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The World Poker Tour and partypoker are joining forces again later this month with the WPT Online Series. The poker series runs from May 14 to June 2 at partypoker with 26 events on the schedule with buy-ins ranging from $5.50 to $3,200. That should accommodate any poker budget, but there are also even cheaper

Intertops Poker seems to celebrate every holiday and observance on the calendar with at least one special poker tournament. The latest special day to be recognized with an Intertops Poker tournament is Cinco de Mayo. In case your Spanish is a little rusty, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated annually on May 5. This year you

The World Series of Poker Online Series dates were announced earlier this week for both domestic US players and international players. Earlier this month the WSOP announced dates for the US-facing portion of the 2021 WSOP Online Series, but at that time they did not reveal dates for the international series. For those who missed

No matter the size of your bankroll you can likely afford the Dollar Insanity tournament taking over the tables at BetOnline Poker this weekend. The Dollar Insanity main event is scheduled for Sunday, April 25 at 1:00 p.m. eastern. It has a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and an insanely cheap $1 +$0.10 buy-in. Thus the

Over $2 million in guaranteed prize pools with be up for grabs at 888poker starting this weekend when the WPT Deepstacks London Online series begins. The series runs on 888poker from April 18 to 26. It is comprised of 16 events with buy-ins ranging from $16.50 up to $2,100. The guarantees in the tournaments in

The 2021 Irish Open conclude online at parypoker earlier this week with Ukraine’s Pavel Veksler winning the main event. Veksler outlasted an 1880-player field in the €1,100 main event to cash €266,000, which is approximately $316,000 US. The main event was considered to be a huge success as the large field generated a €1.8 million

With the Easter long weekend coming up Intertops Poker is getting ready with a new promotion, the Easter Experience. The Easter Experience runs from April 1 to 5 with five special tournaments with different buy-ins, guaranteed prize pools and poker variations. It begins on Thursday, April 1 with the Easter Experience #1 Freeroll. The free-to-enter

Online gambling, including poker, casino games and sports betting in Connecticut is one step closer following come recent deals and votes. Earlier this month a key deal was made between the state’s two tribal nations and the government on online gambling. The Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation are both onboard with expanding

They are getting a leg up on spring at partypoker by warming things up early with their new Hot Tables promotion. Through Hot Tables partypoker players that take part in cash games and fastforward poker can win up to an extra $500 from winning pots. Hot Tables is available to players at all no-limit hold’dm

England’s Endrit Geci added a six-figure payday to his bankroll earlier this week after winning the partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event. The $5,300 Main Event ended up with 1,084-player field which surpassed the tournament’s $5 million guarantee with a $5,420,000 prize pool, which was paid out to the Top 160 finishers. For the win Geci

The refresh that began with the release of their new mobile app continues at 888poker following the release of new poker tournaments and a new tournament schedule earlier this week. A big part of the poker tournament change over is the rebranding of 888poker tournaments. There are now six different types of poker tournaments on

The latest remaining remnants of Full Tilt Poker will be taken offline later this month on February 25. Since May 2016 Full Tilt Poker was available as a skin on the PokerStars network using its own branding, and sharing games, players, the rewards program and account system. The only real difference between the Full Tilt

Millions of dollars will be up for grabs at partypoker this weekend, as the partypoker MILLIONS Online begins. This year’s MILLIONS Online runs from February 13 to March 9. The big tournament on the schedule during opening weekend is the Mini Main Event. It has a massive $1 million guaranteed prize pool and a $1,100

The first legal online poker room has gone live in Michigan after PokerStars launched on Friday. On Friday, January 29 the Michigan Gaming Control Board officially approved an online gaming license for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. The tribe, which runs the Odawa Casino in Petoseky, Michigan and has partnered with PokerStars

The folks at Intertops Poker are always taking advantage of special days on the calendar to offer a new poker tournament. February is no exception. In February, Intertops Poker is getting the month started with special tournaments on Groundhog Day and on Bubble Gum Day. Intertops Groundhog Day special Groundhog is held annually on February

The World Poker Tour has been sold to Element Partners, LLC for a reported $78 million. Element Partners acquired the WPT from Allied Esports Entertainment in a deal that was officially announced on Tuesday. As part of the deal Element Partners will pay Allied Esports $68,250,000 upfront, and the remaining $10 million will be paid