Poker

Kevin Schulz Wins PCA Main Event with Hero Call

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) reached its dramatic finale last night as American Kevin Schultz won the title with a $1.4 million hero call. When the dust cleared after six days of play on Paradise Island in the...

Mississippi Online Gambling Bill Includes Poker, Criminality for Gray Market Sites

A Mississippi online gambling bill has been presented for the new legislative session by Assemblyman Bobby Moak (D-District 53), as he renews his efforts to legalize online poker and online casino games in the state. This is...

Is Amaya’s Share Buy Back a Hint PokerStars’ US Return is Close?

Could Amaya Gaming’s recent pledge to buy back almost CA$165 million worth of its own shares be a sign that PokerStars and Full Tilt are set for big things in 2015? A recent statement by the company has outlined that over...

Winning Poker Network Now Accepting Bitcoins

Bitcoins are now available for both deposits and withdrawals on the Winning Poker Network (WPN), one of the larger US-facing online poker networks in operation today. The move followed the acceptance of Bitcoins for deposits at...

Russian Player Wins First $1 Million Spin & Go Tournament

PokerStars’ Spin & Go tournaments have awarded big prizes in the past, but Russian player “sss66666” captured a prize unlike anything ever awarded before in a lottery style tournament. He was the lucky...

Washington State Unveils Legal Online Poker Bill, Doing a Complete Turnaround

Washington State poker players have, perhaps surprisingly to many, faced some of the strictest laws in the country against the online form of their favorite game. In most of America, it’s often explained that while...

WSOP and 888 to Partially Combine Enormous New Jersey Player Pools

New Jersey online poker players may see larger tournament prizes and more players at the cash game tables, as two of the larger sites in the state will be combining their player pools. The two sites, WSOP.com and 888poker.com...

New Romanian Regulations Lower Taxes for Poker Players

Romanian poker players may be in for an unusual treat, as new amendments in the country will regulate online poker but also lower the rate of taxation poker players and other gamblers will face on their winnings. As the new...

Could new dot-poker extensions help the industry?

A new dot-poker domain extension has just entered the first of its three-phase release. Known in the online industry as the “sunrise” period, the initial launch will give holders of a registered poker trademark the...

Cepheus Computer Program Claims Unbeatable Heads Up Limit Texas Hold’em Skills

Meet Cepheus, the computer program that its creators believe has “solved” heads-up fixed-limit poker. Cepheus uses a new algorithm called CFT which, according to its creators at the University of Alberta in Canada, is able...