It was a big win for Americas Cardroom, for the Winning Poker Network, and for a Brazilian poker pro named Rafael Moraes. The tournament was called Venom and had been promoted for about six months. ACR wanted it to be the largest online poker tournament ever hosted for US players
The Heartland Poker Tour has been a popular poker tour based in the United States with a focus on the middle of America – its heartland. The HPT was created in 2005 and still operates under the philosophy of “Real People, Unreal Money.” The HPT does maintain partnerships with a
Phil Ivey has been involved in lawsuits involving casino baccarat winnings since 2012. For the better part of this decade, he and baccarat partner Cheung Yin Sun have been paying attorneys to fight casinos that claimed the duo cheated to win millions. They famously lost the case involving Crockfords Club
The World Series of Poker may have just ended its marathon 90-tournament summer series in Las Vegas last week, but that doesn’t stop the organization from moving forward with its WSOP Circuit kickoff. The WSOP International Circuit is a spinoff from the American series that travels the United States with
Less than two months ago, the World Poker Tour wrapped up its 17th season in Las Vegas. Two tournaments played out their final tables at the HyperX Esports Arena at Luxor in Las Vegas, the last regular event of the season played to completion at Aria, and the WPT Tournament
There is a mystery in Pennsylvania. On Monday, July 15, regulated online gaming launched in the state by way of a law that was passed in October 2017. And though online poker was a part of that gaming expansion and is now legal in Pennsylvania, no online poker sites were
It is a big weekend for Americas Cardroom, the flagship online poker site on the Winning Poker Network. On Sunday, July 21, the final starting day of the Venom online tournament will begin, and the hope is that the final numbers will put the prize pool well beyond the $5
Little more than one week ago, Poker Central announced a partnership with PartyPoker LIVE. The main part of the deal was that Poker Central acquired the exclusive rights to livestream the international PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS tour stops, beginning with the August stop at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The
The 2019 World Series of Poker is now in the history books. On Tuesday night, July 16, the last of the tournaments awarded bracelets to their respective winners, making a total of 90 WSOP champions for the summer. One of those events, however, was the shining star of the series,
It was the last day of the 2019 WSOP, and an action-packed day it was. Three tournaments concluded with three new bracelet winners, but the center stage was reserved for the Main Event. It started with three players and ran well past midnight to determine the new world champion, and
The people were announced as the latest inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame. Chris Moneymaker and David Oppenheim were revealed to be the people that won the most votes and are the 2019 honorees. WSOP host on ESPN, Kara Scott, announced the names on Monday night, July 15, during
With only two days left on the 2019 WSOP summer schedule, there were several tournaments still running and a few bracelets left to award. And that little Main Event still to award its millions in prize money among the top five finishers. Two bracelets were handed out. At the same
