Two of Poker News Daily's very own guest columnists have teamed up to form Poker Gives, an organization that aims to raise money for charity through the game. Mike Sexton and Linda Johnson, both monthly contributors, have joined forces with Jan Fisher and Lisa Tenner to name five target charities. Read more »
On Friday, the publicly traded online gaming company PartyGaming PLC announced their fourth quarter 2008 Key Performance Indicators, which were lower compared to the fourth quarter of the year previous but overall showed the company with a profit for the entirety of 2008. Read more »
In a form letter issued by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) to President Barack Obama for members to fill out, it was revealed that legalizing and regulating online poker finished 11th overall in the Citizen's Briefing Book. In terms of the number of comments logged, the issue landed in second place. Read more »
Recently, the websites of Kiwi Poker and Prestige Poker began forwarding to CD Poker. Poker News Daily has confirmed an eventual closure of the two rooms. Instead, the sites' parent company will focus on marketing and developing CD Poker, William Hill, and PokerRoomSchool. Read more »
In what is becoming an extremely contentious battle in the Nevada court system, professional poker player Clonie Gowen has fired the next shot at Full Tilt Poker, amending her earlier complaint to add to the list of defendants, introduce more allegations and push for an expedited discovery procedure. Read more »
On Wednesday, the first of 25 tournaments kicked off on Full Tilt Poker, one of the world's largest online poker sites, as part of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). To talk about the development of the FTOPS as well as upcoming changes to Full Tilt, Poker News Daily sat down with Howard Lederer. Read more »
Recently, the Merge Gaming Network, whose sites include Carbon Poker and Poker Nordica, announced that players will be able to receive rakeback on tournament and sit and go fees. The move follows a similar announcement by Ultimate Bet. Read more »
The legal dispute between Clonie Gowen and Full Tilt Poker heated up last week when Gowen filed an amended complaint against the online poker site. Read more »
On February 21st, three-time World Poker Tour (WPT) Champion Gus Hansen will square off against World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Theo Jorgensen. The match won't take place at the poker table, however. Instead, it will be inside a boxing ring. The two Danes will duel in the debut of Gus TV. Read more »
Guaranteed tournaments are one of the best values in tournament poker. Regardless of how many players enter the event, these tournaments normally will offer either a large prize pool or an excellent overlay. Read more »
We have all been there (unless your luck is crazy bad): we flop the nuts and our heart gives a little jump as we start to think about how to bust all the fools who decided it would be a good idea to mix it up with us. Read more »
On March 1st, the second season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" will debut on NBC. Among the 16 contestants vying for prize money for charity is poker pro Annie Duke, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and one of the most successful female poker players in the history of the game. Read more »
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing entitled "Midnight Rulemaking: Shedding Some Light." The goal was to examine the impact and possible remedies for midnight rules. Read more »
In an interview with the Financial Times this week, it was revealed that Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) will reintroduce legislation favorable to internet gambling "in the next few weeks." During the previous Congress, Frank introduced HR 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act. Read more »
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a hearing entitled, "Midnight Rulemaking: Shedding Some Light." The significance for online poker players is that one of the first items to be discussed is HR 34, the Midnight Rule Act, which could potentially undo the regulations of the UIGEA. Read more »
Tuesday marked the official move of Betsafe to the Ongame Network. An e-mail sent to players on Monday outlined the changes that would take place as a result of the transition, which was scheduled to be completed by 21:00 Central European Time (CET) today. Read more »
Even at this time in the history of online gaming and poker, the differing laws between nations continues to be a contentious issue. While some nations, such as England and many locations in the Caribbean, freely embrace the business and trade it stock on their markets, some have taken the tactic of arresting corporate leaders of organizations due to violations of an individual nation's gaming laws or nationalization of their gaming operations. Read more »
Thirty days, two-hundred dollars, one goal in mind: Grace the cover of Bluff Magazine. The stars will be out in force for the Bluff Online Poker Challenge, which kicks off on March 1st on Lock Poker. Some of the top online poker players have already signed up, including Josh "JJProdigy" Fields and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi. Read more »
Poker News Daily: What has made CardRunners so successful? Wiggins: Our ability to listen to what our customers want and then react and provide them with it. Since the beginning, we've been active in our community. We take into consideration what our members want and try to give them as much as possible. Read more »
Wow! What a Super Bowl! Many people thought that last year's Super Bowl between the undefeated New England Patriots and the New York Giants wouldn't be topped for quite a while. Well, this year's Super Bowl surpassed that one. Read more »
The $3,000 buy-in Main Event of the 2009 Borgata Winter Open recently concluded and emerging victorious from the pack of 1,017 entrants was poker pro Steve Weinstein, who goes by the screen name thorladen online. Weinstein is also a world-renowned bridge player. Read more »
The Deep South plays host to another high stakes tournament this week. Fresh off the conclusion of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event Championship begins today. Harrah's Casino in Tunica plays host this time around. Read more »
The $2,700 Main Event of the Asian Poker Tour's (APT) Philippines stop wrapped up on Sunday from the Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila. A total of 262 players representing 40 countries descended upon the bustling Asian city and local pro Neil Arce took home $185,000 for the win. Read more »
In the January 27th edition of Capitol Hill publication Roll Call, a familiar name and face spoke out about the importance of legalizing and regulating online poker in the United States. The piece, entitled, "The New Deal: Regulate and Tax iPoker," was authored by Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Chairman Alfonse D'Amato, a former three-term Senator from the state of New York. Read more »
