Jason Mercier is the reigning 2009 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year and has been dominating the live tournament poker scene for the better part of the last 18 months. He has been featured in multiple broadcasts on ESPN including the World Series of Poker Europe as well as the PokerStars NAPT which aired earlier… Read more »
Today’s Topics: 2010 WSOP Update, Survivor and the Women in Poker Hall of Fame Nominees. Happy Friday! On today’s edition of the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, we’ll take a look back at a busy day in the two thousand ten World Series of Poker. Also, we’ll figure out whether a poker player may… Read more »
Slightly over two weeks ago, Phil “The Unabomber” Laak stepped away from the felt at a $10/$20 cash game at the Bellagio after 115 consecutive hours of playing poker, setting a new Guinness World Record. Now, reports are emerging from Europe that a group of players has eclipsed Laak’s record by a substantial margin. According… Read more »
Effective June 24th, action on PokerStars.com for French players was blocked due to new regulations put in place by the country’s government. A popup that appeared for French users read in part, “All money in PokerStars accounts is 100% safe and is available for withdrawal. You can choose to cash out now if you prefer.”… Read more »
To say that the remaining field in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 HORSE Championship is stacked would be a severe understatement. Cuong Do, who finished 30th in last year’s Main Event, owns the top spot on the leaderboard with 23 players remaining at 720,000. Right behind him in the chip counts for Event… Read more »
CardRunners Instructor Matt Matros is back from his WSOP Bracelet victoy and shares a strategy video. In his first video back since his WSOP Bracelet victory, Matros shows us those champion skills in this $26 MTT vid. He replays a deep run, examining the interesting hands, and analyzing proper decisions based on stack sizes. Read more »
A very Happy Thursday to everyone! Today on the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, we play paparazzi for Tiffany Michelle’s twenty-sixth birthday party and address a rumor that Phil Ivey won’t play in the WSOP Tournament of Champions and bring you the latest news from the Rio. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to… Read more »
Wednesday was a busy day at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), one that began with Phil Ivey being awarded his eighth career bracelet and ended with three more players collecting hardware of their own. Events 36, 39, and 40 crowned winners in the Amazon Room, with a pair of familiar faces standing on top… Read more »
According to a post on TwoPlusTwo, the upcoming season of “Survivor: Nicaragua” may feature a poker player. During “Survivor: China,” former Bodog pro Jean-Robert Bellande tried to outwit, outlast, and outplay the competition, but was the eighth person voted out. In mid-May, TwoPlusTwo poster “HeyIzDro” set the rumor mill ablaze by posting that a producer… Read more »
The Women In Poker Hall of Fame has announced the names of seven ladies nominated for induction in 2010, of which two will be enshrined during ceremonies in September. The Women in Poker Hall of Fame, founded by the Ladies International Poker Series and sponsored by CardPlayer Magazine, is designed to honor women who have… Read more »
A win for UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth in Event #41 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better, would be monumental on several levels. First, a “W” would mean Hellmuth’s 12th bracelet, a new record. Also, it would mark the “Poker Brat’s” first win in a… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi joins Bernard Lee on The Hijack Seat in this interview that came from the tournament floor at the Rio during the 2010 World Series of Poker. During the interview, Lee asks Mizrachi about him potentially winning the Player of the Year race and how he is handling juggling family plus playing… Read more »
In a previous article, I gave you a quick and dirty primer on Seven Card Stud. Nothing fancy, just the nuts and bolts to get you started. This week, I want to continue the lesson with some Fixed Limit Stud beginner strategy. My starter lesson today is the one I try really hard to remember… Read more »
It’s Wednesday here on the Daily Deal! We have some great stories from the world of poker, including the latest action from the two-thousand ten World Series of Poker. Plus, we’ll check out the latest political efforts from the Poker Players Alliance and tell you how you can win your way to watch the November… Read more »
With regular hosts Laura Lane on vacation and Bernard Lee in Las Vegas, ESPN Poker Editor Andrew Feldman assumed the helm of “Inside Deal.” The ESPN.com poker news show sponsored by PokerStars welcomed Barry Greenstein. Lee appeared via satellite from Sin City, where he’s competing in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). With five… Read more »
We crashed the CardRunners Happy Hour from Stripburger in Las Vegas and took some video of the festivities on hand. Our designated representative for the video is none other than “Jeff218” who takes us on a tour of the swanky Vegas eatery and introduces us to some of CR’s members and instructors. Those who make… Read more »
UB.com’s Tiffany Michelle turned the big two-six last week and to celebrate, she had a Friday night of dinner and dancing at Crystals, part of the new CityCenter development in Las Vegas. Michelle was joined by fellow Team UB pros Liv Boeree and Adam “Roothlus” Levy, sponsored adult film actress Samantha Ryan, Absolute Poker’s Trishelle… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker pro Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad is within inches of capturing her second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Obrestad famously took down the 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event, the first ever running of the £10,000 buy-in tournament, and banked £1 million. She’s making her Las Vegas WSOP debut this year and a bracelet… Read more »
On today’s Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, we round up Monday’s action at the two-thousand ten World Series of Poker which featured a huge name take down a bracelet and take a look at Time Magazine’s article about online poker math brats. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker… Read more »
Monday night marked the first episode of Week 2 of the PokerStars.net sponsored “Big Game” on Fox. The high-stakes cash game featuring a “Loose Cannon” qualifier from PokerStars battling against five poker pros airs at 1:00am or 2:00am nightly in most markets. Daniel Negreanu was the high roller at the table, buying in for $200,000,… Read more »
On Monday, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) issued an action alert to its one-million members authored by 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Greg Raymer. The alert calls for support of the PPA’s efforts to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States on AmericaSpeakingOut.com. The Republican-oriented website, according to Raymer’s… Read more »
A massive field of 1,400 players came to the felt for Day 1 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout, Event #39 at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP). UB.com’s Bryan “Devo” Devonshire, Adam “Roothlus” Levy, and Michael Binger survived to play Day 2. In a Shootout format, a player has to defeat their… Read more »
On July 11th, the 2010-2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) schedule will kick off with the annual running of the Bellagio Cup in Las Vegas. Its $10,300 buy-in is down from $15,400 last year, when PokerStars pro Alexandre Gomes took home the title and $1.2 million first place prize. Next on the docket is the Bicycle… Read more »
Amanda Musumeci is a sponsored pro at Bodog and a PocketFives member that recently won a competition to become the latest member of the Bodog stable of sponsored pros. She grinds small and medium stakes Sit N Gos and Tournaments and has been living in Las Vegas for the last few years. In this exclusive… Read more »
“…gulp” An ellipsis and four letters. So simple, yet it says so much. This was the Tweet made by Howard Lederer at 4:49am Las Vegas time in response to fellow Team Full Tilt member Phil Ivey winning his eighth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Ivey out-dueled poker author and 2006 double bracelet winner Bill… Read more »
