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Improper Actions at 2018 WSOP Main Event Mar Otherwise Record-Shattering Event

Improper Actions at 2018 WSOP Main Event Mar Otherwise Record-Shattering Event

Earl Burton, Jul 9, 2018 03:26 UTC

The 2018 World Series of Poker Championship Event is working its way down from its monstrous 7874 player field, which was the second biggest “Main Event”

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2018 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees Announced – Who Gets In?

2018 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees Announced – Who Gets In?

Earl Burton, Jul 3, 2018 05:17 UTC

The Poker Hall of Fame, after carefully calculating the fan balloting over the past month, has announced the nominees for induction in 2018. But who has

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Casinos Not Biting During Pennsylvania’s Online Gaming Licensing Push

Casinos Not Biting During Pennsylvania’s Online Gaming Licensing Push

Earl Burton, Jun 29, 2018 02:42 UTC

When Pennsylvania became the fourth state to pass online gaming and poker regulation, it was expected that there would be a flood of activity from the

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Mike Sexton Leaves World Poker Tour to Become partypoker’s Chairman

Cliff S, May 22, 2017 07:13 UTC

Mike Sexton, the host of the World Poker Tour for the past 15 years, announced he would leave the WPT to accept a position as the chairman of partypoker. Partypoker

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2017 Super High Roller Bowl Information: Player List, Dates, Fees, Prize Pool

Cliff S, May 19, 2017 05:07 UTC

Fifty-five of the fifty-six players in the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl have been released. The Super High Roller Bowl begins in 10 days and runs from May 28 to

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Garry Gates Lowers the PokerStars Payout Structure to 15%, Down from 20%

Cliff S, May 18, 2017 10:25 UTC

Garry Gates announced his position of Senior Consultant of Player Affairs at PokerStars. In his role of senior consultant, Garry Gates returned the poker site’s payout structure to its old

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PokerStars and Genting UK Agree to an Online and Live Partnership

Cliff S, May 17, 2017 04:37 UTC

PokerStars announced a partnership with Genting Casinos UK this week. The two agreed to cross-promote in major online and offline events throughout 2017. The deal represents a business alliance by

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The World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Is Planned for July in 2017

Cliff S, May 16, 2017 07:35 UTC

The final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event is going to take place in July this year, like it did before 2008. That means the November Nine

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888 Holdings’ Shares Drop 8% after UK Gambling Commission Investigation

Cliff S, May 15, 2017 09:00 UTC

The UK Gambling Commission launched an investigation of 888 Holdings’s operations in the United Kingdom. After a probe of the companies’ responsible gaming policies was announced by the UKGC, 888

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Are Blockchain Payments the Future of the Online Poker Industry?

Cliff S, May 12, 2017 04:01 UTC

An opinion piece by Rob Davy on Calvin Ayre this week presented Blockchain as the future of online and mobile poker payments. Mr. Davy described a series of financial scandals

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Daniel Negreanu Plans to Call for the Clock against Tankers at WSOP

Cliff S, May 11, 2017 04:38 UTC

Negreanu said he would not call for the clock on players who naturally take a long time to play a hand. Daniel Negreanu said recently he no longer enjoys playing

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Donahue Institute Study Shows Positive Impact of Plainridge Park Casino

Cliff S, May 10, 2017 02:19 UTC

50% of Plainridge Park Casino’s workers were unemployed or had a part-time job at the time they were hired. A study of the hiring practices at Massachusetts first licensed gambling

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Paddy Power Betfair Acquires “DRAFT” Fantasy Sports Site for $48 Million

Cliff S, May 9, 2017 02:09 UTC

The merger of DraftKings and FanDuel is not the only daily fantasy sports industry of note these days. People might assume that two companies which control 95% of the industry

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