The news spread across social media last weekend, starting in the UK and quickly eliciting sorrow from the global poker community. Marty Wilson, better known in many circles as Mad Marty, died from cancer. Some remembered his sense of humor, the fun he brought to the game of poker, while
Just one day after the 50th Annual World Series of Poker wrapped its summer series in Las Vegas this month, the WSOP Circuit crew kicked off its 2019-2020 season. Player-favorite Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma, was the place to be July 17-29. The season is the WSOP Circuit’s 16th, and
The World Poker Tour kicked off its 18th season of live tournaments this month with the WPT Gardens Poker Festival in Southern California. With a plethora of events already on the Season XVIII schedule through 2019 and more to be announced for the first half of 2020, the WPT got
The year started off on a bittersweet note for those wanting regulated online poker in Michigan. Supporters, led by Michigan State Representative Brandt Iden, were frustrated and disappointed by the veto of the Lawful Internet Gaming Act. Iden and now-former State Senator Mike Kowall worked hard to pass the bill
There is something fishy going on with poker clubs in Texas. And it smells like an elaborate scare tactic along with some unethical behavior…on the part of people associated with the District Attorney’s office. Texas authorities raided two of the most well-known poker clubs in Houston in early May and
It was a big win for Americas Cardroom, for the Winning Poker Network, and for a Brazilian poker pro named Rafael Moraes. The tournament was called Venom and had been promoted for about six months. ACR wanted it to be the largest online poker tournament ever hosted for US players
The Heartland Poker Tour has been a popular poker tour based in the United States with a focus on the middle of America – its heartland. The HPT was created in 2005 and still operates under the philosophy of “Real People, Unreal Money.” The HPT does maintain partnerships with a
Phil Ivey has been involved in lawsuits involving casino baccarat winnings since 2012. For the better part of this decade, he and baccarat partner Cheung Yin Sun have been paying attorneys to fight casinos that claimed the duo cheated to win millions. They famously lost the case involving Crockfords Club
The World Series of Poker may have just ended its marathon 90-tournament summer series in Las Vegas last week, but that doesn’t stop the organization from moving forward with its WSOP Circuit kickoff. The WSOP International Circuit is a spinoff from the American series that travels the United States with
Less than two months ago, the World Poker Tour wrapped up its 17th season in Las Vegas. Two tournaments played out their final tables at the HyperX Esports Arena at Luxor in Las Vegas, the last regular event of the season played to completion at Aria, and the WPT Tournament
There is a mystery in Pennsylvania. On Monday, July 15, regulated online gaming launched in the state by way of a law that was passed in October 2017. And though online poker was a part of that gaming expansion and is now legal in Pennsylvania, no online poker sites were
It is a big weekend for Americas Cardroom, the flagship online poker site on the Winning Poker Network. On Sunday, July 21, the final starting day of the Venom online tournament will begin, and the hope is that the final numbers will put the prize pool well beyond the $5
