Poker as an Olympic sport is closer to reality than ever before and could debut at the 2024 Olympics. The Timeless Question – Is Poker a Sport? For many years, many non-traditional sports around the world have been questioned whether or not they meet the criteria for being called a “sport”. The criteria for a […]
The world’s largest online poker site PokerStars is expanding their popular Megastack live series to New Jersey in hopes to give a much-needed injection into the State’s falling online poker industry and draw even more players to its online poker base. At the same time, the online poker giant is also looking to rectify its […]
The Bill, S 3898, which aims to legalize online poker in New York, passes the New York Senate for the second consecutive year, with am overwhelming 54-8 majority vote. The Bill, sponsored by Sen. John Bonacic, now heads over to the state Assembly, where it remains to be seen whether or not it’ll enjoy the […]
In the final moments of the legislature’s final day of the session, an unexpected turn of events saw Illinois lawmakers pass a bill on Wednesday to legalize online gambling and daily fantasy sports. In the hands of the House The bill, House Bill 479 (HB 479), passed the full Senate by a huge margin, receiving […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of pokercentral) 44 players returned to the playing field on day two of the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl at the ARIA Resort & Casino. Just like the on day one, the players had to battle it out through seven levels of play to see which 19 would make it through to […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of World Casino News) James Parker, the former chairman of Australia-based Crown Resorts, one of the biggest gaming operators down under, had a long term goal to enter the U.S. market that was to be realised with the completion of Alon Las Vegas project. However, due to changes in the company’s long […]
(Credit: Photo courtesy of World Poker Tour) The Face Of Poker he face of World Poker Tour (WPT), Mike Sexton, announced yesterday that he would be vacating his role as commentator on WPT for the Chairman position at Partypoker. For many, not only is Mike Sexton synonymous with WPT, having been part of the broadcast […]
The world’s largest online poker site is on board as a league sponsor, announced by the Global Poker League. This couldn’t come at a better time for the GPL in its quest to “sportify” poker but moreover its lack of buzz surrounding the league. PokerStars will become the lead sponsor of the GPL, as announced […]
The highly anticipated €1 million Big One for One Drop poker tournament will be held at Casino De Monte-Carlo in Monaco. There are 35 players registered for the event on October 14th. In this unique poker event, pros arent allowed. Until the start of the tournament all of the recreational players’ names won’t be made public. […]
You may not even believe what happened on Monday in the 2016 PokerStars WCOOP High Roller $102,000 buy-in tournament. Someone else was crowned champion, while Fedor Holz took place in the field of the high roller tourament. The screen name of this player is “bencb789”. However, please don’t feel too bad for Fedor. He raked […]
