Posted by Carolyn on Dec 11, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

From someone who was a considered a “nobody” on the professional poker scene, Scott Blumstein turned into a poker superstar after winning the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. The New Jersey poker player had to go through over 7,200 players and beatRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 23, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The global poker circuit saw yet another year with jam packed action spread across different continents as poker operators have continued to up the stakes and host hundreds of exciting events to cater to the growing demand and needs of poker players. As the year comes to aRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 09, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 16, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment released the full schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker Tournament Series that will kick-off with the $500 Casino Employees Tournament on May 29th, 2013 and run through July 16th, 2013 when the WSOP Main Event final table is determined. As hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 16, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment released the full schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker Tournament Series that will kick-off with the $500 Casino Employees Tournament on May 29th, 2013 and run through July 16th, 2013 when the WSOP Main Event final table is determined. As hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 15, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment released the full schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker Tournament Series that will kick-off with the $500 Casino Employees Tournament on May 29th, 2013 and run through July 16th, 2013 when the WSOP Main Event final table is determined. As hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 11, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

So far in 2013 the poker world’s attention has been drawn to the Bahamas, Australia, and now to the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour schedules, but there are a number of other events taking place around the world as well, including the World Series of PokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 01, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There were a number of highlights (as well as a few lowlights) in the poker world this past year, but let’s face it, events like Greg Merson’s WSOP win, the emergence of poker in Asia, the hacking and subsequent lengthy hiatus for the 2+2 poker forum, or GregRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 20, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »
merge gaming rakeback

In the aftermath of Black Friday the Merge Gaming network emerged from the ashes of the US online poker industry as the preeminent online poker network for US players. However, throughout 2012 the network has seen its player pool devastated, and its collection of poker skins decimated asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

There were a number of “odd” poker stories over the past couple of days, so I thought I’d collect them all together and get you caught up on the more head-scratching stories that have come out of the poker world over the past week; enjoy! WPT Player ofRead Full Article