Poker

PokerStars Opens Betting Line for $51,000 WCOOP Super High Roller

PokerStars isn’t going to attract thousands or even hundreds of entries for its $51,000 Super High Roller buy-in at the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), but Internet poker’s foremost tournament series is...

Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Merging with ANZPT

Two poker tours that have defined the game across the Pacific Ocean are combining to become what will likely be the largest entity in Asian tournament play. The Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) will be absorbing the tournaments of...

MPN to Help Novices Hide from Sharks with New Initiative

The industry-wide trend currently helping to make online poker more appealing to the casual player and the masses, took another step forward recently thanks to Microgaming. Over the last few months the online poker...

Alexandre Dreyfus Continues Push to “Sportify” Poker

Alexandre Dreyfus is the Elon Musk of the poker industry, an Internet entrepreneur whose company Mediarex is responsible for the Global Poker Index (GPI) and Hendon Mob databases, American and European Poker Awards, and several...

California Online Poker Battle Lost for 2015

September 11 will stick in the memories of Californian grinders for more reasons than one this year as it represented the final day in which online poker legislation could be passed in 2015. Although the chances of the industry...

The Mega Poker Series Dublin Main Event Attracts Just Seven Players on First Day

What do you do if you promote a large poker tournament, but nobody shows up? That was almost the problem that tournament organizers in Dublin had to deal with this week, as what was hoped to be a major poker event turned into a...

New York Online Poker Hearing Mostly Positive for Legalization

New York online poker is one step closer to legalization after the state’s committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering held a public hearing this week that featured little opposition to decriminalizing iPoker in...

Jason Somerville Sets New Highs with WCOOP Final Table Stream

Jason Somerville has attracted lots of views to his poker streams on Twitch, but nothing so far had compared to the attention his play received on Monday night. That evening saw Somerville go on a very long run in a World...

Amaya Could Reengage with GVC Following 888 Bailout on Bwin.party Deal

Amaya is somewhat akin to the fat lady singing in the famous aphorism. The online poker giant could be hitting a high C in the last act of a protracted bidding war that finally came to a denouement last week. That bidding war,...

Charitable Poker Tournaments Draw Scrutiny in New Hampshire

One might assume charitable poker wouldn’t be controversial in nature as its primary goal is to raise money for non-profits, but a recent law passed in New Hampshire has transformed the philanthropic fundraising into big...