When breaking down the Female Player of the Year race for both CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, we came up with the question: What is the race like…
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Brazilian pro Rafael Caiaffa was banned from the BSOP event for sneaking chips onto his stack
There’s an old saying: “If you don’t cheat, you don’t try.” So I might have to give Brazilian poker pro Rafael Caiaffa some credit for trying. But I probably won’t…
Las Vegas Culinary Union members approve new contract with MGM and Caesars
Improved pay Culinary Local 226 members this week overwhelmingly approved new five-year contracts with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, averting potential strikes. Caesars employees voted 99 percent in favor…
Wait what? Oklahoma’s governor expresses support for cockfighting
This is one of the strangest things I’ve ever written about. You might think that a state governor would do better to announce his support for the blood sport of…
Workers at two Detroit casinos agree on a new contract and end to the strike, but MGM employees are still against it
Aren’t two out of three bad? The goal of the Detroit casino workers’ strike is in sight, even if the bond isn’t quite broken yet. On Friday, the Detroit Casino…
The Borgata starts 2024 with its Winter Poker Open
We may not have made it to 2023 yet, but the poker tournament calendar is already gearing up for 2024. The Borgata in Atlantic City is the first tournament of…
NFL Week Eleven 2023: What’s most important? TIMED COORDINATION…
There’s an old joke among comedians. FIRST COMEDIAN: “What is the most important thing in comedy?” SECOND COMEDIAN: “Wh-” FIRST COMEDIAN: “TIMING!” The same goes for many things in life,…
The Poker Player of the Year race appears to be a two-horse show
We’re entering the final six weeks of 2023, and tournament poker’s two Player of the Year races appear to come down to two men. Both men have been in the…
Max Neugebauer outlasts the international field of participants and takes the title in the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2023
At a truly international final table Austria’s Max Neugebauer was able to outlast the remaining eight men from the final table (and the 817-player field) to secure the championship of…
West Virginia is joining the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement even though there are no online poker rooms there
Need some poker first? In a sign that online poker could finally be coming to West Virginia, the state has joined the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), which allows the…
