He’s ready. Chris Moneymaker is ready to put himself out there, to become the owner of a new social club in Kentucky. On September 1, he plans to open the doors of Moneymaker’s Social Club to the public. Anyone of legal age can pay a membership fee at said doors
PokerStars is a big player in a small market. Well, the United States market, such as it is, is just a series of state-run markets, and only three of them allow PokerStars to operate there. PokerStars has been operating in New Jersey for quite a few years, Pennsylvania for several,
The World Poker Tour has been celebrating its 20th anniversary all year. Its first year under new ownership provided opportunities to make changes and try new things. The WPT signed a group of ambassadors, turned WPTDeepStacks into WPT Prime, and launched the WPT Global online poker site. As for the
The World Series of Poker awarded 88 gold bracelets in live tournaments in Las Vegas this summer, plus the Tournament of Champions. During that time period, the WSOP also offered 13 bracelet events online for players in Nevada and New Jersey. There were also eight bracelets online for Michigan players
The big picture shows overall growth. It usually does. When looking at the state-regulated online poker market in the United States – currently functioning in Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – revenue increased from the first half of 2021 to the first half of 2022. Of course, there
The latest Venom ran its course on Americas Cardroom this week. The Winning Poker Network hosted its third Venom of the year. The first was similar to this one – a regular format with a $10M guarantee on the prize pool. That one didn’t go as planned, as it failed
Just days after we last posted about the World Series of Poker Europe edition, the WSOP released the full schedule. We knew there would be 15 tournaments and had some information about the Main Event and High Roller, but details had been scarce. Now, we know the full WSOP Europe
The last event hosted by the RunGood Poker Series was in mid-June. It was a quick Contenders Weekend event in Tulsa, one dedicated to players who have time for one tournament on a weekend…and that’s it. Since then, the RGPS team respected the focus on the World Series of Poker
As poker players are recovering from the Las Vegas portion of the 2022 World Series of Poker, some are already planning for part deux. Despite the WSOP not including the WSOP Europe in its Player of the Year race and not promoting the European leg of the series, many non-American
Now that the WSOP is over in the United States, what is PokerGO to do with its time and energy? The first thing is to refocus on its PokerGO Tour (PGT). It never stopped for the World Series, but it is ready to kick back into a higher gear. One
Surprise! The 2022 World Series of Poker is on television! When CBS Sports starts airing episodes from the 2022 WSOP and it is a surprise to host Lon McEachern, that’s a problem. Evidently, the CBS Sports Network did start airing episodes on July 21. And the WSOP didn’t mention it.
The 2022 World Series of Poker wrapped the last of its 88-event live tournament schedule in Las Vegas last week. But the action wasn’t quite complete. There was a Tournament of Champions to round everything out, one final chance at a WSOP bracelet. The TOC was a freeroll for all
