I was honored to be invited to the first WPT Women’s Poker Summit on Sunday, August 26. The event took place in a conference room at the Bicycle Casino as the WPT500 tournament played out in the Los Angeles area cardroom. The Women’s Poker Summit was the first of its
On Sunday, August 26, EA Sports hosted a tournament for Madden NFL 19 players at the GLHF Game Bar in Jacksonville, Florida. The video gaming event for the Madden Championship Series was a qualifier for the Madden Classic finals, which was set for October in Las Vegas. Not long after
September tends to be a big month for online poker tournament players, and this one will be no different. The three major online poker sites spanning the world will offer tournament guarantees in excess of $179 million over the course of three series in September 2018. The smallest series of
While most other states that had considered online poker in 2018 abandoned those ideas earlier in the year, Illinois remained open to it. One lawmaker continues to champion one bill, and its future may depend on a legislative hearing set for October. The process of legalizing online gaming – whether
The last time PartyPoker made substantial changes to its poker client was in April. And since that time, the operator has been working on more improvements to stay on top of its game. In April, Mac users had been asking for changes, and they were rolled out with a major
It was only days ago that Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack became one of the first three Pennsylvania establishments to receive approval for the new online gaming market in the state. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) had been reviewing the nine applications received from its state’s casinos, and it
Problems continue to plague Americas Cardroom. The most recent issues began during the first week of August and continued for more than one week. Americas Cardroom attributed disconnection problems to DDoS attacks but seemed to finally stave them off after a week. However, more problems ensued on August 21 and
It has been some time since Americans heard from online poker and gaming opponents. The movement to ban online games and for Congress to pass the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) has been relatively silent for much of 2018. But they are back. The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling,
The recent swarm of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on internet poker sites was frustrating for operators and players alike. Sites ranging from Americas Cardroom on the Winning Poker Network to larger sites like PartyPoker and PokerStars were victimized by the attacks within a matter of two weeks earlier
The PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship has been building buzz for months, even though it’s not set to take place until January 2019. Frequently called the PSPC, the tournament is a set to be the largest $25,000 buy-in event in poker’s history. The tournament initially attracted so much attention
The weekly Global Glance looks at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker and gambling beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. News regarding online poker and gaming beyond the borders of the United States
The idea that cryptocurrencies could expand the online poker market is nothing new. Gaming operators have been working with cryptocurrencies to varying degrees for several years. Sites like SwC Poker, originally Seals with Clubs, operated as a Bitcoin poker site since it opened in 2011, but most other poker operators took
