Poker

Caesars and PokerStars Form Partnership to Promote Online Poker in America

Caesars and PokerStars haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on the issues. After all, when it comes to online poker, the two are competitors: PokerStars is the world’s largest online poker brand, while Caesars controls the World...

World Poker Tour Partners With Europe-Bet.com in Georgian Licensing Agreement

The World Poker Tour has announced that it will partner with Europe-Bet.com, allowing the company to host three WPT events in the Eastern European nation over the course of 2015. It will also give Europe-Bet.com the exclusive...

Caesars May Drop Opposition to PokerStars in California

Online poker in California would be a big money maker for anyone who can get into the market. That, unfortunately, is part of the problem: everyone has a different idea of exactly who should be able to offer Internet poker there,...

Global Poker Masters Will Stream Live on Twitch

The Global Poker Masters is, as Global Poker Index (GPI) owner Alex Dreyfus has said many times, an attempt to help “sportify” poker. In other words, Dreyfus wants to make poker into a sport that fans can enjoy just as they...

Hollywood Cares Poker Event Lands “Breaking Bad,” “Sons of Anarchy” Stars

The Hollywood Cares Charity Poker Invitational just scored two actors from two of the most celebrated shows in recent years. Dean Norris, more commonly known as DEA agent Hank Schrader from the hit AMC series “Breaking...

Fallsview Poker Classic Chipleader Arrested, Empty Seat Finishes Third

Harnam Matharu was on a heater at the Fallsview Poker Classic in Niagara Falls, Ontario, this week. Going into dinner break, with five players left in the $1,100 buy-in event, the 21-year-old from Edmonton was sitting pretty with...

Is Gov. Chris Christie Blocking PokerStars’ NJ Launch?

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the man that brought online poker to the Garden State back in 2013, is allegedly behind a plot to keep the world’s largest gaming operator out of the US. According to a recent report by...

Dan Fleyshman Confirms that Ivey League Isn’t Looking for $20 Million

Phil Ivey doesn’t need your money. Chances are that you already knew that: after all, Ivey is perhaps the world’s most successful poker player ever, and isn’t exactly hiding his wealth. And yet there was recently a listing...

Amaya Probe by US Authorities Targets Possible Insider Trading

Amaya Gaming is being investigated by the US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding its rocketing stock price prior to the announcement of its $4.9 billion acquisition of PokerStars and the Rational Group...

Martin Jacobson Named Sweden’s Top Player

Martin Jacobson, Sweden’s 2014 WSOP Main Event hero, has just been named as Player of the Year by Swedish publication Poker.se. Back in November, Jacobson managed to complete his route past more than 6,000 players to beat...