Poker

Doug Polk Breaks Poker Record Live on Twitch

Doug Polk, the high stakes cash game specialist, has proved his MTT mettle by winning PokerStars’ recent Kilimanjaro event for $162,951. Despite PokerStars’ Mountain Series generating less interest than its flagship...

Amaya Agrees To New Casino Deal for PokerStars

Amaya will be adding to its range of games on PokerStars and Full Tilt, but it won’t be on the poker side of its platforms. Continuing the recent trend of bolstering its non-poker options, specifically sports betting and...

Duhamel Signs for Lotto-Quebec

Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion, and Canada’s only, has signed a sponsorship deal with Société des casinos du Québec (SCQ), a subsidiary of Lotto-Quebec. Duhamel, himself a Francophone native of Quebec,...

Premiership Soccer Pros Blame Poker for Poor Performances

Premiership soccer players are struggling to perform on the pitch because of poker games before a match; that’s according to Graeme Law of the University of Chester. Speaking at the British Sociological Association’s...

Global Online Poker Traffic Drops, Diversification Becomes Key

The global online poker industry is on a downswing, and it doesn’t look like things will be changing any time soon. At least that’s the general consensus after PokerScout released its 2016 Q1 traffic report. Keeping...

New York Poker Pro Allegedly Headed a $3.5 Million Illegal Gambling Ring

New York poker pro Jay Sharon has been accused of heading an illegal sports betting ring that banked more than $3.5 million annually. Despite competing on the tournament circuit since 2012 and notching up $214,258 in career...

Amaya Loosely Linked to Panama Papers and British Virgin Islands Company

Amaya is one of numerous online gambling enterprises being potentially linked to suspicious companies based offshore in safe tax havens spread across the Caribbean. The so-called Panama Papers can trace at least one business in...

WSOP Global Casino Championship Scheduled for August 9-11, ESPN to Broadcast Final Day

The WSOP Global Casino Championship (GCC) is replacing the World Series of Poker National Championship, though aside from a name change and slight rebranding, the event will closely mimic its predecessor. Hosted once again by...

Amaya Receives DGE Backing in New Jersey Despite Baazov Charges

Despite recent issues Amaya has been granted an extension on its New Jersey iGaming license by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). On September 15, 2015, Amaya was finally granted a transactional waiver by New...

Global Poker League Finale to Light Up Iconic Wembley Venue

The Global Poker League (GPL) is set to get underway on April 5 and after 19 weeks of action the inaugural tournament series will conclude with a finale inside London’s SSE Arena, Wembley. Announcing the latest details of...