As the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event began in Las Vegas this week, PokerStars took the opportunity to recognize a special anniversary. It was 15 years ago that Chris Moneymaker won an online poker satellite at PokerStars that cost him $86. He transformed that victory into a trip
The 10 finalists for possible induction to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018 were announced this week. The public voting process took into consideration all names submitted through the online form on the World Series of Poker website. The names with the most submissions were then vetted to ensure
Last week, the Poker Players Alliance became the Poker Alliance. The singular nationwide online poker lobbying organization that had been known to American poker players for more than a decade as the PPA changed its name and leadership. The transition was not altogether unexpected in general, as the PPA had
Two months after the Stars Group announced it planned to acquire Sky Betting & Gaming, the company proposed a public offering of shares to help fund it. With a price tag of $4.7 billion, the company held out its tin cup in the form of a few million common shares.
Two online bracelets were awarded over the last two days at the 2018 World Series of Poker. Ryan Tosoc took down the $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE NL Championship for his first bracelet less than two weeks after making the final table of the $25k PLO High Roller. On Saturday, Chance Kornuth
Jessica Dawley was chip leader for much of the final table of the 2018 WSOP Ladies Championship and ultimate took down the event for her first gold bracelet. Meanwhile, Calvin Anderson defeated Frank Kassela heads-up to win the $10k Razz Championship. Jessica Dawley Wins Ladies Championship The $1,000 Ladies Championship
The weekly Global Glance looks at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker and gambling beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. Much can change in one week. Not only did Malta have to postpone
We are in the home stretch of the 2018 World Series of Poker with two more events reaching a conclusion on Friday. Diogo Veiga is in the middle of a breakout year and after earning his largest career cash just a couple of months ago, he has now won his
Tommy Nguyen became the ninth person to win over $1 million in 2018 early Thursday morning when he won the $1,500 Monster Stack for $1.03 million. Later in the day, two other events crowned champions. Ryan Leng took down his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Bounty NL Event while
Limit Hold’em poker tournaments are a dying breed outside of mixed games like HORSE but the World Series of Poker is the one place you can still find them. On Wednesday, the final table of the $10k Limit Hold’em Championship played to a conclusion with a strong field of nine
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has been relatively quiet for the first six months of 2018, with a few notable exceptions regarding leadership and a lack of funding. Its future was uncertain, as there had been indications that the lobbying group was considering broadening its attention to include sports betting.
Could the United States Congress consider legalizing online poker? Yes. It could happen. The topic was one discussed quite frequently during the poker boom, but there were also several attempts to legalize online poker at the federal level after Black Friday. The sudden seizure of the largest poker sites in
