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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 […]

Suspect Who Broke into Chad Power’s Home Finally Arrested

Suspect Who Broke into Chad Power’s Home Finally Arrested

Brock Brewer has been arrested and faces multiple felony charges for allegedly burglarizing Chad Power’s home Brewer reportedly broke into Brewer’s house back in February and left with close to $1 million in cash and chips He had an accomplice who has still not been charged and who is a known associate of Brewer’s Brock […]

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 to Host a Celebratory Women’s Tournament on March 27

PokerStars to Host a Celebratory Women’s Tournament on March 27

A new F2P event by PokerStars is celebrating Women’s History Month on March 27  The event will feature prizes for the nine players to make the final table  PokerStars is looking to empower female players and bring more women to the game  PokerStars seeks to empower women in a new free-to-play tournament held on March […]

Full Tilt Drops Off the Poker Scene as PokerStars Pulls the Plug

Full Tilt Drops Off the Poker Scene as PokerStars Pulls the Plug

Full Tilt shut down on Thursday, February 25, marking 16 years of operation The website was one of the oldest and was one of the first homes to numerous poker professionals, including Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Gus Hansen, and others PokerStars bailed Full Tilt Poker in 2016 but decided to discontinue the website after the […]

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 […]

Dutch Players to Get PokerStars Tax Winnings Reimbursement

Dutch Players to Get PokerStars Tax Winnings Reimbursement

Dutch poker players will be repaid tax on winnings they accumulated through the PokerStars.eu domain New tax will be applied to PokerStars.fr winnings instead the Supreme Court has decided A class-action lawsuit by 130 players is likely to end with the players agreeing to the revised taxation framework The Dutch tax agency has reached a […]

PokerStars Launches Online Poker and Casino in Michigan

PokerStars Launches Online Poker and Casino in Michigan

Online poker arrives in Michigan with Flutter Entertainment brands PokerStars and Fox Bet receiving the go-ahead to launch officially on Friday, January 29. PokerStars Sets Dips Feet in Michigan Online Gaming Market Online poker is officially live in Michigan as the state moved towards rapid legalization of all three gambling vertical, to name sports betting, […]