Author: John Mehaffey

The Lodge at Deadwood in South Dakota held its Spring Poker Classic last week.  The promotional material related to it did not tell the whole story about what the event actually was. The advertising for the tournament stated that it had a $300+30 buy-in and that the house was adding $5,000, language that gave the appearance of […]

There are hundreds of poker tournaments this summer in Las Vegas.  Buy-ins start from $30 for daily tournaments up to World Series of Poker and High Roller events requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars to enter.  Poker players at all bankroll levels will find tournaments within their comfort range. World Series of Poker The World […]

San Manuel Tribe Leaves California PokerStars Coalition The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced this week that it was leaving the PokerStars coalition in California.  San Manuel was one of the most powerful parts of the gaming interests that planned on partnering with PokerStars if California legalizes online poker in the coming years.  The […]

Ignition Casino Seating Procedures Changed The Pai Waing Luo Network changed seating rules for cash games this week.  The change affects Ignition and Bodog.  Cash game players must now choose a game, limit, table size and structure to get a seat on the network.  The software will then find the most appropriate seat for the player. […]

The past month saw some minor improvement in U.S. online poker payment processing speeds.  No sites saw a decline.  We are entering the slowest time of the year for online gaming.  This should help keep withdrawal speeds within a reasonable time frame at most poker sites. Last month’s grades are in parenthesis.  The March 2017 […]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York announced today that U.S. online poker players affected by the fraud at Cereus will have the opportunity to file a remission claim. Cereus was comprised of Absolute Poker and UltimateBet. The company and two of its executives were indicted on Black Friday. Joon H. Kim, […]

Server Issues Affect Winning Poker Network It was a tough week for the Winning Poker Network.  It was not long after the network became the largest U.S.-facing online poker platform that players started experiencing disconnects.  Sit and gos and tournaments were repeatedly canceled.  Winning Poker management moved the games to a different server earlier this week. […]

Australian Senate Bans Online Poker The Australian Senate voted to ban online poker this week.  The bill moves to the House of Representatives where it is expected to pass.  The move would amend existing online gambling regulations to outlaw all forms of online poker no matter where the site is actually operated.  Current law only […]

Most of the U.S. online poker sites improved or remained steady over the past month.  There was one notable exception.  The Winning Poker Network appears to be having some processing issues.  Bitcoin withdrawals slowed to its lowest point since Winning Poker started using it as currency.  There are also reports of checks bouncing.  This may […]

Black Friday US Attorney Fired By President It is the end of the road for Preet Bharara, the US Attorney behind the Black Friday indictments.  President Donald Trump’s administration asked for resignations from Bharara and 45 other US Attorneys.  Bharara refused.  He was ultimately fired by the Oval Office. Bharara is best known in the […]