After ten of the most grueling days that one can ever play in poker, we have a champion in the 2018 WSOP Main Event. Tony Miles led both John Cynn and Michael Dyer heading into the last day of play, but nobody expected what ended up unfolding. In the end,
There are few in the world of poker who would argue against the two men inducted to the Poker Hall of Fame this year. Mori Eskandani has taken poker from the live tables to television for two decades, and John Hennigan is one of the most accomplished players in the
Online poker is having a difficult time in New Jersey. And that is an understatement. When the May numbers came in, many in the industry were excited to see the results of the first month of the tri-state online poker liquidity network. It was also the month leading up to
As the 2018 WSOP Main Event played down to the final three, Shaun Deeb was busy taking down the $10k Big Blind Antes Six-Max Championship to earn his fourth career WSOP bracelet and become only the second person this summer to win two bracelets. In addition, Deeb retakes the lead
Day 2 of the 2018 World Series of Poker final table started with Michael Dyer holding a monster chip lead and the poker world rooting hard for 2009 Main Event champion Joe Cada to make a comeback and make a run for the bracelet. By the end of the day,
PokerStars has found a great deal of success with the Seat Me system. The largest poker site in the world has long been working to make its online tables safer and eliminate practices like bumhunting, and the Seat Me system has been one way to do that. It also helps
The final table of the 2018 WSOP Main Event kicked off on Thursday with Nicolas Manion and Michael Dyer both starting with over 100 million each. An insane final hand on Wednesday put Manion into the chip lead and left Antoine Labat the short stack. The two big stories of
Day 7 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event kicked off on Wednesday with 26 players looking to make the final table. A long journey started for these players last week as they were part of a field of 7,874 hopefuls that were all looking to take down poker’s greatest prize.
As the WSOP Main Event played down to the final table, Phil Hellmuth made history once again winning his 15th WSOP bracelet. Hellmuth defeated Steven Wolansky heads-up in Event #71: $5,000 NL Hold’em (30 minute levels) to extend his record for career bracelets. Meanwhile, Ronald Keijzer won the $3k PLO
That was fast. The Stars Group announced in the middle of April that it intended to acquire Sky Betting & Gaming in a $4.7 billion deal. Less than three months later, the deal is done, and the acquisition is complete. According to The Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi in the
Poker rooms operating in Texas have no plans to shut down. They believe in their right to operate enough to take it to the courts if they must. The loopholes in the law, in addition to the antiquated laws surrounding poker in Texas, may be challenged in just that way,
Day 6 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event was easily the longest day of the event thanks to an unexpected stoppage on Monday night. A power outage forced play to halt early and the remaining 109 players returned on Tuesday to play down to the final three tables. While it
