The $25,500 buy-in High Roller Heads-Up Event, part of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, kicked off on Sunday afternoon. It attracted one of the most competitive fields ever assembled. Read more »
The third Ultimate Bet Online Championship Series (UBOC) begins on January 9, 2009, the online poker room announced last week. Ultimate Bet will host 22 events in total. Read more »
Popular poker training site CardRunners merged with rival StoxPoker this week. At the helm of CardRunners is Taylor Caby, a 24 year-old graduate of the University of Illinois. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that HR 6870, which was proposed by Congressman Barney Frank on Thursday, is scheduled to be marked up in the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday. The measure is one of five that will be considered. Read more »
The 2008 eGaming Review Industry Awards are taking place in London in two weeks, and a list of the nominees has just been released. Read more »
Former Director of the Poker Players Alliance Michael Bolcerek has returned to the internet gambling industry. The man responsible for putting the PPA on the map is a new Senior VP for Aristotle International. Read more »
Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced the Payments System Protection Act of 2008 on Thursday, according to a statement released by the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. Read more »
At the upcoming Aruba Poker Classic, Ultimate Bet will hold a $200 rebuy Ante Up for Africa tournament. Poker News Daily has learned that actor Don Cheadle will appear at the event. Read more »
Scott "dorinvandy" Dorin goes over a crucial hand at the final table of his WCOOP victory. With an overwhelming chip lead, he got involved in a pot with a well known pro that proved to be "the" hand of the tournament. Read more »
MillionDollarPokerClub.com is breaking into the poker industry with an aggressive and original approach and never-before-seen bonuses and promotions. Read more »
On Thursday, Ultimate Bet announced that Season Two of the Best Damn Poker Show will debut on Fox Sports Net on Monday, October 27th. The show enters its last day of filming today. Read more »
One thing many players forget is that some of the differences between the different online poker software platforms, subtle and otherwise, can really throw you for a loop when starting out at a new place: at best, they are annoying; at worst, they can actually lose you money. Read more »
The European Poker Tour's Barcelona tournament is currently in full swing. The event began on Wednesday from the Casino Barcelona and will crown a champion on Sunday. Read more »
On Sunday, September 14th, the Borgata in Atlantic City will become the epicenter of the live poker world. The WPT's Borgata Poker Open, a $10,000 buy-in event, will begin. Read more »
PKR.com makes headlines again by announcing called PKR live, the popular site's first ever live poker festival. Read more »
According to the Gaming Intelligence Group and other industry outlets, the Dutch Senate has approved a tax of 40% on "illegal online gaming" as well as people who gamble on "foreign online gaming sites." Read more »
In an opinion filed by a panel of judges in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, PartyGaming, the parent company of Party Poker, may be liable for up to $287.4 million in damages. Read more »
Following its recently-completed Macau tournament, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) has signed three top-name pros to serve as ambassadors: Poker pros J.C. Tran, Quinn Do, and Nam Le. Read more »
Legal online poker site PurePlay is proving a success in the US market, as it just announced its player base has reached 1.5 million players. Read more »
Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota will play host to the tenth annual Trent Tucker Celebrity Poker Tournament. The event kicks will raise money for the Trent Tucker Non-Profit Organization. Read more »
The first of three two-day tournaments of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker played down to a winner on Monday. In the end, Calvin32 outlasted an enormous field of 7,351 players and took home $452,086. Read more »
Major news broke on Tuesday, as popular poker training sites CardRunners and StoxPoker merged. However, the two companies will remain separate entities for the foreseeable future. Read more »
On Tuesday night, September 9th, cable channel ESPN will air Days 1C and 1D of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. The action begins at 8:00pm ET for Day 1C and 9:00pm ET for Day 1D. Read more »
It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off on Friday and as of Sunday night, five events were in the books. Read more »
Party Poker's third Nations Cup will be broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 on September 16-17. But for those who really cannot wait, four hands have been posted online as a sneak preview. Read more »
