Two of the biggest women’s organizations in poker collaborated to organize a survey aimed at women in poker. The Women’s Poker Association (WPA) and Poker Power (formerly Poker Powher) put the survey out and found 438 respondents. The goal of the survey was to ask women about their poker experiences,
PokerStars knows how to walk and chew gum at the same time. More accurately, the online poker operator knows how to operate massive tournament series in various parts of the world on separate platforms but at the same time. Currently, PokerStars’ global site is running the World Championship of Online
Norman Chad and Lon McEachern are an integral part of the annual World Series of Poker, at least for fans who have watched the clips online and episodes on ESPN for years. In fact, the duo has been commentating on poker since 2003. That was the year that Chris Moneymaker
Flutter Entertainment, on behalf of subsidiary PokerStars, is taking the case as high as it will go in the United States court system. What started in 2008 as a way for Kentucky to lash out at online poker has evolved into a $1.3B court case in the state of Kentucky.
The World Series of Poker has had to make some tough decisions in its fifty-plus years of hosting the tournaments but none as consequential as the decisions in 2020 and 2021. Last year, for the first time, WSOP executives canceled the entire live series in the US and Europe because
It looks like the state of Connecticut may finalize its new online gaming rules in the coming days. This means the regulatory framework will be in place and Connecticut online casinos and online poker could become a reality by 2022. The launch of actual igaming and poker sites will be
It was bound to happen eventually, and Tom Dwan was the man to do it. He broke Phil Hellmuth’s streak of winning matches in High Stakes Duel at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The heads-up match between Dwan and Hellmuth wasn’t about the money. These types of games rarely
The World Series of Poker is in full swing…online. United States players had their shot at 2021 WSOP gold bracelets from Nevada, New Jersey, and even Pennsylvania. All of those ran their course, the results of which we reported here: US (Nevada and New Jersey): Events 1-19 results US (Nevada
There’s no question that the live poker arena is still adjusting to pandemic protocols, especially due to the ever-changing nature of the virus and health guidelines. While casinos and cardrooms are sorting it all out – masks, proof of vaccination, negative Covid-19 tests – online poker is still here. BetOnline
High-stakes poker players have had quite a few options in the live poker arena lately. And there is more on the horizon. Just recently, the PokerGO Tour took high rollers to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) in Hollywood, Florida. Five events with buy-ins of $10K to $50K welcomed
In any other year, a month and a half before the World Series of Poker, players around the world would be making final preparations for the trip to Las Vegas. Flights would be booked and hotel rooms reserved. The only thing left to do would be to play some online
The case of Mike Postle cheating – allegedly, I suppose – in poker games at Stones Gambling Hall in Northern California has jumped the shark. It has devolved into a case of the accused trying to transform himself into the victim at every turn. The latest court filing is proof
