Full Tilt Poker is well known for their high stakes action, some of the regular names at their tables are Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, Gus Hansen and Cole South. Yesterday Ziigmund was running hot; he played his top game against durrrr, Hansen and Cole South and finished the sessions with more than half a million in profits. Read more »
On Thursday, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) officially unveiled S 8309, the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. Congress remains on recess until after Labor Day in the United States. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that Dusty Schmidt, known in the online poker world as "Leatherass," will drop his lawsuit against the United States Golf Association (USGA). He will likely play professional golf and continue his poker career. Read more »
In breaking news from Capitol Hill, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce legislation to license and regulate online poker in the United States on Thursday, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Read more »
When it comes to laws regarding Internet gaming and poker, there has never been an attempt to prosecute any violators. Even the state of Washington, with the most draconian laws there are, has yet to arrest, try and convict someone of what the state considers a felony equal to that of child molesting – even though many have tried to get arrested. Read more »
Starting yesterday, August 4th, and running through next Sunday the 16th, PokerStars will be running multiple daily “Extreme” satellites to their WCOOP tournaments with over a million dollars in added value. These tournaments will run twice, or three times daily depending on the day of the week and all will have either 50 or 100… Read more »
Titan Poker held two tournaments yesterday that awarded seven seats to the World Poker Tour Marrakech Super Satellite that will be held today at 2pm MDT. Here is a list of the skilled players that earned a seat yesterday to the WPT Marrakech Super Satellite: Read more »
Full Tilt Poker players and poker players in general can now transfer their chips to other poker rooms using the new service from SendmyChips.com Transfers can be made between Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet, Absolute Poker and Cake Poker. Players will have a transfer level limit, which will increase as they log more transactions in… Read more »
The ANZPT Queensland main event will extend to five days, and the first two days will be played at two different locations:the Conrad Treasury Brisbane and the Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast. Members from Team PokerStars Australia will be taking action at the tables including Emad Tahtouh, Eric Assadourian, Celina Lin, Grant Levi and Tony Hachem.… Read more »
The Second event on the Asian Poker Tour this year will begin next week, August 12th in Macau. The tournament will feature a buy-in of 34,400 HKD (roughly $4,500 USD) and the eventual winner is expected to earn around half a million dollars. Last year’s champion, famed online professional Yevgeniy “Atimos” Timoshenko defeated a field… Read more »
We just started our eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). It's actually pretty amazing to think we've been on television for seven seasons! And it's more amazing how time flies. Read more »
This past Sunday Ultimate Bet hosted its $530 Super Satellite for their 8th Annual Aruba Poker Classic tournament that will be held October 3-10th. Read more »
On Tuesday, the first installment of Inside Deal premiered on ESPN.com, hosted by Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee and ESPN The Magazine contributor Laura Lane. The first 30 minute episode to air featured an appearance by 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker. Read more »
Tuesday night saw the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champions Invitational play out on ESPN. A rather subdued final table competed for a vintage 1970 Corvette and the title of "Champion of Champions." Read more »
The coverage of the 2009 Champions Invitational will air tonight at 8 pm EST. There won’t be any unknowns at this table, as the entire lineup of players are WSOP Main Event winners from years past; 19 of the biggest names in poker! • Eleven time WSOP Winner Phil Helmuth • 2008 WSOP Champion and… Read more »
Cake Poker was founded in 2004, and is one of the fastest growing poker sites on the internet. Over the years Cake has steadily increased its traffic as one of the few sites that still supports US players, and is currently one of the largest online poker rooms in the world. At Cake Poker players… Read more »
Jordan "scarface_79" Smith won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on June 20, 2009. He bested a field of 1,659 players to capture the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event (#36), collecting $586,212 in the process. Read more »
InterPoker is now running a promotion called “Sounds of Money”, a series of August Freerolls that will be giving away over €7,500 in prizes. All you have to do to participate is play the required number of raked hands and it’s free to enter. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday there will be a freeroll tournament… Read more »
DoylesRoom is now running qualifiers for the first ever English Poker Open, a new European poker tournament with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. The tournament will take place from September 15th-17th, 2009 at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room in Nottingham, England. It is a state of the art facility that features 45 tables,… Read more »
The WPT is hitting exotic Marrakech this October, and Titan Poker is offering players many chances to win packages that include seats, flights and accommodation in the beautiful Northern African country. Every Wednesday at 20:30 GMT, Titan Poker will host a WPT Marrakech Super Satellite and award an $8,000 package to the winner. These packages… Read more »
PokerStars is currently the biggest online poker room; they have the largest amount of traffic and along with the traffic they have the biggest online tournaments. Here's a list of results for Monday August the 3rd, 2009. Read more »
The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker were the battle zone for Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Cole South. They had two sessions in which Cole South came on top with a profit of more or less $290K. Later on, Cole South had a small session with Gus Hansen in which he also made a… Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did the 2009 WSOP compare to years past? Tyner: It was more organized this year. There was actually a cap on the number of entrants for each event, which is helpful to the players. I learned the hard way that feeling great on a Sunday and registering for a tournament on a Monday doesn't mean I'll be up for it, so I'm through doing that. Read more »
In an e-mail distributed by the world's largest online poker room, PokerStars, on Tuesday, it was revealed that a special 100% up to $600 first-time deposit bonus is now available. Players can also take advantage of a new 50% up to $300 reload bonus. Read more »
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) returns on Wednesday for its 13th installment. This time around, the recurring tournament series boasts $19 million in guarantees and runs through August 16th. Read more »
