Actor Aaron Paul and Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo have used their poker skills in a series of heads-up matches. Recently, PokerStars has organized heads-up matches with a selection of media darlings against its biggest sponsored pros. This is PokerStars’ way to appeal to a wider audience. Poker pro players including André Akkari, Felipe Ramos […]
A lengthy battle between lawmakers who oppose gambling and the supporters of gambling eventually resulted in passing of a New York DFS bill. The final say was in the hands of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Daily Fantasy Sports games are now legal in the state as he just signed the bill into a law. A months-long […]
After failing to negotiate deals with offshore markets, Oklahoma poker site PokerTribe.com had to delay the launch of its real online money site. PokerTribe.com was launched as a free play poker site for international players back in May by the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. The Iowa Tribe found a loophole in the system thanks to […]
It’s only to get a little brother- we’re talking about the biggest online poker series. A companion ‘Mini-WCOOP’ edition will run alongside the main series for the first time ever in the history of the PokerStars WCOOP. The buy-ins will sometimes be 1/1000th of its WCOOP counterpart but will mostly be 1/100th at the Mini-WCOOP. […]
FTP has been quietly brought to its bitter end after the settlement in a lawsuit involving four former customers. Once upon a time, Full Tilt was a top online poker site. The poker players Nick Hammer, Bradley Clasen, Robin Houghdahl, Steve Segal and Todd Terry came to an agreement with former FPT executives for an […]
Apparently, Russia’s war against the decentralized currency, Bitcoin, is losing steam. Since 2014, Russia’s antagonistic attitude towards the digital cryptocurrency is relaxing. In 2016, a bill was presented to the legislative advisory body in Russia, that aimed outlaw the use of such monetary forms. The goal was to prevent capital from leaving the country, since […]
Over the weekend, the access to PokerStars was restricted by a fresh wave of Russian ISP blocking, which led thousands of players from Russia to Russian-language poker forums to display their concerns and displeasure. PokerStars Russia’s Twitter account confirmed the block and since the operator is in a constant game of cat and mouse with […]
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 […]
For years the Wynn Poker Room located in Las Vegas has been popular among locals as well as tourists. Now, in May, the 25-table poker room will expand and therefore move to a new location. The poker room will reopen on the 26Th of May, at the new location, near the Encore Beach Club and […]
PokerStars has announced that the static version of the heads-up table will changed. The operator communicated to players that Zoom games will soon become the norm at the site. Now with the newer Zoom, on each heads-up hand players will face a new opponent. Last Monday, February 8th, all players that had played at a […]
