Phil Ivey has become the latest poker pro to sign up as a strategic advisor to Virtue Poker, the cryptocurrency online poker room that has already brought on board top poker pros such as Brian Rast and Dan Colman. The online poker room is preparing to launch inRead Full Article

The state of Pennsylvania is ranked in 5th place in terms of population based on the 2017 World Population Review with 12.8 million residents and online gaming operators are looking forward to enter the Keystone stake as Pennsylvania only recently lifted the ban on online gambling and joined Nevada, Delaware andRead Full Article

Canadian based Stars Group which is the parent company of PokerStars released its third quarter results for the year which proved to be very strong. The company had an increase of $329.4 million in revenues which was a 22 percent year on year increase and saw EBITDA goRead Full Article

Rob Yong, the owner of the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham, United Kingdom was the mediator between Australian high stakes poker pro Matthew Kirk and King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik when the two players tried on two occasions to reach a mutual decision over a $3Read Full Article

King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik is being sued by Australian poker player Matthew Kirk for $2 million in outstanding gambling debts which he claims he loaned Tsoukernik on May 27 during a high stakes poker game which took place at the Ivey Poker Room which is located atRead Full Article

The game of poker started to gain momentum in the 1970’s when tournament organizers started to use television as a platform to promote poker and started broadcasting major tournaments. However it was not until the late 90s and early 2000s that poker started to grow rapidly largely dueRead Full Article

Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director made an important announcement related to the 2018 WSOP which takes place at the Rio in Las Vegas next summer. Stewart made the announcement before the commencement of the €111,111 High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em event that took off on NovemberRead Full Article

Chris Ferguson is going to be crowned 2017 World Series of Poker Player of the Year (POY). This news was announced by the World Series of Poker (WSOP)earlier this week via Twitter after the elimination of John Racener who was in second place in the race for WSOPRead Full Article

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is set to finish Season XVI on a strong note by hosting its WPT Tournament of Champions (TOC) in May 2018 at the popular ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The WPT confirmed this week that the TOC will be filmedRead Full Article

Poker players in Israel have been used to paying a 25 percent tax on their winnings in the past and they were allowed to deduct their numerous expenses in attending poker tournaments across the word from their winnings. Legislators then increased the gambling tax for lotteries, poker playersRead Full Article