The end of June marked the one-year anniversary of the PPA changing hands and becoming the Poker Alliance. The new ownership of the organization started with hope and promises of advocacy for poker players in America but has since lost any notion that it will work for the community at
It is official. Online poker is not going to happen for New Yorkers in 2019. It was mostly decided several months ago, but there is now no doubt that the issue is dead for the year. Some lawmakers focused all of their energy on mobile sports betting, and several of
In the past several years, PokerStars has focused more on its online poker offerings rather than live tours. That does not mean, however, that the tours are not a big part of the picture. PokerStars was once a master of live tournament series. The European Poker Tour (EPT) was a
Only a few weeks have passed since the 2019 World Series of Poker wrapped in Las Vegas. The final evening of play was July 16, and many will remember it as the night that Hossein Ensan beat Dario Sammartino to win the WSOP Main Event for $10 million. Two days
There was a lot at stake. The Triton Million tournament was not so much a new concept but a new spin on the high-roller tournaments that have become commonplace among high-stakes poker players. And the London event wanted to make a big splash. It did. What is Triton? The Triton
When poker players entered July 2019, many were focused on the World Series of Poker Main Event and end of the summer series, then the start of the WSOP Circuit and the World Poker Tour’s new season. Meanwhile, however, players in many parts of the United States were already in
Richard Lyndaker went by the screen name “nutsinho” in online poker circles. He was a well-respected player, one who spent years at the high-stakes tables winning millions of dollars. He did very well at the live tournament tables as well. This week, at the age of 33, the poker pro
There is a push for online gaming in the state of Connecticut. It has happened before – even just earlier this year – but there is another bill and another effort to get it done. The proposed legislation is broader than just online poker, however. It combines a number of
The World Series of Poker hosted nine online events this summer, all of which were open to poker players in New Jersey and Nevada. All of them garnered impressive participation, and they collectively awarded millions of dollars. However, problems with subsequent online poker cashouts and incorrect hand payouts have plagued
The poker tournament series on PokerStars are always in play or in the planning stages. This time of the year is no different, as MicroMillions just wrapped and the first announcements for WCOOP begin. The MicroMillions was the first tournament of its kind to offer a lengthy series of online
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
