The Global Poker Index (GPI) has revealed a new ranking system which takes effect from January 11th The GPI is known as the top poker ranking system for live tournament player The new system will now favour smaller buy-in tournaments more than before while higher buy-ins don't play as big of a role in the rankings as in the previous system The..

After having announced it for several months and after several delayss, Portugal has finalized its online poker liquidity sharing plan and sent to the European Commission for approval In November, PokerStars was the first online poker provider to open under Portugal's new online gambling license but it took the country another two months to..

The US American David Peters managed to take down the POY title   Peters overtook Fedor Holz last minute by taking down one of the High Roller events at the Aria in Las Vegas   It looked for a long time like the 'German Wonderkind' Fedor Holz would win the title after having one of the most amazing runs in poker history in 2016 but..

Bitcoin has reached its highest mark since February 2014 Some users believe the uptrend to continue and possibly even surpass an all time high of $1100 The first cryptocurrency to ever exist faced a rollercoaster year after facing political, technical and financial problems and has been an uptrend for the past few months One of the reasons for..

A new law has been introduced in Japan on Monday, allowing casino gambling The law that was sponsored by a group of lawmakers, most of them from the main party of the Liberal Democratic, opens the government the opportunity to create ingrated resorts that include hotels, casinos and other entertainment facilities Besides all the public concerns..

A federal judge has ordered well known poker pro Phil Ivey to return over $10 million of past winnings to the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City Phil Ivey and his associate, Cheung Yin Sun were sued by the casino two years ago for 'cheating' at baccarat Even though the technique they used, called 'edge sorting' isn't illegal, it gave them an unfair..

Former CEO and Amaya Inc Founder David Baazov has withdrawn his $67 billion offer due to the too high asking price of some shareholders Amaya, owner of Poker Stars and Full Tilt is listed on the Nasdaq and Toronto Stock Exchange In a statement Baazov said: "During the discussions it became evident that the share price premium demanded by certain..

The Aussie Millions Poker Championship will be broadcasted live on Twitch The Aussie Million's host Crown Casino partners once again up with popular poker pro and Twitch specialist Jason Somerville to broadcast exclusively the action from January 27-29 "I'm honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie..

Poker Central, a 24/7 poker channel which went on air at the end of 2015, will be shut down at the end of 2016   The channel that was funded by the business man and poker enthusiast Cary Katz is currently still reachable through several US network providers, as well as through devices like Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV but will go..

The State Division of Gaming Enforcement lately published the numbers for New Jersey's poker market and with $45 million during the month of October it meant a nearly 9% increase over October 2015 While live poker raked in $21 million, with the Borgata leading the way with $128 million in rake, followed by Bally’s ($254,000), Harrah’s..

Doug Polk, a well known US American poker pro is known for his YouTube channel where he analyses several poker hands in-depth Yesterday he uploaded a video of him analysing the 5 biggest online pots in history The hands were all played several years ago, back in the Full Tilt Poker times by big star names like Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, Isuldar1,..

Poker hall of famer Mike Sexton has won the 2016 WPT Montreal $3,850 CAD no-limit hold’em main event for $317,896 Mike Sexton, who is known as the commentator of the World Poker Tour since day one, managed to get into the spotlights on the other side of the broadcast by beating a field of 648 entries and capture the title on his third final..

Dan Cates has won the opening event of the Triton Super High Roller Series that's currently taking place in the capital of the Philippines, Manila In the HKD200,000 (~$25,785) event he beat a field of 29 players, 6 of them made the money, he won a price money of around $359,000 The event was played in a 6max format and attracted some Asian..

A new pool released by the Fairleigh Dickinson University finds that close to half of Americans approve to legalize sports betting The pool finds that 48 percent support legalizing sports betting while 39 percent are against it The main reason for supporting is that most people already do it anyway by using unregulated methods Another reason is..

The Vietnamese born US American Qui Nguyen managed to win the biggest annual title in poker, he is the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion and received amongst the unbelievable amount of $8 million the bracelet Three players returned yesterday to battle for the title and 3rd place finisher would end up being fan favorite Cliff Josephy..

After three and a half months of break after the November Nine were found in Mid July, the 9 millionaires returned to the table to fight for the title, the bracelet and $8 million It was no big surprise that it was the Spanish short stack Fernando Pons to hit the rail first He got his stack in as a slight favorite with his against Cliff..

Zcash, a new cryptocurrency was introduced yesterday on the digital currency market The newest addition promises to get a lot of attention of internet business investors, creating a hype in some financial sectors while being completely anonymous Zcash also promises complex cryptography to safe the privacy of its investors It does not only..

A new poker show 'The Final Table' will air next Sunday, October 30th featuring Phil Hellmuth and Antionio Esfandiari on the CBS Sports Network Poker fans can look forward to an one-hour show every Sunday at 11pm ET The new show will air after the already popular 'Poker Night in America' and will feature coverage of poker tournaments all over..

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has published the revenue for September and Nevada's poker rooms have made a revenue of $844 million from cash games This includes all live games as well as online play Compared to last years' revenue it means an 15% increase Nevada provides a total of 65 poker rooms with a total of 606 tables, 20 poker rooms and..

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has found a new home for the years 2017 and 2019 and will be hosted by the King's Casino Rozvadov in the Czech Republic, right at the border to Germany The biggest casino in Europe with more than 150 poker tables, cash games and tournaments running 24/7, will have at least 10 bracelet events in each year..