Poker players in the United States have been waiting for more states to legalize online poker. Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware did it more than a decade ago. Pennsylvania and Michigan did it in the last five years. But most don’t know that West Virginia and Connecticut also legalized igaming
The World Series of Poker sure doesn’t stop. From the moment the summer WSOP in Las Vegas ended, the WSOP Circuit was traveling for its US-based schedule and then concurrently for its international schedule. Executives also announced the new WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas for December, set to take place
Saying that there is always something happening at ACR Poker is an understatement. The promotions seem endless. At the start of October, ACR Poker and its sister sites on the Winning Poker Network celebrated another record-setting Online Super Series – OSS XL. And with that barely in the books, another
It’s that time of year again. Sure, it is autumn. Beautiful weather abounds, and sweaters and boots return to the front of everyone’s closets. For online poker players, not much of that matters if there is a lucrative tournament series on tap. Ignition Poker has it ready. It is the
The World Poker Tour has had a record-setting season thus far. It started 2023 riding high on the massive success that was the WTP World Championship at Wynn in December 2022, the first foray into the WPT-Wynn partnership. The reviews were glowing, and the WPT Main Event that guaranteed $15M
Every online poker site has a flagship tournament series, and BetOnline has its Championship Online Poker Series, also known as COPS. Sometimes, a good poker site can offer several iterations of this type of series throughout the year. BetOnline is ready with its autumn COPS, just in time to usher
The PokerGO Tour has grown in just a few years, now to the point that it hosted and/or included 75 high-stakes poker tournaments just through the month of July. The second half of the year will add 47 more, putting the total for the year at 122 tournaments that fall
It’s a new look, new software upgrade, and new name for Americas Cardroom. Now ACR Poker, the Winning Poker Network changed everything from that name to the domain (now acrpoker-dot-eu) and a new logo. The initial change happened on July 5, but many people were preoccupied with a little tournament
The Northern American contingent of PokerStars has been busy. PokerStars USA had long been working to bring back the live North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and combine the USA and Canada COOP series under one. The slow movement of regulations in these individual markets have kept progress at a snail’s
Delaware was one of the first three states to legalize online poker within its state borders. Along with Nevada and New Jersey, Delaware launched its online poker sites in 2013. It was the smallest of the three markets by far, and it had only one online poker provider – 888poker
There can never be enough World Series of Poker bracelets. The summer of 2023 delivered 95 live bracelet events in Las Vegas at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos. At the same time, the WSOP put up 34 online bracelet tournaments for players in four American states. There were 20 online
The Moneymaker Poker Tour kicked off in May 2023, with Chris Moneymaker working to make it happen alongside well-known tournament director Tony Burns as the tour’s Executive Manager. The promotions began as far back as March 2023, and the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida was ready to welcome players
