Another day of the Big 50 anniversary tournament at the 2019 World Series of Poker, another day of somewhat-orderly chaos throughout the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas. On Saturday, June 1, this is what happened. Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 2B & 1C Entries: more than
Two days in Las Vegas and two casinos offered up three World Poker Tour final tables, creating three WPT champions. It was a busy week for the WPT staff and employees. Of those three WPT events, two had played out in previous locations, but the final tables and their players
On the third day of the 50th Annual World Series of Poker, the low buy-in anniversary Big 50 tournament again took over the halls of the Rio Convention Center, requiring so much extra space for poker tables that they were set up in a bowling alley and areas normally reserved
As the second day of the 50th Annual World Series of Poker began, the low buy-in anniversary tournament took over the halls of the Rio Convention Center. Meanwhile, the first bracelet of 2019 was awarded in Event 2. On Thursday, May 30, this is what happened. Event 1: $500 Casino
The current season of WPTDeepStacks is nearing its end. The action is at SkyCity Auckland, New Zealand, setting up for its final tournament that begins May 31 and runs through June 3. Meanwhile, the WPTDeepStacks decision-makers were hard at work putting together the details for the next season, which is
The 50th Annual World Series of Poker set its first of 89 bracelet events into motion on Wednesday, May 29 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. This series of articles will run the course of the 2019 WSOP, offering a daily rundown of the basics of each day’s tournaments.
Several weeks ago, GVC Holdings took its first major step into gaining entry to the online poker market in Nevada. It obtained preliminary approval for an interactive gaming license from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. On May 23, GVC executives went before the Nevada Gaming Commission for approval. And it
As the 2019 World Series of Poker gets underway this week, all poker fans will be watching for different reasons. Some want to see the recreational players win life-changing money. Others want to see the important hands and how players win. Some want to watch for their friends to keep
It starts this week. The summer poker season doesn’t have an official start date, but the majority of live poker tournament series in Las Vegas get underway this week. The leader of the pack is the World Series of Poker. Whether players head to Vegas to play WSOP events or
MasterClass is a unique learning system developed by two Americans who wanted to provide classes online by experts in their respective fields. Anyone can pay for insight into any craft, as dictated and discussed by arguably the pioneers in those crafts. Who better to teach basketball than Stephen Curry? Who
As poker players pour into Nevada from around the world this weekend and in the coming days, they will be inundated with poker options. There will be tournaments available in nearly every poker room in Las Vegas, with the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino serving as ground zero. Of course,
By all accounts, Michigan online gambling legalization should have been done months ago. Not only was it on the precipice at the end of 2018 – just before the then-governor vetoed it – online gambling was set up to succeed in 2019. Bill sponsors had met with the new governor,
