Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier has only one cash in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a 91st place showing in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. However, he lodged an all-important win in the WSOP Academy Tournament of Champions qualifier, which played out on Thursday. The freeroll, which will air as… Read more »
Walking into the Rio – home of the World Series of Poker -is a surefire way to bump into at least a few familiar faces you’ve seen on T.V. over the years. Unlike most other professional games, the Average Joes get to sit with the greats on a regular basis. Whether it be Phily Ivey,… Read more »
MyPokerCard is offering its customers a prepaid credit card that has little to no connections to a person’s bank account. The Gold MasterCard offered by the company – which the site states grants “instant approval” to applicants – allows the player to load up to £500 daily (and a maximum of a £5,000 balance), thus… Read more »
Through the UB.com Pro Social Freerolls, the online poker site has offered the chance for its players to skydive with Joe Sebok and head out on a date with Tiffany Michelle. Now, it will give players the chance to hang with sponsored pro Scott Ian as his band Anthrax performs at one of the premier… Read more »
The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee concludes its interview with one of the legends of the game, Howard Lederer. The first part of this video can be seen here In part one Lederer talked about Doyle Brunson’s card protector but the focus of this second half of the interview looks at Lederer himself. He talks… Read more »
Online poker pro Carter “bdybldngpoker” Phillips picked up his first bracelet on Wednesday evening by winning the $1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Event #16) at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 21 year-old bested a field of 1,663 players to collect a payday of $482,774 and earn bragging rights as one of the youngest… Read more »
The ESPN.com poker franchise “Inside Deal” made its triumphant return to a weekly telecast and featured a race among four online poker pros to become the next member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Three of the four joined “Inside Deal” host Laura Lane and fill-in Andrew Feldman, who held down the fort while regular host… Read more »
Some love them, some hate them, but no matter people’s feelings, it is hard to ignore Phil Hellmuth‘s grand entrances to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the last few years. He used to just arrive late so that everybody could see him strut into the room, but starting in 2007,… Read more »
In last weekend’s running of the Huntington Beach Open beach volleyball extravaganza, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross defeated Misty May-Treanor and Nicole Branagh for the title. May-Treanor is an Olympic gold medalist, while Kessy and Ross are the newest sponsored sports icons of Bodog.net. The pair was actually signed to Bodog.net before the Huntington Beach… Read more »
The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee is back, this time with guest Howard Lederer. Also known as “The Professor of Poker,” Lederer is one of only four poker players in history with multiple World Series of Poker bracelets and multiple World Poker Tour Victories. He is also a chess champion as well as a veteran… Read more »
On Monday, June 14, the PokerStars.net sponsored “Big Game” will debut on Fox affiliates in late night. The daily show features an action-packed first week that includes Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak, and Tony G. The “Big Game” boasts a $100,000 buy-in and $200/$400 blinds, with one “loose cannon” amateur taking to… Read more »
On today’s Daily Deal, the final seat to the Tournament of Champions is dished out, France issues its first online gaming licenses, we update you on the latest from the WSOP, and a lucky PND reporter interviews UB’s Samantha Ryan. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. The… Read more »
The first episode of “Poker After Dark: The Cash Game” aired on Monday night at 2:05am ET on NBC. The installment ended with two titans of the game, DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson and UB.com front man Phil Hellmuth, dominating the action. The former ended the episode up $135,000. Five of the six members of The… Read more »
Memphis, Tennessee transplant Frank Kassela defeated a star studded final table in Event #15 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the $10,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better Championship. Kassela collected $447,000 for his efforts and, more importantly, his first WSOP bracelet. Kassela finished 22nd in last year’s $40,000 commemorative No… Read more »
Team Titan member Marvin Rettenmaier, who hails from Germany, made waves in Event #11: $1500 No Limit Hold’em at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Rettenmaier and eight other players outlasted 2,563 runners to reach the final table. Among those who had a shot at a bracelet was Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, who also stood to… Read more »
Jennifer Tilly is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner as well as an award winning actress. We caught up with her at the Bellagio as she was spotting her boyfriend, poker player Phil “The Unabomber” Laak. He was busy playing the $10-$20 No Limit Hold’em table while setting the world record for poker endurance,… Read more »
The final seat to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions will be given away through a special nine-man sit and go presented by the WSOP Academy. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Andy Bloch, Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Gus Hanson, Don Cheadle, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Liv Boeree, and Paul Wasicka will battle… Read more »
Prior to the most recent Latin American Poker Tour event in Lima, Peru, no player had two LAPT titles to their name. However, with his victory in Peru – worth a hefty $250K – Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero became the first player to complete the feat. What’s perhaps more impressive is that this marks back-to-back LAPT… Read more »
A rail filled with several notable high-stakes poker pros. Millions of dollars in prop bets on the line. And one of poker’s biggest names at the center of it all. That was the scene late Sunday night at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) as Tom “durrrr” Dwan was heads-up for his first bracelet, creating… Read more »
Holding true to its planned release of licenses prior to the 2010 World Cup, the French gaming authority ARJEL (Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne, or the Authority of Regulation of Online Games) has released a list of gaming operators who have applied for and been granted licenses under the new regulatory agency. The… Read more »
Last year, the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in November was electric. The finale featured Full Tilt Poker pro and industry icon Phil Ivey along with CardPlayer Magazine’s Jeff Shulman. In the end, Joe Cada became the second champion of the November Nine in dramatic fashion and banked a… Read more »
Recently, the CEREUS Network online poker room UB.com announced that it had signed adult film star Samantha Ryan to a sponsorship for the ongoing World Series of Poker (WSOP). Ryan sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss her new gig. Poker News Daily: Thanks for joining us. How did you get started in poker?… Read more »
According to WSOP officials, the final World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions sponsor seat will be awarded to the winner of a nine-man sit and go put on by the WSOP Academy. Nine popular poker pros that did not qualify for Tournament of Champions voting because they’ve never won a bracelet will compete… Read more »
On today’s Daily Deal, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan misses out on more than a bracelet, Phil Laak sets an incredible poker record, the Aussie Millions debuts on GSN, and Poker News Daily has a very special WSOP promo just for you. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. The… Read more »
Events at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) that don’t feature No Limit Hold’em are generally ignored by the general public, and even much of the poker community. Even at the WSOP, final tables of such events are often relegated to an area off of the main stage. But the great thing about them is… Read more »
