The world of social poker and major tournament poker aligned a bit more on Monday as the World Poker Tour and social game developer Zynga announced a partnership that will include adding tour-branded elements to the popular Zynga Poker. Zynga Poker is the most popular free social poker game in the world, and already has […]
The World Poker Tour and partypoker LIVE are global partners thanks to a new four-year deal announced on Wednesday. Seven joint events are on tap to be hosted in Canada and Europe with a prize pool guarantee topping off at €3 million. Montreal plays host to the first series held as part of the deal […]
The problem with the big blind ante is… Issues arising from implementing the big blind ante in tournaments include… These are sentences the top brass in the poker industry are having some real difficulty finishing these days. It would seem the only problem with the big blind ante is there are no problems, leaving little […]
WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event will carry a $3 million guarantee. Borgata’s flagship series, the Borgata Poker Open returns for its September edition, and this time over $6.5 million will be given away making it one of the most attractive tournament action of the year in the Garden State. The premiere live tournament series […]
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open continued its annual tradition of hosting one of the busiest days of the year. In a partnership with Poker Night in America, Seminole Hard Rock produced the Big 4 final tables on Aug. 14. Four final tables of varying buy-in levels played out simultaneously in the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla. […]
Atlantic City has a storied poker past. There’s little doubt there were underground games in America’s Playground when political boss Nucky Johnson ran the city in the 1920s. Legalized casino gambling came to Atlantic City in 1976, but that didn’t bring the poker games out of the back rooms. In fact, the state didn’t allow […]
The final domestic bracelet of the 2018 World Series of Poker calendar was awarded in Cherokee, NC at the WSOP Global Casino Championship. A total of 122 players from the 2017-18 WSOP Circuit season qualified for the event alongside five players who entered for a $10,000 buy-in. Warren Sheaves became the 127th player in the […]
Choctaw Casino and Resort is a breed of property unlike any other frequented by major tours in the United States. Set 90 minutes north of Dallas, just over the Oklahoma/Texas border, the casino draws some of the largest fields on both the World Series of Poker Circuit and World Poker Tour on a regular basis. […]
These days, the poker world’s most compelling stories don’t end at the World Series of Poker. In fact, most are just heating up. People play big-time tournament poker all year round. The 2018 WSOP wrapped up 10 days ago. However, there’s still a whole lot poker fans have to look forward to. There are massive […]
At the start of the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP), it looked like Joe Cada was the early favorite to win Player of the Year honors. After all, he started with a ninth-place showing in the $10,000 Super Turbo event before June was even underway. Then, the very next day, he won the $3,000 […]