The first cash game of 2010 got underway this week on the NBC franchise "Poker After Dark." New episodes will air this week and next on NBC at 2:05am ET nightly and the show is brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
Cake Poker is no PokerStars or even Full Tilt Poker for that matter, but they’re still a competitive site that offers a great slate of tournaments. And since the field sizes are a lot smaller than some of the bigger sites, they have some extra added value. Cake Poker’s good tournaments kick-off t 5pm, with… Read more »
Thursday marks a possible release date of a decision in the case involving the seizure of 141 internet gambling domain names. The URLs at risk belong to some of the industry's marquee sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
After an action packed weekend of poker, players were back at it last night on the world’s best online poker site, PokerStars. With the great schedule that PokerStars offers, nobody bothers to take a break, no matter how grueling Sundays are. In the early afternoon, the Daily Thirty Grand garnered 5188 entrants, which swelled the… Read more »
Fifty-two year old Roland Isra overcame a massive chip disadvantage to win the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event at Caesars Palace Atlantic City early Monday morning. Read more »
One of the most popular celebrity poker tournaments in Las Vegas will be making its return in April, with a host of top professional poker players and celebrities turning out. Read more »
After an action packed weekend that featured seven MiniFTOPS events over three days, the series continued last night with two more juicy tournaments. First up was a $22 $60K Guaranteed Limit Omaha High/Low, an event which that actually had an overlay since only 2643 players entered (it needed 3K runners to make the guarantee). When… Read more »
Microgaming, one of the world's foremost developers of online casino and poker software, announced Monday that it launched a new poker network exclusively for the Italian market. Read more »
Voting for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions, which will take on an All-Star Game format, has been open for 24 hours. A handsome total of 40,722 votes have been cast. Read more »
On Sunday night, UB.com poker pro and recent National Heads-Up Poker Championship winner Annie Duke appeared on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. Poker News Daily sponsored the episode, which is now archived on the Chat Show's website. Read more »
At one point, Party Poker was the king of the online poker world and as such, hosted a Sunday Major befitting of their crown. As such, the $300K Guarantee they now run every Sunday seems paltry in comparison, but the smaller-than-average Sunday field does offer pretty good value. This past Sunday, five players made a… Read more »
Titan Poker might not have the North American pedigree of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, but Europe’s largest site actually has the second juiciest Sunday Major of the weekend, behind only the Sunday Million. The $1 Million Guaranteed has a $535 buy-in, so the price is a little steeper than most majors, but with normally… Read more »
It doesn’t happen very often, but with MiniFTOPS supplementing their slate of regular Sunday majors, Full Tilt Poker actually had more action than PokerStars this past weekend. The Sunday Brawl kicked things off, garnering 2700 entrants and a $540K prize-pool. When all was said and done, MoormanI emerged victorious, taking home $109K for his efforts.… Read more »
Over the weekend, the Bay 101 Shooting Star World Poker Tour event came to a close with Phil Hellmuth primed to take down his first ever WPT title. Doyle Brunson was firmly in the corner of the UB.com sponsored pro, tweeting, "go Phil...show the boys some "old school" poker!" Read more »
On a Sunday where an hour of time simply disappeared, PokerStars didn’t experience any ill-effects; quite the opposite, actually, as a whopping 9687 players registering for the Sunday Million, sending the prize-pool soaring past the $1.5 million guarantee all the way to $1.9 million. When all was said and done, Highway51 emerged victorious, bagging $271K… Read more »
It was a veritable bloodbath on Sunday's episode of the GSN cash game franchise "High Stakes Poker." Four players went broke to the tune of $200,000 and next week, a new crop of players will take to the felts. Read more »
The action on Full Tilt Poker was fast and furious this weekend as a total of seven MiniFTOPS events took place. First up on Friday afternoon was a $22 Cubed that garnered 8035 entrants, pushing the prize-pool to over $350K. When all was said and done, shuriken555 emerged victorious to the tune of almost $69K.… Read more »
Forecasting future developments in poker is usually about as reliable as trying to predict a flop, turn, and river. However, there's far more than a 52-card deck's worth of possibilities for players and industry personnel. Read more »
The National Basketball Association has one. So does the National Football League. Now, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will introduce an All-Star Game featuring 27 players in a made-for-television Tournament of Champions. Read more »
To open the 2010 calendar year, officials from the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) have largely focused their energies on the state level, including Florida, California, Alaska, and Delaware. Read more »
On March 24th, the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno will host a $220 buy-in charity poker tournament benefiting the V Foundation. The event will be televised on ESPN2 and kicks off at 7:00pm local time. Read more »
On Sunday night at 5:00pm PT, UB.com poker pro and recent National Heads-Up Poker Championship winner Annie Duke will join Kevin Pollak's Chat Show for a 90-minute in-depth interview. Poker News Daily will sponsor the segment, which will be archived on the Chat Show's website following its airing. Read more »
Annie Duke and UB.com are once again looking to give back to those in need. The online poker site, with the help of the always benevolent Duke, is introducing Second Sundays, a new series of events benefiting charities. Read more »
It was announced on Friday that WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada would be sponsored by Shodown Couture, a clothing company that features apparel themed around the poker lifestyle. Read more »
According to the Associated Press, a man held in custody related to the armed robbery of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event last Saturday has been released due to a lack of evidence. Read more »
