The renowned Riviera Hotel and Casino are no longer existing Yesterday, the last tower of the hotel was demolished The hotel and casino were no stranger to appear in the movies Scenes of the movies Casino, Oceans's 11 and James Bond's Diamonds are Forever were shot there The 2000-room hotel shut down in 2015, and some parts of the building were..

A total of 1,066 players, mostly Americans, travelled to Choctaw, Oklahoma to participate in the $3,500 World Poker Tour Championship Event They created a total prizepool of $3,619,070 with $666,758 for the eventual winner After a long and hefty final table, James Mackey was too strong for his opponents and took home the..

Another month has passed by since Aria's last $25,000 High Rollers Last month, Dani Stern managed to score back-to-back wins This month, it was again one player who was the reason no one else could win; Byron Kaverman     On August 5th, 27 players participated in the one day sit 'n go, with 4 players getting paid Ali Fazeli managed to..

Daily fantasy sports returned to New York when Gov Andrew M Cuomo signed into law a bill that said: Daily fantasy sports really is a game of skill This is a big win for DraftKings and FanDuel, the two leading companies in the DFS business     Governor Cuomo, who signed off on the bill right in time before the NFL season opens in..

The price of one bitcoin has decreased by 12 percent, after it was annouced that the Hong Kong exchange Bitfinex was hacked Over 120,000 bitcoins with a total value of more than $60 million was looted     As a response, the price of the bitcoin took a 20 percent nosedive The course recovered a little and rose to 12 percent downfall..

After all the action that happened in the past weeks in Las Vegas, it was time for another tournament in Europe 726 players from all over Europe bought in for €1,100 at the Maine Event of the France Poker Series in Lille, creating a total prizepool of €726,000 Fabrice Casano turned out to be the strongest, taking home the trophy and..

Yesterday, on July 31st, between 02:00 and 02:30 UTC, the price of one Bitcoin dropped from around $654 to $638 and hasn't recovered yet     The price drop is allegedly due to an on-going closed door meeting between Bitcoin miners and Bitcoin Core Developers At the time being, there are no further details available as to what was the..

Playtech is expanding fast, and now they bought no less than 90% of the shares of Best Gaming Technology for €138 million     Playtech is a gambling software development company, providing software for online casinos, online poker rooms, online bingo games, online sports betting, scratch games, mobile gaming, live dealer games..

The 2016 World Series of Poker has almost come to an end The last tournament that's still running is the $10,000 Main Event 6,737 players dug deep in their pocket to participate in the tournament, and only nine players are left, all guaranteed $1 million The play will return on October 30th, all players chase the $8 million first place money A..

The 2016 World Series of Poker is coming to a conclusion The last event that isn't decided yet, is the $10,000 Main Event This year's main event drew 6,737 players, and we are down to the final 27 Players continue tomorrow and they will play down to the coveted November Nine     The table draws are as follows: Table 1Seat 1: Gordon..

With all the action going on in the Rio during the World Series of Poker, we almost forget there are High Rollers going on regularly in the Aria resort American pro Dani Stern managed to win two, back to back     On Wednesday, July 13th Stern bested a field of 50 players Eight of them were in the money These were the payouts of the..

Michael Tureniec is the final gold bracelet winner of the biggest and most succesful poker series in history 4,360 players tried their luck in the final event, the $1,111 Little One for One Drop, creating a total prizepool of $3,924,000 Twelve players returned on the fourth and final day, all dreaming of taking home the..

1 How did it all start for Royal Panda What was the vision The vision really was to create an online casino that’s different to the usual ones players frequent – something with a strong, easily identifiable brand, underpinned by a quality experience with a nice twist That’s what we set out to do when we launched in March 2014 And going on..

Nobody will deny that Fedor Holz is one of the best pokerplayers (No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments) out there at this moment He has proven himself time and time again Well, he's done it again, besting a field of 183 absolute high rollers in the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop, earning himself $4,981,775 He has a total of a little over $14,7 million..

The end of the 2016 World Series of Poker is coming to an end, with only seven more events to play, with of course the $10,000 Main Event being the most prestigious one, alongside the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop Before we come to that, there are some smaller tournaments, such as event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 2,452 players entered the..

The Hollywood Park Casino Company announced on Friday that the new Cary Grant Pavilion at its new Hollywood Park Casino (HPC) will open this fall     The new HPC, which broke ground last year in July, is one of many businesses that are part of the Inglewood Community's developing retail district The 110,000-square-foot building will..

Initially bitcoin seemed like a hype for the elite, but the skepticism around the digital currency slowly begins to fade More and more places accept the bitcoin as valid currency, even in places where you wouldn't expect it (yet) Since this month you can pay for your passport in Switzerland for example The currency has also been introduced in the..

Online phenomenon Jens “Jeans89” Kyllonen from Finland showed once again that he's not just a sicko behind his computer screen, besting a field of 184 players in the prestigious $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha He knocked Tommy Le out in heads-up play to score his second 7-figure payday His other score above a million was back in..

The mining of bitcoins just got a lot harder this weekend: the reward for miners was halved yesterday Where there were previously 25 bitcoins (approximately $16,000) to be mined every 10 minutes, there has now to be fought over 125 This measure automatically kicks in every four years as part of an attempt to curb inflation that would come from..

A new form of poker is added to the schedule of this year's World Series of Poker – Tag Team Poker The $1,000 buy-in is split among 2-4 players on every team and those teammates can tag in and out at any point their teammate is not in an active hand Every player on the team needs to play at least one orbit and each teammate must check in at..