

FireKeepers Hotel and Casino to reopen poker room May 1
FireKeepers Hotel and Casino in Battle Creek, Mich., has announced it will reopen its poker room on May 1. Games will be 6-handed and masks


Island Resort & Casino reopens poker room
Island Resort & Casino in Harris, Mich., has reopened its poker room. The room is open from 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Games are


Motor City Casino Hotel reopening poker room on March 6
Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit, Mich., has announced that it will reopen its poker room at 2 p.m. on March 6. No other information


Greektown Casino-Hotel reopens poker room
Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Mich., has reopened its poker room. Four tables with Plexiglas dividers are in use. For more information on poker room reopenings,


MGM Grand Detroit reopens its poker room
MGM Grand Detroit in Michigan reopened its poker room this morning. Games are 8-handed with Plexiglas dividers on tables, which are spaced out. Masks are



PokerStars founder free, Michigan online poker, RaiseItUp
OCT. 2 POKERCAST RECAP: PokerStars’ founder is free after a plea bargain; Michigan may get online poker this season, and it’s International #RaiseItUp Day, which
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MotorCity Casino to reopen poker room next week
MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Mich., will reopen its poker room next week. No information was immediately available on what day the room will open or



Negreanu loses it again
JULY 31 POKERCAST RECAP: Daniel Negreanu loses it again; a poker player turns up dead in Michigan; more lawsuit news, and Facebook enters the AI poker
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Michigan tribal casinos begin to reopen
Tribal casinos in Michigan have started reopening, but none have announced that their poker rooms will reopen immediately. Odawa Casino will reopen on May 29,









Shing takes Wisconsin WSOPC main event
Editor’s note: Ante Up refrained from publishing its April issue because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most of the news in the issue would have









Big events hit Iowa this month
March is a magical month in Iowa for tournament players. First, the Mid-States Poker Tour makes two stops in the area: Grand Falls Casino near









Amer wins big at Ohio Championship
The annual Ohio Poker Championship tournament series ran Dec. 2- 15 at Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio. The $550 main event drew 795 entries for









Minnesota Fall Poker Classic goes to Thurlow
Justin Thurlow of Cottage Grove, Minn., took home the main-event trophy for the Fall Poker Classic after a five-way chop at Canterbury Park in Shakopee,









Richards is Columbus poker champion
Columbus local Kwynn Richards captured the $550 main event of the Columbus Summer Classic for $57K-plus at Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio. The series ran









Michigan State Poker Championship is Oct. 10-13
The Michigan State Championship runs Oct. 10-13 at FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek. The $70 super-satellites are Fridays at noon and 6:30 p.m. and









Meyer earns Iowa state poker title and $85K
Josh Meyer captured the Iowa State Poker Championship and $85,241 in late July at Meskwaki Casino in Tama. Meyer took home the crown when he









Scully wins Hollywood Aurora TOC in Illinois
The Hollywood Aurora Tournament of Champions is one of Chicagoland’s most unique tournaments, as weekly tournament winners and the runners-up advance to the TOC every