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Nov 7, 2024 | 
poker.betmgm.com | Jennifer Newell
It’s here! The long-awaited connection between BetMGM Poker players in New Jersey and Michigan began on November 6. As a result, online poker players from these two states can share tables and prize pools, creating larger fields, more cash games, and bigger tournament guarantees. All of it makes the legal online poker experience even better.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
legaluspokersites.com | Jennifer Newell
After years of waiting for something to happen that would boost Pennsylvania online poker, two major events have taken place within weeks of each other. The most highly anticipated occurrence was that Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro finally instructed the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to move forward with the signing of the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), which the PGCB then voted unanimously to do.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
legaluspokersites.com | Jennifer Newell
It is finally happening. Pennsylvania is taking its first steps toward signing the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), which will allow its online poker operators to connect to their sister sites in other regulated gaming states. The years of declining online poker revenue have been painful for poker players and operators alike, as the state ignored pleas to begin the liquidity process.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Paul Seaton |Jennifer Newell
Many sponsored poker players have become household names thanks to their poker skills at the felt, but over the last decade, appearing on podcasts has kept poker legends in the public consciousness. Listening to favorite players speak about the game we all love is fascinating. Many iconic names share anecdotes from poker’s colorful past, while passing on their experiences at the modern-day felt too.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Jennifer Newell |Paul Seaton
Who won the biggest top prize at EPT Barcelona? Which surprising country has provided the largest number of Main Event winners in EPT Barcelona history? And who is the current reigning EPT Barcelona champion? Over the years, Barcelona has been the most successful stop on the European Poker Tour and we’ve got all the history you could ever need as the 19th EPT Barcelona Main Event celebrates two decades of PokerStars action on the EPT.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Dara O'Kearney |Paul Seaton |Jennifer Newell
In this article I’m going to look at the major differences between the two, and the major leaks that typical live players have in particular. Probably the biggest leak live players typically have is that early on tournaments when the stocks are deep they play far too many hands and call too many raises.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Paul Seaton |Jennifer Newell |Dara O'Kearney
The last decade has seen huge winners at the World Series of Poker, none more so than in the WSOP Main Event. Each year, thousands of players flock to Las Vegas to put down the $10,000 entry fee or satellite into the action for a fraction of the cost. Winning the Main Event over the past decade could have netted you as much as $12.1 million in the case of Daniel Weinman in 2023. But how much of their winnings did each player get to keep?
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Jennifer Newell |Paul Seaton |Dara O'Kearney
Ladies Poker Week, as many women call it, is now more like two weeks. There are tournaments in nearly every poker tournament series around Las Vegas, from Wynn to Venetian, Aria to South Point, Resorts World to Orleans, and Golden Nugget to Westgate. Of course, there is also the WSOP Ladies Championship, which was the event that started it all years ago and upon which the other women-only events were built.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Jennifer Newell |Paul Seaton |Dara O'Kearney
A year earlier, the Japanese player Shiina Okamoto was one of 1,295 entrants in the WSOP $1,000 buy-in Ladies Championship. Coming second to Tamar Abraham, Okamoto was heartbroken, despite the result worth $118,768. One year on, Okamoto returned determined to go one place further. With 1,245 entries, this year Okamoto on the $171,732 top prize after beating fan favorite Jamie Kerstetter heads-up in Las Vegas.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
tightpoker.com | Paul Seaton |Jennifer Newell
Over the course of his 25-year plus career at the felt, the Canadian Poker Hall of Famer helped as many players as anybody, putting together courses such as his Masterclass, penning strategy books, writing blogs and recording his thoughts on video blogs for PokerStars, GGPoker, or even just himself. Kid Poker really does love the game of poker as much as anyone out there. We’ve put together some of his best words of wisdom over a career that has made him the most recognized face in the game.
