On Saturday, September 19, Todd Anderson of Heartland Poker Tour and Poker Night in America fame announced it on Twitter. Poker player and enthusiast Darvin Moon died of complications from surgery. Details remain sparse about Moon’s cause of death. He died at his home, according to his official obituary. His
It happened last week. The Global Casino Championship took place online – in two American states – to close out the most unique WSOP Circuit season in the World Series of Poker’s history. There was no other way to do it, really. The WSOP had to host its Global Casino
The story of Pennsylvania internet gaming in its barely year-old history is a positive one. Not only did it add revenue to the state’s gambling sector, it came in handy during the coronavirus pandemic. Pennsylvania was one of only three states with fully-operational internet gaming, including online poker, this year
Online poker in Delaware seems to be taking the same route as it did in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. August revenue numbers show poker action was down online. The good news is that the August online poker number remains more than twice what it was last year. The concerning news
Brad Booth is safe. His family revealed the news on the evening of Wednesday, September 16. There are few details to reveal to the public, but Booth’s family is confident that he is “alive and well” while taking some time away. In a year that has been brutal to the
The coronavirus pandemic continues. It first prompted the shutdown of all casinos in the United States in March. While most casinos reopened to some extent in June, July, or August, Covid-19 continues to lurk and present continual threats. This will prevent casinos from opening to full capacity indefinitely. Even as
Progressive knockout tournaments are all the rage in poker these days. In fairness, players have been flocking to them for well over a year. But the numbers show that there are never enough PKOs. Last month, Americas Cardroom announced its latest online poker tournament series as an all-PKO festival called
(Trigger warning: Details of sexual assault and murder) On Monday, September 14, Judge Kelley Kostin oversaw a hearing for the preliminary examination of charges against Jeffrey Bernard Morris. He faces a first-degree homicide charge in the murder of 33-year-old poker pro Susie Zhao. The hearing, broadcast live on Zoom, included
Almost one year from the start of the case against Mike Postle, some of the plaintiffs decided to accept a settlement offer from two of the original defendants. This was anything but a clean ending to an already messy situation. King’s Casino doing business as Stones Gambling Hall and one-time-maybe-still
It was inevitable. The WSOP Global Casino Championship had to be online. The persistent coronavirus pandemic won’t have it any other way. And the World Series of Poker was determined to host the Global Casino Championship in any way it could. So, it will be held online at WSOP.com on
It seems like PokerStars has been offering a lot of tournaments and series this year for its Pennsylvania players. That is true. Why shouldn’t PokerStars show love to the Pennsylvania market? It dominates that market…as it remains the only online poker site available to those players. Years after Pennsylvania lawmakers
The WSOP 2020 Online is over. There were 85 tournaments – 31 for the US market and 54 for those in some parts of the international market – and they are now in the history books. GGPoker released the numbers for its 54 tournaments, and they include these highlights: --Total
