The story of Chris Moneymaker has been trotted out so many times that most poker players are sick of hearing it by now. But thanks to the incredible tale of online-qualifier Asher Conniff winning the WPT World Championship, along with $973,000, it’s worth making a parallel between the two stories. Additionally, you might be surprised […]
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WSOP.com and 888 Poker NJ have finally made the decision to start sharing players. This move has been anticipated for quite some time, seeing as how the two poker operations will share liquidity on the All-American Poker Network when it launches in Nevada. But for some reason, it has taken the two sides some time […]
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The PartyPoker New Jersey / Borgata network isn’t waiting for the Times Square Ball to drop to make their New Year’s resolutions. Regarding their mobile client, they tweeted, “New Year’s resolution #1 – go mobile! Big upgrades coming in Jan.”
The network first rolled out their iOS and Android apps in November of 2013, with a less-than-enthusiastic response. The key issue was the lack of MTTs and SNGs, with the latter being added last summer. So it’s likely that Party is planning on adding MTTs as well in the New Year.
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Poker Hall of Fame member and World Poker Tour broadcaster Mike Sexton was recently interviewed in New Jersey, and he had two things on his mind: 1) The decision to move the WPT Championship to the Borgata. 2) Adding a shot clock to poker tournaments. WPT Championship Moves to the Borgata – Mike Sexton Thrilled […]
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2014 started out terribly for the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Their Borgata Winter Open event was famously rocked by scandal, when Christian Lusardi used counterfeit chips in a $2 million guaranteed poker tournament. Thankfully, Lusardi was busted after he flushed 180 chips down a hotel toilet. But the scandal has still plagued the Borgata […]
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Back in January, Christian Lusardi attempted one of the biggest cons in poker history when he introduced $800,000 worth of counterfeit chips into a Borgata Winter Open tournament. And even today, we’re still dealing with the reverberations of Lusardi’s misguided actions since a lawsuit has been leveled at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Jacob […]
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It’s never good for poker when a major cheating scandal erupts. It makes players question the legitimacy of games and kills enthusiasm among the recreational player pool. That said, it definitely wasn’t good news when the Borgata and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement chose to cancel a $2 million guaranteed tournament over counterfeit […]
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Online poker has gotten off to a hot start in New Jersey. According to PokerScout, which tracks online poker traffic, an average of 460 cash game players are playing at regulated New Jersey sites at any one time. The primary catalyst behind this fairly large number is Party (Poker) Borgata, which boast a rolling seven-day […]
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