Updating a previous story, Poker News Daily has learned that the taping of the GSN cash game series “High Stakes Poker” has been pushed back from November 18th to December. The filming dates and cast for the seventh cycle of the series have not been announced. However, “High Stakes Poker” hosts Gabe Kaplan and Kara… Read more »
On Tuesday night, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine was determined as part of ESPN’s continuing coverage of the tournament. The back-to-back one-hour episodes featured the second half of Day 8, when 18 players remained. Pascal LeFrancois was the chip leader and 14 players were American. Two stacks at the… Read more »
Learn from ChipsAhoya himself what it takes to compete in the WCOOP Stud/8 tournament as we bring you one the latest mixed games training videos from our friends at CardRunners. Here’s the official teaser: Replayer: WCOOP Stud 8/b ChipsAhoya CardRunners is THE place for mixed game training, as we add an impressive WCOOP replayer video… Read more »
With only three days remaining until the start of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine, odds makers around the world have set Jonathan Duhamel as the odds-on favorite to take the title. Duhamel, who will come to the felt on Saturday as the chip leader of the November Nine with 65.975… Read more »
On Tuesday, voters in the United States went to the polls for midterm elections. The entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate were up for grabs and, when the polls closed, internet gambling champion Barney Frank (D-MA) was reelected by a 54% vote. However, with Democrats losing control of the House, Frank will… Read more »
The 2010 running of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), wrapped up on Tuesday with 22 year old Jeff Forrest taking down the title for $548,000. He’s now one-for-one in WPT tournaments and told WPT officials during heads-up play, “I keep thinking I am going to wake up.”… Read more »
The online poker room PartyPoker released a software update this week that brings some intriguing concepts to the online felts. The site introduced “Show a Card” and “Rabbit Hunting” features as well as anonymous heads-up tables, stirring up some debate in the poker community. Anonymous tables offer players the chance to play without a moniker… Read more »
UB.com, a part of the CEREUS Network along with its sister room Absolute Poker, continues to offer some of the largest cash game jackpot payouts in the online poker industry. At the moment, two of its jackpots are reaching rarefied air and guaranteeing that a player will walk off with a significant payday. On Monday,… Read more »
This month, PartyPoker is bringing back its popular Gladiator promotion. All you have to do to claim your slice of the pie is record 10 PartyPoints on five days during the month. When you do, you’ll be entered into a $5,000 freeroll. The grand prize during November’s Gladiator promotion is a seat in the World… Read more »
Men “The Master” Nguyen is a poker god – just ask him (we do). In this interview with the seven time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, we ask Nguyen about his status as one of the elite all time poker players in the game’s history. We also discuss him winning the $10,000 Stud World… Read more »
Sometimes, online promotions are too good to only run once. Such is the case with Full Tilt Poker’s Sit & Go Madness, which is back once again this weekend. This time, however, it has been upgraded to Super Sit & Go Madness. The Madness will begin at 4:00pm ET on Friday, November 5th and end… Read more »
The final table of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals is set. After an abbreviated play down day on Monday, Tom “Kingsofcards” Marchese leads the six-handed finale. Marchese will come armed with plenty of televised final table experience after having won the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event earlier… Read more »
Collin Moshman of CardRunners shows us Heads Up SNG strategy in this training video. Here’s the official teaser from the video: Replayer: Collin Moshman SNG HU SNGs are one of the more addicting poker games on the net. Thankfully, Moshman is here to turn that addiction profitable. Replaying a $55 HU turbo, Colin assesses building… Read more »
Ever want the insider’s scoop about Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio? Well, look no further than this interview with Bellagio’s tournament director Jack McCelland. In this video, he talks about the history of Bobby’s Room, how it was made and how it was named after World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Bobby Baldwin. Only… Read more »
There’s more bad news for online poker players in Washington State. Just a few weeks after the State Supreme Court upheld a law that makes playing online poker a Class C felony, the payment processor Secure Money found itself in hot water. According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper, officials in Washington State are moving… Read more »
Taking time away from his punishment of the online tournament world, PokerStars online qualifier Michael “mae9690” Eiler vanquished an accomplished final table that included Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu to capture his first major championship at the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Vienna, Austria on Sunday. The six-day tournament began last Tuesday with a… Read more »
Since becoming one of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine finalists, many articles have been written about 24 year old Joseph Cheong. These have detailed his aggressive playing style, his poker background, his previous tournament wins, and lots of other biographical data. One thing most articles don’t provide is insight to what… Read more »
Monday marks the play down day in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Twelve players will assemble at the Connecticut casino this afternoon to play down to a winner, who will walk away with a $548,000 grand prize. Tom “Kingsofcards” Marchese leads the way with a stack of 1.8 million, nearly double… Read more »
