Poker

Joe McKeehen Blames Media for WSOP Changes in Twitter Tirade

Joe McKeehen, the 2015 WSOP Main Event champion, isn’t happy with the WSOP or the poker media over the decision to alter the start time of many events this summer. Despite having 7.6 million reasons to be happy (he won $...

Dan Bilzerian Wins $600,000 Bike Bet but Pammy’s Ex Cries Foul 

Dan Bilzerian has completed his grueling 300-mile cycling ride from Las Vegas to the Hollywood Hills in just 33 hours, winning a $600,000 bet with poker player and natural gas tycoon Bill Perkins in the process. Everyone’s...

PokerStars New Jersey Claims Top Spot in Garden State After First Full Week

PokerStars New Jersey is the most popular online poker destination in the state. After just one full week of operation, the network is averaging more cash game players on its seven-day average than the WSOP/888 and Party Borgata...

Terrence Chan Scores Another MMA Win in Manila

Poker pro Terrance Chan recently took part in his sixth mixed martial arts (MMA) bout and came through the experience without a single cut. Competing at 125 pounds under the Underground Battle MMA banner (which is part of World...

Amaya CEO David Baazov Takes Voluntary Leave of Absence Amid Insider Trading Allegations

Amaya CEO David Baazov is taking an indefinite paid leave of absence from the company he founded in 2004 as a financial investigation into his possible role in an alleged insider trading scheme lingers. “Mr. Baazov is...

Daniel Negreanu Responds to Online Critics of PokerStars Rake Increase

Daniel Negreanu has been between a rock and a hard place for several months as sentiment among online poker players and their beloved PokerStars platform has reached nearly a tipping point of confrontation. Following changes to...

SportAccord to Accept Poker as a Sport

SportAccord, the international body tasked with uniting Olympic and non-Olympic sports, looks set to accept the International Federation of Poker’s (IFP) Match Poker variant as a sport. While some players may still argue...

New York Online Poker Odds Could Improve, Thanks to Daily Fantasy Sports Settlement

New York online poker odds might have improved this week, following a deal reached between State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and daily fantasy sports (DFS) market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel. On Monday, Schneiderman and...

Amaya Stock Downgraded by Moody’s as Insider Trading Allegations Linger

Amaya stock is currently listed at $11.71 on the Nasdaq stock exchange, 17.5 percent lower than it was earlier this week. Trading is closed Friday to honor the Christian holiday Good Friday, but when the market reopens on Monday,...

World Poker Tour Champions Event to offer $100K Overlay

The World Poker Tour’s inaugural Tournament of Champions (TOC) is set to get underway on April 22 with more than $100,000 in added value for the returning champs. When the WPT TOC at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &...