The World Series of Poker piqued the interest of poker players around the world with its announcement that the WSOP would return to live action in 2021. Further, it announced online tournament series for both US and international players again this year. Its rebound from the pandemic craziness of 2020
The World Poker Tour just wrapped its longest season ever last month. Season XVIII started in the summer of 2019 but encountered many twists and turns in 2020. The pandemic postponed filmed final table action for more than a year, not to mention live tournaments around the world from March
Connecticut did it! Connecticut becomes the latest state – the only one in 2021 – to legalize online gaming for regulatory oversight within its borders. It joins several others: -Nevada -New Jersey -Delaware -Pennsylvania -West Virginia -Michigan West Virginia has yet to accept applications for online poker sites, but that’s
The burgeoning United States online poker market is still forming. It has taken more than a decade to put several American states in the position of regulating their own online poker sites. PokerStars has been an integral part of creating successful individual markets, first with its launch in New Jersey.
Chris Moneymaker is not messing around. PayPal messed with his fantasy sports action, and he’s not going to take it. It’s more complicated than that, obviously. And Moneymaker isn’t alone. But it was a fantasy sports league transaction that prompted the decision to take on PayPal. Poker players have long
It is still spring in many parts of the world, though it feels more like summer in some regions. Even so, 888poker is bringing in its latest online poker tournament series set to run through the last two days of May and the first six of June. The 888poker XL
We’re going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the iterations of the Winning Poker Network’s Online Super Series. Americas Cardroom and its sister sites on the Winning Poker Network kicked off 2021 with the biggest trio of series called OSS Cub3d. It offered the Mini Online Super
The overall goal of World College Poker is to bring more players into the game. The group does that with free-play poker games, which means anyone 18 and over can play. Further, World College Poker equips players with the tools to become a better player. They recommend the top training
Poker players cannot be too careful when transporting money or even storing it at home. This is not an advertisement for banks or safety deposit boxes, but it is a plea for poker players to take more precautions to keep themselves and their property safer. Poker pros sometimes lose the
It’s a topic typically covered when something controversial happens or on International Women’s Day: women in poker. While I will continue to do those types of articles, I also decided to highlight women’s poker events and groups on a more regular basis. There are numerous groups on Facebook that regularly
As has been the case for years, a handful of American states tossed around the idea of legalizing online poker in 2021, most often alongside online casino games and/or sports betting. Most of those bills die a few months into the year with no progress. Connecticut, however, is a different
This week was unlike any other for the World Poker Tour. The entire last year was one unlike any other as well because, well, you know. The World Poker Tour finally closed out its Season XVIII, one that started in the summer of 2019. At the beginning of 2020, the
