Jackpot Digital Inc. has signed a licensing and equipment lease agreement to install two Jackpot Blitz dealerless electronic poker tables at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino in Mescalero, New...
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On March 5, 2026, Wyoming signed Senate File 44 into law, tightening the definition of what constitutes a legal “friendly” poker game for the first time in years. The legislation addresses a...
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Poker Dream has released the full schedule for Poker Dream 21 Malaysia, running April 9-20, 2026, at Resorts World Genting Highlands. The headliner is a MYR 5,000,000 (~$1.25 million) guaranteed Main Event...
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Brock Wilson's PokerGO Cup championship run culminated with the series title at the Event #10 final table on March 15th in Las Vegas. The finale delivered a dual celebration, with Wilson securing...
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The PokerGO Tour is heading back to the ARIA next week, and with it comes one of the most anticipated runs on the schedule: the PGT PLO Series. From October 14 to...
GGPoker, the world’s largest online poker site and the international home of the WSOP, is revisiting its stance on lifetime bans – at least for now. Through its new Olive Branch Initiative,...
The World Series of Poker Circuit makes its fall stop in Baltimore from October 2–13, with 18 ring events on the schedule and a $500,000 guaranteed Main Event headlining the series. Horseshoe...
The Poker Palace, a staple of North Las Vegas since the 1970s, will shut its doors on October 1 as it transitions to new ownership under Reno-based Truckee Gaming. The property is...
The European Poker Tour will return to Paris in 2026, with PokerStars confirming the festival will take place from February 18 to March 1 at Le Palais des Congrès. The comeback follows...
For the first time in the history of the World Series of Poker, a live event has concluded without awarding a bracelet due to integrity concerns. The controversy centers on Jesse Yaginuma...
The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is one of the most famous televised poker tournaments in U.S. history. First aired in 2005 on NBC and became the first poker show produced by a...
The 56th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) officially began on Tuesday, May 28, 2025, at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, two connected venues on the Las Vegas Strip. The...
The 2025 World Series of Poker began May 27 in Las Vegas. The $10,000 Main Event starts July 2, and GGPoker is sending more than 1,000 players through its Road to Vegas...
The Road to Vegas promotion from Grosvenor Poker is close to the finish line. There are only three chances left to win a £4,000 package and join Team Grosvenor at the 2025...
The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) is making its highly anticipated return to Las Vegas from November 3–12, 2025, once again lighting up Resorts World. After back-to-back success in 2023 and 2024,...
The day has finally arrived and the caps lock is going on because I'm delighted to OFFICIALLY RE-LAUNCH POKEROLOGY.COM. It’s bigger, it’s bolder, it’s better! The re-launch is more than a year...
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough” - Albert Einstein. Lou Krieger was a master of explaining it simply. I say was because sadly, Lou passed away...
While everyone has their own favorite online poker sites, most players can agree on which TV shows offer the best presentation of and insight into the game. I listed my top 5...
Most poker fans will agree on the two major factors that contributed to the poker boom of recent years: online poker and TV poker shows. Not only has the customer base for...
Poker movies have had their share of “bad beats” in recent years. While most of the best poker movies mentioned in my previous article took place before the “poker boom”, those that...
The poker game of choice these days is surely no limit hold’em. Many people playing today know no other form of the game. For them, poker is hold’em. That being said, there...
One of the great appeals of poker to a mass audience is the drama inherent in the game itself. Millions of dollars can change on the turn of a card. An unknown...
Poker has changed more rapidly over the past few years than it has in the entirety of the game’s history. Seven years ago, just before the beginnings of a poker boom that...
It may come as a surprise to you, but a large number of tournament poker players - the pros that you see every week on television, not the amateurs who take a...
When the “Moneymaker effect” took hold of the poker world in 2003, it brought many new players into the game. Youngsters who were playing “Magic: The Gathering” switched to poker and saw...
“The Kids Are Alright” or “Teenage Wasteland”? In 1989, Phil Hellmuth set the record for the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the age of twenty-four. His...
Hi, poker players. I’m Lou Krieger and this is my first article for Pokerology. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the author of 11 books about poker, and you...
In the last forty years, the World Series of Poker has grown from a group of Texas road gamblers voting on the “second-best” player in the world, to an event of over...
(Why a Phil Ivey Win Would Be Good for the Game – and Why a Darvin Moon Win Would Be a Disaster) It’s that time again, poker fans! The hype and hysteria...
I live in Boston, Massachusetts. Poker is officially illegal here – as it is in much of the United States. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) seeks to prohibit us from...
