Scott Baumstein Wins 2018 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,100 Main Event

Scott Baumstein Wins 2018 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,100 Main Event

by January 17, 2018

The WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event was completed last night at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood after players from all parts of the world contended for the title for six days. Scott Baumstein was the last man standing to capture the first-place prize of $220,23 ...

PokerStars Launches First Shared Franco-Spanish Poker Tables

PokerStars Launches First Shared Franco-Spanish Poker Tables

by January 17, 2018

In a somewhat surprising move, PokerStars launched on Tuesday the first shared online poker tables as part of the shared liquidity project four Southwestern European countries initiated several years ago and sealed with an agreement in July 2017.PokerStars players from Franc ...

Spain’s Official State Gazette Publishes Shared Online Poker Liquidity Resolution

Spain’s Official State Gazette Publishes Shared Online Poker Liquidity Resolution

by January 16, 2018

A resolution regarding the shared online poker liquidity project was published in Spain’s Official State Gazette, Boletín Oficial del Estado, on Monday, thus officially giving the scheme the go-ahead.The Monday publication of the resolution occurred after it was signed by Sp ...

Ole Schemion Scoops First WPT Title in Inaugural WPT European Championship

Ole Schemion Scoops First WPT Title in Inaugural WPT European Championship

by January 16, 2018

Ole Schemion, one of Germany’s finest poker professionals, bulldozed his way through the six-handed final table of the inaugural WPT European Championship to capture another big poker title. The player also added €218,435 to his already impressive poker bankroll that now exceeds ...

Ole Schemion Leads Six WPT European Championship Finalists, Eyes First WPT Title

Ole Schemion Leads Six WPT European Championship Finalists, Eyes First WPT Title

by January 15, 2018

Germany’s Ole Schemion will try to win his first-ever WPT Main Tour title after ending a second consecutive WPT European Championship day as the chip leader and heading the official six-handed final table.Schemion is one of his homeland’s most successful poker pros. He has wo ...

Poker Tournaments Starting January 15-21

Poker Tournaments Starting January 15-21

by January 15, 2018

It is that time of the year when Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino gears up for the traditional WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, a festival that has always attracted great attention. It is also that time of the year when Australia is the arena for quality tennis and quality poker acti ...

Ole Schemion Leads 16 Finalists into WPT European Championship’s Penultimate Day

Ole Schemion Leads 16 Finalists into WPT European Championship’s Penultimate Day

by January 14, 2018

Ole Schemion, one of Germany’s most profitable poker professionals, is leading the final 16 players into the penultimate day of the first-ever WPT European Championship €3,300 Main Event. The remaining survivors are minutes away from entering the day of play during which th ...

Marvin Rettenmaier Vies For Third WPT Title at WPT European Championship

Marvin Rettenmaier Vies For Third WPT Title at WPT European Championship

by January 12, 2018

The two starting days of the €3,300 buy-in WPT European Championship are now history. As many as 295 entries joined the tournament’s field. Of those, a total of 151 made it through Days 1A and 1B and will progress into Day 2, which is set to be played later today at the host venu ...

Fewer Gambling Venues Operate in Bratislava Due to 2017 Ban

by January 12, 2018

The number of gambling venues has dropped in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, since the beginning of 2018, local news outlet The Slovak Spectator reported. The decrease was due to a gambling ban introduced by city councilors last spring.City officials approved a ban on t ...

Virginia Horse Racing Officials Lobby for Legalization of Historical Betting at Race Tracks

Virginia Horse Racing Officials Lobby for Legalization of Historical Betting at Race Tracks

by January 11, 2018

Virginia horse racing officials are seeking legalization of historical betting machines in a bid to lock the sale of a shuttered horse racing track, local news outlet the Richmond-Times Dispatch reported earlier this week.Generally speaking, the so-called historical horse ra ...

Gerald Karlic Leads after WPT European Championship €3,300 Main Event Day 1A

Gerald Karlic Leads after WPT European Championship €3,300 Main Event Day 1A

by January 11, 2018

Gerald Karlic, an Austrian player with over $1.2 million in live tournament winnings, ended Day 1A of the WPT European Championship €3,300 Main Event as the chip leader. The player stands atop the leaderboard ahead of 46 other survivors.As many as 111 entries joined the even ...

Exclusive Interview with Spain’s Gambling Regulator ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project’s Launch

Exclusive Interview with Spain’s Gambling Regulator ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project’s Launch

by January 11, 2018

The online poker sector in Europe’s segregated markets is on the threshold of a new era, as first shared online poker tables are slated to go live within the next few weeks. It was last July when the online gambling regulators of France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal signed the agre ...

Steve O’Dwyer Wins 2018 PCA $50,000 High Roller Single Re-Entry

Steve O’Dwyer Wins 2018 PCA $50,000 High Roller Single Re-Entry

by January 10, 2018

Steve O’Dwyer is among those poker players whose name rings a bell in the mind of every self-respecting fan of the game. The player cemented his excellent reputation in the world of poker last night when he topped the field of the PCA $50,000 High Roller Single Re-Entry. The play ...

Swiss Youth Parties Collect Signatures to Overturn New Internet Gambling Law

Swiss Youth Parties Collect Signatures to Overturn New Internet Gambling Law

by January 10, 2018

The youth organizations of four Swiss parties have a little over a week to collect over 50,000 valid signatures and thus initiate a referendum against several provisions of the country’s recently approved Money Gaming Act (Geldspielgesetz).The initiative is supported by the ...

Italy Could Launch Online Gambling Licensing Process This Week

Italy Could Launch Online Gambling Licensing Process This Week

by January 9, 2018

Italy is expected to launch the call for bids from online gambling operators by the end of this week, Italian gambling news outlet AgiproNews reported on Monday. The call will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. According to unnamed sources, this may happe ...