In a move that broke across many of the major online poker forums this morning, PokerStars banned its players from using the database site SharkScope.com and its corresponding Heads Up Display (HUD). SharkScope now joins other collective databases like Poker Edge as not permitted on the site. Read more »
While many in the poker world may be paying attention to the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event, many top professional players and amateurs alike will be sidetracked by stepping up to the tables at the World Poker Tour's World Poker Finals in Connecticut on Wednesday. Read more »
Due to ongoing liquidation involving software manufacturer Excapsa, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), Ultimate Bet's regulatory agency, may give the online poker site an extension on its mandates that were set forth on September 29th. Read more »
One of the most difficult decisions in the game of poker is what to do with small pocket pairs. While they are a pocket pair – and in this case we are considering pocket deuces through pocket sixes – and are ahead of every hand but a higher pair, at the end of the five card board they can be easily run down. Thus, the decision to play and how to play these hands can be problematic. Read more »
Following in the graces of fellow World Series of Poker "November Nine" member Dennis Phillips, PokerStars Pro Ylon Schwartz has auctioned himself off for charity. Schwartz has hired Recordweb Communications to promote his marketing endeavors and is offering a 10 square-inch advertising patch on his hat, chest, or arm to the highest bidder on eBay. Read more »
There were 531 players who took the field in the European Poker Tour's Hungarian Open tournament, held in Las Vegas Casino Sofitel Hotel in the Budapest. In the end, UK native Will Fry captured victory in the tournament as well as its €595,839 first place prize. Read more »
Early Monday morning, Steve "Mr. Smokey" Billirakis, who already holds the distinction of being the youngest ever bracelet winner in competition at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, added another notable chapter to his poker career by becoming the youngest champion of a World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event. Read more »
Amidst an ongoing legal battle in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States, several online poker rooms and networks have altered their policies towards players from that locale. Poker News Daily has confirmed that the Merge Gaming Network has blocked any new players from Kentucky from setting up an account on any of its client poker rooms. Read more »
The voting for the second annual CAP Awards is now open. Eight different awards categories and 25 total accolades are up for grabs including Best Affiliate Program and Best Affiliate Manager. Voting is open between now and December. Read more »
In the week leading up to the National Football League's biggest event, poker will take center stage. The Joyner-Walker Foundation has announced that the Tampa Bay Downs' Silks Poker Room will host its celebrity poker tournament. Read more »
The chip leader at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table is Dennis Phillips. He sits with nearly 27 million chips, one of just two players over the 20 million mark. Phillips has undertaken a massive amount of charity work since the tournament played down to its final nine participants in July. Read more »
Qualifying satellites have already begun for the €1,650 buy-in Belgium Poker Championship, which kicks off on November 15th from the Casino de Namur. Organizers of the event have capped the field at 1,000 entrants, but the tournament promises to sport some of the world's top pros, including WSOP bracelet winner Davidi Kitai. Read more »
On Saturday, November 1st, players on PartyPoker will be in for quite a treat. The season of gift-giving will be coming just a little earlier for its members, who will have a chance to take home a portion of an estimated $1.9 million prize pool slated to be given out to 10,000 players. Read more »
The World Series of Poker is one of the marquee events to air on ESPN. New episodes currently air on Tuesdays and are replayed numerous times throughout the week on its family of networks. On November 11th, just a few hours after it concludes, the WSOP Main Event final table will air. Read more »
