Kevin Mathers, the venerable 2+2 moderator and longtime blogger-editor at Pokerati, will not be posting here for the foreseeable future. No joke … he has been relieved indefinitely from Pokerati blogging duties. Technically, we had to \”let him go\”. Sucks, […]
If this is true, it would mark the second WSOP-Circuit addition not at a Harrah\’s property. That\’s the unofficial word from a Harrah\’s suit, with firm-sounding dates attached. According to venerable Circuit TD Jimmy Sommerfeld on 2+2 … I think
I think we all understand the nature of the WSOP\’s use of SMM services like Social Zinger to push for their play-money online poker game on Facebook and Instagram. It is also being heavily advertised on commercials during ESPNs broadcast of
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On this day nine years ago — September 11, 2001 — cards got in the air for a new online poker site called PokerStars. The best multitable tournaments, player loyalty rewards, stats, and seeing your own picture at the table
This Day in Historyish: September 2001A New Era of Poker Is Born
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One of the biggest non-major tournament series of the year is underway in Thackerville, Oklahoma, promising $3 million in guarantees. \”The River\” — hosted by Greg Raymer and the historically storied WinStar tribe — is 9 events spread across two
Part of the buzz underlying this week\’s Detox Poker activity has been the fate of the Hard Rock Poker Lounge. To be sure, the luxed-out $12 million 18+table poker room that opened in 2008 — nearly two years ago to
The Detox Poker Series is right around the corner, starting Friday Aug. 13 with a $100k Guarantee for a $350 buy-in with two day ones, re-entry allowed. The spankin\’-new small-stakes/big-action festival comes at a whispery time around the home room
Hard Rock Ready to Be Detoxified Kegs, vodka en route for Savage throw-down tourneys
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Internet super-behemoth Google seems to be wasting little time positioning themselves to profit from licensed internet gambling in the United States by investing in \”social gaming\”. Both the New York Times and Techcrunch are reporting that Google has agreed to
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None of this should come as a shock … after all, we saw this summer that Team WSOP employees were all wearing name tags that clearly identified them as worker-bees for HIE, Harrah\’s Interactive Entertainment, the year-old parent company formed
The end of an era is upon us … with Harrah\’s finally selling the Rio — that horrendous dump of a property at 3700 W. Flamingo Rd. that reminds us how quickly Las Vegas luxe can deteriorate … But also
