Making waves in the poker world this week has been the announcement of the "High Stakes Poker" Season 6 cast. Set to debut in February on the cable station, "High Stakes Poker" will feature Gabe Kaplan alongside new co-host Kara Scott. Read more »
A total of 353 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals, a drop of 14% from the 412 who took to the felts last year. At the end of Day 1, Todd Terry leads the way. Read more »
Full Tilt Pro Phil Ivey is well known for gambling on just about anything, and he is always willing to make extra money on the side with interesting prop bets. Some sportbooks have taken important bets on the red pro to win the main event that will be played out in less than 48 hours… Read more »
When Everest Poker created a promotion mainly as an incentive for all their players that qualified to the WSOP main event through one of their satellite events, loyal customers probably thought that it was an impossible task to defeat 6486 players and claim a seat at the 09 final table. Antoine Saout became a very… Read more »
If you think the conclusion of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is just about the $10,000 buy-in feature tournament, you couldn't be further from the truth. A variety of side events and a cavalcade of media will make this weekend one for the ages. Read more »
Abusing the money bubble has become an effective tactic in tournament poker. It is generally accepted that players should turn up the aggression as the bubble approaches because, in most cases, players will tighten up to guarantee a cash reward. Read more »
PokerStars is constantly improving their promotions and they have recently decided to beef up their monthly Turbo Takedown tournament. The prize pool is still $1 million but they’ve now added additional prizes. The top finisher will take home an Audi TT on top of the big money prize that will be deposited into his or… Read more »
The FTOPS events have officially kicked-off at Full Tilt and millions of dollars will be on the line in the twenty five events that are scheduled. Event #1 had a one million guaranteed prize pool and there was actually an overlay as Full Tilt ponied up $61K roll over to meet the guaranteed prize pool.… Read more »
In a press release distributed by cable station GSN on Thursday, Kara Scott was confirmed to be the new co-host of "High Stakes Poker," replacing A.J. Benza. In addition, a list of 17 players was revealed. Read more »
Come one, come all to the first ever European Poker Tour (EPT) Snowfest stop, scheduled to take place from March 21st to 26th at the Alpine PalaceSaalbach-Hinterglemm ski resort in Austria. Read more »
I just returned from a wonderful nine-day Card Player Cruises trip to New England and Canada. The fall foliage was magnificent and the lobster and clams on the East Coast are much, much tastier than their counterparts on the West Coast. Read more »
Season 8 of the WPT makes its next stop in Mashantucket, Connecticut on Thursday as the World Poker Finals kicks off at the at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event will attract many of the tournament players around the world and its prize pool has eclipsed $5 million in past years. Read more »
The poker world has been expecting a new world champion for the past three months and luckily the wait is almost over. The November Nine will be getting together to play down to a final winner in a few days from now. All the players at the table are experienced enough to win the event,… Read more »
Titan Poker will be offering a unique promotion that will have players participating in a live tournament and a poker reality TV show, and it will all take place in Sin City. There are live satellite tournaments in different casinos around the world as well as online qualifiers to the big tournament in Vegas that… Read more »
In the Netherlands, professional poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho were eliminated from the CBS reality series "Amazing Race" when the duo was unable to complete either side of the leg's Detour. The last women standing in the 2007 and 2008 WSOP Main Events sat down with Poker News Daily to recap their journey. Read more »
The FTOPS events will be starting today at 9 pm ET and the tournament that will start the festivities will be a No Limit Hold’em 6-max with $1 million as the prize pool. After today there will be a minimum of 2 events scheduled per day, and each tourney will have a Full Tilt pro… Read more »
The recently announced schedule that PokerStars has released will have players more exited than ever. The stops added to the European Poker Tour will have players traveling to some really exotic locations, including the EPT Snowfest in Salzburg, Austria. The events will take place at one of the best ski resorts in the world, Saalbach-Hinterglemm. … Read more »
According to several industry insiders, poker podcasts, and online sites, poker player and announcer Kara Scott will take over for A. J. Benza as co-host on the popular GSN poker program "High Stakes Poker." Read more »
Absolute Poker wants to make their players’ holidays even more special by giving them the opportunity to participate in the biggest guaranteed tournament of the week at a fraction of the cost. On November 26th at 8:30pm a tourney called Turkey Tourney will have players fighting their way into the top positions and earning one… Read more »
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, has introduced the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT). A total of nine events will play out beginning in Galway on December 11th. Read more »
Tuesday's coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on ESPN featured the November Nine finally being revealed. Seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey headlines the group. Read more »
Ultimate Bet has been awarding packages to the biggest live tournaments since the year started, and they show no signs of stopping. They have recently announced three different ways in which their players can earn a package to the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. This monster event will be held at the Bellagio in… Read more »
Professional poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho were eliminated during the latest episode of "Amazing Race" when the pair was unable to complete a challenging test of physical strength. The only all-female team on the show decided to quit after concluding that they would never finish the challenge. Read more »
The final installment of ESPN's poker show "Inside Deal" before the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table was released on Tuesday, featuring Chad Brown and Liv Boeree. Read more »
The third event in the Czech-Slovak Poker Tour, played in Brno, had one hundred and thirty one players and the first place prize was $21K. Among the field were only six PokerStars qualifiers and one of them managed to outplay all his opponents and win the event. Martin Hruby is a local that has been… Read more »
