Coolbet is holding their very first live poker tournament in Tallinn, Estonia in celebration of their Coolbet Poker launch. Coolbet Open 2018 will be held at the Olympic Park Casino in the Estonian capital of Tallinn from May 2 to 6, and will offer 27 exciting events that will cater to just about every type […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 20, 2018

Season poker pros have gone used to the grind of losing huge sums of money as they struggle to break the downward spiral and then suddenly experiencing the highs of winning massive sums of money that makes their poker journey all the more worthwhile. US poker pros have a hard time working out their taxes […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 19, 2018

Macau’s Galaxy Entertainment had high hopes of building a multi-million dollar casino resort in the tourist friendly Boracay Island in the Philippines. Those plans took a hit earlier this month when President Duterte said that he wasn’t keen on having a casino developed in Boracay. Galaxy Entertainment has confirmed that it has dropped plans to […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 18, 2018

The much-awaited merging of the online poker pools of Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey is scheduled to take place on May 1. The move is expected to pave the way for more online poker traffic, result in bigger prize pools and increase overall competition. The launch of the tri-state liquidity program comes at a great […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 17, 2018

A new Player of the Year (POY) formula is coming to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and will be used at the 49th annual WSOP which starts on May 29 to July 17. The WSOP released a statement via their website confirming that they are tweaking the POY formula for 2018 “in response to […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 16, 2018

With just a few more weeks until the much-awaited 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP), poker players from all around the world are preparing to make a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2018 WSOP is scheduled to take place from May 29 to July 17 and will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 13, 2018

Raj Kundra’s Viaan Industries Ltd is launching an online poker league which will look to boost the poker market in India and put India into the global poker spotlight. Businessman Kundra has experience with the poker industry as he is the founder of Match Indian Poker League (IPL) which had a successful debut last year. […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 12, 2018

The 2018 Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) stop at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino was supposed to be a celebration as HPT was returning to the entertainment capital of the world after a long break. HPT Westgate turned out to be an embarrassment for tournament organizers, a disappointment for poker players and a scandal […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 11, 2018

With the rise of eSports as a professional sport comes the rise of eSports bookmaking—albeit with questionable legality. eSports has grown immensely during the last few years and has registered annual revenue of close to $1 billion during the past two years according to market research firm Newzoo. This year, the eSports market has had […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 9, 2018

Pennsylvania has settled the last leg of its provisions on online gaming regulations and has allowed unlimited online gambling skins for its licensees—but with certain terms and conditions. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) finalized in March many of the regulations that needed to be debated regarding its upcoming online gambling launch. Some of the […]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | April 6, 2018