Poker

Igor Kurganov to Add a Touch of Skill to PokerStars’ Pro Roster

High stakes poker pro Igor Kurganov has put pen to paper and become a fully-fledged member of Team PokerStars. The Russian pro is a master of both tournaments and cash games and will join PokerStars with live earnings just over...

Change of Style Brings Shutters Down on the Monte Carlo Casino’s Vegas Poker Room

The Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas will be closing the doors to its poker room on April 25th. As part of MGM Resorts International’s plans to rebrand and restructure the Monte Carlo into two new hotels, Park MGM and The...

Online Poker in New York Gets Second Shot at Success in 2017

Online poker in New York could happen in 2017, but only if there’s enough political will to make it so. Following New York Senator John Bonacic’s (R-Mount Hope) submission of online poker bill S03898 on January 27,...

Michael Phelps Beaten By Wife in $1 Million Charity Poker Event

Michael Phelps might be the best poker playing swimmer in the world, but he’s not quite as good as his wife Nicole it seems. With the Super Bowl presenting the perfect opportunity for celebrities, business owners and poker...

Partypoker Live’s Big Prizepool Tournament Series Brings in EPT’s John Duthie

Partypoker LIVE has pulled on the talents of former EPT creator John Duthie, hoping that lightning can strike twice for the British pro poker player and television producer. Duthie will be the new director of the multimillion...

Libratus Proves Computers Can Play Poker and More

Poker bot Libratus has not only shown that humans may not have the best brains on the planet when it comes to poker, but that artificial intelligence is better than it’s ever been. In the latest man vs. machine poker...

PokerStars to Protect Novices with New Seat Me Feature

PokerStars’ push to make online poker a more novice-friendly industry took another step forward recently with the introduction of Seat Me. Outlined in a corporate blog post on January 25, PokerStars’ Seat Me is...

Poker Bot Libratus Currently Crushing Mankind

In the latest battle between man and poker bots it seems that computer processors and wires are better than neurons and grey matter. Despite humans having the upper-hand over artificial intelligence machines in the past, the...

Will 2017 See the Restart of Tom Dwan vs. Daniel Cates?

Has a tweet from Doug Polk sparked renewed interest in the $1.5 million heads-up match between Tom Dwan and Daniel Cates? Although Dwan, aka durrrr, hasn’t been around the online poker community for a while, his name still...

Poker Pro Doug Polk Slams Poker Skills Of Dan Bilzerian

Dan Bilzerian claims to have made his millions playing high stakes poker, but one pro isn’t quite so sure. The source of Bilzerian’s wealth has long been a topic of debate in the poker community and while the man...