Nevada gaming regulators will now allow casinos in the state to accept pari-mutuel wagers on non-traditional events, such as e-sports and professional sports drafts. According to a report from the Las Vegas Sun, the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved the new rules at a meeting on June 22. The rules go into effect July 1. […]
High-stakes poker player Matt Kirk has filed a lawsuit over alleged unpaid loans made in a May heads-up poker game at Aria Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Kirk, who hails from Australia, said in the suit that he made four separate loans “in the morning hours” on May 27 to Leon Tsoukernik. […]
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Phil Hellmuth is looking to make his first official final table of the 2017 World Series of Poker. The poker hall of fame member is the all-time WSOP title leader with 14 bracelets won and is within striking distance of increasing his total to 15. Hellmuth will enter the third and final day of the […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. Not since Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker main event has a player’s name fitted an occasion so appropriately as it did when Nathan Gamble emerged victorious in the 2017 WSOP $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event. For the win the 27-year-old Texan […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. The $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2017 World Series of Poker drew a field of 399 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $1,077,300. After three days of play, it was 34-year-old poker pro Matthew Schreiber who came out on top, earning his first gold […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. Ben Maya is the latest champion at the 2017 World Series of Poker, having defeated a field of 1,025 players to win the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout event for his first bracelet and $257,764. If you are wondering why you haven’t heard that name before, […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. British poker pro Christopher Brammer has had close calls at the World Series of Poker in the past. In 2012 he made the final table of the $10,000 six-max no-limit hold’em championship only to fall short of the title and his first bracelet, finishing fifth […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. Russian poker pro Dmitry Yurasov has primarily found his live tournament success in Europe and Asia. Although he had over $1.2 million in earnings, he had no cashes at the World Series of Poker prior to 2017. That all changed when he took down this […]
Card Player’s 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. Loren Klein has put together quite the resume in events involving pot-limit Omaha at the World Series of Poker. Back in 2010, he placed second in a $2,500 pot-limit Omaha tournament. In 2016 he won the $1,500 mixed no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha event for […]