Imagine winning $1,525,000 in a poker tournament and not being allowed to it all. The casino holds back $152,000 of it because someone else claims it. Nick Marchington was that player. In July, he finished in seventh place on poker’s biggest stage. It was the 2019 World Series of Poker
The Borgata in Atlantic City is finally making a bit of headway in collecting some of its millions of dollars from poker pro Phil Ivey. As a result of its legal victory over Ivey and his baccarat partner in a case dating back to 2014, the Borgata was able to
Every day this week, it seems, there is more news from PokerStars. This update is a very positive one, an announcement for which many players and fans of the game have been hoping. The wildly popular PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship, better known as the PSPC, is returning. There
Americas Cardroom, part of the Winning Poker Network, is planning for its September online poker series called the High Five. The 100-tournament series will run September 10-29 and promise at least $5 million in prize pool guarantees. This series will begin just a few weeks after the wrap of the
The changes have been coming quickly at PokerStars. Just within the past few weeks, the online poker operator rolled out its All-In Cash Out function, which allows players to cash out of an all-in cash game situation according to hand equity. The fee-based option is one that is geared toward
The announcements from the World Poker Tour regarding Season XVIII tournaments continue to reveal new events on the schedule. The latest clarifies events that will take place globally in partnership with 888poker and PartyPoker LIVE. Originally, the WPT released its initial schedule for the new season with its first stop
The latest news from 888poker involves a new ambassador, Russian poker pro Daria Feshchenko, and its upcoming XL Eclipse online poker series. Feshchenko is the first new ambassador in the 888poker pro lineup in more than a year. The last addition to the roster was Ana Marquez, who joined during
Connecticut is proving to be the roller coaster of internet gaming legislation this year. And it all became even more complicated due to a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts International. The casino giant filed suit this month against the United States Department of the Interior over its approved changes to
Just last month, PokerStars wrapped up its MicroMillions15, the micro-stakes online poker series with more than $5 million in prize money. And now it’s time for the big one, the tournament series that started it all and became THE real money poker series that everyone wanted to play – WCOOP.
The Delaware internet gaming market is a small one, especially as compared to that of New Jersey. But the revenue matters to the small state and pushes its numbers from three land-based gaming facilities higher by several hundred thousand dollars each month. Moreover, a few million per year adds significantly
For the first time in recent memory, New Jersey’s online poker revenue increased. July numbers from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement showed a monthly and yearly increase, the part of the internet gaming sector that has had an extremely difficult time in the past two years. Internet gaming
Major sponsorships have long been proven difficult in the world of poker, but the latest one is a big deal. Poker Central announced a partnership with Jeep, which will sponsor the High Roller of the Year leaderboard and winner. The announcement came this past week that the automotive brand will
