In breaking news from the Bellagio in Las Vegas, original World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Scott Montgomery was robbed in the casino’s bathroom. He recounted his story via Twitter on Monday morning around 9:00am local time. At the Bellagio for preliminary events during the annual Festa al Lago, Montgomery relayed via Twitter,… Read more »
Poker News Daily: The CEREUS Network was recently acquired by Blanca Games, which is managed by Stuart Gordon. What were your thoughts when you heard about the transaction? Annie Duke: It’s a very positive thing for the brand. The cheating was purportedly under the auspices of Excapsa in terms of software development and the person… Read more »
This strategy video covers hands played from Razz tournaments played during the WSOP this past season in 2010. Produced by two Razz instructors from CardRunners, ChipsAHoya and Dr Razz, it goes through some key concepts needed for those that play this complicated poker game. Here’s the official CardRunners teaser: An impressive duo of Dr. Razz… Read more »
It was a rough week to be a contestant on the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge, which flanks NFL coverage on FOX. On Sunday, both contestants failed to reach the third round of the show, which pits qualifiers against celebrity defenders and PokerStars pros for a chance at $1 million. Chris Rose serves as its host.… Read more »
In breaking news from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Deliverance Poker has dismissed its claims against Tiltware LLC, the owners of Full Tilt Poker. The case centers on Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, a member of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine, jumping ship from… Read more »
On Saturday night, the first of two semifinal matches of the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship played out on GSN. Eight players took to the felt for the hour-long program and the top two teams advanced to the finals. In the semifinals, each team received two 30-second timeouts to talk strategy and players who advanced… Read more »
The latest addition to the USA-friendly Cake Poker Network is Poker King, managed by SunGame. The latter company is an Asian-facing internet gambling outfit that “provides a variety of online gaming experiences such as online live dealer, sports book, keno, slots, finance bets, and more of the hottest games,” according to a press release sent… Read more »
As part of his fan tour around the United States, Scotty Nguyen has announced that he will be making stops at two Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) events in November. The “Prince of Poker” will take part in the festivities at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa from November 1st to 7th, followed by… Read more »
Sportingbet PLC has reported to the London Stock Exchange and its shareholders a solid end-of-year report, showing increases across the board and settling legal issues with the U.S. government over the company’s business activities prior to 2006. Sportingbet, which owns Paradise Poker, ended its 2010 fiscal year at the end of June. On October 6th,… Read more »
PND presents our weekly news update of all the top poker headlines for the week of October 4th through the 8th. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Poker News Daily Weekly Update! On Monday night, 23 year-old Brit David Vamplew took down the European Poker Tour’s London Main Event for 900,000 Pounds, which… Read more »
The online betting company Betfair has generated enough orders from investors to cover all shares offered on the London Stock Exchange, just a day after the company set a price range for its initial public offering (IPO). Betfair said it would sell a 10% stake to public investors at between £11 and £14 ($17.50 and… Read more »
Russian poker player Maxim Lykov is the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro. Officials from the world’s largest online poker site announced Lykov’s membership on Friday, noting that it took just two deposits of $40 for the Russian to become a global poker superstar. Lykov got his start in poker five years ago as an… Read more »
From live tournament reporting to playing poker professionally, Jay “WhoJedi” Newnum has done it all. This week, he’s camped out at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Horseshow Southern Indiana, just outside of Louisville. Poker News Daily sat down with Newnum on Deck #1 of the riverboat to catch up. By the… Read more »
One of the many activities during the upcoming World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table is the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Who makes it in this year remains to be seen, but one of the most valued members of the poker community, Poker Hall of Fame member Doyle Brunson, has given… Read more »
On Friday, UB.com poker pro Joe Sebok will rappel down the Masquerade Tower at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada. Whereas much of Sebok’s experience at the Rio has been inside the convention center for the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), his Spiderman-like abilities… Read more »
In this Replayer: Limit Hold’em strategy video, CardRunners instructor “The Bryce” lets us know how to beat some of the mid and high stakes limit hold’em heads up games online. Here’s the official CardRunners teaser: It’s been a while since our last LHE HU vid, so boy did we forget how much fun it is.… Read more »
If only for a few minutes, the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge returned on Monday night. A brief 258-hand session was played over the course of 20 minutes, with Dwan cutting into the lead of Dan “JungleMan12” Cates by $31,000. Dwan and Cates have now played 7,660 hands of the 50,000 required for completion and… Read more »
After taking an oh-fer in the action in London over the past few weeks, Tom “durrrr” Dwan made up for it by hitting the cash game tables earlier this week. According to HighStakesDB.com, Dwan hit the tables against Power Poker front man Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies on Sunday night at Full Tilt Poker. The duo were… Read more »
Montel Williams is best known for his long running daytime talk show “The Montel Williams Show” as well as his many philanthropic activities. In this interview with site editor Dan Cypra, Williams joins us from the red carpet at the 2010 World Series of Poker during the Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. Williams enlisted… Read more »
I’m afraid of the ocean. I love to swim; in fact, I was a pool lifeguard for years and still swim laps three times a week, but the ocean freaks me out. I tell people it’s because it’s dirty, crowded, and polluted, but if I’m being honest, there’s one other reason why I resist going… Read more »
Online gambling site Bodog announced this week that it has signed an advertising deal with the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS). The agreement gives Bodog.net additional exposure through ad placements on all LED field boards at the Home Depot Center, LA Galaxy’s stadium, plus corner section banners, branding displayed on in-stadium TVs, and… Read more »
The nice thing about online poker is that you can play cards from anywhere. Rain or shine, hot or cold, weekend or weekday, it makes no difference as long as you have a reliable internet connection. But sometimes it’s fun to pack a suitcase and travel somewhere with natural sunlight, even if it is just… Read more »
On November 10th, the 18th running of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS, will kick off on the world’s second largest site. Once again, Full Tilt Poker will host 34 FTOPS tournaments, culminating in a $640 buy-in Main Event on November 21st that will shell out at least $3 million. All told, Full… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi entered Day 6 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event second in chips and took his seat at the feature table alongside poker pro Peter Jetten. A total of 122 players remained including Mizrachi’s brother, Robert. Breeze Zuckerman exited in 121st place for $57,000 as this year’s Last… Read more »
The blitzkrieg of poker in London has finally come to an end, with many in the poker world reporting their success – or failure – on the felt over Twitter as they return home. One of the players who seemed down about taking a nice score was Andrew Robl. “Busted in 3rd for 198K Pounds,”… Read more »
