Sometimes, an online poker operator makes important and impactful ambassador signings. And sometimes, a poker company signs so many pros that it becomes a blur of names. 888poker has been creating a unique roster of poker pros for years. It was the first site to sign as many female ambassadors
The long-running case of PokerStars versus Kentucky is over. After the state battled with the online poker operator at various levels since 2008, the lawsuit seemed to be reaching a crescendo when PokerStars parent company Flutter Entertainment appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. After more
The World Poker Tour has been trying its hardest to deliver post-pandemic live tournament poker. And it has done so, even starting a new season. In May, Season XIX kicked off online but then traveled to Tampa, Las Vegas, and then to Choctaw in Oklahoma. And then another surge of
There are certain things that are generally not funny. A person walking through an airport should not joke about carrying a bomb. A visitor to a hospital should not joke about death. A person staying in a high-rise hotel should not joke about committing suicide. However, poker player Scott Robbins
This is getting out of hand. Mike Postle is now linked to a PR firm of a woman who assisted him in his legal matters. Despite the woman’s continued attempts to distance herself from a business relationship with Postle, her PR firm is now the owner of a fresh new
The countdowns have been happening. Today marks one week to the WSOP. Perhaps more than in previous years, the poker community is looking forward to the start of the 2021 World Series of Poker – the live events, the ones in Las Vegas, the ones in the Rio Convention Center.
The United States igaming market has been growing, mostly in the area of sports betting. A handful of states legalized online casinos and/or online poker in the past decade as well. While those markets have shown internet gaming’s worth in many ways, especially during the pandemic, the online poker sector
PokerStars is keen on celebrating anniversaries and milestones. It’s a chance to look at how far the poker community has come, and it hints at what the future may hold. The recent 20th anniversary World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) just wrapped on September 15. This provided a good opportunity
The PokerGO team just wrapped another successful live poker series, another group of high-stakes tournaments at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Some of the biggest names in poker competed in the dozen tournaments. And they brought their big bankrolls with them, as the tournament buy-ins ranged from $10K to
Just when one may have assumed that the World Series of Poker published its final schedules for the 2021 WSOP, one is proven wrong. Just this week, the WSOP announced the addition of 11 online poker bracelet events for players in the United States. Ten of those events will take
Last year, partypoker hosted the inaugural World Poker Tour’s World Online Championships, better known as the WPT WOC. The 71-day series offered 12 official WPT events, each with several buy-in levels. And when it was all over, players had taken home $100,746,175 in prize money. The second iteration of the
There are many celebrities who play poker. There are several comedians who play poker. But then there are celebrities and comedians – who are one and the same sometimes – who love the game of poker. They entrench themselves into the game and the community that surrounds it. Only a
