Jim "Krazy Kanuck" Worth and Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon, two of the most well-known names in the online poker world, are teaming up to debut a new show on Rounder's Radio called "The Krazy H0 Show." The one-hour show premieres this Sunday night at 8:00pm ET on Rounder's Radio. Read more »
The ruling handed down last week by Judge Thomas Wingate regarding the potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names in Kentucky has grave consequences, according to Ed Leyden, the President of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) and one of the leading lawyers in the case. Read more »
It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites, but for the second week in a row, the PokerStars Sunday Million, the largest weekly tournament held online, had an overlay. This week, it was a little over $10,000, as 7,446 poker hopefuls registered. Read more »
World Poker Tour Enterprises, owner of the eponymous landmark poker tour since its inception seven years ago, announced on Friday that they will be closing their online poker room that has been in operation for slightly over two years. Read more »
Recently, one of the most popular online poker rooms in the world, Full Tilt Poker, introduced Matrix Sit and Gos. The concept is pretty symbol: battle against eight other online poker players on four different tables at the same time. Read more »
Last week in a monumental ruling, Kentucky District Judge Thomas Wingate refused to dismiss a case involving the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domains. They include the websites of the largest online poker rooms in the industry that cater to U.S. customers. Governor Steve Beshear issued his response to the ruling. Read more »
Fresh off Glen Witmer's landmark win in the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship just a few days ago in Niagara Falls, the WPT is back in action beginning on Monday. This time, the Bellagio in Las Vegas is the site of the Festa al Lago. Read more »
Formerly a World Poker Tour event, the World Poker Open at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi began this week. The Main Event is a $5,150 buy-in tournament that starts on Sunday, October 26th. Read more »
Everest Poker unveiled its new player rewards program Friday. The Everest Poker VIP Summit Club will be the new reward program standard in the online poker world, according to the site. Read more »
This week, World Poker Tour Enterprises, which is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in the United States under the symbol "WPTE," announced the hiring of Thomas Flahie to be the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Read more »
As of today, Google will start displaying online gaming ads on search pages in Great Britain. This service will only be available to companies based in the UK or the European Economic Area, who will have to fulfill a series of requirements. Read more »
On Wednesday, the PPA announced the development of the Congressional Ratings Guide, which has letter grades similar to those found in schools assigned to each Congressman and Senator. The guide is available at CongressionalPoker.org. Read more »
With accomplished poker pros Gavin Smith, Kathy Liebert, and Marc Karam all seated at the final table of the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship (NAPC), few people likely gave 67 year-old Glen Witmer any shot at winning. Read more »
Around 4:30pm ET on Thursday, Judge Thomas Wingate issued a ruling denying motions filed by the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) and Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) to dismiss the case. Instead, a final forfeiture hearing was scheduled for November 17th at 10:00am. Read more »
PokerStars opens up to the Italian market after being granted a license by the Italian government. Read more »
Demonstrating the philanthropic side of the poker world, current World Series of Poker Championship Event chip leader Dennis Phillips has offered to wear sponsorships at the final table to raise money for charity. Read more »
Poker News Daily recently had the opportunity to sit down with the Chief Executive Officer of the organization, Andrew Beveridge, to learn more about eCOGRA and how it impacts the gaming world today. Read more »
Football season is in full swing (well, as I am writing this it is – if it is late spring as you, yourself, are reading this, then just bear with me) and anyone who follows the game knows the importance of an offensive line to a team's offense: the linemen protect the quarterback, taking on charging defenders to keep him from getting pummeled, and they also open holes for the primary running back, helping him get to the end zone. In poker, there is a betting strategy that plays a similar role to that of the offensive line: the blocking bet. Read more »
The final table of the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship (NAPC) will kick off at 4:00pm ET today. At it will be a pair of well-known pros, Gavin Smith and Kathy Liebert. Both will seek to make poker history at the final table. Read more »
A fax received by Poker News Daily today just before 5:00pm ET stated that the ruling by Judge Thomas Wingate concerning the future of 141 internet gambling domain names will be delayed until Thursday due to a computer glitch. The one-page fax simply stated "Computer problems. Order will be issued tomorrow." Read more »
Eric "Rizen" Lynch is an average looking guy. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and kids, he is neither a college dropout nor a hustler by trade. He's a normal guy who happens to make millions of dollars playing poker online. Read more »
Samuel Oberlin, a 22 year old college student from Grand Rapids, MI, captured his biggest tournament victory at the WSOPC-Southern Indiana Championship. Read more »
For those of you that don't already know who I am, my name is Eric Lynch and I'm a professional poker player. I'll be turning 30 in a few days and I've been playing poker professionally for over two years now, seriously for about four, and recreationally in one way or another for my entire life. Read more »
At the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship (NAPC), Vivek Rajkumar is trying to do something that no other player has ever done on the WPT circuit: win back to back Main Event titles. Rajkumar, the champion of the WPT Borgata Poker Open, is the chip leader with 27 players remaining. Read more »
As a former Miss Teen Oklahoma, Cycalona "Clonie" Gowen might appear to be out of place at a poker table. Her stunning physique doesn't fit quite fit with the stereotypical male, out of shape card player. But part of what makes Clonie Gowen so unique is that she's always just been one of the guys. Growing up in Kiowa, Oklahoma, Gowen was a regular high school jock. She was a member of a state championship basketball team and starred on her track and field team as a high jumper, where she was ranked seventh in the state of Oklahoma. Read more »
