Caesars Entertainment has agreed to sell the World Series of Poker brand and all of its intellectual property to the operator of GGPoker, the NSUS Group, for $500 million. The deal should be finalized before the end of this year and includes $250 million in cash and a $250 million promissory note payable five years after the deal closes. Despite the sale, Caesars will retain the rights to host the annual World Series of Poker live tournament in Las Vegas for the next 20 years. Caesars Digital will also receive a license from NSUS to continue operating its WSOP Online…

One of the biggest and best placed to play poker in Las Vegas is back! In February of this year, we reported on the remodel of the Venetian poker room. Now, those renovations are complete and the room has been reopened! Poker players and enthusiasts gathered to celebrate with a day filled with a mix of low and mid-stakes no-limit hold’em games, along with some mixed games and pot-limit Omaha. The festivities kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a speech from Tommy LaRosa, the Venetian’s poker room manager. LaRosa highlighted how the new location will offer greater convenience for…

The 2024 WSOP has crowned a new champion after a long and arduous battle during the Main Event. Jonathan Tamayo is from Humble, Texas. That’s a suburb of Houston, where we grew up. So we were already proud of him just for making the final table. But he did more than that. He made history this week by etching his name into the annals of the WSOP and bringing the bracelet back to Texas… where it belongs (although, we may be a bit biased)! Tamayo secured the 2024 WSOP Main Event title after a thrilling heads-up battle against Jordan Griff….

There’s been a lot of talk about closures in Las Vegas recently. The Tropicana, the Mirage, and now Caesars poker room. Not all of these closures are bad, as a new baseball stadium and resort will go up where the Tropicana now stands. And we all know that the Hard Rock will soon rise from the spot where the Mirage volcano has entertained visitors for years. But what’s going on with Caesars and poker? Well, you can blame the temporary closure of the Caesars poker room on slot machines. As much as we love the game of poker, slots are…

The World Series of Poker has announced its 2024 Tournament of Champions Schedule, along with details for the exciting conclusion to its 19th WSOP Circuit season. The 19th edition of the WSOP Circuit kicked off at Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma immediately following the conclusion of the 2023 World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. Following more than 25 stops, the WSOP-C now concludes with WSOP Circuit Los Angeles at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles, California from 10-24 May 2024, with $1.75 million in guarantees, headlined by the Tournament of Champions taking place on 22-24 May…

The Borgata Casino and their partners at BetMGM Poker have announce the return of the Borgata Spring Poker Open, taking place from April 29th to May 14th. The series consists of three anchor events with over $4,000,000 in guarantees. Beginning April 1st, players can reserve their Spring Poker Open seats online through the BetMGM website. Through April and May, BetMGM Poker will offer weekly Borgata Spring Poker Open Packages, which include entries to various SPO events, a Borgata hotel stay, and credit. The site will also offer nightly seat-only qualifiers and online registration to most SPO events. Players can win…