Martin Derbyshire

Vayo Drops PokerStars Suit Amid Forged Document Allegations

California-based Gordon Vayo has dropped his lawsuit against the world’s largest online poker site with allegations surfacing that the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up had been using forged documents to prove his case. Vayo filed suit against PokerStars in California’s Western Division of the US District Court back in May. He claimed […]

Jason Somerville’s Run It Up Series Headed To California

Run It Up and founder Team PokerStars Pro Jason Somerville‘s personal fun-first brand of poker is coming to California next month. Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights is set to host the first-ever Run It Up Poker Festival outside of Reno, Nevada beginning Dec. 5 and running through Dec. 9. Somerville and his band of […]

Torrance Pro Wins $149,733 In Bicycle Hotel & Casino’s Big Poker Oktober

Torrance’s Steve Jun took down the 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Hotel & Casino $500,000 guaranteed $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event in Bell Gardens on Oct. 21. The 34-year-old California poker pro earned $149,733 for the win. The Bicycle Hotel & Casino held the event as a part of its 2018 Big Poker Oktober […]

MGM-GVC Ink Thunder Valley Online Poker, Casino, Sports Betting Deal

The Native American tribe that owns and operates Thunder Valley Casino Resort has struck a deal with casino and gaming giant MGM Resorts International and online gambling leader GVC Holdings to run online poker, online casino games, and California sports betting. This will come to fruition if and when any of it is permitted by […]

A Brief November 2018 Voter Guide For California Online Poker

Will November’s midterm elections mean a step forward for online poker legislation in California? Online poker advocates should not get their hopes up. However, the leaders in the fight to legalize and regulate online poker in the Golden State will likely be returned to Sacramento to continue their efforts. The state came as close as […]

Pechanga Named Best Casino Resort And California Poker Room

Readers of the Southern California Gaming Guide have chosen Pechanga Resort & Casino as their favorite California casino resort and poker room. Voters also picked the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians-owned and -operated Temecula Valley casino resort Best Casino Resort in the monthly casino and slot guide’s Reader’s Choice 2018 Best Casino awards. Additionally, Pechanga took top honors […]

PokerStars Moneymaker PSPC Tour Wraps Up California Leg

Online poker players in New Jersey had the chance play the PokerStars Moneymaker PSPC Tour last weekend but not before the tour finished up a three-stop California swing. The PokerStars Moneymaker PSPC Tour is built around a plan to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of Chris Moneymaker’s boom-sparking 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event win. […]

Santa Rosa’s Brett Murray Wins Again At Thunder Valley WSOPC Stop

A year after winning the Casino Champion title at the inaugural World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Thunder Valley Casino Resort outside Sacramento, Santa Rosa’s Brett Murray returned to take down the $1,700 Main Event. In an interview with WSOP staff following his WSOPC Main Event victory last week, Murray said his father lives […]

Sports Betting Proposal Includes Other Gambling Expansion Measures

The California Legislature’s Legislative Analyst’s Office says Californians for Sports Betting are trying to do more than just bring legal sports betting to the Golden State. Californians for Sports Betting is a group led by political consultant Russell Lowery. It has the green light from the Office of the Attorney General to collect the 585,407 […]

California Online Poker Player Makes Dream Come True On Global Poker

A special edition of the Global Poker Sunday Scrimmage tournament with double the guaranteed prize pool turned out to be a dream come true for one California online poker player. Thomas “tdubz224“ Walters took down the SC$218 buy-in event and collected an SC$21,617 first-place prize in the process. Walters told Global Poker it was a […]