The summer of poker in Las Vegas is taking shape. Technically, the World Series of Poker set the parameters for the 2022 summer. Poker players and fans had the core dates for their schedules before this year even started – May 31 through July 19 – but a late-February announcement
It can be difficult to follow. It can also be discouraging. Each year, lawmakers in various states introduce bills to legalize online poker within their states…and those bills die. Sometimes, they fade quietly into nonexistence. Other times, they start strong and fail miserably. And it’s even more difficult to follow
March was a busy month for the PokerGO Tour. High-stakes poker players focused on Las Vegas in March, first for action at the Wynn Las Vegas. There were five events in the Wynn High Roller series, and the Wynn Millions Main Event contributed to PokerGO Tour leaderboard points as well.
Some global online poker sites quietly shuffle poker pros and associate themselves with shady people, others like PokerStars do things of which they – and the broader poker community – can be proud. PokerStars just hosted its 16th Sunday Million Anniversary this month with positive results. The massive $215 buy-in
February just wasn’t a great month for online gambling – not for online poker or even for online slots and table games. To be fair, February is never a great month for this industry. The freshness of the new year has worn off for many players, taking some of the
Some of this information emerged at the beginning of March. This week, GGPoker made it official with a press release. GGPoker and the World Series of Poker partnered to put together an online poker room that will launch in Ontario, Canada. Early March Launch The announcement showed that the two
The Mid-States Poker Tour is moving right along this year. When we last checked in with the tour, Billy Gallegos had won the MSPT Black Hawk in Colorado and Ron West took down the MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI in Las Vegas. But before it gets busier with numerous state
Last year, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas had a dealer problem. The WSOP was so short on dealers that it forced the closure of poker rooms at the Flamingo and Bally’s so those dealers could assist at the Rio with the World Series. To be fair, the
The partnership between the World Series of Poker and GGPoker keeps getting stronger. They have partnered again for an online WSOP Circuit series. It was a bit of a last-minute announcement, as press releases just went out this week…and neither GGPoker nor the WSOP have even posted on social media
The Winning Poker Network, specifically flagship site Americas Cardroom, can’t help themselves. They just finished the Online Super Series (OSS) Cub3d, which ran from February 6 to March 7. That series offered three mini-series within the larger OSS to cater to various player stakes. And when that was done, they
More than two years passed from the December 2019 EPT Prague to the one that just wrapped at King’s Casino Prague. The European Poker Tour could only host events in Russia and online in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. PokerStars tried to schedule EPT Prague for December 2021,
More than two months into 2022, poker is operating as if there was never a pandemic, except for some people still voluntarily wearing masks. Poker is strong, with players attending live events in record numbers. Time away from the tables certainly did make their hearts grow fonder. This means the
