Poker News

Wendeen H. Eolis

Wendeen H. Eolis delivers a current state of affairs concerning online poker with her latest in-depth study of the age old question, "Is poker a game of skill or luck?"  Most of us poker players know the correct answer to this question; but, the official (and legal) decision remains in the hands of lawyers, judges and the federal court system.

NBC's Poker after Dark going same way as NBC's Heads Up Poker?

The NBC series “Poker After Dark” is set to return on March 5.

But not with new episodes, just unaired episodes that were shot in December 2010.

Twenty-four shows featuring cash games and 6 shows featuring sit-n-gos will be run off on the NBC Sports Network over the next 5 weeks.

The series, featuring known poker players playing in Las Vegas, was always interesting and entertaining.

Wendeen Eolis, the "Grande Dame" of Poker, continues to uncover and untangle the web of legal and political maneuvers by major players in the online poker world.  In the latest  installment she looks at the big bosses of Poker Stars and the PPA; demystifying the direction and motivations of the power players and the organizations they control.
 
Read the whole story: PokerStars: Walls Of Secrecy Tumble

For those with fond memories of ye olde online poker days of Step Tournaments (made popular by PokerStars and Full Tilt), the first land-based casino we know of in Las Vegas is now offering its own version.

Tropicana Las Vegas is trying out Step poker tournaments, where for a small amount of money, you can keep advancing as you win, ultimately ending at a $10,000 prize (which is conveniently the cost of a World Series of Poker Main Event seat).  Along the way, if you don’t win but place, you’ll receive a tournament ticket to a lower Step.

2011 WSOP ESPN TV Table

Caesar's Entertainment, owner of the WSOP tournament, released the 2012 schedule today along with some new changes in the event.  Seth Palansky, Vice President Corporate Communications, opened the curtains on the largest, most action packed WSOP in the 43 years that the first ever, original poker tournament has been offered to poker players.  Leave your calendar open from May 27 through July 16 when the November Nine of the $10,000 World Series Poker Championship event will head home until the November.

Wendeen H. Eolis

Ace investigative reporter, Wendeen H. Eolis, has once again returned from the quagmire that is online poker with another breaking story.  This time she's the first to tell the world that PokerStars CEO Gabriel Campos Woslovsky would be leaving the troubled online poker company after a two year hitch.

As we previewed before, it's now a go!

The poker room at Treasure Island (TI) is now paying people to play poker.

From Saturday at midnight to the following Saturday at midnight, put in your hours and you'll earn money.  And pretty significant money at that.

Play 10 hours, get $50.  20 hours, $125.  30 hours, $200.  40 hours, $300.  50 hours, $500.  And 60 hours, $599 (to avoid IRS forms at the $600 giveaway mark).

Wendeen H. Eolis

She's back.  Wendeen H. Eolis delivers the third segment in a continuing series of in-depth articles that looks at the big picture of online poker's legal/illegal status.  Included in the analysis of the game is the age old argument of poker's classification of a game of skill or nothing more than a game of chance, no different than buying tickets in a government run lottery.

Available at Harrah's on the Las Vegas strip

Have you checked out BravoPokerLive?

We’ve been seeing the sign advertising it in more and more poker rooms around town, and we finally downloaded the app to our iPhone (it’s also available on Android).

It’s a marvelous tool to check in on your favorite poker room to see what and how many tables are running (it also lists tournament information).  If you sync to your location, you’ll see how far away the nearest poker room is as well.