(Trigger warning: Mention of sexual assault and murder) The Michigan court system moved one step closer to putting Jeffery Bernard Morris on trial for the first-degree murder of longtime poker player Susie Zhao. A pretrial hearing in the Oakland County district court today resulted in an official pretrial date set
Mike Sexton died more than one month ago. It is difficult to believe, especially for those still sharing stories about and memories of the world’s best poker ambassador. One of Mike’s final requests was that people donate to Poker Gives. And people have been honoring that wish, most recently with
Online poker operators have been hosting massive online tournament series in 2020, providing many options for players who have little or no access to live poker during the pandemic. 888poker was one of those operators, though on a smaller scale and more accessible to a larger swath of players with
Remember live poker tournaments? Remember the European Poker Tour? PokerStars hosted an EPT event that wrapped up this weekend in Sochi, and it went well. Casino Sochi implemented precautionary measures. Players and staff were careful. And they finished the live series. EPT Sochi 2020 was originally on the calendar for
The news of a settlement between 5Dimes and United States Department of Justice was surprising to some in the online sports betting and gambling industry. The 5Dimes brand became a popular site for US players after Black Friday. The major sports betting and internet gaming operators departed the US market
The 2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker wrapped up last weekend, and PokerStars PA tallied the numbers. The PACOOP as a whole awarded more than $2 million in prize pools over the course of its 50 tournaments, far surpassing the $1.5 million it promised. Both Main Event tournaments also exceeded
It is a tough time for poker players, especially in the United States. All live poker cash games and tournaments shut down in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and a great many venues have yet to reopen their poker rooms. And in the US, players have very few
Poker players today seem to love bounty tournaments. A little progressive knockout action here and some total knockout action there. The bounty adds another element to tournaments, allows for some unique strategies to obtain bounties but remain on course for the long-term result. While poker players had their fill of
Michigan is moving along at a solid clip toward launching online poker and casino sites. And compared to states like Pennsylvania that took more than two years from the signing of the bill to the launch of its first poker site, Michigan is wasting no time. This may be a
The path of 888 and the WSOP.com poker site to the Pennsylvania internet gaming market has been a confusing one. And there has been no evidence of expediency whatsoever. Nearly three years after Pennsylvania legalized online gaming and nearly one year after PokerStars became the first – and still only
New Jersey online poker players have a busy month in October, especially with the most recent announcement by PokerStars. In one week, PokerStars will launch its annual New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP). With a total of 54 events and $1 million in guarantees, the series will offer a
The World Series of Poker is ready to offer another WCOP Circuit series. It will be another online event and one only for US players located in New Jersey and Nevada. It is unclear if players in Delaware can participate. (They were able to play in the June series but
