Legal
January 5th, 2015 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe New Jersey online poker market has plenty of room for improvement heading into 2015, according the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). In a letter posted to the department’s website, DGE Director David...
Players
December 31st, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsPoker busts were once again plentiful in 2014 as notorious pros, international crooks, unknown ringleaders, and even corporate headquarters were raided by officials around the world. If you were up to something smelling even...
Casinos
December 29th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsWe love poker, as do 40 million others who say they play regularly, including 23 million in the United States. That means over 10 percent of adults in America are going all-in for their chances at a royal flush and winning the...
Poker
December 27th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe Moneymaker Effect, the legendary run by amateur Chris Moneymaker at the 2003 World Series of Poker, forever changed the game. The following year, Greg Raymer, another amateur, won the $5 million final table prize. Now a...
Poker
December 22nd, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsAnother anti-online poker activist has made a move to outlaw the practice of placing bets online with a new bill entitled “BR 229”. Devised and submitted by Kentucky Senator Mike Wilson (R-Bowling Green), BR 299 seeks...
Players
December 19th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsStephen Garner, a US poker pro based in Henderson, NV, has won a record-field PokerStars EPT Prague, steamrolling the final table in the process. Garner, who we last saw on the final table of the Millionaire Maker event at this...
Casinos
December 18th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsAssemblyman Mike Gatto, sponsor of the newly-tabled Bill AB9 which aims to establish a regulatory framework to legalize online poker in California in 2015, has professed to have an open mind about the inclusion of bad actors in a...
Poker
December 16th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsA new PokerStars equity display has been added for players on the .com site, a move that has yet again stoked controversy over the recent actions taken by the company. While this change itself is regarded as minor by most players...
Players
December 16th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsAnonymous poker tables have been used by online poker sites as a way to partially protect recreational players from professionals and other sharks that might be using tracking software or heads-up displays (HUDs) that display...
Players
December 10th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsAn unnamed Danish poker player has been accused of online fraud by Denmark’s Economic Crimes Department, which says that the player may have cheated in high-stakes games by planting a Trojan horse program on the computers...
