Little more than two weeks ago, Survivor revealed its cast of reality TV show players who competed on its most recent season of the show. Poker pro Ronnie Bardah was one of them. The poker community had another representative in the reality TV world, one who could display the positive
It has been no secret that online poker is less of a priority for The Stars Group (TSG) than ever before. The reality of it has been playing out in TSG financials every quarter with more and more clarity. This isn’t to say that PokerStars is not a priority at
The tragic story of 5Dimes Tony hit the news headlines nearly one year ago. The owner of the 5Dimes, born William Sean Creighton, online sportsbook disappeared more than one year ago, and his car was found abandoned in Costa Rica. Authorities made a number of arrests months later, but there
The World Poker Tour kicked off its 18th season in July. It hosted its first two events on the main tour in Southern California, and it finally headed to the East Coast to participate in the annual Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City. The first main tour event of Season
Anyone who plays on Americas Cardroom or follows the online poker site on Twitter knows about the downtime. It mostly occurred with tournaments, and they were often cancelled due to “technical issues.” It has been frustrating for players, not to mention the ACR team. Not only does the site lose
Ever year, it seems, rumors run rampant that the World Series of Poker will abandon the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. There is always speculation that the WSOP will move to a different Caesars property. That speculation has increased substantially in the past few months due to
PokerStars announced the second PSPC just a few weeks ago. The PokerStars Players No Limit Championship will return for another iteration of the tournament in Barcelona in 2020. It will be a part of the EPT Barcelona festival next year. Considering the success of the first PSPC at the PokerStars
There are no shortages of updates from PartyPoker these days. Most recently, PartyPoker put through a major software update. The biggest beneficiaries were players using Mac devices, but all players saw additions to the tournament screens and the lobby. Players were also given a new option to set a one-click
There have been whispers of online poker in Kentucky since last year. Now, it is part of a campaign promise by Attorney General Andy Beshear as he vies for the governorship the upcoming election this November. Gambling expansion is far from the issue upon which the governor’s race will hinge,
Most players know it as MPN. The Microgaming Poker Network has been a staple in global online poker for more than a decade. For those who remember Prima Poker from 2003, that was the start of what would become known as MPN. Microgaming turned that site base into a poker
The PokerStars news team has been busy. In this latest update of PokerStars changes, there are additions and subtractions from the online poker offerings – mostly additions. The subtraction is relegated to 6+ Hold’em Spin & Gos. There will be no more of them. But the additions include everything from
From the perspective of a person unfamiliar with the intricacies of poker – especially online poker – the game’s future may look dim. The news from Facebook and Carnegie Mellon in July of this year told of an artificial intelligence (AI) bot created to beat a table of five poker
