The day in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire didn’t go as planned for the US Department of Justice. It had hoped for a quick resolution to the case regarding the Wire Act, but Judge Paul Barbadoro did not grant the motion for dismissal on April
Bots have long been a problem for online poker sites. Since online poker has been profitable, people have created bot accounts, which are programmed and attached to software to play against human opponents. These accounts often profit at the expense of real players. Many of them are difficult to detect,
PokerStars has drastically changed its lineup of Team PokerStars Pros in the past several years. The vast majority of the roster has disappeared or changed with the exception of names like Negreanu and Moneymaker, Boeree and Moreira de Melo, Akkari and Lin. There are now only 15 members of Team
The United States Department of Justice, headed up by Attorney General William Barr, wants the lawsuit against them to go away. The lawsuit stems from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel’s own actions, a new interpretation of the 1961 Wire Act that it penned in early November 2018.
Every four years in the United States, its citizens vote for a president. One might think that citizens would then be faced with campaign advertisements for a few months – maybe a year – before the election. But since there is no limit to the amount of time a person
As poker players around the world anticipate the 2019 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, some of them are also following the WSOP Circuit. The current 2018/2019 season is still in full swing. Both the US and International Circuit schedules began in August 2018. The US WSOPC kicked off
The list of poker tournament schedules for the summer of 2019 in Las Vegas continues to grow. The Wynn Summer Classic was a highly anticipated addition to that list. In the past several years, Wynn has become a solid competitor for poker players throughout the year, but its tournament series
One of the most popular summer live poker series of Las Vegas tournaments is preparing to return this year with more options than any other. The Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series posted its schedule with an astounding 136 tournaments. As usual, the main attraction for poker players each summer is
The first Global Poker Awards ceremony was held at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on the evening of April 5, 2019. Poker players and many in the industry attended to honor those who were nominated for their poker accomplishments, including play, events, reporting, and industry contributions in 2018. The
As 888poker prepared to upgrade its software over the past year, it touted the new platform as Poker 8. The phased rollout was going to show its “next-generation poker platform.” It began last month, and regular players have noted most of the changes by now. New players will find new
In late 2017, PartyPoker hosted its inaugural MILLIONS Online tournament with a $5 million guarantee. It was notable, especially when the $5,300 buy-in event drew 1,047 players to bring the prize pool to $5,135,000. Jonathan Van Fleet won it for $1,027,000. In November 2018, PartyPoker wanted to do better, but
More than one year ago, in February 2018, the World Poker Tour announced a multi-year partnership with Zynga for the social gaming developer to introduce a series of games using the WPT brand. The in-game tournaments were to have the WPT theme, offer free-play poker, and introduce more players to
