WSOP Reveals This Year’s Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

by September 9, 2015

The WSOP has just announced the list of the ten finalists for thе 2015 Poker Hall of Fame Class. Established back in 1979, it already has a total of 48 members and this year, two more poker personalities are expected to join this elite group.The 2015 Poker Hall of Fame Class ...

Paddy Power Sepp Blatter Ad Cleared by the ASA

by September 9, 2015

The UK Advertising Standards Authority announced its decision not to uphold a Paddy Power ad featuring FIFA President Sepp Blatter and urging him to leave his current post. A single complaint against the ad, which ran in the national press, was filed. The complainant claimed that ...

GameAccount Network Announces Planned Re-branding

by September 8, 2015

Developer and supplier of B2B products for the gaming industry GameAccount Network announced that the planned re-branding of the company to GAN will become effective on September 9. It pointed out that this move is consistent with its success in the provision of online gaming sol ...

Igor Yaroshevsky Climbs in GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

by September 8, 2015

Ukrainian poker pro Igor Yaroshevsky was among the players who moved up in the GPI Player of the Year ranking after its most recent update. He currently ranks 29th with a total of 2,744.48 points. In comparison, the player was 31st last week with 2,513.10 points.With live tou ...

Kevin MacPhee Moves Up in GPI Ranking

by September 7, 2015

Given his performance over the past several months, it is not a surprise that American poker pro Kevin MacPhee has continued climbing in the GPI leaderboard. The player ranks 30th after the latest update with as many as 3,178.63 GPI points. His GPI Player of the Year rank is 34th ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between September 7-13

by September 7, 2015

If one has been wondering what the most exciting poker events of the upcoming week will be, here they are. The Borgata will host a WPT poker festival, the Heartland Poker Tour will go to Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, and WPTDeepStacks will stop at Seminole Casino Hotel in Immok ...

Mustapha Kanit Reaches Highest Personal GPI Rank

by September 6, 2015

Mustapha Kanit is a name that has been gaining quite a lot of popularity since the beginning of the year. The Italian professional poker player topped the fields of a number of prestigious events, both live and online, to collect more than $3.5 million in tournament earnings over ...

Mike McDonald Continues Climbing in GPI Ranking

by September 5, 2015

This week’s update of the GPI ranking saw quite a lot of movement mainly due to the season opening EPT Barcelona poker festival. Several players left top 30 of the popular leaderboard only to make room for their fellow poker pros who managed to cash in EPT or other qualifyi ...

Jack Salter Enters GPI Top 20

by September 4, 2015

With the completion of the EPT Season 12 Barcelona poker festival, there was quite a lot of movement in the GPI leaderboard over the past week. However, the traditional Wednesday update of the world’s most prestigious poker ranking shows Jason Mercier still taking 1st place ...

Paddy Power Announces Key Partnerships in Spain and Canada

by September 4, 2015

Irish gambling operator Paddy Power announced earlier today that it had renewed its contract with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and had reached an agreement with Spanish betting operator Reta.Under its renewed partnership with the British Columbia Lottery Corporati ...

Yaxi Zhu and Chen-An Lin Join Team PokerStars Pro

by September 3, 2015

PokerStars.com, known to be the world’s biggest online poker room, announced on Wednesday that poker players Yaxi Zhu from China and Chen-An Lin from Taiwan are to join the brand’s roster of Asian Team PokerStars Pros.Being PokerStars sponsored players, both Lin a ...

Graton Resort & Casino Breaks Ground on $175-Million Hotel

by September 3, 2015

Gambling operator Station Casinos LLC and California’s Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria broke ground on a $175-million hotel which is to represent the resort component of Graton Resort & Casino located in Rohnert Park.The six-story hotel will spread over 342,00 ...

Thomas Muehloecker Re-enters GPI Top 20

by September 2, 2015

No changes have taken place in top 3 of the GPI leaderboard over the past 7 days. Jason Mercier is still 1st for an eighth consecutive week with 4,245.59 points. Anthony Zinno ranks 2nd with 4,026.49 points and Byron Kaverman is 3rd with 3,982.06 points. Scott Seiver with 3,917.9 ...

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Opens Rooftop Bar

by September 2, 2015

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, one of four state-owned casinos, will launch its rooftop bar this weekend. The 4,000-square-foot outdoor facility is located on the second floor of the Cincinnati-based casino.The so-called Terrace Rooftop Bar will offer a wide selection of specia ...

NetEnt Casino Content Approved to Go Live in New Jersey

by September 1, 2015

Swedish supplier of gaming solutions NetEnt announced that it has been given the green light by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to introduce its online casino product offering within the state borders via the bwin.party and Borgata brands.Earlier this year, the ...