On Tuesday, leading online poker site Ultimate Bet announced the launch of UltimateBet.de, a dedicated German language information website that will outline the company's all new series of live poker tournaments to be hosted in Germany and the Czech Republic. Read more »
It’s Wednesday and the guaranteed tournaments at Absolute Poker have more than $340K up for grabs. There will be various types of tournaments available, including re-buys, deep stack tournaments and two knockout events. Starting at 4 pm there will be a $1K guaranteed 6-max with an $11 buy-in, and one hour later a $4K GTD… Read more »
Just as expected by the tournament organizers, Day 2B of the EPT Warsaw had a much larger field than the first day as a total of one hundred and thirty players showed up to compete. Day 1A had three players who took the spotlight, including Carter Phillips who ended the day as chipleader and has… Read more »
Each sport has its prominent stars; in tennis we have Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and in MotoGP there’s Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. In poker one name that stands out is Phil Ivey who has definitely proven to be a prominent star in the poker world. Phil’s success in poker embraces all types of… Read more »
On Thursday, lawyers from iMEGA will lead a contingent into Frankfort, Kentucky in a case involving the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names. Among those prepping is Ian Ramsey from Stites and Harbison, local counsel for the Interactive Gaming Council. Read more »
In 2010, the third installment of the NBC reality franchise "Celebrity Apprentice" will hit television airwaves. The show, which featured comedian Joan Rivers best poker pro Annie Duke in the finale last time out, will likely not include a poker player this time around. Read more »
With 64 players left, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out Day 7 on ESPN on Tuesday night. The feature table included Antonio Esfandiari, Ryan Fair, Steven Begleiter, and James Akenhead. Read more »
One of the most successful players in cash games has been Patrick Antonius, who signed with Full Tilt Poker this year and has been playing remarkable poker since 2008 on the Full Tilt virtual felts. In just seven months of play in 2008 PA recorded a profit of $1.35 million, and in 2009 his numbers… Read more »
Party Poker released a software update not too long ago and they have received a large amount of feedback from their customers. Although most of the feedback has been positive, Party has also used the comments to determine which areas can still use some improvement. Because Party Poker listens to their customers concerns and advice,… Read more »
According to an article that appeared in eGamingReview (EGR) on Tuesday and filings to the London Stock Exchange, Party Gaming Co-Founder Anurag Dikshit will sell his 28% share in the company for at least ₤188 million. Read more »
The EPT Barcelona that ended almost two months ago had tons of excitement for all the spectators. It also brought a PokerStars qualifier name into the spot light as Carter Phillips dominated the massive player field and managed to win the event. Something that no player has been able to do is win two European… Read more »
Deepstacks University is an online and live poker school slated to open at the beginning of November. What makes Deepstacks University different is that it offers players poker instruction for a cost that is vastly less than the various boot camps that are available. Read more »
Ultimate Bet's relationship with the increasingly popular sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) continues to grow stronger, as the online poker site has secured title sponsorship of Rogers Sportsnet's weekly sports show "MMA Connected" for another season. Read more »
Ultimate Bet has done it again, they have managed to get their hands on 16 tickets to the LeBron James NBA Kickoff party that will take place in Toronto, Canada. The party will be held after the Raptors play the Cavaliers on October 28th at Brant House. Twelve out of the sixteen tickets will be… Read more »
All Titan Poker players will be able to participate in the different tournaments that will award packages to the ECPoker Tour Malta. The super satellites will be held each Sunday and Monday night. At least one package will be awarded per tournament, and each package will include four night hotel accommodations at the luxurious Excelsior… Read more »
The six day tournament has kicked off with 88 players showing up for Day 1A, which is a small field for European Tour Standards, but a much larger field is expected tomorrow. The first man to leave the tournament was Guiseppi Vividomini who decided to mix it up with aces against Peter Bosen. The flop… Read more »
This week's installment of the ESPN.com poker franchise "Inside Deal" featured 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine member Joe Cada. Laura Lane and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee host the show. Read more »
The World Poker Tour's (WPT) first ever trip to Marrakech ended with Christophe Savary defeating a field of 416 runners en route to a €377,000 payday. The French poker player bested Eoghan O'Dea heads-up in the non-televised event. Read more »
The Big Money Sunday’s bring in thousands of players who all want to win life changing money, and the best part is that any payer who has top notch skill plus a bit of luck can take down any of the big events that are played at Full Tilt. Michael Craig and Vivek Rajkumar, both… Read more »
Annie Duke is well known for having a great poker skill set and a warm heart, and she is involved in several charity organizations. On the other hand, Phil Hellmuth is known for being bitter, grotesque and basically a poker brat, but he also helps to raise money for charity foundations. This time around both… Read more »
Absolute Poker is expecting the November nine to resume play and crown a new world champion just like all the poker players around the world. To help ease the wait, Absolute has put thousands of dollars on the line in two different leaderboards that will award $2k per day. The promotion has started and it… Read more »
Making poker news headlines this week was word that Players Investment Company, more commonly known as PIC Club, had severed its relationship with the Merge Gaming Network. PIC Club CEO Chuck Kidd sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the company's formation and its compliance with U.S. law. Read more »
For all those players that enjoy traveling to exotic locations, Full Tilt Poker will be awarding seats to the Red Sea Poker Cup that will be hosted in the Casino Aladin at the Domina Coral Bay Hotel in the luxurious resort Sharm el-Sheikh. This is not only a great opportunity to play poker in a… Read more »
This past weekend, players around the world took some time away from their TV sets and other activities to play in PokerStar‘ biggest guaranteed tournaments. This weekend 7,856 players took the Sunday Million challenge, and the prize pool swelled to $1,571,200. Just before level 34, player Helten22 was nursing a short stack and he made… Read more »
The PokerStars APPT Auckland had 263 players registered, including some of the areas top pros like Tony Hachem, Grant Levy, Emad Tahtouh, Celina Lin and Eric Assadourian. The rest of the field consisted of PokerStars qualifiers and the new generation of New Zealand such as Neil Stewart, Josh Eagan, Shaun Goldsbury, James Honeybone and reigning… Read more »
