TonyBet Poker Offering Rake-Free Cash Games
Budding online gaming site TonyBet announced yesterday that in an effort to build a player base, it is making its Texas Hold’em and Omaha cash game tables rake-free. For a limited time, players will be...
View ArticleDFS Legal Battle Claims First Casualty as Tradesports Closes Shop
Variant fantasy-sports site Tradesports.com announced this morning that it will be closing up shop as of November 30 and all of its long-term contests which are scheduled to run beyond that date will...
View ArticleNew ‘Texas Hold’em Fold Up’ Machine Appears at Harrah’s
Humans are funny creatures in a lot of ways. One of our quirks is that we seem to mind less when we know we’re getting ripped off than when we suspect we might be. Even as we wring our hands about the...
View ArticleValue Comes from Interactions, not Individuals
What’s the value of one player grinding? It sounds like a Zen koan, and just as it is with dogs and Buddha-nature, the answer might in fact be mu. Perhaps we need to “unask” the question. Today is the...
View ArticleQuebec Likely to Make Enemies with Online Gaming Ban
This spring, Quebec’s legislature released its economic plan for the coming year. Buried amidst its 600-plus pages, under the header “Curbing illegal online gambling” was the following paragraph: For...
View ArticlePokerStars and Rakeback Grinders: the Messiest Breakup – Part I
Breakups are tough, and they can be tough in a lot of different ways. Sometimes the partner doing the breaking up isn’t entirely sure that’s what they want. Sometimes the other party doesn’t want to...
View ArticlePokerStars and Rakeback Grinders: the Messiest Breakup – Part II
God help me, I never thought I’d say this, but I feel sorry for Daniel Negreanu. It’s hard to feel bad for a guy who wears his privilege like it’s cologne, but the situation he’s currently in is not...
View ArticleGlobal Poker League Teams and Managers Announced
Earlier this week, Alex Dreyfus gave us a teaser for the upcoming Global Poker League (GPL) draft, announcing one of the twelve teams – the Las Vegas Moneymakers – and its manager, who is of course...
View ArticleCommerce Casino Experiments with Time’s Up Format
Yesterday, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles began experimenting with a new format, called “Time’s Up.” As the name suggests, the concept is that the tournament runs for a fixed length of time, rather...
View ArticlePoker Industry Current Events (June 2018)
The month of June is finally upon us. As the 2018 calendar year approaches its halfway point, here is a preview of some of the biggest stories in the poker world that we’ll have our eye on this month....
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