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PokerStars Prepares Aurora Software Upgrade

Cliff Spiller | April 25, 2019

PokerStars' Aurora software upgrade looks as if it's almost ready to debut to the broader poker world. PokerStars rolled out its Aurora software upgrade in the Portuguese poker market recently. Aurora is the largest software upgrade PokerStars has launched in years. Last winter, Pokerfuse announced that PokerStars planned a major...

Senator Cory Booker Supports Online Poker

Cliff Spiller | April 19, 2019

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) became the first candidate for the Democrat Party's 2020 presidential nomination to support online gambling. The former mayor of Newark said he opposed the recent DOJ opinion banning interstate online poker and casinos. It is early in the nominating process, but candidates are starting...

Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Debuts FLOP Social Poker

Cliff Spiller | April 15, 2019

The First Land of Poker (FLOP) social poker app debuted at the Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge (PACP) in Estonia this week. WeOpt designed the First Land of Poker app to optimize player's online gaming careers. PACP took place at the Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn, Estonia, which is now a...

WSOP 2019 | Big 50 Has $500 Buy-in, $1 Million Prize

Cliff Spiller | April 9, 2019

The WSOP Big 50 Event is a major change to the early stage of the 2019 World Series of Poker. Over the last several years, the Colossus event has been the biggest No-Limit Texas Hold'em event at the WSOP. Thousands of players entered the field, because of a low entry...

Catherine Valdez Kicked Out of WSOP Circuit Bally’s Event

Cliff Spiller | April 4, 2019

Social media star Catherine "Catrific" Valdes got kicked out of the World Series of Poker Circuit Bally's event in Las Vegas. Valdes -- who boasts over a million combined followers on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube -- was kicked out when it was discovered she entered the wrong event. On her...