Online gaming group Party Gaming, best known for its poker room PartyPoker, announced that it has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement to provide online poker to bookmaker Pari Muteuel Urbain, France's monopoly betting operator. Read more »
Battling through a host of the finest women players in the game today, England's Pippa Flanders defeated fellow countrywoman Helen Firth to emerge as the champion of the PartyPoker Women's World Open IV last night. Read more »
As of Friday morning at 1:00pm ET, the poker community had cast 180,827 votes for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions. Voting opened on March 15th and will close on June 15th at Midnight ET. Read more »
Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) has introduced an updated version of HR 2268 dubbed the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act. HR 2268 was introduced last May and the new bill is numbered HR 4976. Read more »
With Party Poker and Matchroom Sport's latest announcement that the Big Game IV will take place in London from April 11 to 13, the uber-secretive Isuldur1 has once again stolen the spotlight. Read more »
In breaking news from the world of poker training, StoxPoker, which has been hit with a swarm of controversy surrounding its coaching staff, will merge with CardRunners on May 1st. Read more »
On Wednesday night, 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner Carlos Mortensen added another achievement to his already legendary career by winning the WPT Hollywood Poker Open. Within hours of his victory, the congratulations were flowing toward the Ecuador native. Read more »
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, otherwise known as FTOPS, is one of the most popular tournament series online and features millions of dollars in guarantees and attracts some of the largest player pools for tournaments for the year. Read more »
Carlos Mortensen became the World Poker Tour's (WPT) all-time money leader at $5.75 million after taking down the Hollywood Poker Open on Wednesday. Mortensen is now just one of two players to own three WPT titles. Read more »
This week, the UB.com sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" welcomed two young guns, Full Tilt pro Jeff Madsen and Absolute Poker babe Lacey Jones. The series airs at 11:00pm ET on Wednesdays on Versus. Read more »
In breaking news from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the owners of TruePoker.com have filed an affidavit pledging that the company is a member of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA). Read more »
Reality television star and Absolute Poker celebrity endorser Trishelle Cannatella has been tabbed as the co-host of V Foundation Charity Poker Tournament, which begins today at the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno. Read more »
2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen will enter the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Hollywood Poker Open today as its chip leader. Mortensen holds two bracelets and two WPT titles. Read more »
A new set of players took to the felts on the GSN cash game franchise "High Stakes Poker" this week, as Andrew "good2cu" Robl, Dennis Phillips, and Lex Veldhuis made their debuts. Read more »
On March 6th, four armed gunmen stormed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event and attacked the tournament's registration area. On Sunday, the alleged mastermind behind the rare casino attack was taken into custody. Read more »
Tuesday marks the play down day in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Hollywood Poker Open. Online poker pro Frank "Frank1The1Tank" Calo paces the 15-player field that began Day 4 on Tuesday. Read more »
A newly proposed law in New Jersey could allow the state's licensed casinos in Atlantic City to offer internet gambling to residents within state lines. New Jersey House Bill 2570, introduced into by Senator Raymond J. Lesniak this month, would enable New Jersey residents to place wagers on casino games, including poker, via the internet. Read more »
Anticipation is building for the upcoming finale to the sixth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT). The Grand Final will be held from April 25th to 30th in the glamorous Mediterranean resort city of Monte Carlo. Read more »
With the way things are going for him at the poker tables, maybe someday soon he will be known as Tony Hachem instead of "Joe Hachem's Brother." This weekend, the lesser-known Hachem won the ANZPT Perth event. Read more »
Making headlines in recent days is the announcement of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions, which will take on an all-star game format. Harrah's Interactive Entertainment Vice President Ty Stewart sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the new addition to the annual schedule. Read more »
As always, PokerStars was action packed this weekend as scores of players turned out for the various guaranteed tournaments. First on the schedule was the Sunday Warm-Up, which garnered 4695 entrants and a $939K prize-pool. When all was said and done, TheConcept79 emerged victorious, taking home $147K for his efforts. Losing the heads-up battle was… Read more »
Over the weekend, one of the major news items was the vote in Washington, DC regarding health care in the United States. Just as soon as the bill was passed, the poker community responded to the decision of the Senate. Read more »
I received a call last week from Ty Stewart (Harrah's Interactive Entertainment Vice President), who wanted to inform me, prior to their press release, that the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions was being revived. Read more »
StoxPoker is once again under fire, this time for founding member Nick "Stoxtrader" Grudzien admitting that he used multiple accounts on multiple poker sites. Amid the allegations, Grudzien has resigned from his post at StoxPoker. Read more »
Two days of play are in the books in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Hollywood Poker Open. Two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner Dwyte Pilgrim paces the field. Read more »
