On Thursday, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), which is sponsored by PokerStars, announced that the tournament series will head to San Jose on November 3rd. The tournament will take place at the Ramada Plaza, Herradura Conference Center. Read more »
Sweden may change the panorama of online gaming in Europe with five questions it recently issued to the European Court of Justice. Read more »
Taking place at the Regency Airport Hotel in Dublin, the Poker Open will not only be a poker tournament but also will be an excellent chance to learn about the game from top professionals. On Friday (Oct. 17th), 2005 World Series of Poker final table participant Andrew Black will host a seminar on tournament poker that should give tournament players key tips on preparing for such a large event. The seminar will be followed by a Q&A session with Black, who has nearly $4 million in earnings in his poker career. Read more »
In a statement released to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, NETELLER Plc announced that it will officially change its name to NEOVIA Financial Plc. The parent company owns and will retain the brands NETELLER, NETBANX and Net+. NETELLER Plc is currently traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol "NLR." Read more »
On October 29th, leaders of both land based and online poker rooms will gather in Budapest, Hungary at the Budapest Marriott Hotel for the beginning of the Third Annual World Poker Congress. Read more »
Late Wednesday afternoon, legal firm Flachsbart & Greenspoon, which argued on behalf of 1st Technology, LLC, announced that a $46 million judgment had been reached against online poker room, casino, and sports book Bodog. Read more »
Antonio Esfandiari is a member of the most ultra-exclusive of high stakes poker tournament clubs – a winner of both a World Series of Poker and a World Poker Tour title. Not only that: Esfandiari has already made it to a final table in the newly created European Poker Tour and is a common fixture in many of the highest stakes poker games in the world. Read more »
Thuan Nguyen was born a different man than most will know him when he dies. Thuan was born on October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang in the war-torn nation of Vietnam, the first of 13 children born to his parents. Read more »
Phil Gordon is an uncommon professional poker player in that he has the dubious distinction of having made it financially before he ever bet a dime on the felt. Read more »
VC Poker (Victor Chandler Poker) is yet another sportsbook operation that decided to open a poker room. Since its inception into the online world, VC Poker has become one of most popular European rooms and is heavily skewed towards cash game players. Read more »
Unibet Poker has been a good addition to the Microgaming Network; the room is backed by an extremely successful online casino/sportsbook and 23 different languages are offered here, which really gives the room an international flavor! Read more »
One of my favorite things about online poker is the "raise" button. It is so convenient, right there, big and bold, ready to be clicked. Despite my love for it, however, I almost never use it in No Limit Hold'em games. Read more »
Demonstrating the strength of regulating the online gaming industry, England's Advertising Standards Authority has banned an internet ad from one of Europe's leading gaming operations. Read more »
On Tuesday, representatives from around the internet gambling and online poker industries made their arguments in front of Judge Thomas Wingate in a courtroom in Frankfort, Kentucky. Two days removed from that hearing, the industry has begun to react to the proceedings. Read more »
32Red players can play with even more confidence now that eCOGRA blessed the site with their "Safe and Fair" seal. Read more »
Making its only trip outside of the continental U. S., the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship starts this Friday at Fallsview Casino Resort in Ontario, Canada. Read more »
In a move announced by Lakes Entertainment on Tuesday, the company "declared a stock dividend of all of the Company's shares in WPT Enterprises, Inc.," according to its statement. The actual distribution of stock will take place on November 21st. Read more »
Jason Mercier, who has a championship already this year on the European Poker Tour, took down his second event in 2008 with his win in the EPT's £1 Million Showdown Monday evening. Read more »
Coming off his bracelet win in the World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, Matt "mattg1983" Graham went on a tear toward the end of the summer of 2008. He picked up wins in the $33 rebuy on Full Tilt for more than $6,000 and the star-studded $215 Sunday Second Chance on Pokerstars for $53,330. Then on August 5th, Graham won the $109 rebuy on Pokerstars for $38,390. Read more »
The Main Event of the second Bodog Poker Open was held over the weekend and emerging victorious from the pack of 477 players was zubs1aa. The tournament boasted a buy-in of $500 and attracted some of the top regulars who play on Bodog. Read more »
Born, raised and still residing in Paris, France, poker professional David Benyamine is living proof that whatever you set your mind to do, you can succeed at. Read more »
Of the men who have captured the gold bracelet as World Series of Poker Championship Event winner, one of the most mysterious is 1986 victor Berry Johnston. Born in Oklahoma in 1935, very little is known about Berry's early life. Read more »
Fresh off its stop in Macau, which occurred in August, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) revealed on Wednesday that its Manila event will occur from January 27th to February 1st, 2009. The buy-in will be $2,500. Read more »
PartTimePoker hosts one of the industry's leading staking sites. Its founder, Chris Grove, spoke with Poker News Daily about the challenges of running a staking site in today's online poker world. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that Judge Thomas Wingate will issue a historic ruling in the Commonwealth of Kentucky next Wednesday, October 15th. A formal hearing was held in a Franklin County courtroom this morning. Read more »
