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
The story has grown in scope and intensity over the past week. It got quite complicated, complete with hours-long video analyses and vlogs and livestreams, not to mention thousands of tweets. The story even made it to SportsCenter on ESPN. Longtime poker pro Mike Postle is at the center of
Season XVIII of the World Poker Tour may have started slowly, but the action is now kicking up. There are WPT events happening in Australia and the UK, but the United States had a piece of it as well. As part of a 21-event poker tournament festival at Maryland Live!
For the past few years, it has been increasingly obvious that the future of online poker is in the livestreaming realm. Twitch has been the ideal platform for the action, as players can showcase their play and entertain the audience. And fans can tune in and interact with the player
The rumors were true – some of them. Just a few weeks ago, World Series of Poker VP of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky had to address rumors as he had done so many times before. Palansky took to Twitter to type, “Can 100% confirm @WSOP will take place at the
News reports are calling it a mega-merger, a massive takeover to create the largest online betting operator in the world. Flutter Entertainment will acquire The Stars Group. In terms better understood by many in the poker community and online gaming world, the parent company of PaddyPower Betfair is buying the
October is going to be a good month for online poker players in New Jersey. PokerStars recently announced its upcoming New Jersey Championship of Online Poker, better known as NJCOOP, for October 12-28. And WSOP-888poker will host its Fall Online Championships starting October 6 (this weekend) and running through October
The Winning Poker Network (WPN), parent site of Americas Cardroom, originally wanted to upgrade its software to meet the needs of its growing popularity. Eventually, however, that intention turned into a something resembling more of a software replacement to make all of the necessary changes. As it pertains to that
