One Guy Smith, 62, failed to disclose over $821,000 in income tax between 2012 and 2016 Smith played and won over $1 million in poker proceeds between 2012 and 2016, on top of $482,000 generated through a business of his Smith pleaded guilty earlier this week, agreeing to cover the back tax and hoping to […]
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 […]
The Bike Casino in Bell Gardens, California has reopened today, Friday, June 19, at 6:00 a.m. local time. All patrons must wear protective face masks. Bicycle Hotel & Casino Welcomes Poker Back in California Brick-and-mortar poker has returned to California with the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens restarting operations on Friday, June 19. […]
Hard Rock opened the Seminole Hard Rock card room on Thursday, running poker games at a max capacity of six players per table. Seminole Becomes First Card Room to Reopen in Florida Hard Rock Seminole in Tampa became the first property to open doors and bring back poker to the state, after HRI CEO Jim […]
The future of online poker in the US is still in the air amid recent developments around the case in the US Court of Appeals as the New Hampshire Lottery Commission is continuing its efforts to set aside the 2018 DOJ interpretation of the 1961 Wire Act. Since the DOJ enforcement action remains on hold […]
Presidential hopeful and poker enthusiast Andrew Yang ended his campaign bid on February 11 unable to garner additional support to push past the Democratic in-house elections. He was the first candidate to speak on a variety of issues, including universal income, digital tax and surprisingly, the legalization of online poker. His hint at taxing digital […]
Professor Avi Rubin usually teaches courses about computer security at Johns Hopkins University but, in his latest class, he turned his focus to poker. It’s a pretty unusual topic for a university professor undertake but he saw the value in giving students valuable insight into the game. Throughout the two-week course, “An Introduction to the […]
Daniel Negreanu is one of the world’s most influential poker players and, when he makes a bold statement on Twitter, he definitely gets people talking. Recently, he stated that he may not re-enter any tournaments throughout 2020, criticising the entire concept of re-buy tournaments. This is a sentiment that many poker players have been feeling […]
The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious poker event in the world. The tournament always takes place over the summer, but we’re already excited for next year’s event – especially now that the dates have been announced. The WSOP has announced that next year’s World Series of Poker will take place from Tuesday, […]
At partypoker, you can always expect tournaments to offer some amazing prizes – but this is just ridiculous! In the upcoming $20M guarantee tournament from partypoker, the brand will be awarding the winner with a special $1 million bonus if they happen to land in first place at the end of their Day 1. This […]
