by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '25

The 2025 World Poker Tour Cyprus Prime Championship $1,100 no-limit hold’em event soared past its $1,000,000 guarantee, with 1,391 entries building a final prize pool of $1,349,270. After five starting flights and two more days of action inside the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Casino, Omar Lakhdari was left as the last player standing. The Algerian-born […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Sep 09, '26

1,300 employees of Encore Boston Harbor hit the picket line on Monday, demanding better wages and job protections.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Sep 06, '26

Amid growing solvency concerns for Bally's, Executive Vice President and CFO Mira Mircheva has resigned her position effective immediately.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Aug 30, '26

Nevada casino revenue rose to $1.39 billion in July, fueled by baccarat and blackjack winnings along The Strip.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Aug 29, '26

The future does not look bright for Atlantic City casinos due to several factors, according to a new study of the New Jersey casino industry.

by Matt Matros | Published: Mar 18, '26

Have you ever busted from a poker tournament to the sound of applause? Believe it or not, it doesn’t take a major final table or the main event bubble to experience this phenomenon. Let me tell you a little bit about ATLARGE. In the early days of the Internet there existed things called ‘newsgroups.’ Think […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Feb 04, '26

Even among the most intrepid travelers, visiting all seven continents is a rare feat. Antarctica is simply too far off the beaten path, not to mention brutally frigid. But high-stakes poker pro Ben Tollerene had longed to visit the Great White South and was able to cross it off his bucket list. Antarctica’s scenery astounded […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 21, '26

Isabelle Mercier enjoyed a considerable amount of time in the poker spotlight in the earliest days of the poker boom. After earning her law degree in Montreal, she moved to Paris and managed one of the most famous poker rooms in the world, the Aviation Club. Her experience at the Aviation Club made Mercier a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Jan 21, '26

Like a lot of poker players, Kevin Nee discovered the game after the Moneymaker boom. He was just a teenager at the time, but he would gather with his friends for casual cash games or sit-n-go’s. Poker was fun, but it wasn’t serious. The Lincoln, Nebraska native instead was focused on hooping. Kevin would spend […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Jan 07, '26

Comedians from Kevin Hart to David Cross to Ray Romano have been known to get in on the action at the poker table throughout the years. But Caitlin Comeskey is not the type to simply jump in an occasional celebrity tournament. As a struggling actress in Los Angeles, Comeskey would hop into the casinos in […]