Financial
March 8th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsA new bidder has made a last-minute move to buy the World Poker Tour (WPT) and its parent company Allied Entertainment for $100 million. It had been previously announced that Allied Entertainment would sell the WPT to Element...
Players
February 26th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsChess grandmaster Ottomar Ladva has shown that skill knows no bounds when it comes to games by winning the Millions Online Super High Roller. The four-time Estonian chess champion not only beat some of poker’s finest at their...
Entertainment
February 19th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Spring Festival is underway some of the game’s finest are currently mixing it up on the Poker King app. Not only is it the first WPT main event to take place exclusively on a mobile app, the $300...
Poker
February 12th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsGGPoker could be on its way to the Keystone State after its parent company was granted a license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). NSUS Ltd, the owner of GGPoker, was given a third-party operator’s license on...
Players
February 5th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsChris Moneymaker has found a new home just four weeks after announcing his split from long-time partner, PokerStars. Moneymaker became poker’s original poster boy after winning the 2003 WSOP Main Event. His rise from satellite...
Entertainment
January 29th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe heads-up battle between Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk got heated this week as tempers flared on and off the felt. With millions of dollars on the line, a little tension between the two pros is expected. For example, Negreanu...
Poker
January 22nd, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsGGPoker has upped the ante on its latest innovation, Flip & Go, due to an initial influx of positive feedback from players. Just a week after launching the new product, GGPoker has added more games, including a rake-fee...
Poker
January 15th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe 2021 WPT Montreal main event gets underway on January 17 but, due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, it will take place online. As it did in 2020, Partypoker will host the WPT’s latest series. This time around, there will be...
Entertainment
January 8th, 2021 | by
Jason ReynoldsThere’s been a lot going on in poker over the festive period with the WSOP wrapping up, but Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu haven’t stopped grinding. The two high stakes stars took a bit of time off from their heads-up match...
Entertainment
December 23rd, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe finalists for this year’s WSOP Poker Hall of Fame are in and, already, some of the names on the list are causing a stir. As it does every year, the WSOP tries to identify the worthiest candidates through a mixture of public...
