The Three Seasons of the WSOP

It’s been a different sort of World Series of Poker in 2021 to date, as one would expect. Between the shift from early summer to mid-autumn, caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and all the other pandemic-related changes that one sees on a day-to-day basis, one never knows quite what to expect. There’s also one …

WSOP Covid Rules Cause Furor, Clarification Ensues

The World Series of Poker endured a healthy dose of online controversy in recent days that had little to do with the actual playing of poker. Instead, the WSOP created a middling furor when it released a new rule governing how people with (or who have been exposed to) COVID-19 will be treated. It didn’t …

World Series of Poker Might Head to Bally’s / Paris Casinos in 2022

As rumors go, this is a good one, coming from a well-placed but unconnected-to-poker source with little reason to make something up: The World Series of Poker may be headed for the Las Vegas Strip in 2022, to be split between adjoining Caesars properties, Bally’s and Paris. News of the presumptive change comes from a …