As “sort of” members of the so-called poker “media,” we’ve always been fascinated by the evolution and trajectory of our niche industry. Back in 2011, we wrote about the changing of the guard in poker…
Rounders 2 Is Officially, Finally, For Real This Time A Go
About damn time. The oft-rumored, almost-there-but-not-really sequel to Rounders (aptly titled Rounders 2) is now seriously for real this time green lit for production. Thanks to a The Weinstein Company (TWC) spin-off, sequels for films like Rounders…
New Jersey Suspends PokerStars iGaming Application; Caesars et al Party in the Streets
The messy, up-and-down, will-they-won’t-they saga of New Jersey granting PokerStars an iGaming license came to a “sort of” conclusion this week. On Wednesday, the state decided to suspend Stars’ application for two years. Why? There…
Review: Ultimate Beat Continues Trend of Surprisingly Decent Poker Movies
Thanks to the past decade or so, we’ve been pre-conditioned to expect any major poker entertainment to not just suck, but suck worse than Blaine Gabbert facing a steady blitz. Tilt. That Stu Ungar movie….
Runner Runner Movie Review: It’s An Unredeemable Mess
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest column by contributor Jay Greenspan. Buy his book Hunting Fish here. To date, there have been two major movies that have captured poker with an authenticity that…