In the world of online poker tournament series, there are a few that are "must play" events for online professionals. The annual WCOOP and the quarterly FTOPS normally come to mind first, but Bodog has built its own franchise that has done very well, the Bodog Poker Open. Read more »
The fight to delay the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) rules continues. Recently, 19 Congressmen, including Barney Frank (D-MA), issued a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Read more »
Hometown hero Simon Watt bested Frenchman Gerome Guitteau in the finale of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour's (APPT) Auckland Main Event. Watt banked NZ $209,000 for his efforts, or US $156,000 at current exchange rates. Read more »
Fresh off being spared elimination last week in Cambodia after a rival team lost their passports, poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho finished sixth in the Dubai leg of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." Read more »
The second episode of the PokerStars.net-sponsored "Million Dollar Challenge" hit television airwaves on Sunday following NFL on FOX coverage and featured Sergeant Denny Luna earning $25,000 before walking away. Read more »
The continued greening efforts by Harrah's have paid off, as the resort company recently earned seven gold medals from Travelife, an organization that promotes sustainability in tourism. Gold medals were doled out to several of Harrah's Las Vegas properties, including the Rio, Caesars Palace, and Bill's Gambling Saloon. Read more »
With the December 1st deadline rapidly approaching for industry compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has coauthored a letter to prominent members of the Treasury and Federal Reserve. Read more »
A $345 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament kicked off the festivities at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event stop in Hammond, Indiana. The Horseshoe Casino's opening attracted 1,412 players, the largest field ever assembled on WSOP Circuit felts. Read more »
In a recent e-mail to members, PIC Club stated that its business arrangement with the Merge Gaming Network would be terminated. According to PIC Club, "Transactions to or from the rooms on the Merge Network will cease at 11:59PM [Eastern Time] on October 18th, 2009." Read more »
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker is known for keeping mum when it comes to its legal and business matters, but the company broke its silence to comment on a recent lawsuit by former customers Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotov. Read more »
This week, the industry learned that World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton would become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame and the lone representative in the Class of 2009. Poker News Daily sought the reaction of some of poker's greats. Read more »
In 2008 the main event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure awarded $3 million to Canadian player Poorya Nazari for defeating a field that had 1,347 players. Nazari won the biggest prize in a live tournament event with the exception of the WSOP main event. PokerStars will have free satellite events that will start today at… Read more »
There were a total of 130 players that started day two and the day would end as soon as the field was narrowed to 32 of them. When the field was down to 90 players there were three that stood out from the rest, they were the only females left from the starting field. Among… Read more »
Players will have to choose wisely when picking the tournaments that they want to participate in this weekend as there are hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs starting today. Players will also get the chance to experiment with the new feature that FTP has activated on a few tables called “Run It Twice”. … Read more »
Considered among the top poker pros in the world, Phil Laak is definitely a serious contender in any tournament he enters. His career earnings at live tournament events exceed $1.7 million, he has cashed a total of eight times in the WSOP and has won one WPT title and cashed six times in those events.… Read more »
Absolute Poker will have a busy schedule for all their players this weekend. Starting today they will host several guaranteed tournaments in different type of formats. The first big tourney will be played out in the No Limit Hold’em re-buy format at 7 pm ET for $15K. Two hours later a knockout tournament with $25K… Read more »
The latest installment of the London-based PartyPoker World Open featured a little bit of everything. The fifth World Open had controversy, excitement, big names, and even a little romance at a seven-person final table that included Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, and Luke "Full_Flush1" Schwartz. Read more »
In one week, attorneys for the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) will take to the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court to argue why the Commonwealth did not have jurisdiction to seize 141 internet gambling domain names. Read more »
In figures recently released by Party Gaming, the parent company of PartyPoker, revenues were off 4% in Q3 2009 compared to Q2. Company officials noted that the decrease was "in line with the normal seasonal pattern seen in previous years." Read more »
The 38th person elected into the Poker Hall of Fame is none other than PartyPoker Ambassador and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Mike Sexton. He will be enshrined as part of ceremonies to be held on November 7th. Read more »
For players who are familiar with TV shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, the request of running a hand more than once is not new. Players get a better value for their money and the probabilities of hitting the card or cards they need increases. It’s mostly used when players have all… Read more »
Well, we've winnowed the WSOP Big Dance field down to nine survivors who will compete for The Bracelet in November. But one race that started earlier in the event is still going on, and presumably will continue right up until November. Read more »
The entire poker world is anxiously awaiting the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which will be played this November. The finalists have been dubbed the "November Nine" because of the four-month delay of the final table. Read more »
The World Poker Open had a limited amount of seats, which meant that only 48 players that would get the chance to play for the $250K top prize. Among those players there were a few Party Poker qualifiers that earned their seat after battling tough fields in the tournaments that were available in previous months.… Read more »
When play resumes in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Kevin Schaffel, a PokerStars sponsored pro, will hold the sixth largest stack. Just weeks after play ended at the Rio, Schaffel proved he was no fluke, final tabling the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker event. He sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss his recent run. Read more »
