Poker

China’s APPT Nanjing Millions Ends as Police Raid PokerStars Land-Based Tournament Site

The PokerStars-sponsored APPT Nanjing Millions event has been summarily shut down by Chinese police on Friday, four days into the main event. Reports on the ground are thin, due to Chinese restrictions on live media and blogging...

PokerStars New Jersey License in Closing Stages

PokerStars long-awaited return to the US igaming market is closer than ever before according to the owner of Resorts Hotel & Casino, Morris Bailey. Following a deal with PokerStars back in 2014, Resorts has been working with...

California Online Poker Joint House Hearings Planned 

California is to hold joint Senate and Assembly committee hearings to push forward its efforts to legalize and regulate online poker. While no date or agenda has been set, the hearings will have to be held before March 1st, the...

Daniel Negreanu Twitches Successfully with His Own Live Stream Channel

Daniel Negreanu has started Twitching, and the poker community seems to love it. The PokerStars pro jumped in earlier this week to the live streaming matrix with his own channel, and fans were happy to tune in. Negreanu Plays...

Open-Face Pineapple Texas Hold’em? UK Students Invent New Poker Game

Poker has no shortage of different variants to choose from. Texas Hold’em and Omaha are the standards today, while the classics like Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Draw are still quite popular as well. Those looking to be a bit...

Poker Players Cure MTT Boredom with Grinder Gadget

Finding a way to push through the monotony of a live tournament when all you’re seeing is bad cards can be tough. Fortunately, modern technology is on hand to help players push through the boredom barrier and the latest...

PokerStars Struck By Massive Server Issues

PokerStars might be the largest online poker site in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to server difficulties. Despite investing millions of dollars in the latest computing technology, many players were...

Would a Hillary Clinton Administration Be Good For Online Poker? 

Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she will be making a second run for the White House has put an end to two years of speculation and denial. But it still leaves us here at PokerSites.com wondering whether a Clinton...

$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to Attract 50 Pros

The tournament world might be moving towards decreased buy-ins and increased guarantees, but a new poker TV network is planning to buck that trend with an event costing $500,000 to enter. Announced earlier this week, the...

WPT500 Set For Summer Vegas Return at ARIA

The WPT500 tournament is set for a return to Las Vegas this summer. The popular reasonably-priced World Poker Tour stop will hit the ARIA resort over the July 4 weekend while thousands of poker players are busying themselves with...