In poker, Texas is known as home of Texas Hold’em where Hold’em is not exactly legal. Further, it’s much more complicated than the irony. Texas is one of the fastest growing markets for live poker in America. It is where the idea of a poker club – a membership club
The story of US online poker has focused a great deal on Michigan and New Jersey in the first month and a half of the new year. And the featured player in the story is PokerStars. These highlights spring from PokerStars fully embracing the multi-state poker agreement between Michigan and
The Winning Poker Network, especially its flagship site Americas Cardroom, takes great pride in its signature Venom tournament. For years, ACR and its sister poker sites have been running the Venom tournament, complete with masses of satellites and huge guarantees. The last several iterations of Venom (the regular No Limit
Most people are familiar with Super Bowl Sunday. But who knows about Super Saturday? Ignition poker players should know, as it is not new for them. But it’s coming up again, so it’s time to familiarize more players with the day of special tournaments. Super Saturday The big game is
Football fans have been preparing for Super Bowl Sunday for months. They watch the playoffs, place their bets, and figure out how and where to watch the big game. Poker players do the same for Super Bowl Sunday, but they know that there will be great opportunities for online poker
Sometimes, low-stakes players can feel left out of big tournaments with their gargantuan guarantees. The work required to start at super-low buy-ins and satellite their way into one of those big events is often overwhelming and time-consuming. And for micro-stakes players, the task often seems even more difficult. The Winning
The first few days of February were a bit chaotic, as amidst the regular flow of news, the World Series of Poker announced its 2023 WSOP summer action. There were no complaints about the timing, though, because it happened earlier than in the last several years. The primary schedule of
The 4th Annual Global Poker Awards are little less than a month away. GPI (Global Poker Index) and THM (The Hendon Mob) will present the ceremony in coordination with PokerGO. And it will take place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. In total, members of the poker community will
Americas Cardroom, flagship online poker site on the Winning Poker Network, is gearing up to run its hit tournament series this month. The Online Super Series – OSS for short – always provides an array of tournaments at various buy-ins to bring in all levels of players. Often, OSS will
In 2022, the World Series of Poker released its summer schedule on February 23. There were a lot of moving pieces last year, as it was the first year at the new location, managing two sets of ballrooms in two casinos and figuring out the logistics of it all. This
Maryland would like a word about online gambling. Not too many words, mind you, but a few of the state’s lawmakers would like to talk about it. They are interested enough to put forth a bill in 2023 to legalize internet gaming for people in the state of Maryland. Perhaps
Hello again, New Hampshire. It’s been a while since we’ve seen you in discussions about igaming. The state is back, though, with a strong online gaming bill introduced in January 2023. It’s a bipartisan bill starting off in the Senate, and it already survived its first committee hearing. It remains
