As with most civil cases in the US court system, the Mike Postle case is going to be a drawn-out one full of extensions and filings. The latest development is an extension of the time allowed for Postle to obtain representation and respond to the charges. After refusing to be
Just after New Year’s celebrations died down, Americas Cardroom made its first announcement of 2020. It was a revelation that the next OSS Cub3d series was to be scheduled for February 9 to March 8, but there was more. The 220 events with $13 million in guarantees would include four
Almost nine years after the United States government issued an indictment against him on five federal charges, PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg arranged to surrender to federal agents on US soil. The ordeal was detailed in an informative piece on Forbes last week. Author Nathan Vardi explained how it all started,
WPTDeepStacks is one of those mid-major poker tours that continues to grow, standing out from its competitors with new stops, bigger events, and better livestreams. While the tour consistently expands to new locations around the world, it also keeps a focus on North America with the only Player of the
The pieces of the World Series of Poker puzzle are coming together. This week, Seth Palansky announced another 12 gold-bracelet tournaments added to the ever-growing schedule for this summer. Combined with the 45 that had already been announced, it puts the total at 57 events. (The announcement noted 17 new
The Second Annual Global Poker Awards are still about six weeks away, but many of the nominees have already been decided. The process has been smooth and quick so far, not to mention transparent. Poker fans took part in some aspects of the process thus far, nominating their favorites in
Online poker closed out 2019 in impressive fashion. PokerStars became the first online poker site to launch in Pennsylvania in November, New Jersey set new online gambling revenue records, and Michigan legalized online poker. Not a bad segue into 2020. Michigan’s official signal of future entry into the online gambling
Poker players love a good tournament series, especially when its online and offers millions of dollars in guarantees. PokerStars just wrapped up its Winter Series on January 11 but is already preparing for its next one, the Bounty Builder Series, for the first half of February. Is that all for
When the new year began, the Heartland Poker Tour was preparing to kick off its 16th season of live poker tournaments. And it did so at the Ameristar East Chicago, which is actually in Indiana and has become a regular stop for the HPT and its players. Not only was
The process of narrowing the finalists for the Second Annual Global Poker Awards is moving forward at a solid pace. With the awards ceremony set for March 6, 2020, everything seems to be on pace. Before the ceremony takes place at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas, however,
In the American judicial system, a case working its way through the system – especially in the case of appeals – can take years. That seems to be true of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and NeoPollard case against the US Department of Justice and US Attorney General William Barr.
Several announcements in the past several weeks indicate that 888poker is prepared to bring live and online events to its players in 2020. One point of importance before getting into the tours is that 888poker will, again, sponsor the 2020 World Series of Poker. Of course, this means that 888poker
