When it comes to poker royalty, it does not get any bigger than the living legend Doyle Brunson. While the greatest of all time (GOAT) poker player debate will always be contested, there will be very few who will argue that the 87 year old Poker Hall of Famer (PHoF) is the most respected poker […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 17, 2021

The live poker scene in the United States is slowly returning to normal but the same cannot be said of Canada’s live poker scene. Canada continues to struggle with the COVID-19 epidemic and this is the one of the main reasons why the popular World Cup of Cards poker tournament was cancelled. The World Cup […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 17, 2021

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) did not hold its popular live poker event during the summer due to on-going concerns over COVID-19. However, the WSOP did come out earlier this year and confirm that the 2021 WSOP was not cancelled but only postponed to a later date. The WSOP later went on to confirm […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 16, 2021

The live poker scene is close to returning to normal in Europe and the United States. However, live poker action is still not feasible in most parts of Asia as most Asian countries are still dealing with a rise in COVID-19 cases. Like most live poker operators, the Asian Poker League (APL) decided to take […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 16, 2021

The football world is currently tuned into the UEFA European Football Championship 2021 which started on June 11 and will run till July 11. Euro 2020 is arguably the most exciting football tournament that will take place in 2021 and everyone is looking to capitalize on this football extravaganza including PokerStars. PokerStars is running a […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic put an end to all live poker action in Las Vegas for months on end. While online poker boomed, the live poker market fizzled out and there were concerns from live poker operators if things would return to normal once live poker rooms started reopening in Las Vegas. Live poker action has […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 15, 2021

South Point Casino in Las Vegas hosted a shootout tournament on June 10 in honor of gambling icon Benny Binion. The poker room moved away from its usually affordable price points and decided to set the buy-in for the Benny Binion Summer Shootout at $2,200, with a guaranteed prize pool of $256,000. The tournament concluded […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 14, 2021

GGPoker has put together a brand-new tournament format named after one of its more popular ambassadors Dan Bilzerian. The new format is combining poker and battle royale to give players an interesting challenge. “Dan Bilzerian’s Battle Royale” is a 100-player No-Limit Hold’em Progressive Bounty sit & go which includes three stages of action-packed fun and […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 14, 2021

Doug Polk is very well known within the global poker community not just because of his achievements playing poker but also because of his controversial stance on subjects in and outside of the game. Polk is someone who likes to say what he means and not mince words. The Upswing Poker founder doesn’t hold back […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 11, 2021

Billy Joe Taylor, a previously unknown poker player, has fast become a star on TCH Live, a poker livestream of high-stakes cash game sessions from the Texas Card House (TCH) in Dallas. The Arkansas player has left a mark among poker viewers because of his loose-aggressive game style. Known on-screen as “Bildo”, he likes to […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | June 11, 2021