Poker pro Daiva Byrne started the FLIP Facebook page more than four years ago. FLIP stands for Fantastic Ladies in Poker, and she created it as a space for women in poker to share their accomplishments and concerns, to receive support and find community. The group has grown through the
When 2020 ended, we lamented that another year had passed without any state-licensed online poker launching in West Virginia. The state legalized it in March of 2019. Even so, it was obvious that the West Virginia Lottery Commission noted too many impediments to launching any time soon. We surmised that
Last month, we reported the final online gaming revenue numbers for May, and the four states providing this information showed mixed results. For June, however, the news was bad across the board. Online poker revenue in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania dropped in June. (Michigan doesn’t break out its poker
The executives at the Winning Poker Network decided that this summer was going to be packed with tournaments…and big guarantees on those prize pools. Apparently, they really like putting the word “millions” in their promotions and social media accounts. The Venom? $10M. The next OSS Cub3d? $20M. Guarantees in July
The end of an era is often the result of a new one taking its place. Mason Malmuth recently announced the sale of the Two Plus Two website. And the new owners subsequently announced a new era for the site, one that won’t change anything drastically, at least immediately. After
Poker is back on Card Player Cruises. That’s the message from the organizers of the poker-at-sea trips, which have been on hiatus for nearly a year and a half. Just last month, Card Player Cruises announced an Alaska cruise in September and a Caribbean trip in November. The Alaska adventure,
Back-to-back Flack. It’s difficult to find people in the poker world who don’t know to whom that nickname refers. One could also refer to him by his first name only. Layne Flack was one of the best poker players of the past 25 years. He was certainly one of the
Remember Mike Postle? Of course you do. It’s only been a month since our last report. That last article noted that the court ruled in favor of Veronica Brill, that Postle must pay her for legal costs and fees associated with defending herself against the case he dropped. The court
The 2021 World Series of Poker hit the halfway point a few days ago. Technically, the first of five WSOP iterations crossed that mark. The action kicked off on July 1 with the WSOP Online bracelet events aimed at players in the United States. It has been playing out on
They cut it a little close. GGPoker and the World Series of Poker announced their WSOP Online 2021 series schedule on July 20. The series actually begins on August 1. Nevertheless, that schedule is available for the 33 WSOP bracelet-awarding events set to play out on the virtual tables of
It began last week. It is the biggest online poker series ever on Bovada Poker and Ignition Poker. The two sites operate on the same poker platform, which means they combine their player pools, and that comes in very handy for hosting a massive tournament series. It is the perfect
The first iteration of the PokerGO Cup at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas is a wrap. The latest in a series of high-stakes poker tournaments offered a new set of tournaments, a trophy, and a chance for poker pros to shine. The schedule put players in their seats July
