The Sunday Warm-up at PokerStars has a massive $750K guaranteed prize pool, but his Sunday the purse swelled to $820K, where first place money was over $128K. The event was won by CucbKu after a heads-up chop – CucbKu increased his bankroll in $122K for his efforts, and the runner-up took home $101K. The biggest… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker is the second biggest online poker room in the world, with outstanding traffic and unmatched guarantees. Over the weekend, the Sunday Brawl had two thousand three hundred and ninety four entrants, with a prize pool that exceeded $478K. The first place winner was PoutsoKefalos, who took home $97,651.26, while the runners-up, Jims619… Read more »
Titan Poker likes to innovate and provide promotions that break the mold for all their poker players. One such promotion that had great success among Titan Poker players was the Omaholics, and because Titan Poker likes nothing more than to please their players, the Omaholics promotion is back this September. For all those players who… Read more »
Poker professional Annie Duke, who has been at the forefront of the usage of poker for charitable means, will add to her philanthropic outlets when she hosts a charity poker tournament at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles to benefit the Decision Education Foundation in November. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's leading online poker site, once again generated the largest turnouts Sunday, as its major events extended well beyond their guarantees. The site, which is preparing for its WCOOP this week, drew nearly 9,000 players to its flagship Sunday Million tournament. Five players struck a deal and each received a six-figure payday. Read more »
PokerStars and the Asian Pacific Poker Tour did an outstanding job with the Macau event, which was hosted by one of most luxurious casinos in Asia, the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. The field was the largest to date for the event with four hundred and twenty nine players and a two million dollar prize… Read more »
Earlier this month, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced S 1597, the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The bill includes provisions to address problem gambling. Read more »
This week on the G4 online poker reality show "2 Months, $2 Million," the team suffered a major setback, losing $84,200 collectively. However, the quartet defeated a rival group in football, nightlife, and online poker challenges. Read more »
Taking place throughout the month of September on Full Tilt Poker is Take 2, an innovative online poker promotion that allows players to earn up to $50 in cash and double Full Tilt Points (FTPs). Read more »
This weekend, the high-stakes action at the Full Tilt nosebleed tables was relatively calm compared to the Pot Limit Omaha frenzy that transpired last weekend. The slow action of Friday and Saturday brought an anticlimactic end to a week that saw the return of Durrrr Challenge play and a substantial loss for the player known as "martonas." Read more »
Starting in November, Card Player Cruises will return to the high seas aboard the 138,000 ton Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Explorer of the Seas. Destinations over the next year for the cruising company include Alaska, the Mediterranean, and Mexico. Read more »
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, online poker funds seized by the Southern District of New York belonging to Account Services will remain under guard for what the newspaper claimed "could be years." Read more »
Absolute Poker is celebrating its 10th anniversary and along with the celebrations it’s also offering big daily guaranteed tournaments. For today Saturday August 29th Absolute Poker will host at 3pm ET a $15K Pot Limit Omaha 8 Deep Stack, the buy-in to the event is $150 + $12. The biggest guaranteed tournament of the day… Read more »
Poker News Daily: You have an autobiography coming out later this year. Can you talk about why you're writing the book now and what readers can expect? Brunson: The book is supposed to be out in November. It's been in the works for four or five years and I've vetoed it twice because I didn't want it out there. Read more »
I had the best job of anyone on the World Poker Tour. I got to travel all over the world, meet lots of awesome people, get my hair and makeup done, entertain an audience of poker players, and say "Shuffle Up and Deal!" I also got to work with an incredible crew including Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. Read more »
Recently, World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Joe Cada inked an agreement to be sponsored by PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site. The signing marked the end of a grueling process for Cada and his agent, Dan Frank. Read more »
Major changes are in store for the latest installment of the PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport sponsored World Open poker tournament. In addition to several new faces participating in the popular televised event, the World Open V will also have a new place to call home and a new structure. Read more »
The European Poker Tour London will start on September 30th. The main event will begin on October 2nd and it will run until the final table on October 7th. During the festivities in London, one event will most certainly capture the gentlemen’s attention – a ladies only event will be held on October 5th, 2009.… Read more »
It’s Friday and just like all Fridays, Full Tilt Poker is offering the biggest guaranteed tournaments. To start warming up for the weekend, Full Tilt Poker has the Friday Night fights starting today at 9 pm ET. With a buy-in of $500 + $35, the guaranteed price pool is seventy five thousand dollars. The top… Read more »
Ultimate Bet is celebrating their 10th anniversary and they are inviting all of their poker players to take a chance at the Aruba Poker Classic satellite events. This seven-day tournament/holiday will have a multi-million prize pool that will have all the poker players giving their best efforts to take down the first prizes. Ultimate Bet… Read more »
Ultimate Bet is celebrating their 10th anniversary and they want to bring as many players as they can to the party! There will be millions of dollars in prizes and they recently announced that another tournament was added to the tournament line-up and the prize is a Mercedes ML 350; it’s an exclusive tournament with… Read more »
Word has spread like wildfire that respected Two Plus Two poker author David Sklansky was recently the victim of a home invasion outside of Las Vegas on July 25th. According to reports, Sklansky was asleep when two men broke into his home near Wigwam and Bermuda shortly after 3:00am. Read more »
Day two has ended at the prestigious event in Macau and only 42 players remain in contention for the 1st place prize that will award more than half a million to the winner. Australian player Suen Kit Cheong turned up the aggression in the last hands of the day, as he sent PokerStars Qualifier Justin… Read more »
Recently in California, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians presented a bill calling for the legalization of online poker in the state, according to the Capitol Weekly news publication. Poker News Daily sat down with Poker Voters of America Director Melanie Brenner to get the organization's reaction. Read more »
Starting in September, a $1 million guaranteed prize pool tournament will take place monthly on the massive iPoker Network. The $535 buy-in gala will kick off on September 13th at 18:00 GMT. Read more »
