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Coronavirus Causes Nevada To Shut Down All Casinos
Saint Patricks Day 2020 will be remembered as the night that all of the casinos in Nevada went dark. On Tuesday, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak shut down all non-essential businesses in Nevada for 30 days. This is in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19 (AKA coronavirus). Sisolak...
POKER SCHEDULE: US Online Poker Sites Add Events in Light of Coronavirus
Poker players around the world are finding some extra time on their hands after numerous tournaments have been cancelled and casinos shut down. Those in self-quarantine may now be looking...
Major Las Vegas Casinos Shut Doors Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Nevada health officials hope that any activity of the coronavirus happening in Las Vegas will in fact stay in Las Vegas. In that interest, many Las Vegas casinos have shut...
Live Updates: Casinos Throughout The US Shutter Amid Coronavirus
This is an ongoing story and will be updated regularly The uncontrollable spread of COVID-19 has brought the casino industry to a grinding halt. Across the country, properties are beginning...
Coronavirus Leads to Casino Closings, Tournament Cancellations; Players Move Online
The fate of numerous major poker events continued to take shape over the weekend in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Tours and properties cancelled events and series around the...
Global Poker Tournaments Give PA Players Cause To Celebrate This Weekend
With the sports calendar mostly on hiatus because of coronavirus, many will turn to online poker for gambling entertainment at home. Global Poker is one option for playing in the...
LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS: WSOP Releases Main Event Broadcast Schedule
Poker’s media footprint continues to grow – from international expansion and syndication to live streaming online. In recent years, that has included a growing World Series of Poker media presence. The...
PokerStars PA Wraps Up Strong Bounty Builder Series, Pays Out $668K In Prize Pools
Last night the 11-day, 32-event PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series concluded on PokerStars PA. Much of the first half of the series saw guarantees routinely being smashed. The story was...
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Michael Kaplan Discusses Poker, Writing, and the New Film Featuring Phil Ivey
Poker is a popular genre for literature and film. That’s ranged from books like Al Alvarez’s The Biggest Game in Town and Jim McManus’s Positively Fifth Street to films like...
WSOP 101: Series finalizes schedule, announces improved registration and payout efforts
After weeks of releasing several events at a time, the World Series of Poker schedule was finalized on Feb. 27. The series calls for a record 87 live and 14...
