The second of the five segments of the 2021 World Series of Poker is complete. The first segment finished during the first days of August. United States players had their first crack at online gold bracelets this year in July, as 33 bracelet tournaments played out on WSOP.com for players
The live 2021 WSOP in Las Vegas is about a month and a half from kickoff on September 30, which means details will emerge in the coming weeks. The latest information includes clarification of the Covid-19 rule, also known as Rule 115, and information about online event registration, which is
Poker players first got to know Matt Marafioti as ADZ124 at the online tables. He played relatively high stakes cash games, and he was good at it. When he ventured out into the live tournament scene, his poker skills became obvious to more people. His name also became synonymous with
Poker on television used to be a regular occurrence. Prior to Black Friday in the United States, there was poker on the Travel Channel and ESPN, NBC and the Game Show Network. After the end of that poker boom, however, ESPN showed the World Series of Poker, and Fox Sports
It’s that time of year. It’s the time that PokerStars hosts its longest running annual online poker tournament series, the one that set the standard for all who came after. It is almost time for the start of the 2021 World Championship of Online Poker, known to poker players around
The World Poker Tour and partypoker kicked off the 2021 WPT WOC today, also known as the WPT World Online Poker Championships. A few weeks ago, the WPT and partypoker previewed the series, revealing Main Event information but little more. This week, just days before the start of the 2021
The high-stakes poker tournaments never stop, at least as long as PokerGO keeps offering events and incentives for the players to compete at the highest levels. As the inaugural year of the PokerGO Tour does just that, the latest round of tournaments took players to Florida. Specifically, players headed to
The World Series of Poker released its 2021 set of tournament rules for the upcoming WSOP 2021. Well, the WSOP published the rules on its website but made no announcement about it whatsoever. Few would have known about the publication if not for Kevin Mathers tweeting it on August 10.
The World Poker Tour and the Borgata in Atlantic City have a partnership that spans nearly 20 years. It began with the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa signing up to be one of the first stops on the second season of the still-new World Poker Tour. They’ve weathered many storms
Leon Tsoukernik decided to take on Facebook, arguably one of the largest social media companies in the world. It seemed like an overwhelming task, especially considering that Facebook can likely afford any legal team it desires. But the owner of King’s Casino did have a solid case. A Prague court
The folks behind the RunGood Poker Series waited patiently through 2020 and into 2021, as the pandemic remained unpredictable and rendered most poker tournaments unsafe in live settings. A few months into the new year, they were ready for the Comeback Tour. The first stop on that tour was at
Everyone knows that Phil Hellmuth is the reigning heads-up poker champion in the PokerGO High Stakes Duel series. He has the championship belt to prove it. And he’ll tell you all about it. Hellmuth is undefeated, having started the series with three wins against Antonio Esfandiari and then another three
