In Las Vegas the Day Two of the Aria Super High Roller Bowl ended with not-so-well-known names topping the leaderboard and some famous players headed to the exits. On the tournament’s second day, Daniel Negreanu started with a big stack but had a bad run of cards. Negreanu lost an all-in pre-flop pot to Kathy […]
There is nothing new about facial recognition, it is used by law enforcement and casinos to weed out black-listed players and criminals by matching in-the-flesh humans with data-banked images. But recently, Faception, a Israeli start-up, claims to have developed a program that “understand our personalities” better than ourselves. The start-up revealed recently signing a contract […]
Yesterday, on the floor of the state House of Representatives, two amendments to Pennsylvania’s gambling laws (aiming online poker legalization) went to a vote and were both rejected. However, immediately afterwards both amendments were voted for reconsideration. So, this means there will be another hearing as soon as possible, maybe even before the end of […]
Only one year after linking up with Rockets Poker Room, the Indian online poker site, Adda52, has called time on its live tournament partnership. In July 2015, Adda52 decided to enter the live tournament arena and work together with Rockets Poker Room in Bangalore. The Adda52 offered many low-stakes competitions and a prize pool of […]
The latest player to be chosen to participate in the new Global Poker League (GPL) is Aaron Paul, known as Jesse Pinkman on the hugely popular series Breaking Bad. Maria Ho, LA Sunset captain, decided to bring the actor as her second Wild Card Player, in something of a surprise move. Her choice will add […]
As states in the US choose to reject or embrace the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry, the landscape is becoming more and more a jumbled legal patchwork. Recently several states have decided about DFS status. Last week Alabama declared DFS to be ilegal gambling. FanDuel and DraftKing were given until May 1 to conclude their […]
This week Phil Ivey’s battle against Crockfords Casino is set to resume. A UK judge granted the poker pro an appeal and affirmed this case could set an important legal precedent. Back in 2012, Ivey won £7.8 million ($11.2 million) inside London’s Crockfords Casino, but lost his claim to the amount. Despite that, the player […]
The second week of the Global Poker League is starting, after a controversial first week that included major computerized misdeal, viewers’ confusion over the Cube concept and some players indifference. With new faces at the tables and new matches week two will hopefully make a better impression. So far, after three online play day Bryn […]
Just over a week ago PokerStars New Jersey was first launched and the site is already dominating the traffic in New Jersey. 888Poker and WSOP.com probably already feel the effects of competing against the leader of the online poker industry. On March 21, PokerStars took the lead after just one day over cash game traffic […]
Antonio Esfandiari has earned probably more than $26 million in different tournaments during his career, but his latest win on the WSOP Circuit in Los Angeles against Jamie Gold must be a career highlight. Esfandiari attended this year’s $1,675 WSOP Circuit event in LA, despite calling the entry fee ($10,000) his bread and butter. Final […]
