Adam Mason

Adam, our resident poker guru, has extensive knowledge on both sides of the table. When he’s not playing on US poker sites, you will find him busy revising strategies to give him an edge over his opponents. He is also a firm believer that poker allows individuals to grow intellectually. And so, he has decided to put a significant effort in helping others catch themselves up and meet the highest standards of poker. A bit of a dab hand himself, Adam is active in several real money cardrooms, which he frequents not only for the sake of a review but also to test strategies.

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Will Baazov’s Insider Trading Charges Affect PokerStars New Jersey?

Will Baazov’s Insider Trading Charges Affect PokerStars New Jersey?

The Quebec securities regulator has hit the CEO of Amaya David Baazov, with insider trading charges. The Quebec Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) charged Baazov and other individuals with 23 different charges, including five personal charges to Baazov. According to AMF the charges are related to the financial trading that occurred before the purchase of […]

10th Anniversary of PokerStars Sunday Million Draws 55,000 Buy-ins

10th Anniversary of PokerStars Sunday Million Draws 55,000 Buy-ins

In the early hours of Monday morning the PokerStars Sunday Million came to its conclusion and the Canadian “a.urli” earned the top prize of $970,000. In this edition, PokerStars Sunday Million celebrated its tenth anniversary and to celebrate they increased their guaranteed prize to $10 million. In total 45.353 entered the tournament and 9.706 exercised […]

PokerStars Has More Traffic than Its New Jersey Competitors on Its First Day

PokerStars Has More Traffic than Its New Jersey Competitors on Its First Day

On the very first day of PokerStars’ launch in New Jersey, it appears they have already vaulted over its competitors. On Monday morning the site went fully live, after a period of a soft-launch, when the traffic was limited at 500 players a day. But since last Monday things changed. According to Flushdraw.net there were […]

Bot Ring Fraud Conviction Overturned on Appeal in Sweden

Bot Ring Fraud Conviction Overturned on Appeal in Sweden

The original conviction involving five accused of bot ring was overturned by Sweden’s court of appeals. Svenska Spel, the monopolized Swedish online gaming company, announced in February 2013 that the company had suspended 14 accounts, suspected of employing poker bots. At the time, the company reported that the accounts had won approximately US$ 280k in […]

One Remaining Presidential Candidate Should Be Feared by Online Poker Advocates

One Remaining Presidential Candidate Should Be Feared by Online Poker Advocates

There were quite a few presidential candidates anti-online gambling, at the beginning of the presidential race in 2016, especially Republicans. Roughly 33% of the candidates, both Republicans and Democrats, seemed to support a federal online gambling ban, although some candidates more than others. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) were for instance […]

Police Have Raided Indian Poker Room, Reason Remains Unknown

Police Have Raided Indian Poker Room, Reason Remains Unknown

The police have raided an Indian poker room during its inaugural poker tournament, the motives are still unknown. Due to the incident the poker series was cancelled with 60 of the 75 players remaining.  The tournament never resumed. After the Bengaluru High Court ruled that poker was not a standard form of gambling, but a […]

New Online Poker Bill in California

New Online Poker Bill in California

To date, the new poker bill seems to be the most serious attempt to regulate iGaming in California. New Online Poker Bill The poker bill in California has gone through little progress despite years of discussion regarding online poker regulation in the state. But the introduction of the bill AB 2863, an entirely new bill, […]

EPT Grand Final 2016 in Monte Carlo

EPT Grand Final 2016 in Monte Carlo

Thanks to a schedule packed with seventy nine separate events, the European Poker Tour Grand Final is set to be a record breaker in 2016. This week the EPT schedule for 2016 broke on the PokerStars website. Between April 26 and May 6, the Grand Final of the EPT will take place at the Monte […]

Poker Bill Has Failed to Advance in Washington

Poker Bill Has Failed to Advance in Washington

The online poker bill of Washington state has failed to advance. Last month house bill 1114 was introduced by State Representatives Vincent Buys and Sherry Appleton. The bill aimed to legalize and regulate online gambling operators. However the online poker bill died quickly, as it did the year before. The deadline was last Wednesday, 17, […]

Draft Order for Global Poker League Determined

Draft Order for Global Poker League Determined

The GPL’s Twitch channel broadcasted live the order for the Global Poker League Draft on Tuesday, 16, afternoon. Besides drafts order, Global Poker League announced that they decided to expand the number of players per franchise, now each franchise will be able to choose seven players. Each manager will be able to choose four players […]