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Top 10 groups that should play the WSOP tag team event

Three weeks ago, the World Series of Poker announced its 2016 schedule of events, and poker players around the world started circling dates on their calendars and making plans for their annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for poker's premier tournament series.Many, of course, are planning on kicking off the series in style, as the WSOP will attempt to break its own record for the largest live tournament in poker history with the $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em event, scheduled to start on Thursday, June 2...read more

DFS news roundup: Virginia governor signs DFS bill into law

History was made in the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry Monday afternoon, as Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed the nation's first DFS bill into law.While sites like DraftKings and FanDuel continue to operate throughout the U.S. in states that consider DFS a "legal gray area," Virginia is now the only state with a regulatory framework for real-money DFS contests.Gov...read more

March Madness parties take center stage in Las Vegas

On the heels of a record-breaking Super Bowl, Las Vegas bookmakers are bracing for the next huge sports betting event on the calendar when March Madness tips off next week.Last year, the nearly 200 sportsbooks in Nevada wrote an all-time high of $375.5 million in wagers on NCAA and NBA games, with nearly 70% of those tickets on college hoops...read more

PokerStars in New Jersey just won't be the same

My online poker "career" began long before I made my first deposit onto PokerStars.com when I was 18 years old. But that day in late May 2007 – when I used my own debit card, with my own verified information, to make a $100 deposit from my bedroom in New Jersey – was significant...read more

Top 10 takeaways from the Global Poker League draft

What's the saying? You never get a second chance to make a first impression.If that's the case, put me down as someone who thinks the Global Poker League has a real chance to be a hit. Sure, there will be hurdles along the way. A team format in poker is something that has been tried and has failed in the past, but if the inaugural GPL Draft last night at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, is any indication, the GPL "powers that be" are going to pull out all the stops to make the first season compelling to poker fans and media — who, if you haven't noticed, can be a cynical bunch.With that said, here are our top 10 takeaways from the GPL Draft:10...read more

Seth Palansky talks scheduling, growing poker and frustrating mathematicians

The World Series of Poker announced the full schedule for the 2016 series on Tuesday, and poker players started circling events and making travel plans.In addition to the schedule, WSOP officials announced changes in scheduled start times, blind structures and payout structures...read more

10 prop bets for your Oscars party

The Oscars are the second-most-watched television event in the U.S., coming in only after the Super Bowl. And while betting on entertainment events is illegal in the U.S., this doesn't stop Vegas sportsbooks from releasing odds on who's going to take home little gold statues...read more

DFS news roundup: Virginia General Assembly passes DFS legislation

The daily fantasy sports industry is one signature away from regulation in a U.S. state.Amid news of nine other states offering "negative opinions" of the industry over the last few months, on Wednesday the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation by a 31-9 vote that would legalize and regulate the industry, meaning the Fantasy Contests Act (SB 646) will become law if Democratic Gov...read more

Top 10 picks for the Global Poker Index American Poker Awards

This Thursday, the 2nd Annual Global Poker Index American Poker Awards ceremony will be held in Beverly Hills. Everyone who's anyone in the poker world will be there.Unless, of course, they're playing in or working at a poker tournament, like the WPTDeepStacks series at Parx Casino in Philadelphia, the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, or maybe the Macau Poker Cup at City of Dreams Macau.But apart from that, everyone will be at the second edition of the GPI APAs this week...read more

Mourning the death of Full Tilt

Earlier this week, Amaya announced that it would be merging Full Tilt's traffic with PokerStars.com.The announcement wasn't a big surprise to anyone who has paid attention to online poker traffic over the last few years. Full Tilt, once the clear runner-up behind PokerStars in the race to lead the online poker pack, has sagged to 11th on PokerScout.com's traffic report, with average cash game traffic of just 800 players over the last seven days...read more