by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: Dec 11, '08

Oh, the difference one year makes. After a record month of success for the Nevada gaming industry in October 2007, the Gaming Control Board announced on Wednesday that Nevada had its single worst gaming revenue drop in state history. Revenue was down more than $260 million, or 22.3 percent, in October 2008. “In October, we […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: May 28, '26

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian said he has played online poker while on stage performing, sometimes using roadies to ghost his account.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 12, '25

The 9,735-entry field has been narrowed to just seven tables heading into day 7, with $10 million and the bracelet for the eventual champ.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 29, '24

The 2024 Mid-States Poker Tour Bally’s Black Hawk Showdown Series $1,100 buy-in $300,000 guaranteed no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 602 total entries, nearly doubling its guarantee in the process. The $586,320 final prize pool was paid out among the top 65 finishers, with the largest share going to eventual champion Sherman Wu. […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 10, '11

Of the 2,181 players who bought into day 1C of the 2011 World Series of Poker main event, just 1,471 of them survived. Kevin Song bagged up with the most chips, building his stack to 163,325, but he’s still way behind day 1A chip leader Fred Berger (209,500) and day 1B chip leader Ben Lamb […]

by CP The Inside Straight Authors | Published: Apr 06, '07

Player of the Year Top 10 Populated by Pros First Quarter of the Year is Over and It's Still Anyone's Title By Bob Pajich About a quarter of the year is over, and the Card Player Player of the Year (POY) race is shaping up to be a battle of the hardened pros. James Van […]

by Rich Korbin | Published: Jun 14, '06

A historical event recently took place at Sycuan Casino in El Cajon, California. The first-ever joint venture between a brick and mortar casino and an online poker site resulted in the WSEX Virtual Challenge, a $50,000 limit hold'em freeroll tournament for those who qualified. A field of 50 players competed for first-place prize money of […]