Gregg Johnson

From sports betting to casinos, Gregg has written high quality articles for over 15 years for a huge network of different clients. He has always been an avid casual online poker player and so understands the ins and outs of the industry.

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PokerStars to Run $100m GTD WCOOP Series in August

PokerStars to Run $100m GTD WCOOP Series in August

PokerStars to host $100m GTD World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), as the biggest tournament yet The event has allocated over $970 million since it first launched in 2001, and has been running for over 20 years now PokerStars will offer various incentives that complement its tournament offer and add more opportunity for players of […]

Planet Hollywood Bows out of Las Vegas Poker Scene

Planet Hollywood Bows out of Las Vegas Poker Scene

Planet Hollywood is reportedly the latest poker room to shut down in Las Vegas The cardroom employees have joined social media discussion confirming the news This makes for a total of five cardrooms closed so far in Las Vegas following the pandemic The Planet Hollywood poker room will be shutting down operations as social media […]

Poker Players Can Ditch the Masks in Las Vegas – If Vaccinated

Poker Players Can Ditch the Masks in Las Vegas – If Vaccinated

Las Vegas welcome players without the masks if they are fully vaccinated Nevada gaming regulators agree that each property can self-regulate mask usage Las Vegas is just a few months away from the restart of mass live poker As Las Vegas prepares to welcome back multi-million poker tournaments, some of the restrictions regarding face masks […]

The Venetian Readies another DeepStack Championship Series in Summer

The Venetian Readies another DeepStack Championship Series in Summer

Las Vegas will welcome more poker this summer with The Venetian announcing the DeepStack Championship Poker Series The DeepStack Championship Poker Series should have a schedule published sometime this or next week Players will be able to play from late May through July and enjoy one of the biggest tournaments on the cards The Venetian is […]

Flutter to Seek and Challenge Kentucky Court Ruling in SCOTUS

Flutter to Seek and Challenge Kentucky Court Ruling in SCOTUS

Flutter Entertainment will continue to fight a recent ruling against the PokerStars brand  According to the Kentucky Supreme Court, PokerStars ought to pay $870 million and interest for running operations between 2006 and 2011 Flutter is preparing to appeal the decision in the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Flutter Entertainment will appeal a recent ruling […]

PokerStars Live Poker Returns on Live TV Tonight on FS1

PokerStars Live Poker Returns on Live TV Tonight on FS1

PokerStars carries on with its TV coverage of the $25,000 PSPC in a groundbreaking move for the industry The company brings the talents of James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton to add value to each broadcast This week’s Episode 3 and Episode 4 will be aired at 11:00 pm EST and midnight on Friday and Saturday, […]

BetMGM Poker to Launch in Michigan in February

BetMGM Poker to Launch in Michigan in February

Roar Digital is introducing BetMGM Poker in Michigan later in February, the company has confirmed Michigan already welcomed PokerStars MI in January, and the company is hosting the inaugural $1M GTD MI COOP BetMGM is also launching partypoker in Pennsylvania ahead of an anticipated merger of poker player pools from across state lines later in […]

MILLIONS Online by Partypoker Returns with $5M GTD Main Event

MILLIONS Online by Partypoker Returns with $5M GTD Main Event

Partypoker will reintroduce the MILLIONS Online format on February 21 with a $5M in GTD prize money for the Main Event The card room will run a Mini Main Event with $1M on the line in prize money and $1,100 buy-in Partypoker will run numerous satellite events between January 24 and January 31 for a […]

WSOP $10,000 Main Event Returns for US and Int. Players

WSOP $10,000 Main Event Returns for US and Int. Players

WSOP is bringing back the Main Event for 2020 with a mixed online and offline format, two finals and a heads-up match US and international players will have their own Main Event to sort out before the winners of both meeting at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for a final showdown […]

Many Big Poker Rooms in Las Vegas Remain Shuttered

Many Big Poker Rooms in Las Vegas Remain Shuttered

With poker slowly returning to Las Vegas, the question that concerned parties bring up is not if the game would return, but rather what would happen to poker rooms that don’t restart their operations soon. Earlier in October, the Press of Atlantic did outline a possible scenario for the restart of the game in New […]