It was an ambitious goal. Americas Cardroom wanted to offer the largest guarantee ever in its signature online poker tournament. So, the most recent iteration of the Venom offered $10M as a promised prize pool. The result was a double-edged sword. The number of players in the tournament did not
Last week, the World Poker Tour wrapped its festival at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. And Dapo Ajayi added his name to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup. Another successful tournament in the fresh Season XIX was in the books. But just when the World Poker Tour was back on
Just like that, the first part of the 2021 World Series of Poker is over. But another one is happening now and another gearing up for next week. It’s confusing. To simplify a bit, here’s the lineup of WSOP events this year: -US online at WSOP.com (Nevada/New Jersey): July 1
Phil Hellmuth has had quite the string of wins in PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel. Another just last week, the latest person to challenge Hellmuth fell at the hands of the Poker Brat – even receiving a complimentary Hellmuthian blowup along the way. PokerGO may want to change the name of
The last year and a half of gambling revenue in America – and well beyond, undoubtedly – has been a roller coaster of record highs and surprising dips. The coronavirus pandemic started that roller coaster in March 2020, and numerous factors have thrown wrenches in front of it at every
It’s been on the calendar for quite some time. The World Poker Tour already knew it would work with partypoker again, especially for the WPT World Online Championships that proved so successful in the summer of 2020. And it was on the Season XIX schedule even before the WPT officially
The folks at PokerStars have been busy bees. As the world struggles to slay the coronavirus beast, PokerStars awaits the opportunity to resume some live poker events. Meanwhile, the operator focuses on what it does best – online poker. PokerStars just finished its latest MicroMillions series and awarded $5.3M in
Poker pro Daiva Byrne started the FLIP Facebook page more than four years ago. FLIP stands for Fantastic Ladies in Poker, and she created it as a space for women in poker to share their accomplishments and concerns, to receive support and find community. The group has grown through the
When 2020 ended, we lamented that another year had passed without any state-licensed online poker launching in West Virginia. The state legalized it in March of 2019. Even so, it was obvious that the West Virginia Lottery Commission noted too many impediments to launching any time soon. We surmised that
Last month, we reported the final online gaming revenue numbers for May, and the four states providing this information showed mixed results. For June, however, the news was bad across the board. Online poker revenue in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania dropped in June. (Michigan doesn’t break out its poker
The executives at the Winning Poker Network decided that this summer was going to be packed with tournaments…and big guarantees on those prize pools. Apparently, they really like putting the word “millions” in their promotions and social media accounts. The Venom? $10M. The next OSS Cub3d? $20M. Guarantees in July
The end of an era is often the result of a new one taking its place. Mason Malmuth recently announced the sale of the Two Plus Two website. And the new owners subsequently announced a new era for the site, one that won’t change anything drastically, at least immediately. After
