April 21, 2024 Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship wrapped up late on Sunday night as 101 players found bags to advance to Day 3. Out in front is Wisconsin’s Josh Reichard, who sits tied for second on the all-time WSOP Circuit ring list as he searches
Month: April 2024
April 21, 2024 If the monotone chants of “RIG-BY! RIG-BY!” mean anything to you, you may have been in the Rio Amazon Room in Las Vegas during the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was here that Pittsburgh’s Nicholas Rigby became a household name in the poker world for his loose-aggressive, bluff-intensive
April 20, 2024 Live poker continues to boom across the world, and the recent inaugural Lagos Poker Festival (LPF) is no exception. Held in Nigeria’s economic hub and Africa’s largest city of Lagos, the two-day festival which was held on the 16th & 17th of March 2024, surpassed its guarantee and crowned two champions for
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April 21, 2024 The highly acclaimed and award-winning PokerStars live-streaming team has been on the move in 2024, kicking off their year with a bang at EPT Paris and the Irish Open. Now, they’re ready to capture all the excitement from EPT Monte Carlo. Expect nothing less than top-notch coverage as PokerStars brings you the
View image in fullscreen UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns Young people feel their internet activity is overwhelmed by betting promotions and similar content, says GambleAware Children are “saturated” with betting promotions and gambling-like content while using the internet, despite restrictions on ad campaigns targeting young people, new research reveals. GambleAware,
April 20, 2024 Ryan Garcia, who has appeared multiple times on Hustler Casino Live, pulled off an upset in the boxing ring Saturday night against the heavily favored Devin Haney, winning via majority decision. One judge surprisingly scored the match 112-112 despite Garcia knocking his opponent down three times, while the other two judges scored
April 20, 2024 The second and final starting flight of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship wrapped up on Saturday evening with 356 players remaining and Maxwell Young out in front with a stack of 623,000. That stack of 249 big blinds is good to put him in front of
April 20, 2024 Bin Weng’s breakout year in 2023 is matched only by a select few runs in tournament poker history, such as Daniel Coleman’s eight-figure steamrolling in 2014 or Michael Addamo’s more recent high-roller tear through 2021. Unlike the sunrunners who came before him, Weng has shown no signs of stepping back from live
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division have submitted a hotel price fixing statement to the District of New Jersey. It was filed in the ongoing case of Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment, as announced earlier this month. This case revolves around the utilization of pricing algorithms by casino hotels, a practice that
Hacksaw Gaming, a reputable content provider to the iGaming industry, partners with the prominent operator Solverde.pt to debut in the exciting Portuguese market. Under the deal, the innovative game development studio will integrate its remarkable portfolio into the leading Portuguese online gaming platform exclusively until the 30th of April 2024. The partnership is set to
A class action suit was reportedly submitted on April 18, 2024, in NY federal court that charges DraftKings of deceiving its newest clients into thinking their 1st bet would be without risk, according to news media. The class action lawsuit The class action suit was submitted by Samantha Guery, who reportedly wants undefined compensation in
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April 19, 2024 The biggest and most popular World Poker Tour (WPT) stop of the year is underway in Hollywood, Florida with the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The series features the $3,500 buy-in WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, a $3 million guaranteed event that kicked off on Friday with Day 1a.
April 19, 2024 Crandell Addington, a legendary Texas poker pro, has passed away at age 85. The Poker Hall of Famer cashed four times in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event — three times in the 1970s — including runner-up finishes to Johnny Moss (1974), Doyle Brunson (1976), and Bobby Baldwin (1978). Texas
April 19, 2024 The $3 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship got underway today, and no one is more excited about it than ClubWPT Qualifier Ray Cochrane. The 65-year-old made the drive to Hollywood, Florida from Colorado and wasted no time hopping into the first of two flights in
Retired Nevada Supreme Court Justice Abbi Silver has been named as the newest member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, succeeding Commissioner Ogonna Brown, who declined reappointment to a new four-year term. “Justice Silver is one of Nevada’s brightest visionaries and trailblazers, and I’m confident that she will greatly enhance the work of the commission in
The first day of the Cibelae 2024 Conngress took place this Thursday, with the presence of authorities and experts who contributed to their vision of “Sports Betting in Latin America: approaches to a developing market”. The event, organized by the Iberoamerican Corporation of State Lotteries and Gambling (Cibelae) with the active collaboration of the Council
Nevada’s Eureka Resort-Casino in Mesquite has announced plans for a $100 million renovation and expansion project. The investment seeks to revitalize the employee-owned property near Interstate 15. Executive Chairman Greg Lee revealed that the first phase of the project is already underway, with approximately $40 million allocated to refurbish the 212-room hotel and the 40,285-square-foot
Caesars Entertainment and long-time hospitality partner Nobu Hospitality have released renderings for Nobu Hotel and Nobu restaurant inside the soon-to-be Caesars New Orleans. Nobu Hospitality is a luxury lifestyle brand founded by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and Meir Teper. Nobu Hotels and Restaurants blend modern luxury with minimalist Japanese tradition, “offering a lifestyle enriched with