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
It was Poker Central’s first adventure to London. Its high-stakes tournaments had been confined to the Aria on the Las Vegas Strip for years, but it took some events to London this year. The announcement in July noted that the first-ever British Poker Open would take place at Aspers Casino,
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been a part of poker since 2004. It was one of the first major poker entities to combine the new love for real money online poker with the more traditional live poker tournaments into an excursion in one of the world’s most beautiful locations. The
Online poker continues to struggle in New Jersey. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the final revenue numbers from August 2019 that showed poker down from the previous month and year. This fits that plagued the trend for much of 2018 and into 2019. There have been a
The first-ever British Poker Open ended this week at Aspers Casino in London this week. The whirlwind schedule of 10 high-stakes poker tournaments played out in less than two weeks. Poker Central, originators of the US Poker Open that takes place in Las Vegas, introduced the British Poker Open this
Poker fans have been waiting for poker online to be regulated in Pennsylvania for nearly two years. Truthfully, they have been waiting for online poker to return since Black Friday in April 2011. Since then, their only options for playing online poker for real money were offshore sites. No PokerStars.
The hits keep coming for Phil Ivey. At first glance, the new twist in the saga of Ivey and the Borgata in Atlantic City sounds positive. Two well-known poker pros step file a legal objection in court to the Borgata’s claim on Ivey’s winnings at the 2019 World Series of
Poker players love a challenge. They enjoy taking calculated risks, using the advantage of poker skills to gain an edge over their competition. It has been no surprise to see professional poker players put their skills to the test away from the green felt. Some engage in prop bets, and
The year of Poker Open action started in February. Poker Central hosted the 2019 US Poker Open at its PokerGO studio in Las Vegas in February. Buy-ins ranged from $10K to $100K in the 10-tournament series. By February 23, all events had been completed and David Peters emerged as the
The people at PartyPoker are continuously making changes. Every player will not be pleased with every alteration or rule change, but PartyPoker has consistently been aiming to make play fairer and the online poker experience better for the masses. For months, the updates from PartyPoker pertained to bots and HUDs.
The saga of Texas poker clubs has turned another page and taken the story in a new direction. When two prominent Houston poker rooms – Prime Social Poker Club and Post Oak Poker Club – were raided on May 1, it looked as if the longtime skirting of poker laws
