Key Takeaways
- Rush Street Interactive (RSI) recently acquired Phil Galfond’s Run It Once Poker (RIO) platform.
- Phil Galfond tweeted that RSI has decided to keep the RIO Poker name for its future online poker platform.
- RIO Poker was a popular platform with players for its unique feature set and player-friendly ethos.
- Michigan and New Jersey are the most likely destinations for RIO Poker.
- RSI has also been chosen as one of two finalists for Delaware’s exclusive iGaming contract.
Ever since Rush Street Interactive (RSI) acquired Phil Galfond’s Run It Once Poker (RIO) platform one year ago, it has been tight-lipped about details surrounding a future launch of US online poker.
A weekend tweet by Galfond may have revealed one piece of the puzzle. According to the professional poker player and entrepreneur, the Chicago-based company has settled on the name “Run It Once Poker Powered by BetRivers” for the platform.
Until Galfond’s tweet, there had been speculation whether RSI would use its flagship brand BetRivers for the name of its online poker platform, or keep the RIO name in a marketing decision aimed squarely at the competition — BetMGM Poker, PokerStars, and WSOP.
