It’s a topic typically covered when something controversial happens or on International Women’s Day: women in poker. While I will continue to do those types of articles, I also decided to highlight women’s poker events and groups on a more regular basis. There are numerous groups on Facebook that regularly
As has been the case for years, a handful of American states tossed around the idea of legalizing online poker in 2021, most often alongside online casino games and/or sports betting. Most of those bills die a few months into the year with no progress. Connecticut, however, is a different
This week was unlike any other for the World Poker Tour. The entire last year was one unlike any other as well because, well, you know. The World Poker Tour finally closed out its Season XVIII, one that started in the summer of 2019. At the beginning of 2020, the
On May 23, McLaren Racing officially shows off its new partnership with Entain, more specifically with subsidiaries PartyPoker and PartyCasino. The multiyear deal kicks off with prominent placement of the brand on the McLaren cars and helmets at the Monaco Grand Prix. Poker brands far too rarely expand beyond the
For the gaming industry as a whole, April was a great month. Casinos and card rooms, racinos and sportsbooks began to reopen and increase capacity. As more Americans accessed the Covid-19 vaccine and the CDC loosened its health guidance, more people ventured out of their homes. Many are not yet
‘Tis the season for online poker tournament series. It’s only been a few weeks since PokerStars wrapped its famous Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), during which it awarded $139.8M in the global edition alone. The site distributed more millions to its Southern Europe players and the ones in the
It should be no surprise now when a Venom tournament is mentioned in the same sentence as a world record. Americas Cardroom and its sister sites on the Winning Poker Network continue to push the limits with their signature Venom tournament. The most recent Venom just finished last week. It
For many years, Live at the Bike was the only poker livestream of its kind. It blazed the trail for livestreamed poker when it launched in 2004. Starting this year, there will be a direct competitor in Hustler Casino Live. The competing Los Angeles area card rooms will now compete
Tournament series on the PokerGO calendar tend to involve high-stakes players. They do love a good series like the Poker Masters and the US Poker Open. All of those went into a holding pattern during 2020 – because pandemic, obv – but as Las Vegas reopens, the high-stakes poker crowd
The RunGood Poker Series may be one of the last to resume its live tournament schedule in the United States – at least it survived the pandemic, as not all were so lucky – and it’s doing so with renewed energy and excitement. Not only has the tour put out
Evidently, a person cannot simply file a massive lawsuit against a list of people and companies and then drop it without consequence. So is the lesson learned by Michael Postle. That is an oversimplification of the most recent court processes involving the former poker pro, of course. It is also
The sites on the partypoker US network of online poker sites in the American market are ready for May tournament series. Interestingly, a look at the websites for BetMGM, one of the brands carrying the series, shows the series in the “tournaments” section for New Jersey and Michigan. Those series
