As the year closes, we can see a number of poker news stories made attention-grabbing headlines in 2018. However, just like we did last year, US Poker has boiled it down to an easily digestible top five, aimed at pleasing your poker palate. Here’s US Poker’s Top 5 Biggest Poker Stories of 2018, starting with number five,the launch of shared liquidity.

Considering May 1, 2018 marked the biggest day for online poker since Black Friday, this story should have been higher up on this list. It was the day tri-state shared liquidity launched. The day the pooling of players from all three US states currently offering online poker began. It was a day full of hope, but those hopes were quickly dashed.

WSOP.com’s Head of Online Poker Bill Rini called it “a monumental day for online poker in the United States.” From the WSOP.com perspective, it certainly was. It is the only operation that runs online poker sites in more than a single state. Therefore, WSOP.com and software partner 888 Poker were the only ones to really benefit from shared liquidity.

For the complete list of the biggest poker news of the year, visit US Poker.