Another memorable year in poker has come to an end. The World Series of Poker continued to set records and steal the spotlight, with numerous players putting together a year to remember. Things were a little less bright in the online poker world, with regulation on a national level failing to gain any significant traction.
Poker players could only look on as daily fantasy sports, a common destination for online poker players out of a career after Black Friday, suddenly became the new in vogue target of government scrutiny, like poker before it.
Several poker players found the spotlight on nationally televised shows well outside the normal realm of where you’d find them.