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PokerStars EPT Barcelona And 2020 PokerStars Players Championship will be Next Year.

PokerStars Postpones their EPT Barcelona and 2020 PokerStars Players Championship to 202. There are many activities including major sporting events. There is a bigger list of events that have been canceled outright. PokerStars announced the 2020 European Poker Tour stop at Casino Barcelona in Spain and the 2020 PokerStars Players Championship will both be postponed until 2021.

Partypoker Bans Cheaters

The great fun online poker leaderboards ban cheaters. On Monday, May 3, Yong put out a tweet announcing that a number of players on the leaderboard have been banned for life for cheating. But you should watch out for players who try to game the system. It appears that some people on partypoker did just that.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Online Poker Operator ARJEL Advises Against Offering Bonuses

French internet gaming decided to give bonus to players and gave guidance to online gambling operators . ARJEL pointed during this coronavirus pandemic and the lack of sports horse race betting options have driven many gamblers toward online poker. This agency highlighted the risk of problem gambling during these times.

2020 World Series of Poker Postponed

Due to COVID-19 pandemic Caesars Entertainment announced that the 2020 World Series of Poker has been postponed. It was originally scheduled to begin just over a month from now on May 26th .All casinos closed a month ago. All the commercial casinos in the U.S. have also been shut down since around the same time, give or take a few days.

COVID-19 Affected Three Members Of Home Poker Game

n South Florida for a year, 70s to mid-90s had been getting together for a home poker game at their condo. Last week they played a low stakes game. A month ago was their last game. Now, three are dead from COVID-19 and the other five have been infected. Florida still had fewer than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus .

More Television Distribution: World Poker Tour Able to Handle COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown affected many businesses. But all activity has come as a surprise to many businesses. The World Poker Tour has seen their live tournaments around the world shut down. They decided to improve their television distribution into new areas.

Ladbrokes Moved To Partypoker Network.

Ladbrokes Poker moved from the iPoker Network to the partypoker Network this week. On Monday Ladbrokes told that the move was imminent and the jump occurred on Tuesday.

Grand Tour By PokerStarts

PokerStars launched another novelty game. It is a new spin and variety game. The grand tour is Sit and Go. It is a kind of novelty cash game and is a progressive knockout series of Sit & Goâ€™s with Spin & Go traits.

World Poker By New Broadcast Deal With Theta.tv

World Poker found another way to get their product to the viewers, they announced a New Broadcast Deal with Theta.tv. It will get a great deal of their product out through internet, mobile and smart TV outlets. They always live with THETA.tv. It is looking to build upon their eSports platform.

Largest Poker Room Reopens In Europe

Largest Poker room reopens at Kingâ€™s Resort in Europe the home of the World Series of Poker Europe. On Monday It will reopen. It was closed for nearly two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sister casinos Admiral Casino and Kingâ€™s Prague will also be opened.

Grand Tour Setting Records

Online poker world is having a busy week especially for PokerStars SCOOP, Twitch, Grand Tour Setting Records.The Main Event of the PokerStars are Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and the WPT Online Championship .

Pokerstars Launched Poker DoJo

Pokerstars launched its new mobile app Poker Dojo today. It is a very interesting app. It is for both iOS and Android. It is actually for poker players in the United States. Poker DoJo is a poker training app targeted to novice players. It focuses on understanding hand strength using three mini-games.

Las Vegas Casinos World Poker Tour

This week the Las Vegas Casinos opens a world poker tour. From mid of March 2020 Governor Steve Sisolak closed the entirety of the Nevada casino industry.The streets of Las Vegas were dark. Las Vegas will reopen by the end of this coming week.

Multi MILLION$ Tournaments By GGPoker

GGPoker was one of the best online poker of the past year. They have introduced weekly multi MILLION$ Tournaments with combined guaranteed prize pools of over $3 million. It is called Multi MILLION $. The “set” of events is designed to give poker players around the world a shot at the big bucks, no matter where they live.

England Casinos Reopen On July 4

The country’s casinos have been closed due to the spread of the coronavirus since March 23. The UK’s BGC has announced that casinos in England can reopen on July 4. BGC gave its own stamp of approval to reopen the casinos.

WonderWorld Tournament By 888 Poker

The online poker room 888 Poker announces a big poker tournament or poker tournament series. On Sunday, 888poker announced a new tournament called WonderWorld. It is a measly $1 buy-in, but a very healthy $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Detroit Casinos Safety Requirements

Michigan Issued Safety Requirements for Detroit Casinos. On Monday, Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) issued its minimum guidelines for Detroit casinos. So far no date has been set for Detroit’s three commercial casinos to reopen. But they now have a set of official health and safety protocols for when they finally do welcome back guests.

Party Poker Launch WPT Online Poker

Party poker launched WPT Online Poker. “WPT Online Poker Open is powered by partypoker US Network. It is only open to players in New Jersey. The WPT Online Poker Open will begin on Sunday, June 28 at 5:00pm. The buy-in is $400 ($365 +$35) and it has a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Daniel Negreanu Taking Bets on 2020

Canadian professional poker player Daniel Negreanu is planning to take bets in 2020. In 2020 the status of Poker is up in the air. Daniel Negreanu is ready to draw some attention to it. On Friday the Poker Hall of Famer put a challenge out that he would win a bracelet in 2020. He also said that it didn’t matter if it were the online version of the event or, if it happens in the physical version in Las Vegas.

Venetian Poker Room To Hold First Multi-Table Tournaments.

The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon to online poker. Due to the coronavirus pandemic for the last two months there was no live poker anywhere. In recent weeks some poker rooms will be reopened. The Venetian will be the first Las Vegas casino to host a multi-table poker tournament on friday.

Pokerstarts Added New Feature

PokerStars added a new feature option to Home games. During the coronavirus pandemic, they have done almost everything from home. Live poker rooms have only just started to reopen in the last few weeks. In the past three months PokerStars Home Games offering has been booming, with more than 300,000 games setup. The poker room announced improvements to Home Games which should provide players with more flexibility, allowing more people to participate.

Atlantic City Reopening Casinos On July 2

Due to COVID-19 pandemic for more than three months casinos were closed. Finally Atlantic City casinos have decided to reopen on July 2 onwards. On Monday afternoon, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy announced the reopening date. Murphy minced no words, saying, If any visitor refuses to comply with our simple safeguards, they’ll be escorted out adding that he will not have patience for knuckleheads who decide they don’t need to play by the rules.

PokerStars Introduces New Series

On Monday PokerStars introduced a new tournament series called Stadium Series. Poker room was planning to launch a new live tournament event. Stadium Series is a new online tournament series running for four weeks, from July 5 through August 2.

Decision To Reopen Las Vegas And Nevada Casinos

The state of Nevada and, in particular, the city of Las Vegas have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shutdown. Due to the covid -19 pandemic more than two months, the economy of Nevada, the casinos, have closed. On June 4, some of those casinos reopened. So it has been decided to reopen some of the Las Vegas And Nevada casinos

Boyd Gaming Reopening

Pennsylvania and Illinois have been rather slow in getting back in the game. It will change from next week as Boyd Gaming is reopening. In Illinois, Boyd Gaming operates the Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in Peoria, IL, which was shut down March 15 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Two North Las Vegas Casinos Closed Until Next Year

According to Eater Las Vegas, Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho, both Station Casinos properties, have no plans on reopening any time soon. In the United States almost all casinos continue to reopen but two north Las Vegas Casinos remain closed Until 2021.

Culinary Union Files Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Casinos

In the United States COVID-19 cases have risen dramatically. The most important thing is all should be clean and safe. The Culinary Local 226 union in Las Vegas does not believe some casino properties are being responsible in the face of the health crisis and have sued several venues. The lawsuit accuses the properties of completely dropping the ball when an employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19. They did not inform the other employees, observe disinfecting protocol, or quarantine those who had been in contact with the infected staffer.

Online WSOP Awarded Two More Bracelets

After entering the online WSOP first weekend they awarded two more bracelets. Two more bracelets have been awarded over the past couple days on the New Jersey and Nevada based WSOP.com. It all leads to what is expected to be a big first weekend of action for the 2020 event.

Nathan Surfbum Gamble Wins 2020 WSOP Online Event

On Monday Nathan Surfbum Gamble won the first non-Hold’em event on the 2020 World Series of Poker Online slate. Gamble’s first bracelet came in 2017. It is a 12-hour marathon of $600 Pot-Limit O8 Six-Max.

Reopening Of Maine Casinos

Maine casinos will reopen this week with unique safety measures. Four months ago it was closed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Maine’s two casinos will reopen this week. Oxford Casino will welcome back guests at 9:00am on Thursday, while Hollywood Casino Bangor will open its doors at noon on Friday.

Allen Acnyc718 Chang Wins 2020 WSOP Online

On Sunday Allen Acnyc718 Chang captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet. The winning event is #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em in the 2020 WSOP Online. It was a lengthy tournament, taking ten and a half hours to whittle down from 854 players to just one.

PokerStars Posts Satellites

The vast majority of casinos have reopened in the United States. Still is not much in the way of live poker to be had. PokerStars posts satellites for Live EPT Sochi Stop. Poker rooms are opening much fast because other countries are doing a significantly better job at controlling COVID-19 than the good, old U.S. PokerStars – the operator of the European Poker Tour – has put satellites up on its site, it appears that the intention is to gather poker players from around the world at Casino Sochi.

DraftKings Launches Online Casino

On Wednesday afternoon the one of the market leaders in daily fantasy sports and growing sports betting vertical, launched its online casino in West Virginia. It is the first product in the Mountain State. DraftKings released the online casino suite in conjunction with Hollywood Casino at Charlestown Races.

Hempel Capture Latest Bracelets At 2020 Online WSOP

The popular tournament professional Pat IchiiKawawa Lyons captured latest bracelet. On Saturday morning he picked up his first piece of jewelry at the 2020 online WSOP. Saturday evening turned out to be Scott BudLightLime Hempel s coming out party as he triumphed in the $1000 Eight Handed Turbo Deep Stack event.

GGPoker’s Fraught With Technical Problems

GGPoker has certainly had an exciting weekend. The first World Series of Poker Online bracelet to be awarded outside of the United States was won by Shoma pp_syon Ishikawa of Japan. But connectivity issues marred what would otherwise have been a celebratory Sunday. It caused significant slowdowns, registration problems, and loading delays across the entire GGPoker platform. The poker room put a bandage on the problem but had to take the servers down for a while.

First Smoke-Free Las Vegas Strip Casino

One of the most beautiful things about poker is that smoking is not permitted in most live poker rooms. But the rest of the casino usually permits smoking. Park MGM might be going to become the first smoke-Free Las Vegas Strip Casino. Park MGM, once known as Monte Carlo, is not open yet.

Tony Dunst Wins 2020 WSOP Online Event

Tony Dunst won the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event. This is Dunst’s second career bracelet. He won his first in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em in 2016. It was his third. On Tuesday night Dunst won his WSOP bracelet. It is a happy bit of coincidence also.

Banned From Twitch

Canadian professional poker player Daniel Negreanu is in internet jail. On his Friday night stream he lost with a barrage of expletives and threats on a viewer. Twitch suspended the Poker Hall of Famers channel on Sunday. Negreanu was playing in the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Event #24.

Roberto Romanello Becomes Ninth Poker Triple Crown Winner

Welsh professional poker player Roberto Romanello got his name on a very short list. He became the ninth player in poker history to win poker’s Triple Crown. He nabbed his first career WSOP bracelet. Romanello is also the player who had the longest gap between his first leg and last leg of the Triple Crown.

Tropicana Las Vegas

Tropicana Las Vegas is for sale. It was a decent place with a cozy casino floor. The poker room was tiny. This is all just a stupid way of introing an article about the Tropicana Las Vegas being on the market. On monday part of CBRE Group’s global gaming group said Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI) is looking to sell the south Strip property. It is open to different types of deals – it could sell it completely or sell it and then rent it back.

2Rivers Got Championship

The first leg of the 2020 online WSOP has been completed on WSOP.com. This was confirmed at about 6AM Saturday morning. 2Rivers Wins 2020 Online WSOP $1000 Championship. They were able to vanquish the 1455 player field to pick up a six-figure payday. The action now moves over to GGPoker.

Three Station Casinos Poker Rooms Back On Track

Three station casinos poker rooms are reopened. Three of its Las Vegas-area poker rooms are now open. The three casino stations are Red Rock Resort, Boulder Station, and Santa Fe Station reopened. They opened at 9:00am on Monday. Red Rock is the largest of the three with 20 rooms, followed by Santa Fe Station with 14, and Boulder Station with 10.

2020 Online WSOP

The Final Four Determined in $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em at 2020 Online WSOP. This is one of the biggest tournaments to date at the 2020 online WSOP. It is scheduled on GGPoker. It has worked its way down to the Final Four competitors. In the final there were three gentlemen and a lady .

GGPoker Launches SnapCam Live Video

GGPoker Launches their new functionality SnapCam Live Video. 2020 changed in all fields. All of them on a webcam. So it is the year of the webcam. That’s what GGPoker is doing more or less – with its new SnapCam feature. The lack of a video function is either a wonderful aspect of online poker or a great weakness.

Sportsbooks Pause College Football Betting

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March all sports shut down. The NBA halted its season, NCAA March Madness was cancelled outright, the NHL paused its season, so on and so forth. Major League Baseball has embarked upon a 60-game, coronavirus-plagued season, but one of the biggest sports questions surrounds football.

David Peters Wins Second Bracelet

David Peters won the second bracelet at 2020 Online WSOP. On his way there are two tough competitors. One well known and the other the “Cinderella story” of the tournament . He picked up the bracelet in this $10,000 event, Peters also took down a $360,480 payday and a prize package worth $12,000 to WSOP Europe.

PokerStars Announces Highlights of 2020

PokerStars Announced the highlights of 2021 WCOOP. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has great features. It will be from Aug 30 to Sept 23. There are 75 triple-tiered events and $80 million in guaranteed prize pools. The three Main Events will take place on September 20.

Partypoker New Updation

Due to the coronavirus pandemic almost all people stay at home. For the last few months there has been a lot of online poker played around the world. Internet poker game numbers have jumped in the last few months. Partypoker recently pushed out a new update to its mobile app, the highlight of which is portrait mode for multi-table tournaments (MTTs).

Record Revenues for New Jersey Online Gaming

2020 online WSOP has had at least one good outcome. But in the month of July in the state of New Jersey set records. All of them have questioned the logic of having it.The percentage of online poker in the overall New Jersey revenues still was miniscule compared to its casino and sports betting operations.

PokerStars announced change to its loyalty program

PokerStars announced a minor change to its loyalty program on Tuesday. Now players can redeem incomplete progress bars at any time. The change, which the online poker room touts as one that gives players “absolutely nothing to lose,” Players have the opportunity to cash in their progress bar. There are no restrictions.

PokerStars Withdrawing From Some Markets

Greatest online poker cardroom PokerStarts withdrawing from China, Taiwan, Macau markets. Pokerstars is owned by The Stars Group. Recently they sent emails to customers in the three countries. They are pulling out of China, Taiwan, and Macau. The trio of markets – China, especially – is clearly massive, so PokerStars could have understandably kept on with the status quo and raked in the money.

2020 WSOP Online Main Event

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event has only 1 day left. GGPoker has just 38 players remaining after this past weekend’s Day 2. A total of 5,082 players registered for the tournament. They are generating a $27,559,500 prize pool. This was the largest prize pool in online poker history.

Stoyan Madanzhiev is the First-Ever WSOP Online Main Event Champion.

Stoyan Madanzhiev becomes the first-ever WSOP Online main event champion. He earned a record $3.90 Million. It was the biggest ever made in an online event. The tournament drew 5,802 entries to blow away its $25,000,000 guarantee, creating the largest tournament prize pool in online poker history: $27,559,500. Also It was the greatest victory in Madanzhiev’s career.

Live Tournament Series

During the COVID-19 pandemic Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas is hosting a live tournament series. Tournament started on Monday, September 7 and will run through Sunday, September 27. The first event, $250 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack, began Monday morning and drew 268 players.

Americas Cardroom Banned Jonathan Little

Today one of the respected online and live poker professionals Jonathan Little was banned from playing on the popular online poker site America’s Cardroom. The ban is because he exercised his freedom of speech rights to discuss playing in Americas Cardroom .

2020 Online WSOP Successful Effort

2020 is the biggest asset year to the 2020 Online WSOP. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak online tournaments worked much better than other years. It’s difficult to compare it to the “live” numbers, but it appears that the online version of the WSOP was a rather successful effort. The 2020 online WSOP Main Event certainly drew in the crowd. It tagged with a $25 million guarantee.

Poker Players Settle With Stones Gambling Hall

Recently about 88 poker players sued Stones Gambling Hall, Justin Kuraitis, and Mike Postle. They sued them over an alleged cheating scheme. Now More than 60 of the 88 plaintiffs who sued Stones Gambling Hall, Justin Kuraitis, and Mike Postle have entered into an “amicable settlement” with the casino. The financial terms were not disclosed. A Stones source told The Sacramento Bee that the amount paid to each person was “nominal” and more a show of “goodwill” than anything else.

PACOOP Gets Underway

The PokerStars PACOOP gets underway this Weekend. This coming Saturday the second annual PokerStars Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) will begin. Coming October 4, PACOOP will feature 50 events and $1.5 million in guaranteed prize pools, the most ever for an online tournament series in the state.

Darvin Moon Passes Away

The former World Series of Poker final tablist Darvin Moon passed away due to complications from after surgery. He was only 56 years old. Moon is known as the lumberjack from the East Coast. He won the World Series of Poker Championship Event in 2009. He was also an American self-employed logger. Moon earned the chip lead early in the tournament, and eventually entered the final table as the chip leader, with about 30 percent of the chips in play.

10pm Curfew for UK Casinos

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a 10pm curfew for UK casinos. It was announced on Tuesday. The 10:00pm curfew is for pubs, restaurants, and hospitality venues. Boris said he understood the issues this will cause, but now is the time for us all to summon the discipline, and the resolve, and the spirit of togetherness that will carry us through.

William Hill Announced New Approach

On Friday, William Hill announced that it has been approached by two different companies about a potential acquisition. On August 27 U.S. private equity Apollo Management made its first offer to William Hill. Caesars followed with multiple offers and Apollo came back with one more. The offer on the table right is for Caesars to pay 272p ($3.50) per William Hill share, making the total value of the potential takeover £2.9 billion ($3.7 billion).

World Poker Tour Latest Announcement

The world poker tour announces WPT Online India on wednesday. It is Powered by Adda52.com. This series will run in November .In feature 154 events and INR 135 million ($1.838 million) in guaranteed prize pools. The Main Event will begin on November 11. The winner of the Main Event will also receive a $5,000 WPT Passport. The CEO of the World Poker Tour Adam Pliska, said “The WPT Online venture continues to grow as part of our overall online strategy which we have found effective across the global market”.

PokerStars Implements New Feature

Online poker platform PokerStars implements cash game active waiting lists. It is essentially what it sounds like: a cash game waiting list which requires you to be actively playing to stay on it. PokerStars said, “Our goal is to provide access to what you want when you want it and to ensure an enjoyable, safe and fair experience when you get there.” About the new feature they added “We expect Active Waiting List to have many other positive effects on our community too because it will reduce the time players spend waiting for a seat in a cash game and increase the number of games running, which benefits everyone.”

GGNetwork Announces 40 Account Bans

Last day GGNetwork announced 40 account bans for using RTA software. It is a stepping up fight against players who use Real Time Assistance (RTA) software. This announcement is referred to as the RTA case that the poker community has been talking about over the last couple of weeks. Though he was not named by GGNetwork, it is understood that the player in question is streamer Fedor Kruse.

Midway Poker Tour

In Chicago this past weekend a new live poker tournament series was launched. It is called Midway Poker Tour . This is a great series . The $1,100 Main Event had two starting flights, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The second and final day was Sunday, with 31 players returning to chase for the title. This tournament was associated with the charity 4 KIDS Sake.

SkyCity Auckland Casino Eliminate All COVID-19 Restrictions.

In the United States almost all casinos have been reopened. SkyCity Auckland casino was permitted to eliminate all COVID-19 restrictions. Most of the world’s casinos were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All major casinos, though, are still enforcing health and safety measures such as mandatory mask wearing, social distancing, severe capacity restrictions, and closures of certain services.

Mike Sexton Memorabilia Benefits Poker Gives

Mike Sexton passed away in september.Family of this late Poker Hall of Famer and former announcer of the World Poker Tour, encouraged people to make memorial donations to his charitable group Poker Gives. Mike Sexton Tribute Auction will begin at midnight on Sunday. It will be for two weeks. It is provided by his family will be many pieces of memorabilia that was once owned by Sexton, compiled from all the years of his exciting life.

Encore Las Vegas Limits Hours Of Operation

Due to the reduced demand Encore Las Vegas is going to limit hours of operation. Encore at Wynn Las Vegas is starting the limited hours from next week. Wynn Las Vegas, the company that owns both casinos, announced on Tuesday that Encore will only be a part-time property beginning Monday. Its poker room will still be open every day, but it will move over to the Wynn. Limited hours of operation is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Encore will close at noon this coming Monday and then only be open from Thursdays at 2:00pm through Mondays at 12:00pm.

Borgata Poker Room Reopening

Borgata poker room was closed a half year more than due to covid -19 pandemic. It is located in Atlantic City. Atlantic City’s once poker scene has been cruelly silent. Most of the casinos were reopened. The poker rooms have remained closed due to an abundance of caution regarding the virus. This situation is going to change from this week on, from Wednesday onwards. The Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa will reopen the poker room with precautions.

Sam Grizzle Passes Away

On monday Veteran poker pro Sam Grizzle passed away due to a massive stroke. Medical reports say the stroke was so bad that Grizzle fell into a coma with no hopes of recovering. His family took the decision to end life support. Sam Grizzle has many poker fans and players. Sam Grizzle was a classic poker character, better than anything a screenwriter could imagine. He was the guy who knew everyone and believed he was better at poker than all of them. Every poker player seemingly has a story about him, each of which ends with a laugh and a smile.

Betsson New Announcement

One of the best Swedish gambling companies Betsson announced that they are consolidating its brands in the United Kingdom. Even as this year the online gambling witnessed a surge due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Betsson has decided to cull eight of its nine UK brands, focusing now on just one: Rizk. they believe their effort will be effective and it will improve efficiency. It will then take resources it will not need and move them to other businesses in order to grow other markets.

Phil Hellmuth takes over Antonio Esfandiari

The format of the new PokerGO show High Stakes Duel served as the backdrop for the Hellmuth/Esfandiari matchup. The World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth completed his domination of fellow pro Antonio Esfandiari. Hellmuth finished off by winning three consecutive matches and, in the final match with $400,000. The basic premise both players put up was $50,000 each for starting.

Circa Casino Opens

The first casino Circa was built from the ground-up in downtown Las Vegas in forty years. On Wednesday midnight officially it opened. The new, glitzy gambling beacon is a glamorous venue that looks like it belongs on Strip. Circa owner Derek Stevens said that “I’m feeling great,” and “Opening this is obviously great for downtown and great for all of Las Vegas. The entire property covers 1.25 million square feet.

Poker Is Back At The Rivers Casino Philadelphia

The online poker players in Pennsylvania are getting ready for the end of the PokerStars PA monopoly. It was announced on their casinos official Twitter account. It should follow all covid -19 protocols. We are excited to welcome you back, a note published on the Rivers Casino website states. The new measures in place include limited seating per table and also placement of plexiglass partitions in some of the key areas in the poker room.

David Warner becomes the third player to hit 500 fours

The race to become the GGMasters Player of the Year has taken another turn. October’s GGMasters tournaments have created something of a shake-up on the current leaderboard. It is a great massive shake up in the top 10. Till at the end of September Canada’s Carlos Villamarin soared to the top of the leaderboard. But Poland’s Marcin Dziubdziela has overtaken him. There are only a handful of GGMasters and GGMasters High Rollers to enter before the Player of the Year race promotion ends. The top 10 finishers walk away with cool prizes. The sponsorship package is worth up to $500,000.

Doug Polk In Opening 200 Hands

Dominates Doug Polk in Opening 200 hands. Ha has an amazing passion for the game and a cunning ability to read his opponents. Now Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk finally took to the field to begin the process of settling their much-anticipated grudge match. The first 200 played out live on Wednesday out of 25,000 hands heads-up $200/$400 no-limit Hold’em at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas. Their fans were in for an amazing treat before everything moved online.

Doug Polk Back To Field With a Crushing Online Session against Daniel Negreanu

Doug Polk came back with a Crushing Online Session against Daniel Negreanu after dropping a short live session earlier this week. Last Friday, there was an online session where Doug Polk rebounded in his familiar milieu of the online game. Now the game that is playing at WSOP.com will be continued after the initial start at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Phil Murphy Announced New Restrictions On Casinos

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced new restrictions on casinos . Due to Covid-19 pandemic the whole world suffered in many fields. Death and hospitalizations records are increasing daily. Casinos will not be permitted to serve food or drinks from 10:00pm to 5:00am, except for room service and takeout. All casinos can open and gambling can continue. But the only things that are affected are food and beverage services.

Three-Week Shutdown For Casinos

Michigan Governor announced a three-Week Detroit Casino shutdown because of the increasing COVID-19 Numbers. The public health order will go into effect on Wednesday. The shutdown will affect MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Greektown Casinos. The three Detroit casinos were among the last in the country to reopen, as the city was one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring. After a long time they were allowed to reopen on August 5. Because of the increasing covid cases they decided to shut down again.

World Poker Tour Latest Announcement

World Poker our announces WPT online poker. The Main event will open in New Jersey. Now the major live poker tournaments are going online continuously. This one is a bit different: WPT has created both a new online-only event, not related to anything that was previously planned to be live, and has made it an official part of the Main Tour. The Main Event will be held on the partypoker US Network in New Jersey December 27-29.

Hustler Casino Live Streaming

The Hustler casino live is going to bring new streaming cash games. There have always been poker fans who like to watch good cash games. Cash games have had differing courses of success over the years. In the beginning of 2021 Nick Vertucci and Ryan Feldman will be moving over to the Hustler Casino in Gardena, CA to bring a new streaming cash game show to the air. This show will be called Hustler Casino Live.

Pittsburgh Celebrates Their Grand Opening

Pittsburgh Live! Casino celebrates their grand opening. The casino enjoyed its public grand opening on Tuesday morning after celebrating a limited opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony last week. It is located in the Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield Township, a suburb east of Pittsburgh. There were only about 30 people waiting to get in – but then again, it was 6:00am. Initial customer reviews were positive. They appreciated the COVID-19 health and safety protocols that were in place, such as temperature checks at the door, a mask mandate, and barriers between slot machines and between guests and dealers. High-touch surfaces are sanitized frequently.

Global Poker Announcement

Global Poker is rewarding players with 25 days of Christmas- a promotion that offers the players multiple opportunities to score prizes, with each day bringing a new site challenge and way to win. The promotion will pay out more than SC 100,000 during the month of December. Also Global Poker is closing out the year with a supersized Sunday Scrimmage on Dec. 27 featuring a SC 100,000 guarantee.

Michigan Online Gaming Site Launch

Online gambling could go live in Michigan this month. They got approved for Sites Could Launch in December. The state legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to forego the 15-day period during which it can evaluate the new online gaming regulations, effectively giving them the stamp of approval. In Michigan, however, there is a real desire to get online gambling off the ground, almost a year since it was legalized in the state.

2020 Poker Hall Of Fame Nomination Process Started

The 2020 poker hall of fame nomination process has opened. It is only open until December 11. Interested people can submit their nominations quickly. There are some criteria for a person to meet to be eligible for the Hall. A poker player needs to have played against the best and have played well for a long time to even be thought of as a possibility for the Poker Hall of Fame. Nobody is able to nominate their $10 home game buddy.

GGPokers $100 Million GTD WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series

GGPoker has started a $100 Million GTD WSOP winter online circuit series. They are set to host the WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series, with a whopping $100,000,000 guaranteed as we head into 2021. The festival officially runs from Sunday, December 13 2020 to Sunday, January 10, 2021, with preliminary flights into the series. This series offers 18 WSOP Circuit Ring Events which boast over $30 million in guarantees alone, plus a massive palate of side events that make up for the remaining amount.

2020 WSOP Main Event International Bracket

The final table of the “International Bracket” of the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event on GGPoker has been determined. There are 674 players who are still standing. Brazil’s Brunno Botteon with 10,317,743 chips. The final table moves to King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic on the German border on December 15. Two players live in South America and one lives in China. All remaining players must also take COVID-19 tests before the live final table.

High Stakes Poker Has Returned

The “High Stakes Poker” has returned. The once immensely popular poker television show has been resurrected by Poker Central and had its first new episode on the PokerGO streaming service. High Stakes Poker” debuted in 2006, at the peak of the poker boom. The online poker sponsorship money dried up in the United States and most poker programming has also disappeared.

2020 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

The Caesars Entertainment and World Series of Poker officially announced the list of nominees for induction into the “mythical” Poker Hall of Fame. The ten men on the list are no strangers to having been nominated and all are well deserving of induction. This year, it seems like it was rushed when the “hybrid” 2020 WSOP event was put together. But that’s a minor situation compared to other changes.There is also a change in the voting panel for the Poker Hall of Fame.