Team PokerStars Pro member Betrand "Elky" Grospellier leads the field entering the final table at the World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago tournament. The six-handed televised table kicks off this afternoon at 4:00pm Pacific Time from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Read more »
This week, Playwize, the parent company of online poker room Pokerwize, has announced that the company has "ceased all trading operations and made all of its employees redundant," according to a press released issued to the London Stock Exchange. Read more »
According to a report published this week by the Reuters news agency, which cited a report in the Financial Times as its source, PartyGaming, the parent company of popular online poker room Party Poker, may enter into a partnership with Cryptologic to "increase liquidity while reducing expenses substantially." Read more »
The final 12 players in the World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago tournament have been determined and leading the way is Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who holds 2.04 million chips, barely edging second place Odie Dardon's stack of 1.96 million. Read more »
Rather than waiting for an appeal in the Kentucky case involving the forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) fired back. The organization filed a writ of mandamus on Wednesday, which essentially asks the State's Court of Appeals to step in and overturn Judge Thomas Wingate's ruling. Read more »
The eBay auction for a sponsorship logo on 2008 World Series of Poker chip leader Dennis Phillips will conclude early Sunday morning and, from appearances, looks to have been a huge success. Read more »
Another online poker room has closed its doors. This time, Fleet Street Games has announced that it will be shutting down operations effective next Friday, October 31st at 11:59pm. The subscription-based online poker site will maintain operations as normal until then. Read more »
David "Chino" Rheem will have the seventh largest chip stack at the final table when play resumes in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Ever since the tournament was paused for over 100 days starting back in July, his world has been turned upside down. Read more »
On Thursday, the third day of play concluded from the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the site of the World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago. The $15,000 buy-in tournament attracted 368 players, creating the largest prize pool for the tournament ever. After Day 3 had concluded, Ryan Fair led the way with 1.3 million chips. Read more »
Poker software programs such as Poker Tracker 3, Hold'em Manager, and Poker ACE have become commonplace in today's online poker world. These and other programs provide statistics on players, real-time odds calculators, and shortcut keys for various actions like opening tables and betting. Read more »
The topics for this Sunday's edition of the CBS news program "60 Minutes" were revealed on Thursday and noticeably absent from the list was a feature on online poker. CBS News cameras have been scouring the poker community for information on the Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker scandals as well as the recent developments in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Read more »
Online poker room PokerStars has once again banned access to one of the game's most high-profile players. The site suspended Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi for three months last week after the online star had been red flagged for previous cheating allegations. Several established online poker players have confirmed the three month ban from PokerStars to Poker News Daily. Mizzi has not played on the online poker site since October 5th. Read more »
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing yesterday, World Poker Tour Enterprises disclosed that they have received an extension on their attempts to raise their stock prices to NASDAQ and SEC standards. Read more »
On Tuesday night, The Real Deal, Las Vegas' newest Strip show, debuted at The Venetian. The extravaganza pits audience members against two of the world's top poker pros using electronic hand-held devices with a chance at $1 million on the line. Read more »
In an e-mail distributed to affiliates of Eurolinx Poker on Thursday, the online poker room stated that the Microgaming Network will be blocking customers from 13 different states in the U.S. from accessing any of its rooms' poker or casino clients. However, players from the states in question may still bet in the sports book. Read more »
Grover Norquist is the head of the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a Washington-based organization fighting for lower and more transparent taxes in the United States. The ATR has also been one of the leading organizations fighting for the rights of online poker players in Kentucky. Read more »
One of the largest tournaments in the Mid-South region of the United States, the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge V, is set to put cards in the air starting on October 30th. Read more »
As previously reported on Poker News Daily, the story about the online poker scandals was rumored to air on the CBS news program "60 Minutes" this Sunday, October 26th. However, when prompted for confirmation by PND, show producers declined to verify the air date, instead saying that the content of the October 26th edition of the program had not yet been determined. Read more »
Online poker pro Adam "Roothlus" Levy became the newest face of Ultimate Bet Tuesday. The Orlando, Florida native joined the likes of Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, James "P0KERPR033" Campbell, Tiffany Michelle and Tracy Scala as the fifth member of the Ultimate Bet Star Players Team. Read more »
Adam "Roothlus" Levy is a professional poker player from Orlando, Florida with well over $1 million in online tournament earnings. But like many of his internet cronies, Levy has made a smooth transition to live poker and his results certainly back up the argument that the online crowd has some serious game. Read more »
There were a total of 368 players who entered the World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago tournament. Although the size of the field was down in comparison to the last two WPT tournaments held, the prize pool set a new record for a Festa al Lago event due to the larger $15,000 buy-in. Read more »
Continuing its tradition as the oldest and one of the most prestigious poker championships in Europe, PaddyPowerPoker.com announced on Tuesday the dates for the 2009 Irish Open. Read more »
The first of two starting days of the Festa al Lago was played out on Monday. Day 1B will kick off today, but sitting as the leader in the clubhouse is World Series of Poker bracelet winner Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, who holds 50% more chips than his next closest competitor. Read more »
One of the greatest benefits of playing online poker is that you are able to play as many tables as you want to at the same time. This allows you to get in significantly more hands per hour than was ever possible before, increasing your overall hourly win rate. Read more »
My kids have already been back at school for a month now. They are eagerly anticipating their second favorite holiday of the year – Halloween! (You know what their favorite one probably is. Hint: Jolly old man in a red suit with reindeer.) Read more »
