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
Less than three months into 2022, there have already been substantive changes to online poker sponsorship deals. The most recent changes spear to be new ambassadorships and deals for poker streamers. The faces of poker sites have been changing, and the latest round of signings clearly indicate that new direction.
As March Madness keeps the attention of many Americans, it’s the perfect opportunity to give poker players the chance to get in some online poker action as they watch basketball. BetMGM wants to use its presence in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan. March Poker Mania will offer a weeklong online
PokerStars has a signature tournament series, the World Championship of Online Poker, better known as WCOOP. Last year, it celebrated its 20th anniversary on the global dot-com site. Historically, it runs in the fall months. Due to its popularity, PokerStars introduced another version in 2009, the Spring Championship of Online
On this year’s International Women’s Day, several writers honed in on women’s poker groups and organizations. It was a positive focus on a day that often shows where poker falls short for non-male demographics. While some people did point out those shortcomings – okay, it was me, I did it
One person made the Russian attacks in Ukraine personal for the poker community. That was former poker pro Eugene Katchalov. He remains the top live tournament earner in Ukraine after a long and successful career in poker. While he now works in the esports world, he is never far from
