The sixth season of the GSN franchise "High Stakes Poker" filmed this week at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas. Friday marked the third of three days of filming for the $200,000 buy-in show. Read more »
If Twitter is any indication, Ultimate Bet sponsored pro Joe Sebok (@JoeSebok) is the 177th most popular guy on the internet. At least, that is the ranking Twitter tracking site Twitterholic gave to Sebok based on his number of followers, which now exceeds one million. Read more »
This week, Third Bullet Poker, a site on the popular Cake Poker Network, announced that it was merging its player base with the network's flagship site. Read more »
This year, we've seen two major stories break on Poker News Daily involving small poker sites shutting down and player funds disappearing in the midst of scandals involving shady ownership groups. Pitbull Poker was shut down amid dwindling player numbers and a superuser scandal, but perhaps the bigger story was the surprising shutdown and liquidation of Eurolinx Poker. Read more »
In breaking news from Las Vegas, World Series of Poker (WSOP) Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack has resigned from his post at the WSOP and Harrah's, according to the Associated Press and his Twitter feed. Today, Friday, November 13th, is Pollack's last day on the job. Read more »
Over the weekend, Dani "ansky451" Stern, star of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million," signed with DoylesRoom to become the newest member of the Brunson 10. Poker News Daily sat down with site namesake Doyle Brunson to learn more. Read more »
In poker, sometimes the hand you hold has differing capabilities depending upon the game that you're playing. What would be a great hand in one form of poker can, in essence, be total junk in another discipline. Read more »
The Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint after failing to correctly supervise a pair of poker tournaments in 2007. The resort will pay a $75,000 fine to the Nevada Gaming Commission and another $25,000 to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Read more »
The finale of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which saw Michigan native Joe Cada triumph over the nine-handed feature table, drew 2.1 million viewers for a 1.8 coverage rating. Read more »
While many in the industry have been celebrating Michigan native Joe Cada becoming the youngest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner ever, Cada's local media in Detroit have debated the impact of his feat on society. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Congratulations on the big win in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. How are you feeling after the victory? Cada: It hasn't quite hit me yet, but I'm feeling really good. Read more »
One of the annual events that I look forward to attending each year is the California State Ladies Poker Championship (CSLPC) held at the Oceans Eleven Casino in Oceanside. In fact, I've never missed one since this event debuted 13 years ago. Read more »
Taking place concurrently with the conclusion of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas was the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Cornel Andrew Cimpan took down his second WPT title. Read more »
Normally, poker players are seen on television only within their element, in a poker tournament or cash game. Recently, however, a top pro took the time to appear on one of the most popular programs on cable television. Read more »
The world watched as Joe Cada became the youngest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner ever on Tuesday night, outlasting Darvin Moon to the tune of $8.5 million. Poker News Daily went backstage to sit down with announcer Lon McEachern prior to the episode's production. Read more »
Following his victory in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which aired on ESPN on Tuesday night, Joe Cada received an overwhelming amount of praise from U.S. media outlets. Read more »
On Tuesday night, two and a half hours of coverage on ESPN saw the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table play out. What took place over three days in real-time saw Joe Cada become the youngest Main Event winner ever and earn $8.5 million. Read more »
As you probably know, WSOP Final Table logos are big business. Players routinely secure six and seven figure multi year deals from the big online poker sites. The 2009 World Series of Poker November Nine were no exception. Except for the nine players, agents and poker sites, very few people ever get to look inside… Read more »
Excited about the upcoming U2 tour, but can't afford to hand over your next month's rent for tickets? Cool Hand Poker might be your answer. Read more »
Stepson of Barry Greenstein, Joe Sebok is the CEO and President of PokerRoad, a multimedia conglomerate that includes industry-leading podcasts, video blogs with some of the game's best like 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine member Phil Ivey, and a mammoth collection of Twitter feeds called PokerRoad Nation. Read more »
From the stage of the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas were the ESPN.com "Inside Deal" crew. The trio – Laura Lane, Bernard Lee, and Andrew Feldman – recapped the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. Read more »
After 57 tournaments in Las Vegas, four more held in London, and a grand total of 157 days, the 2009 World Series of Poker has come to an end. While there are many things that will be memorable about this year's schedule, perhaps the best way to look back at the 2009 WSOP is by the numbers. Read more »
When viewers tune into tonight's broadcast of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on ESPN, they'll see eventual winner Joe Cada don a logo for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the industry's grassroots lobbying force. Read more »
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, or in the case of Joe Cada, the squeaky wheel gets $8.5 million. After nearly 90 hands of heads-up play in the overnight hours on Monday, Cada emerged as the youngest WSOP Main Event Champion ever. Read more »
On hand number 88 of a topsy-turvy heads up match, Joe Cada won a race with a pair of nines to defeat Darvin Moon's Qd Jd. The board ran out 8c 2c 7s Kh 7c giving Cada two pair, nines and sevens. If Cada had lost the pot, he would have been crippled. With his victory, Cada pockets a cool $8.55 million dollars while Moon takes home the runner-up spot and $5.18 million. Read more »
