The pandemic took its toll on all live poker tournaments and tours in 2020, but the mid-majors took it quite hard. One of them – the Heartland Poker Tour – didn’t make it through. But the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) was determined to do whatever was necessary to hold on.
Just a few weeks ago, the World Poker Tour announced the first part of its Season XIX in North America. It included a list of live main tour stops that kicked off in Florida last week with the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Festival. It will hit up the Venetian
It seems that PayPal wasn’t fond of a viral effort to gather unhappy customers for a class action lawsuit against the payment processor. The company refunded Chris Moneymaker, the initial person who pursued legal assistance for the $12K that PayPal confiscated from him. When dozens of people quickly contacted the
The vast majority of online poker players don’t have the money to play the major online poker tournament series offered by big operators. That is the reason that operators attract thousands upon thousands of players in series with micro buy-ins. BetOnline wanted to offer a series to its players as
Poker players have been waiting two years for the World Series of Poker schedule. They’ve seen online tournament schedules and live event cancellations since early 2020 due to the pandemic. And with the exception of live final tables – one in Europe and one in the US – in late
The latest in the Mike Postle scandal/drama/situation is a war of words. One person may not have brought a fully-functional weapon to the fight. Over the past month, new documents and revelations continued in the case of Michael Postle vs Veronica Brill, Todd Witteles, ESPN, PokerNews, et al. While Postle
The American court system can be a delay-filled experience for many. It was for Dennis Blieden, though he probably didn’t mind. The one-time World Poker Tour champion and wanna-be poker pro pleaded guilty to some of the federal crimes levied against him in November 2019. Just this week, a judge
The increased focus on security at the Winning Poker Network results in more site updates and improvements each month. More than that, the security team is more adept at identifying bots every month, as technology mixed with expertise seeks them out more regularly. Latest Bot Bans Since the security team
Two weeks ago, Eric Bensamochan announced the intent to sue PayPal on behalf of his client, Chris Moneymaker. The 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and longtime poker pro used PayPal to hold money for friends in a fantasy sports league. Not only did PayPal seize that money,
It is never pleasant to strip someone of a title. And more often than not, the person losing the title challenges the issue that prompted the drastic action. In the most recent case of this happening in poker, the three parties are the World Poker Tour, partypoker, and David Afework.
At the end of May, PokerStars revealed the results of its last US-based online poker tournament series. It was the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for the state-by-state American market. PASCOOP in Pennsylvania offered 41 events, which translated into 123 tournaments and more than $2.6M in prize money awarded.
The World Poker Tour first launched LearnWPT in 2016. The poker education resource anticipated a range of users, most at the level of experienced player but looking to take their games to a level beyond basic strategy. Even so, it offered a range of instruction, starting at the beginner level.
