With Aussie Millions now concluded, the poker world moved on to the next big thing. For high rollers and top-tier pros, that was the Australian Poker Open. The inaugural APO is being held at the Star Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It will feature seven events in total, including a $100,000 Main Event starting on […]
The Global Poker Awards returns on March 6th and will award the best and brightest in the poker industry. This year, 18 categories will award poker players, media, and industry superstars from the previous year. Fans and a select panel of voters will make their final selections from now until the end of the month. […]
The World Series of Poker is continuing to piecemeal the schedule for the 2020 WSOP. On Thursday, WSOP officials announced 17 new events for the upcoming summer poker series. The events are predominately NL Hold’em with eight of them freezeout events. Part of this group of new events is the Freezeout Series, a group of […]
Kahle Burns wins again! No, this is not a repeat. Kahle Burns has taken down yet another major high roller, this time at Aussie Millions. Burns took down the A$100,000 Challenge on Thursday for a staggering A$1.76 million. The win represents just the second seven-figure score of Burns’ career and gives him over $1 million […]
As you may already know, Kahle Burns and Lynn Gilmartin were both recently inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. Burns is a high stakes player who has been one of the top players in the world over the last couple of years. Gilmartin is best known for her world on the World Poker […]
Outside of the Poker Hall of Fame, the Australian Poker Hall of Fame is perhaps the most prestigious showcase of elite poker talent in the world. While the APHOF focuses only on players and contributors from Australia, it still features elite talent with some worthy of the regular HOF. On Sunday, two new members were […]
The WSOP has released another portion of the schedule for the 2020 World Series of Poker. This time around, a group of “Value Menu” events were announced. These events have a buy-in of $1,000 or less. After looking over these events, I have a few comments on the value menu schedule, along with some reasons […]
PokerStars presently has a monopoly on online poker in Pennsylvania, but it doesn’t seem that anyone minds. The company has enjoyed tremendous success since launching and they are planning big things for 2020. For starters, the company has announced the inaugural Pennsylvania Winter Series. The event will feature dozens of events with $675,000 in guarantees. […]
Aussie Millions is the annual poker extravaganza that effectively kicks off the poker year. Normally, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure would have that honor alongside Aussie Millions but the event was canceled after the 2019 edition. The 2020 edition of Aussie Millions has been in full swing for almost two weeks and is beginning the home […]
January not only brings a new year but the potential for online poker expansion in the United States. Like most years since 2011, we are beginning to hear rumblings about states looking at regulating online poker. However, we didn’t expect Nebraska to be one of those states. According to reports, Nebraska Senator Justin Wayne has […]
