Shark Week started in 1988. It was a simple week of programming for the Discovery Channel that focused on sharks. It became an annual airing, but it caught on with producers, who began to produce films for that particular week. By the early 2000s, bigger celebrities wanted to host Shark
Typically, the World Series of Poker announces official World Series of Poker tournaments. This time, however, King’s Casino announced its own set of events, the ones set for the WSOP Europe later this year. Half a day later, the WSOP website still had no listing of the WSOP Europe schedule,
Almost every single World Poker Tour event in 2021 has been meaningful – if not historic – in some way. In the comeback year after a pandemic, when the poker industry was unsure how players would feel about returning to live poker, WPT tournaments have shown the strength of the
888poker is making a concerted effort to engage with players. The site recently wrapped its XL Spring Series and launched a massive summer promotion called the Freeroll Splash Party. That campaign runs through the end of September with daily freerolls and more than $1M in total prizes to award. Most
For the first time, the World Series of Poker set a date for its online poker platform for the US market will launch in Pennsylvania. Years of hints and hopes finally transformed into an actual site launch and a date of July 12 for it. The Pennsylvania market has been
Many of the most popular live poker tournaments and series took their action online last year due to the pandemic. The Battle of Malta was one of them. While organizers hoped that the dangers would pass by the planned 2020 series in October, the pandemic simply wouldn’t let up. With
The Wynn had been welcoming players in solid numbers since reopening after the pandemic shutdowns of 2020. From smaller buy-ins to high roller events, the Wynn’s poker room had been bustling in 2021. So, the tournament staff set up the Wynn Summer Classic. That wasn’t new but the schedule was
Most poker fans know his name. Noel Furlong won the WSOP Main Event. Serious poker fans know that he won that title in 1999. There were 393 players in it that year, and the top prize was exactly $1M. That WSOP Main Event final table was one for the history
Only a couple of weeks after the last high-stakes live tournament series at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, another one is set to go. It is a new one in the PokerGO lineup, making its debut as part of the inaugural PokerGO Tour. The PokerGO Cup kicks off this
It is summer, one unlike any other for poker players. At this time in past summers, poker players would be starting the WSOP Main Event and fans would be hitting refresh on the live updates from home. This is usually peak poker season, one of the most exciting times of
Poker players from many parts of the world log on to Americas Cardroom for online poker, but the largest contingent of players is from the United States. So, when US players celebrate a holiday like Independence Day, everyone celebrates. Americas Cardroom is hosting a special tournament on Independence Day, also
Since the Global Poker Index launched in 2011, it has been consistently tracking live poker players through its proprietary ranking system. Of course, its eventual partnership with The Hendon Mob, which is the penultimate poker player database for live poker, helped put all of the information in one place. And
