No one could have predicted that the World Poker Tour’s Season XVIII would last for nearly two years. It appears that a pandemic puts inordinate delays on hosting live poker tournaments. But that 18th season that began in July 2019 will finally wrap this month. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock
Back in the olden days, PokerStars had one website – PokerStars-dot-com – that served players around the world. Enter governments and laws and taxes and a global misunderstanding of poker and how it differs from other forms of gambling. In the last decade, PokerStars has had to ring-fence its sites
“We have not yet begun to fight!” says PokerStars, probably, in its case versus the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That is difficult to say, though, considering it all began in 2008. Both Kentucky and PokerStars had significant wins as the case moved through the US court system. Kentucky started it seizing
The World Poker Tour’s current season of tournaments has been going since July 2019. Typically, a season of the WPT lasts one year, but we know how 2020 created chaos for just about everything. The latest stop on the main tour appears to be the last one of Season XVIII.
Remember things that happened before the pandemic? In addition to hugging and socializing, eating in restaurants and going to concerts, there was also a vibrant poker industry. It included live tournaments around the world, poker seminars and parties, players were vlogging, and there were things like awards ceremonies. That was
Three weeks ago, PokerStars and US online gaming partner FOX Bet announced the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series for the US market. Specifically, PASCOOP handled the Pennsylvania players, and NJSCOOP and MISCOOP would offer series for the New Jersey and Michigan markets, respectively. PASCOOP was the biggest of
A second and third online poker site launched in Pennsylvania this week. BetMGM Poker and Borgata Poker opened their virtual doors on Tuesday, April 27, both operating on the PartyPoker platform and sharing poker tables and player pools. It was a long time coming. Monopoly Market PokerStars was the first
Within just one month, the World Series of Poker has dropped numerous big announcements regarding its plans for 2021. On April 1, the WSOP announced its intentions to host a World Series of Poker in 2021 with two online and two live components. There would be online bracelet events in
It affected RunGood as it did so many other poker companies that depend on live tournament poker. The RunGood Poker Series was running as well as ever in early 2020. It had just won the Global Poker Award the previous year for the best mid-major poker tour, and things were
When Americas Cardroom finishes one tournament series, it only means that the site is planning for another one. Or another big event is in progress. There is always something brewing. Just last month, the 11th iteration of the Online Super Series Cub3d wrapped up after five intense weeks of hundreds
PokerGO has been hosting high-stakes poker tournaments and series for years. There was the Poker Masters, the US Poker Open which led to offshoots like the Australian Poker Open, and the Super High Roller Bowl which started in the US and grew to offer versions in Russia and Australia. During
Most people in poker know of Leon Tsoukernik. He is not only the owner of King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, he is also a regular in high-stakes poker games. He also recently purchased the Atrium Casino – now called King’s Casino – in Prague. He has also been at
