Poker

Could 888 and William Hill Engage in Second Round of Merger Talks

888 and William Hill could be set to merge if the latter decides the deal is sweet enough to advance its position in the iGaming market. By the close of 2015 one of the stories of the year was the mergers between some of the...

PokerStars International Cash Game Traffic Down, New Jersey Posts Solid First Quarter

PokerStars, the world’s most popular online poker site, has seen its global cash game traffic decline but the New Jersey client posted a solid first quarter. It’s been an interesting few months for PokerStars. The company...

Wisconsin Expanded Gambling On the Agenda for Upcoming Town Hall

Expanded gambling in Wisconsin has been a topic of discussion among lawmakers and citizens in the Badger State recently. Those who oppose the potential change are taking to a Town Hall conference to stop additional casinos from...

Poker Auction Offers Hollywood Home Game Entry for Leonardo DiCaprio Charity Gala

The poker auction to end all poker auctions has been held in St. Tropez, France, this week. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, set up by the Hollywood A-lister, hosted another celebrity bash in order to raise millions for...

2016 WSOP Top Performers: Mercier and Bonomo Shine

We are now down to just the Main Event final table before closing the doors on the 2016 WSOP. The series had many great and not-so great performances. Big name pros such as Jason Mercier, Justin Bonomo, and even Chris “Jesus”...

A Look at the 2016 WSOP: Mercier Dominated, Hellmuth Didn’t, Bad Boys Showed Up

As it does every year, the 2016 World Series of Poker seems to have come and gone in the blink of an eye. The biggest poker tournament in the world had plenty of drama, scandal, victories, and disappointments. Let’s take a look...

October Nine is Set for 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table  

The October Nine might not ring a bell, but the presidential election has bumped this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table playdown back a week, thus the name change. And as of the wee hours of Tuesday...

2016 World Series of Poker Daily Update:  Tureniec Scoops Little One, Marchese Chasing Biggest Win of His Career

Day Four of Event #69, the $1,111 Little One for One Drop, concluded with Michael Tureniec scoring the bracelet on Sunday. The Swede outlasted Calvin Anderson in a relatively short heads-up match. This tournament didn’t receive...

2016 World Series of Poker Daily Update: Wong Leads Main Event, Colman Still a Threat, LOFOD Down to 12

The 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event is just two days away from determining its final table. Those players will then be held back until October 25. ESPN will then air the final table “live” (with a 30-minute delay). But...

2016 World Series of Poker Update: Piccioli Out Front in Main Event, Colman on His Heels

On Friday, the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event played down from 800 players to the final 251. Bryan Piccioli, who won the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator for his first bracelet, bagged and...