This August, PokerStars announced the second PokerStars Players No Limit Championship (PSPC), which will take place in Barcelona in 2020. It will be timed to coincide with the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop at Casino Barcelona. The dates of the second PSPC are August 20-24, 2020. The success of the
It’s rare for online poker to be at the top of anyone’s political platforms these days. Online gambling – focusing mainly on casino games – is the revenue generator, as proven monthly by New Jersey. But most politicians aren’t campaigning on that, either. Few candidates for government offices want to
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released its September 2019 revenue numbers this week. The story contained within is very similar to past months. Online casino games set another revenue record. It was another monthly high, following the same pattern as the last few months. Online poker, on the
Just as the World Series of Poker Europe got underway, Poker Central announced that it has expanded its WSOP partnership to extend to the European bracelet events. Quite a bit of the action will be streamed online at PokerGO. The WSOP Europe kicked off this week on October 13, and
It looks like 2019 will be another year of disappointment for Michigan online poker players and internet casino game fans. The efforts to legalize online gaming in Michigan in 2019 have not been particularly hopeful from the start. As soon as Governor Gretchen Whitmer came out against the plan, she
The changes at PartyPoker have been implemented at a random and sometimes expedient pace. Most of the changes are minor, with some tournaments added here and an ante added there. But almost all of it has been happening via Rob Yong. On the books, Yong is the owner of Dusk
For a company that has lessened its focus on internet poker in the past few years, PokerStars remains busy with innovations and ideas for its poker offerings. The latest innovation is Spin & Go Flash, an even faster version of the Spin & Go turbo SNGs. The PokerStars announcement said
Only six months ago, Winning Poker Network CEO Phil Nagy announced a crackdown on poker bots. There was a video statement from Nagy and a new policy posted on flagship site Americas Cardroom. Players were receiving reimbursements from time playing unknowingly against online poker bots. It was all about transparency
Less than two weeks after Veronica Brill took her suspicions public, the lawsuit is official. It started with an accusation that poker pro Mike Postle cheated during his play on the Stones Live livestreamed cash poker games at Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, California. The story gained momentum and proof
This summer, the World Poker Tour announced a series of tournaments set for several countries in Asia in September. It was a part of the larger WPTDeepStacks series, but it was focused on several new stops for the WPT. The first edition of the trio of tournaments took place in
The schedule as dictated by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the case involving the Wire Act should have its day in court in early 2020. Court cases can drag on for years in the US court system. This can happen with the smallest cases on
PokerStars has long been the top dog in online poker tournament series. It all started with the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and grew into a yearlong schedule of series, from a spring version (SCOOP) to a turbo-structured version (TCOOP) and more. Many years after PokerStars set the bar
