Ultimate Bet, one of the top online poker rooms in the business today, has an impressive roster of players. Monday brought the announcement that it had landed one of the rising young professionals in the game to a sponsorship deal. Read more »
PokerStars is not only the biggest online poker site in the world but they also have a huge presence in the major live tournaments by qualifying so many players. The EPT, APPT, ANZPT, and LAPT are all sponsored by PokerStars. PokerStars had many satellites and super satellites to enter the EPT Kyiv and in total… Read more »
The FTOPS events awarded millions of dollars spread out to thousands of players over the course two exciting weeks. Some of online poker’s biggest names experienced success during these prestigious events. Event #1, hosted by Vitaly Lunkin had a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million; Deception Pt took the 1st place prize and after making… Read more »
Poker News Daily: The 2009 WSOP will begin airing this week on ESPN. You've had a lot of success in the $10,000 buy-in tournament. What are some of your favorite moments? Duke: I have probably three favorite WSOP Main Event moments. The first one was the very first Main Event I played in, where I got down to three tables. Read more »
Sportingbet, the parent company of Paradise Poker, has partnered with the Entraction Network to bring online poker into additional areas of Europe. Paradise Poker currently makes its home on Boss Media's International Poker Network. Read more »
Several poker superstars have joined the cast of reality shows in recent years. Poker News Daily sat down with former PokerStars Vice President of Marketing Dan Goldman to discuss whether these appearances are beneficial or hurtful to the game. Read more »
PartyPoker is not only a poker site but a brand that can be recognized by all poker players around the world. Although PartyPoker had to stop taking action from US players after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, they still remain one of the largest online poker rooms despite being unable to reach… Read more »
Titan Poker has a great reward program in which all their poker players are automatically participating when they sit at a table and play poker. Players are rewarded for the amount of time they play and also by the amount of money they play at the tables. Players that are involved at high stakes gain… Read more »
Absolute Poker wants to celebrate their 10th anniversary with their loyal poker players. The Cereus Network – which is composed by Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet – has great plans for all the poker players that get a seat at the Aruba Poker Classic. The Cereus network has made several ways to win this one… Read more »
Ultimate Bet hosts its biggest tournament on Sunday. This past Sunday was no exception: Ultimate Bet had 999 players engage in a tough battle for big prizes. Ninety-nine places were paid, and at the end of the tournament, DONKEYWRENN increased his bankroll by $44,660. Second place was taken by CHIPNACHRRRR; he took home $26,700, and… Read more »
PokerStars can proudly sponsor online tournaments with prize pools that exceed a million dollars. The Sunday Million guarantees $1.5 million and depending on the number of entries to the tournament, the prize pool keeps building up. Winning the Sunday Million is just like winning a big live event; it has recognition among poker players. Beating… Read more »
Last week, Judge Laura Swain of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) asked attorneys for the United States Government to explain how the indictment of Account Services' Douglas Rennick affected information contained in the warrant applications used to seize over $30 million from more than 24,000 online poker players. Read more »
After moving the extremely popular California State Poker Championship to May earlier this year, the Commerce Casino Hold'em Series was announced and will take place from September 10th to September 25th. Read more »
Gary Kaplan, the founder of BetOnSports, has pled guilty to violations of RICO and the Wire Act in a Missouri courtroom. He will face between 41 and 51 months behind bars and pay the United States Government $43.65 million. Read more »
The new online poker reality show "2 Months, $2 Million" debuted on cable station G4 on Sunday night at 9:00pm ET. The half-hour program featured Dani Stern, Emil Patel, Brian Roberts, and Jay Rosenkrantz earning $35,700 in the first week of the two month challenge. Read more »
The Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge will make its live debut in London, England next month in conjunction with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe festivities, according to its promoter, Matchroom Sport's Eddie Hearn. Read more »
Released every Tuesday on ESPN.com are new 30 minute editions of the hit poker show "Inside Deal." Hosted by Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee and ESPN: The Magazine's Laura Lane, "Inside Deal" has quickly acquired a loyal audience after debuting on August 4th. We sat down with Lane to discuss its success. Read more »
Sammy "Any Two" George will square off against online poker sensation Tom "durrrr" Dwan in the Million Dollar Challenge that will take place in London next month. George is the first player to take Dwan up on his unique proposition bet. Three more will be announced. Read more »
At least $5.7 million will be on the line this weekend as part of the 13th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). The $535 buy-in Main Event caps off the festivities and comes with a $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool. Read more »
Jeremy "thechemist83" Gaubert ran away from the field in the $5,150 buy-in Gold Strike World Poker Open despite entering the final table in seventh place out of nine runners. He earned $192,000 in the Tunica, Mississippi tournament. Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced this week the results of casino win rates for the month of June 2009, continuing a downward trend and leading to one casino chain filing for bankruptcy protection in July. Read more »
The best-looking addition to the Ultimate Bet pro team is definitely Liv Boeree, who is now part of the Ultimate Team after moving from Absolute Poker. She has been seen at the Seven Deuce tables recently, and she will be participating in the Asian Poker Tour Macau next week. The events started on August 12… Read more »
The World Cup of Poker – which is a PokerStars sponsored event – will host its sixth season this year. The regional qualifying tournaments will start on August 20th, and each USA state, Canadian Province and German State will have their own qualifying tournaments. On August 31st and September the 1st the Regional Teams will… Read more »
Debuting on Sunday, August 16th at 9:00pm ET on cable station G4 is the brand new online poker reality franchise "2 Months, $2 Million." As part of the show, four players must earn $2 million collectively over a two-month period. "2 Months, $2 Million" participant Jay "Krantz" Rosenkrantz sat down with Poker News Daily to share his thoughts heading into Sunday's premiere. Read more »
The Jamie Gold Charity Poker Tournament held during London's Poker in the Park on Thursday was a sellout. A total of 50 celebrities and poker players from around the world descended upon the Shadow Lounge at the Casino at the Empire for the festivities. Read more »
