2009 was an amazing poker year. The first thing that jumps out at me is the continuing trend of young guys doing so well in live events. It's always exciting to think about what's ahead for the poker world. Here are some things I believe will happen in 2010. Read more »
When the final 24 players of the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event met today to play down to the final table, players were ready for action. After a couple of hours, however, the EPT Main Event was paused and players were ordered to leave the room. Read more »
Recently, gossip site TMZ reported that embattled professional golfer Tiger Woods, fresh off a highly publicized marital tiff, turned down a $75 million sponsorship offer from the online sports book, casino, and poker site Paddy Power. Read more »
Round 2 of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship plays out today from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and will see the field trimmed from 32 to 16. Among those players still in contention is Doyle Brunson. Read more »
Earlier this week during the taping of "Poker2Nite" for the Versus network, host Joe Sebok and recent World Poker Tour (WPT) Invitational final table player Trishelle Cannatella apparently had quite the argument, which ended with Cannatella storming off the set of the show. Read more »
Last month, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) introduced the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act. The measure includes language legalizing and regulating internet gambling in the United States. Now, the industry has had a chance to react. Read more »
Early reports that The International Federation of Poker (IFP) would be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) may have been misguided, according to the Poker Black Belt Blog. Read more »
After a one-day delay, the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic resumed on Thursday with its six-handed final table. After 94 hands, Andras Koroknai emerged victorious and banked $1.8 million. Read more »
The field of 64 is set in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on NBC. One of the highlights of the opening round is a titanic showdown between PokerStars pros Jason Mercier and Daniel Negreanu, who have both been on a hot streak. Read more »
In a Tweet posted on Wednesday by officials from the World Series of Poker (WSOP), it was revealed that a special All Star Game may be in the works. Its format and players involved are currently unclear. Read more »
The CEREUS Poker Network is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to players this summer through its two online poker sites, Absolute Poker and UB.com. CEREUS announced its "Show Up, Get Paid" promotion that pays every qualifying player who shows up at the WSOP Main Event at least $1,000. Read more »
One of the biggest pitfalls of being a professional online poker player is staying healthy. Live poker players have a hard enough time, but at least they have to walk through a casino to get to the table. Online players, on the other hand, only need a 400 square foot studio apartment to get by. Read more »
As most companies in the online gaming world continue to roll out their 2009 fiscal reports, many have reflected last year's softer economy in their revenues. On Wednesday, PartyGaming PLC was the latest to announce its 2009 fiscal reports. Read more »
The Microgaming Poker Network announced the addition of longtime sports book GoldBet on Wednesday, bringing its roster of poker rooms to almost 50. GoldBet, founded in 2000 in Innsbruck, is one of Europe's leading online bookmakers and had not had a poker offering until now. Read more »
On Wednesday, the UB.com sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" kicked off Season 2 on its new home, Versus. The series airs at 11:00pm ET and this week welcomed Absolute Poker pro and former "Real World: Las Vegas" star Trishelle Cannatella. Read more »
ClubWPT qualifier Leron Washington took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational, defeating a field of 567 players from all walks of life. He earned $100,000 for the win. Read more »
Five-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Dennis Rodman has officially signed with Only Poker. An anonymous employee of the site confirmed the news to Poker News Daily and Rodman now appears on Only Poker's website. Read more »
Not all the interesting news in the world of poker occurs at the tables or in the halls of government. Sometimes, it is simply people themselves that catch our attention. Case in point: the budding romance between Team Full Tilt member Erick Lindgren and fellow pro Erica Schoenberg. Read more »
Not a college basketball fan? Don't fret. Full Tilt Poker has its own version of March Madness to help pass the time this month. The world's second largest poker site will unleash its popular Sit and Go Madness on Friday, March 5, giving players a chance at more than $125,000 in cash and prizes just by playing single-table Sit and Gos. Read more »
Last weekend, poker players were torn between performing their jobs on the felt and following the end of the Winter Olympics. Of particular interest to many was the gold medal hockey game between the favored Canadian national team and the upstart Team USA. Read more »
The International Federation of Poker will be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association in April. This means that poker will join a list of games including Chess, Bridge and Go as an official game of skill, according to Bluff Magazine Europe. Read more »
"High Stakes Poker" Season 6 is currently underway on cable station GSN. One notable difference from the first five seasons is the absence of commentator A.J. Benza, who was let go in favor of bringing on floor reporter Kara Scott. Read more »
Hungarian poker player Andras Koroknai leads the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Koroknai has nearly five million in chips and the final table will play out on Thursday. Read more »
The gaming corporation William Hill PLC announced its 2009 Fiscal Report late last week; the online gaming sector helped to drive the company through a difficult year. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's leading online poker site, tried something a little different for its upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). After releasing the SCOOP schedule last week, the site went to the forums and asked for feedback from its loyal players. Read more »
