The first promotion available for all Full Tilt players is the Holiday Hundred, which will award a $100 bonus to all players that have completed all the requirements in a certain time frame. For existing players who made an initial deposit and cleared any bonus they had pending by before 6:30 pm on November 15th,… Read more »
The French government recently changed their taxation policies after to 2% player stakes. Players in the country tried to make their government listen to their ideas and possible solutions in the best interest of both the government and players themselves. French authorities did listen to the players request and decided to change the taxation plans… Read more »
The online sensation and mystery player Isildur1 got involved in a session against Brian Townsend. An interesting fact is that Isildur’s matches usually occur at the highest stakes but his session against Townsend was at the $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha tables. Townsend seemed to be on a hot streak and he completely dominated the entire… Read more »
Traveling around and playing poker in some of the most exotic locations in the world is every poker players dream. That might be the reason why thousands of players fight to earn a PokerStars passport each year. Because the competition for the top spots in the Yearly Tournament Leader Board is a task that only… Read more »
On Monday night, Week 12 of the National Football League (NFL) will conclude with the 7-3 New England Patriots visiting Louisiana to take on the undefeated New Orleans Saints. Featured during the game will be 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event runner-up Darvin Moon. Read more »
If you hail from the United States, this weekend is a time for family, food, shopping, and some nice downtime from the stresses of life. If you're a poker player, it is also time to squeeze in a tournament, be it in Costa Rica, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, or Los Angeles and put in some extra time at the tables in between bites of turkey. Read more »
Not all journalist like to point out the positive things about a person, some like Van Smith feel the need to dig-up the past of really good people to some how make them look like monsters. That was the case with November niner Darvin Moon. Darvin is known for been a hard working man and… Read more »
PokerStars has renewed their Depositor Freeroll promotions again. They want to reward players for their loyalty with half a million dollars in total cash prizes. All existing players will only have to enter the code “500K” when they are making a new deposit and they will automatically be entered into the freeroll. The promotion consists… Read more »
The regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) have been delayed six months from December 1st, according to Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) Chairman Joe Brennan. Read more »
Party Poker is inviting all their players to participate in their new points race for a chance to win up to $1.5 million against some of the best poker players in the world. The winner of the points race will be awarded a $9K package that will include seven night accommodations at one of the… Read more »
Poker News Daily: Tell us about the feedback you received from the first episode of the UB.com-sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" on Fox Sports Net. Scott Huff: People in the poker world seem to be excited about the show and hope that we can do a good enough job with it to last beyond our 13-episode run. Read more »
Last week, heralded online poker grinder Shaun Deeb announced that he was retiring from tournaments. In addition, it appears that his future in the online poker world may be up in the air. Read more »
Cake Poker hosts a monthly $250K tournament each month and this upcoming Sunday all players will get a chance to win a percentage of such a large prize pool. The tournament will start at 5 pm and the full buy-in is $268. But not all players can afford such a buy-in and for that reason… Read more »
Absolute Poker has made some improvements to their poker software, with the main focus on improving user experience. The new features implemented are new icons that will help players find tournaments easier, as well as a revamped tournament schedule and a reinforced tournament structure that has been modified to provide better game-play. The new tournament… Read more »
Isildur1 is spoiling all the railbirds around the world. He seems to have enough gamble in him to multi-table against the best players in the world, and profitably, too. His November sessions were completely crazy as he managed to win almost $6 million in just the first fifth teen days of the month at Full… Read more »
On Tuesday night, it was revealed that a hearing will occur next Thursday, December 3rd in the House Financial Services Committee. Taking center stage are two bills related to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Read more »
In breaking news from the House Financial Services Committee, a hearing to discuss two pieces of legislation related to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) will be held on Thursday, December 3rd at 10:00am ET. Read more »
Shaun Deeb has been around at the virtual felts for quite a while now and is well known as a great tournament player. In 2006, he finished in third place at the Yearly TLB at PokerStars, and then in both ’07 and ’08 he topped the leaderboard, which is in amazing feat. Shaun Deeb received… Read more »
The Latin American Poker Tour it’s already in its third season and it has been a complete success. The schedule includes five stops, with the first one concluding this past weekend. It was held in beautiful Costa Rica in Central America. Players from all parts of the world flew to the Playa Conchal and got… Read more »
Yesterday was an important day at Titan Poker as the European Championship of Online Poker started and over $4.5 million will be at stake in the thirteen events that are remaining. Today’s tournament is a Limit 7 Card Stud event with a $250 buy-in and a $50K prize pool. The first tournament, held yesterday, was… Read more »
Isildur1 keeps amazing the poker world with the astonishing feats he is achieving against some of the top players in the world. Less than 48 hours ago he was on the losing side of the largest online pot, which he lost to the Full Tilt Pro Patrik Antonius. In his most recent session Isildur1 crushed… Read more »
The fifth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) has gotten off to an excellent start on Monday, with "thanasis1982" becoming its first tournament winner. Read more »
Poland's Senate approved a measure limiting gambling to casinos, stunting access to poker and other games outside of a structured establishment. The bill cleared the Senate by a 48 to 3 margin, with 30 lawmakers not voting. Read more »
On Monday, Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu posted a blog entry on Full Contact Poker entitled "Mommy is Gone." The funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11:00am at the Jerett Funeral Home in Toronto. Read more »
To say that Tom “durrrr” Dwan has had a difficult year is probably an understatement. He dumped over $4 million in just the first two months of ’09, but somehow managed to overcome the deficit and grind back to even by the middle of the year. But durrrr’s roller-coaster year has continued and as of… Read more »
