A total of 5,645 players entered the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Main Event on Sunday. In the end, the $535 No Limit Hold'em tournament featured a seven-way chop, with JackQKA ultimately coming out on top for $237,000. Read more »
With plenty of action on the felt and away from the tables, the crème of the poker world's Twitter accounts were buzzing about their activities. Poker News Daily has gleaned the best of these Tweets to let you know what is going on in many poker players' lives. Read more »
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger, an accomplished live and online poker pro, will come armed to Day 3 of the $5,000 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event on Monday with the top stack in the room. Read more »
Two episodes of "High Stakes Poker" Season 6 have aired and two players have already dropped $200,000. Last week, UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth went busto on the popular GSN cash game show. This week, that distinction belonged to Ladbrokes pro Andreas Hoivold. Read more »
The busy weekend of poker includes the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational, which is emanating from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Day 1 of the invite-only event took place on Saturday. Read more »
A total of 872 players entered the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event on Saturday and, when the smoke cleared, 476 remained in the hunt for the $827,000 top prize. Read more »
The inaugural PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Main Event on U.S. soil kicked off on Saturday at the Venetian, drawing a field of 872 players, according to PokerStars officials. The tournament had a cap of 890 entrants. Read more »
The 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) concludes this weekend with a $535 Main Event with $2.5 million in guaranteed prize money. Leading up to the finale, Onjacktallback, Nadremark, Shuriken555, and Axis67 claimed titles. Read more »
The current season of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" is off to a flying start, with one important change. Longtime host A.J. Benza was dropped in favor of having analyst Gabe Kaplan run solo in the booth and veteran poker announcer Kara Scott interviewing players from the floor. Read more »
A $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em table on PokerStars dealt the site's monumental 40 billionth hand. Coming out on top in the historic moment was PokerStars member Senecady, who walked away with $24,000. Read more »
According to a source close to Full Tilt Poker, the site's pros are able to play in any competitor's open event. The squad's ability to enter this weekend's PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Main Event appeared to be in doubt. Read more »
Online poker site Titan Poker made its film debut earlier this month when it appeared in Pierre Morel's From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film, which was released on February 5th in the U.S., was co-written and produced by the critically acclaimed French director Luc Besson Read more »
On Tuesday, a hearing in Massachusetts will feature a discussion of whether poker should legally be considered a game of skill. Supporting the measure is the Harvard-based Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS). Read more »
Frenchman David Benyamine took down the fourth PartyPoker Premier League title, defeating embattled pro Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Benyamine earned $476,000 for his efforts. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe has been airing on ESPN2, with three hours of coverage shown last Sunday. The ratings for the annual tournament series have dropped 25% year over year due to stiff competition. Read more »
Poker News Daily can confirm that World Poker Tour (WPT) Hostess Amanda Leatherman is parting ways with the brand. Unconfirmed reports have her joining the PokerStars-backed North American Poker Tour (NAPT). Read more »
Internet platform Sedo, a leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, announced Thursday that it had overseen the sale of Poker.org for $1 million, easily the largest .org domain sale to date. The domain was sold by National A1 Advertising. Read more »
Today, I am going to go through a few of my choice tips for low-stakes Limit Seven Card Stud. If you are just picking up the game, these should be a good starting point as you develop your own style and strategy. Read more »
With each new week, a fresh batch of Tweets from players lets us know what is going on in their lives and their poker games. Poker News Daily is here to let you know what the most interesting subjects are and where the players' minds are at. Read more »
The first four spots at the final table of the PartyPoker Premier League are set, with Unabomber Poker front man Phil Laak leading the way. The top four players after six matches automatically qualified for the finale and best of three heads-up events will determine the rest of the table. Read more »
Joeri Zandvliet won the first ever UK event on the new PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour. By winning the tournament played in Manchester, Zandvliet took home £63,200 and also receives a free entry into the £5,250 EPT London event. Read more »
With the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Copenhagen in play and the crème of Scandinavian poker in the house, PokerStars announced the Nordic Poker Awards prior to the start of the Championship Event on Tuesday. Read more »
On Friday, the launch party for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop at the Venetian will feature a headlining performance by T-Pain. The artist helped popularize the hit song "I'm on a Boat." Read more »
Celebrities and poker pros alike will square off at the poker tables this weekend when the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Celebrity invitational kicks off at the famed Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Read more »
Heat 5 of the ongoing PartyPoker Premier League played out from the M Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Ian Frazer, a member of Team PartyPoker, outlasted Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Read more »
