Unconfirmed reports have actress Jennifer Tilly and "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander playing in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on NBC. Officials from Poker PROductions have not released an official cast list. Read more »
On February 6th, the crew from Victory Poker celebrated the launch of the new Everleaf/UPN network site at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. Now, one week after the festivities and two weeks after its debut, Victory Poker appears to be chugging along. Read more »
Not all players have experienced the thrill and adrenaline rush of playing a final table in a mayor tournament, but now bwin is giving all their players a chance to have that experience with their new Final Table SitNGos. The new tournaments will be running until February 28th and they will be played in the… Read more »
The PokerStars family of Pros has just gotten bigger with the addition of two new players. British Pro Julian Thew, who’s been around for many years, joins Team PokerStars with eight EPT cashes under his belt, two of which were final table appearances during the first season of the EPT. He also won the Grosvenor… Read more »
The world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, is celebrating the dealing of its 40 billionth hand in a big way. The festivities will feature the largest Sunday Million in the site's history, a $4 million guaranteed tournament on February 21st. Read more »
This week, many of your favorite poker players have been discussing their recent successes - and disappointments - on the tables, just how many poker millionaires there are, and learning new skills. Read more »
The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Adelaide event has hit a new record number of registered players at 236, which is ten percent higher than the field reached in ’09. Along with the increment in players the prize pool was bumped up to $644K and a total of twenty seven players will be paid; the… Read more »
The previous year was a complete roller coaster ride for durrrr’s bankroll and the last few months were a complete mess. The appearance of the Swedish sensation Isildur1 only brought bad news for Tom; they played many sessions and Isildur crushed durrrr every time. That caused some severe damage to durrrr’s bankroll, but Isildur1 also… Read more »
The 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) kicked off on Wednesday night with a $216 No Limit Hold'em tournament. The event guaranteed $1 million and attracted a crowd of 5,646 players. Read more »
Season 1 has come and gone for the crew of the UB.com sponsored poker news program "Poker2Nite," which aired at 11:00pm ET on Wednesdays on Fox Sports Net. There has been no official announcement as to whether "Poker2Nite" will return for Season 2. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson is in good spirits following dental surgery on Tuesday. He is expected to make a full recovery. Read more »
Not all poker rooms will get the chance to celebrate reaching their fortieth billion hand, but PokerStars is not the average poker room and they will be reaching the milestone this February. To celebrate, PokerStars has come up with many ways to reward their players. There will be cash prizes for every player that is… Read more »
Sport fans around the world dream of attending any of the major sport events in the world, like the Superbowl, NBA Final, Stanley Cup and the World Series. That dream has come much closer for sports fans that play at Bodog Poker. Starting on February 15th and ending on March 14th, Bodog will be hosting… Read more »
While there have been several significant live tournaments already in the early part of 2010, there have yet to be any big online events to speak of. Full Tilt Poker is stepping up to offer the first big online tournament schedule of 2010 and guaranteeing over $17 million in prizes. Read more »
On Tuesday, the poker world learned that industry veteran Bernard Lee had signed with Foxwoods, becoming one of the first players ever to be sponsored by a land-based casino. Poker News Daily sat down with the host of ESPN's "Inside Deal" to get the back-story on the signing. Read more »
Party Poker gave all their players the chance to fly to Las Vegas and be part of the Premier League IV, which will have a $1.5 million prize pool. As if that did not motivate players enough, they would be playing against well experienced poker players like Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, David Benyamine, JC Tran,… Read more »
The conclusion of Season 8 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) on Fox Sports Net will feature the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The episode will be the WPT's 178th, putting it among the longest running television shows in U.S. history. Read more »
The first event of the year in the ANZPT Season II started yesterday and the festivities will run until February 14th. There are a total of seven events scheduled in the second season and players will be traveling to various cities around Australia and New Zealand. In the event last year a total of 215… Read more »
The Cake Poker Network, home to Power Poker, DoylesRoom, the brand new Unabomber Poker, and its flagship Cake Poker, jumped both the Microgaming Network and International Poker Network (IPN), climbing from tenth to eighth in the cash game traffic standings. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker is offering their customers the opportunity to win a chunk of a $200K prize pool for a $2 entry fee. There will be a total of three tournaments like this during February, and each one of those tournaments will be held on a Sunday at 12:30 pm. Despite the fact that the… Read more »
A New Jersey State Senate Committee approved a bill calling for a referendum on sports wagering by a 4-0 margin on Monday. A measure authorizing intrastate internet gambling may be next on the docket. Read more »
Titan Poker will be rewarding all their tournament players this month with a total of $250K in prizes. The promotion is simple: players will receive points for each tournament they enter and double the points if they end up winning the event. The points awarded will be directly proportional to the buy-in amount. There will… Read more »
PokerStars takes pride in being the biggest online poker room and they have certainly worked hard to achieve this goal. The constant innovation with the promotions they offer each month and the number of poker tours they have acquired and initiated is unmatched. They also have tried to reach a larger audience by filming TV… Read more »
The most important NFL game of the season diverted the attention of many Full Tilt players, which was definitely noticed at the Big Money Sunday tournaments. All the tournaments had a smaller field than usual, but even so only two of the big tournaments had an overlay: the $200K Double Deuce and the $750K guaranteed.… Read more »
Rumors were swirling last week that Full Tilt Poker had added Carlos Mortensen to its roster of pros and, despite the lack of any official announcement, it does appear that "The Matador" is officially the newest sponsored player of the second largest online poker room. Read more »
