When Poker Tournament Rules Go Bad
Tournament poker rules are, obviously, in place for many reasons. They aim to ensure there is no confusion over tournament procedures, make sure no cheating or angle shooting occurs (or …
Tournament poker rules are, obviously, in place for many reasons. They aim to ensure there is no confusion over tournament procedures, make sure no cheating or angle shooting occurs (or …
This past fall, PokerStars announced sweeping changes to its VIP loyalty program, severely restricting the rewards potential for its top-tier players. The reduction of 2016 rewards for those who qualified …
More and more empirical data accumulates that indicates that the supposed plan announced last month by Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov to repurchase the parent company of PokerStars and take the …
FanDuel Chief Financial Officer Matt King was interviewed by PBS’s “Frontline” in September about, naturally, his company and the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry. The transcript of the interview was …
In a deal that’s wholly incongruous and carries a bit of a whiff of desperation on both sides, the Las Vegas-based Venetian has announced the signing of former online-poker wunderkind …
Poker backers and stakers beware: Prominent US-based online payment processor PayPal continues to enforce its rules about its site being used to fund any sort of gambling activities, and users’ …
The ongoing battle between online poker sites to police the games they offer in accordance with their own TOS’s (Terms of Service), and the continuing attempt by a minority of …
Among the comical highlights from this past Wednesday’s comical hearing attempting to drum up support for the Sheldon Adelson-sponsored RAWA (“Restoration of America’s Wire Act”) measure was the written and …
With the poker player boycott of PokerStars a week behind us, PokerStars has responded (somewhat) to the criticisms of the upcoming changes to the site’s VIP program. In a post …
Utah news outlets have reported in recent days that the investigations into the activities surrounding indicted e-market and online-poker “Black Friday” payment processor Jeremy Johnson now include a new target …