Poker in New York
The Black Friday of Online Poker. April 15, 2011 – known throughout the online poker community as Black Friday – the US Department of Justice officially seized control of the world’s largest, US-facing online poker sites, including titans PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Not only did it leave American poker players with no entirely trustworthy options for playing their favorite card games.
Special Events in New York
Live Poker Rooms in New York
- Akwesasne Mohawk Casino (Hogansburg, NY)
- del Lago Resort & Casino (Waterloo, NY)
- Resorts World Catskills (Monticello, NY)
- Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor (Schenectady, NY)
- Seneca Niagara Casino (Niagara Falls, NY)
- Seneca Salamanca Casino (Salamanca, NY)
- Tioga Downs Casino (Nichols, NY)
- Turning Stone Casino (Verona, NY)
New York Poker Information
New York has a reputation as a nursery for future high-stakes poker talent. In particular, final tables of previous renewals of the Heartland Poker Tour event at Turning Stone Casino are rich with top talents. Many have since scaled the World Series of Poker and big cash games since their TV debuts. New Yorkers to claim global poker fame include Erik Seidel, Vanessa Selbst, and Jason ‘JCarver’ Somerville. Online poker is not regulated in New York, but dependable 24-hour poker is always on hand within the state’s Native American-owned rooms. Stakes as high as $25-$50 have been known to run alongside the core offering of affordable tournaments and cash games.