The Wynn had been welcoming players in solid numbers since reopening after the pandemic shutdowns of 2020. From smaller buy-ins to high roller events, the Wynn’s poker room had been bustling in 2021. So, the tournament staff set up the Wynn Summer Classic. That wasn’t new but the schedule was
Most poker fans know his name. Noel Furlong won the WSOP Main Event. Serious poker fans know that he won that title in 1999. There were 393 players in it that year, and the top prize was exactly $1M. That WSOP Main Event final table was one for the history
Only a couple of weeks after the last high-stakes live tournament series at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, another one is set to go. It is a new one in the PokerGO lineup, making its debut as part of the inaugural PokerGO Tour. The PokerGO Cup kicks off this
It is summer, one unlike any other for poker players. At this time in past summers, poker players would be starting the WSOP Main Event and fans would be hitting refresh on the live updates from home. This is usually peak poker season, one of the most exciting times of
Poker players from many parts of the world log on to Americas Cardroom for online poker, but the largest contingent of players is from the United States. So, when US players celebrate a holiday like Independence Day, everyone celebrates. Americas Cardroom is hosting a special tournament on Independence Day, also
Since the Global Poker Index launched in 2011, it has been consistently tracking live poker players through its proprietary ranking system. Of course, its eventual partnership with The Hendon Mob, which is the penultimate poker player database for live poker, helped put all of the information in one place. And
The tournament wasn’t exactly a part of the World Poker Tour’s new Season XIX that recently kicked off in Tampa, Florida. (That WPT Tampa event on the main tour recently finished with the previous season’s Player of the Year, Brian Altman, in the winner’s seat again.) The WPT Heads-Up Championship
The burgeoning United States online gambling industry is still finding its way. The pandemic year threw a wrench into everything, bringing revenue numbers to highs that were not very sustainable. As land-based casinos, racinos, and card rooms around the country are at or nearing full capacity again in the first
This week’s closure of the Wire Act case was years in the making and a relief for states across America. Entities from lottery commissions to businesses around the gambling and betting industries count it as a win. On June 22, the United States Department of Justice, headed up by Attorney
If the “Hellmuth Wins” headline sounds familiar, that is because we’ve written in so many times with regard to High Stakes Duel. Phil Hellmuth remains undefeated and just finished taking down Daniel Negreanu in the second iteration of the HSD series. The first High Stakes Duel pitted Hellmuth against Antonio
Just a couple of months ago, the World Poker Tour ended its longest season ever, the one that spanned the length of a pandemic and beyond. And when it was all done and in the books, Brian Altman had taken the Season XVIII Player of the Year title. He did
It has become the signature tournament of Americas Cardroom and every skin on the Winning Poker Network. Considering its popularity, one might think it has been a part of the ACR tournament scene for many years, but WPN only introduced it in the summer of 2019. And now, just after
