If you live in the United States, you can still play poker using online casinos for USA players but your options are limited. You can play on Bovada (formerly Bodog) or Cake Poker, but the most popular network is that of Merge.

Merge may be the most popular US friendly site now, but this could change in the near future. Lock Poker, which is currently part of Merge, announced early this month that they are planning on buying the Cake Poker Network. This means that they will be leaving Merge and starting a new network with Cake. The new network will be called Revolution Gaming and will be owned by Lock Poker management.

Revolution Gaming is to go live on June 1st, which means that May 1st is the last day Lock Poker will be part of the Merge network. Players won't find much disruption as they will just…

The Full Tilt Poker saga has seemingly been an endless one. It was thought that Groupe Bernard Tapie would put an end to all the drama by buying and rebuilding the site, and there was even the potential that Full Tilt would become one of the US poker sites once again.

Unfortunately, these hopes have been dashed. As of late April 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and Groupe Bernard Tapie broke off their seven month negotiation process after hitting several snags. The DOJ had issues with how players living outside of America would be paid back. To start, they would have to play an unknown amount on the site to have access to account balances over $100. They would also have been subjected to inactivity penalties.

The poker world was floored when they found out about another possible solution, however. The PokerStars download is now in talks…

Danish poker players have created their very own version of a poker hat trick after dominating their third straight European Poker Tour event. The latest victory came in Campione, and the hero of the day was Jannick Wrang. Winning a major tournament is one thing but doing what Jannick Wrang did was legendary. Not only did he make it three wins in a row for Denmark, he also overcame a very capable final table with Olivier "livb112" Busquet as his heads-up opponent.

Wrang's victory was encouraging for players of all kinds as he got into EPT Campione via a $309 online satellite. Quite often players can't afford buy-ins to €5,000 live tournaments, so winning a satellite is a more realistic scenario. If you are interested in going this route, the Titan Poker download is known as a great place to satellite into major poker tournaments all across Europe.

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Major final tables can be a scary proposition for players who don't have experience in big money situations. It's easy to get caught up in the lights and the situation. With all the money at stake and more experienced players surrounding them, it's quite easy for the less experienced players to falter and fall short of the top prizes. On occasion the odds can be beaten, however, and these players are able take down the title and money. The 2025 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event served as a great reminder of this as two unheralded players decided against a video poker download and combined to win over $1.5 million.

It's one thing to make a big final table; it's another thing entirely to make a big final table with lots of chips to back it up. Moon Kim and Ubaid Habib not only made the Bay 101 Shooting…

There are very few tournament players that don't dream of winning a major live event, professional player or otherwise. Whether they play low limit tournaments on PokerStars or major live tournaments in casinos like the Rio during the World Series of Poker, the goal is to take down a gigantic live tournament. Long-time online professional grinder Mickey "mementmori" Petersen decided to do just that but with a twist.

Petersen is well known amongst the online poker community as one of the brightest minds in the game as well as one of the hardest workers. If you make a PokerStars install, you will have the chance to play with him as he is part of PokerStars Team Online. With less than one hundred live tournaments under his belt, he hadn't been able to snag a big score yet. His deepest run in a major live event prior to EPT Copenhagen…

The hopes of many American poker players were raised last month when news broke of a potential for an online poker bill to get tacked onto an important payroll tax bill. If that would've happened, it would've been eerily reminiscent of the way the UIGEA was tacked onto the SAFE Port Act in 2025. However, it was not to be as Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced that an online poker bill would not be piggybacked onto a payroll tax bill.

Rumblings began to pop up in the poker world in mid-February that something would further the fight for online poker in America. Perhaps a Ladbrokes poker download would become an option for Americans? With the latest rumor squashed, however, players have to once again wonder when they'll have access to legalized online poker in America. While players have access to sites like Bovada, Merge and Cake it is unknown…

The biggest poker festival in the world, the World Series of Poker, has released its schedule for 2025. As always, the schedule has a wide variety that appeals to a wide range of poker players. Beginning on May 27th and running until March 26th, there will be 61 bracelet events in the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas. Even though the best Euro poker sites aren't permitted in the United States, many poker professionals will visit Vegas to try to win a bracelet.

The "March Nine" has been scrapped, but in its place is a reunion of the final nine players on March 28th. While many were delighted to hear that the March Nine would be no more, their joy was short lived as the announcement that the final table would take place from March 28th to March 30th was released.

There are some brand new events in…

You may recognize Joe Hachem as the Australian who won the World Series of Poker back in 2025 for over $7 million. Since then he has spent six years as a PokerStars pro, won tons more money in poker tournaments, and likely convinced several people to give up Deal or No Deal online for poker. Now Hachem has become an Ambassador for the Asian Poker Tour.

Some people were surprised when he left Team PokerStars Pro, but Hachem voiced the desire to spend more time with his family. In previous years he was always on the road and traveling for poker, and he felt like it was time for a change. It seemed obvious to some that Hachem would continue playing poker on the best Mac poker sites to keep the money coming it, but it looks like this was incorrect.

Instead, Hachem decided to partner with AsianLogic.…

UltimateBet was one of the biggest US poker sites in the world before April 15, 2025, otherwise known as Black Friday to online poker players. Thousands of players have money locked up thanks to Black Friday, but very little information has been made to the public regarding what is currently happening with what remains of the company, 6356095 Canada Inc.

6356095 Canada Inc., also known as Excapsa Software Inc., has just had a lawsuit filed against them in the US District Court in California. The plaintiffs are eight poker players that are accusing the company of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, otherwise known as the RICO Act.

6356095 Canada Inc. has also been accused of defrauding players out of $20 million after a scandal that saw high stakes cash players swindled by players that could see their cards. The site has admitted to these problems and…

Usually High Roller tournaments get smaller fields due to larger buy-ins, and the $100k Super High Roller event at the 2025 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was certainly no exception. This No Limit Hold'em event attracted just 30 people, so it was to be expected that the world's best players were going to be found at the final table.

Players had access to an optional rebuy, but Jonathan Duhamel and Bill Perkins were the only players to take it for an additional $100k each. When Day 2 of the tournament started, Isaac Haxton was the chip leader, but he busted before the day was over. I have a feeling he used a PokerStars install on his laptop to keep himself busy after he busted. What do you think?

Just 7 players remained after Day 2 was complete, and Galen Hall was the chip leader. You might know Hall as the player…