The World Series of Poker is in full swing in Las Vegas, with players from all corners of the earth four-bet-jamming their way to bracelet glory. This year, for the first time, players from Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan will be able to compete in the WSOP Online, which runs
In an ideal world, there’d be no need to play online poker in an offshore market at all. Every legally licensed poker site would be flush with players from 52 states, sharing liquidity with the rest of the world. All stakes and variants would be catered for. Tournament fields would
Once upon a time, there was no such thing as a ring-fenced online poker market. Players from Times Square to Timbuktu were free to check-raise the living daylights out of one another in a glorious transnational online poker party. The world was just one big poker pot. The Rise of
In 2014, apparently exasperated by California’s failed efforts to legalize online poker, one local tribe decided to go it alone. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel launched its own online bingo site offering games to players throughout California, DesertRoseBingo.com, and announced that an online poker site, PrivateTable.com, would follow. The
Cheaters are as unwelcome to the poker community as a juggler at a funeral. But there are different shades of cheating, from the downright criminal to the only slightly scummy. In fact, the latter variety – let’s call it angle shooting -- exists precisely because it never quite crosses the
Cheaters are as unwelcome to the poker community as a juggler at a funeral. But there are different shades of online poker cheating, from the downright criminal to the only slightly scummy. In fact, the latter variety – let’s call it angle-shooting -- exists precisely because it never quite crosses
Friday night. The beers are on ice. The poker chips are arranged in neat little stacks around the kitchen table. Pretzels are involved. It’s poker night again, and it’s a scene that is repeated every night in millions of homes across America. So, you spent the week memorizing the odds
