This past weekend, thousands of players fired up their Full Tilt software for a chance to win a percentage of the large guaranteed prize pools. The Sunday Brawl had 2,794 players which bumped up the original $500K prize pool in $858,800. As the tournament progressed and there was only three players remaining, mikkelstrack, Michael “YrrsiNN”… Read more »
The fifth edition of the ECOOP events can be considered a complete success, as out of the seven tourneys that have been hosted at Titan Poker, only one of them has not exceeded the guaranteed prize pool. The ECOOP will continue tonight with a $500K guaranteed NL Hold’em event. During the weekend Titan Poker awarded… Read more »
As always, the biggest tournament on PokerStars this weekend was the Sunday Million, which attracted an outstanding field of 9,077 player. The enormous field took more than nine hours to play down to the final two tables and an additional three hours to complete from there. At the end caio_pimienta outplayed the field and took… Read more »
Given that compliance with the regulations of the UIGEA has been delayed six months to June 1st, 2010, research on the effects of online gaming may now take center stage as lawmakers craft sensible legislation. Read more »
Brazilian online poker pro Caio Cesar "caio_pimenta" Pimenta was the big winner on the virtual felts Sunday with his victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million, the site's weekly flagship event. Pimenta outlasted a field of 9,077 players to claim a prize of $259,243.98, the 19-year-old's largest online score to date. Read more »
Last week, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve announced that mandatory compliance with the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) had been delayed until June 1st, 2010. Let's take a look at the agencies' reasoning. Read more »
Patrik Antonius is no doubt one of the best high stakes players in the world, and his stats in 2009 were reflecting that…at least until October. Antonius’ bankroll grew to almost $7 million in the first ten months of the year. In the past month or so he’s played plenty of sessions against the new… Read more »
Perhaps focusing on a subject that many in the poker community would view as obvious, many news outlets have recently begun to discuss the skills of top poker players not only on the tables, but also in the business and financial worlds. Read more »
Recently, Russian online poker player innerpsy shattered the record for the most number of online poker hands logged in 24 hours, or one day. His total: a whopping 40,088, which attracted the attention of the entire Russian poker community. Read more »
Only a few days remain in the Full Tilt Poker Holiday Hundred promotion, offering online poker players a $100 bonus on the world's second largest site. The room has seen its high-stakes action balloon in recent weeks thanks to Isildur1. Read more »
A recent bill in Washington State is proposing around-the-clock Keno games starting every four minutes as a possible solution to the state's projected budget shortfall of more than $2.5 billion. Read more »
The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is preparing to wrap up its 2009 schedule with the $6,300 AUD APPT Grand Final running from December 1st to 6th at the Star City Casino in Sydney. Read more »
Despite the promise of a televised final table for both its Pot Limit Omaha Championship and Main Event, it was a small crowd at the United States Poker Championships (USPC), with only 32 players entering the Omaha event and 154 taking part in the Main Event. Read more »
Most Americans spent Thanksgiving Day huddled around the dinner table, noshing on roasted turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, and a variety of desserts. Poker News Daily was able to talk to several pros to hear what they are thankful for. Read more »
Twenty-four hours after it was revealed that mandatory financial services industry compliance with the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) would be delayed by six months, the poker industry has had a chance to react. Read more »
Less than a day after winning this year's British Columbia Poker Championship and earning the first place prize of $364,364, 30 year-old Sophon Sek was arrested on charges of manslaughter and breaking and entering. Read more »
Full Tilt has been the center of attention in November, mainly because of the insane action surrounding Isildur1, but there are other things going on at Full Tilt that deserve the poker community’s gaze. As a consequence of Isildur’s action, some pros have suffered significant loses, but one player stands out from the rest and… Read more »
One of the best things about having free time is getting the opportunity to win extra money, and what better place to do that than PokerStars? Players get the chance to win life changing money on PokerStars this Sunday in the Sunday Warm-up and Sunday Million, which feature guarantees of $750K and $1.5 million respectively.… Read more »
On Friday, CNBC and the Associated Press confirmed that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke had granted requests to delay the mandatory compliance date of the regulations of the UIGEA by six months to June 1st, 2010. Read more »
The $100K, the biggest guaranteed tournament at Doylesroom, takes place on Sundays, but on the last Sunday of every month Doylesroom increases the prize pool to $250K. This upcoming weekend players will get their monthly shot at a healthy chunk of $250K. Doylesroom will be running satellites to the big event around the clock with… Read more »
Party Poker has recently added some interesting promotions for their players. But before players get involved in qualifying for tourneys that will have them flying to Vegas for a chance to win $1.5 million dollars, they will have the opportunity to play at the $300K guaranteed tournament this upcoming Sunday. One of the recent promotions… Read more »
Yesterday, after a losing session against Brian Townsend, Isildur1 returned to the tables with nothing but revenge on his mind. His session started with Patrik Antonius, and Isildur1 dominated the entire session, making it look easy against Antonius. At the end of their session Isildur1 had won back much of what he’d lost to Townsend.… Read more »
The second installment of the UB.com-sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" hit televisions on Thanksgiving Eve in the United States on cable station Fox Sports Net. Scott Huff and Joe Sebok host the show. Read more »
Everest Poker, an independent online poker site, is continuing to build its influence in France by signing Fabrice Soulier. 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event third place finisher and fellow French player Antoine Saout is also a sponsored pro of the site. Read more »
A report from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reveals some new details surrounding the tragic death of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson. The story suggests that Oscarsson's August murder could be connected to a business deal involving the popular poker website that was adversely affected by the UIGEA. Read more »
