Check Out PokerNews’ February 2025 Update For Pennsylvania

Hello! I am Keith Becker, PokerNews Ambassador and Pennsylvania native, right here with a PA poker replace for February 2025. It is an thrilling time in America for the sport everyone knows and love, and I am excited to be bringing you state highlights each month.

What are the massive points and tales on everybody’s minds? Let’s get into it.

On-line Poker Information

Multi-state poker is on the horizon for Pennsylvania, however what are operators doing within the meantime? Let’s discover out:

The brand new operator on the scene BetRivers has been turning heads with their Rakeback Revolution program, giving freely an truthfully astonishing quantity of rewards and rakeback in comparison with different websites, making them the clear chief from a price perspective. The brand new website on the town can also be including new assured prize pool tournaments like their $50 Sunday Particular – and as extra gamers are available, the tournaments have been choosing up, and the ensures are going up together with that. BetRivers new addition of poker legend Phil Hellmuth so as to add to their already proficient sponsored gamers indicators even bigger issues to come back in each on-line and stay poker. Be part of BetRivers if you have not already as large issues are coming.

Over at PokerStars, they proceed to seize hype and momentum with the return of their Purple Spade Sunday on February sixteenth. Whereas the $10 provide is noticeably lowered this time round, these ensures are nonetheless very aggressive and may lead to some massive prize swimming pools with plenty of re-entries on a giant Valentine’s Day weekend.

WSOP in Pennsylvania is comparatively quiet in the mean time, however remember that they’re operating that DEPOSITOR FREEROLL occasion to the $10K WSOP Foremost. The freeroll runs on January thirtieth, so in order for you a free probability to play in poker’s most well-known MTT, log onto WSOP, make a qualifying deposit, and get in there.

And International Poker is already underway with their Grizzly Video games Collection, certainly one of their greatest sequence of the 12 months. With 21 days of grizzly motion, I can hardly bear it. They have 108 trophies on the Gold Coin aspect, 108 trophies on the Sweeps Coin aspect – 216 trophies so that you can get your paws on. And if that is not sufficient, they have particular occasions with particular merch, ferocious new avatars, a sequence leaderboard, and a lot extra. Whether or not you are a mama bear or somewhat cub, International Poker has low, medium, and excessive occasions so you possibly can nestle into the one which’s good. Head on over to International Poker for the Grizzly Video games sequence, and see should you can claw your solution to the highest.

And at last, gamers on BetMGM in PA can stay up for the return of their Gridiron Basic. It is a football-themed sequence awarding customized BetMGM jerseys to the winners of occasions. In my view, it’s all the time nice to see distinctive prizes, and a jersey is a very cool solution to combine it up from the everyday trophy. I am a giant fan.

Dwell Poker Information

BetMGM is an effective place to leap into stay poker, as they funneled many PA gamers through satellites into the Borgata Winter Poker Open this previous month. Some PA gamers got here out with robust showings within the New Jersey sequence, leading to a trio of bronze trophies: PA regulars Jeff Stellwagon claimed third general on the leaderboard for the sequence, Edward Leonard received $99K for third within the $400 Almighty Million – and celebrated with a dip within the ocean – and Clemen Deng earned $233K within the $3,500 Championship Occasion for ending in third place.

And in Philadelphia, over at Dwell! Poker Room they noticed their $500 MegaStacks match finish in a shocking nine-way chop, with three PA gamers atop the standings. Every participant walked away with over $16K within the $500 entry occasion.

And naturally, Pennsylvania remains to be headed in direction of multi-state poker and becoming a member of the MSIGA, with the newest phrase being that we’ll be becoming a member of our fellow People someday across the early second quarter of this 12 months. And on this case, I do assume no information is nice information and almost definitely we’re nonetheless on observe for that timeline. And like all of you, I can’t wait.

Poker is surging in America, and I am thrilled to be your ambassador right here in Pennsylvania. For extra info, take a look at our PokerNews Pennsylvania web page right here, and remember to observe me on socials to remain within the know. I’ll be again subsequent month with one other replace!