masters tournament titles for winning individual events, all of which played out at the ARIA on the Las Vegas Strip. One of those players, Sam Soverel, not only won the Poker
The latest numbers for internet gaming are now available, courtesy of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck release all gaming revenue results on a monthly basis. All gaming revenue was up for the month of
Delaware internet gaming remains a small market, especially in comparison to New Jersey. And it will likely be a drop in the bucket compared to Pennsylvania when those numbers start to add up. But Delaware revenue from online poker and casino games continues to increase. The 2019 numbers show that
The news just keeps coming out of Pennsylvania. Poker fans waited for a very long time for good news about online poker, and they now have it in spades. PokerStars became the first online poker operator to open in the new regulated market of Pennsylvania when it entered into a
The last time we checked in with PartyPoker more than a week ago, it was a bit messy. The much-anticipated return of the PartyPoker MILLION Sunday tournament didn’t exactly go as planned, and a flight of players didn’t get their seats into the Day 2 portion of the event. However,
The announcements came via Twitter on Wednesday, November 13. Liv Boeree and partner Igor Kurganov both tweeted that they have parted ways with PokerStars. As two of the most well-known of the ever-dwindling list or players on Team PokerStars Pro, it was a startling announcement but one that isn’t all
PokerStars won the hearts of many poker players in Pennsylvania simply by being the first operator to launch online poker under the new regulations. It had been two years since the lawmakers of Pennsylvania chose to legalize and regulate online poker. And the summer months came and went with several
High-stakes poker players have gathered in Las Vegas again to play a tournament series hosted by Poker Central. This time they are playing in the Poker Masters, ten tournaments that with buy-ins of $10K to $100K and seven-figure prize pools. The last round of high-stakes tournaments of this nature took
