Jason Mercier is a PokerStars Team Pro and one of the best tournament poker players in the world. He is a former Player of the Year winner and whether the games are played online or live, he’s usually got a deep run in him. Mercier joined us from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which… Read more »
In breaking news from Las Vegas, Wynn Resorts, the owners and operators of the famed hotel on the Las Vegas Strip of the same name, has reached a partnership with PokerStars to provide online poker to the U.S. market. Once the industry is fully legalized and regulated in the United States, the two companies will… Read more »
On Thursday morning, the Nevada Assembly Committee on Judiciary met to review a proposal regarding the legalization and regulation of intrastate online poker. The committee hearing featured discussion of AB 258, the legislation proposed by Committee on Judiciary Chairman William Horne. Horne’s legislation would effectively legalize internet poker in Nevada, although there was some discussion… Read more »
Poker News Daily: Thank you for joining us. The Federated Sports and Gaming poker league, of which you’re the Commissioner, recently brought on Kat Kowal, Jo Priam, and Matt Savage. Can you talk about the three hires? Annie Duke: I feel like at every turn, we’re getting who I think are the best in the… Read more »
UB.net, the educational online poker arm of UB.com, is sponsoring Season 7 of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT). A press release distributed by UB officials this week charges that the new partnership will bring the UB brand into “over 100 million U.S. homes throughout 52 straight weeks of HPT TV programming.” UB.com front man Joe… Read more »
Annie Duke has teamed up with Life Rolls On founder Jesse Billauer to host the First Annual “Night of Poker” on May 7 in Gardena, California. The event will benefit Billauer’s Life Rolls On Foundation, which works to provide the inspirational message of achievement for those with spinal cord injuries. The $225 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
After a frantic first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, many poker players shared their thoughts on Twitter about the upcoming Sweet Sixteen, which starts tonight. “I don’t like it when people say they only like the NBA and not NCAA,” Tim “Tmay420” West noted before the NCAA tournament games began last week. “These… Read more »
It’s back! Starting on Monday, April 18th, the PokerStars-backed North American Poker Tour, or NAPT, will return to ESPN2. Action from NAPT stops in the Bahamas, Los Angeles, and Mohegan Sun will air, with the action wrapping up on May 16th. However, it won’t be regular the announcers Lon McEachern and Norman Chad calling the… Read more »
On Wednesday, PokerStars added yet another member to its ever-growing Pro Team. Joining the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem, and Vanessa Rousso is community favorite Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov. The 29-year-old Ukraine native who now resides in New York has had great success in both the online and live poker realms. Although he… Read more »
In breaking news, PokerSoftware.com, which provides written and video reviews of many of the industry’s top poker software programs, has put yet another feather in its cap. This time, Poker Office was added to the site’s Free Poker Software program, which allows players to receive a complimentary piece of software just for signing up for… Read more »
Erick Lindgren is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner who also has a coveted WSOP Player of the Year title under his belt. In this interview, Lindgren discusses his passion for sports and his take on sports betting. Lindgren is well known in Las Vegas for being a more than capable sports bettor. When… Read more »
The owner of the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Michael Gaughan, has come out in favor of pending legislation in the Nevada Assembly that would open the first regulated and licensed online poker market in the United States. By making this pronouncement, Gaughan became the first major casino owner to support the… Read more »
UB.com pro Joe Sebok has issued an apology to Jon “FatalError” Aguiar and the poker community after sending a threatening Direct Message (DM) to Aguiar via Twitter last week. The DM came shortly after Aguiar verbally attacked UB.com pro Prahlad Friedman on Twitter after Friedman accused Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo of account sharing. Sebok’s… Read more »
A brand new poker training site launched in recent days. PocketFives Training absorbed what was formerly PokerPwnage and debuted in the last week. PocketFives Training features a stellar lineup of pros and largely focuses on MTT coaching. Nat Arem, Vice President of Protos Marketing, the parent company of PocketFives, was looking forward to growing the… Read more »
In an announcement this morning from the online poker industry’s leading site, PokerStars welcomed back Lee Jones in a new role. Jones will become the Head of Home Games, the recently introduced segment of the site where players can set up their own private games. Previously, Jones served as the Poker Room Manager of the… Read more »
Poker News Daily can independently confirm the rumors that the Cake Poker Network has been sold to PokerListings. Two anonymous sources inside the poker industry have verified the sale, which Bluff Magazine reported will likely be completed in the next 15 days. One source called the transaction a “conflict of interest” since Poker Listings promotes… Read more »
Ashley Mitchell, the man who stole 400 billion chips after hacking Zynga‘s poker application, has been sentenced to two years in prison by a British court. In 2009, Mitchell hacked into Zynga’s Texas Hold’em Poker application on Facebook and made off with 400 billion virtual poker chips. In an effort to deflect attention, he created… Read more »
This week, “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” welcomes Benton Blakeman, a mid-stakes cash game grinder and sponsored pro of FeltStars. The episode is dedicated to improving your poker game, so buckle up. UB.com sponsors “The Showdown,” so show your love for the show by signing up for UB.com using the bonus code UBPND. Check out… Read more »
Jon Friedberg is back and hosts Benton Blakeman on Episode 12 of The Showdown. This is part 1 of 2. After this video, be sure to check out The Showdown – Episode 12, Part 2. Also, if you haven’t signed up at UB yet, you can open an account and use promo code “UBPND” when… Read more »
Mid-Stakes online pro Benton Blakeman is the guest on this week’s edition of The Showdown with Jon Friedberg. This is part 2 of Episode 12. If you haven’t seen it already, check out The Showdown – Episode 12, Part 1. Continuing the conversation, Friedberg asks about leaks or non-optimal way of playing a particular hand.… Read more »
On Monday, the industry learned who was the big winner of the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), whose Main Event played out yesterday. Within a few hours of the tournament’s conclusion, Full Tilt released the schedule for FTOPS XX. The milestone 20th running of the FTOPS features a slate of 45 events and… Read more »
Sunday marked a busy day on the virtual felts of Full Tilt Poker, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or MiniFTOPS, saw its Main Event play down to a champion. The $75 No Limit Hold’em Multy-Entry tournament fielded a total of 45,232 registrations and blew away its $1.25 million guaranteed prize pool. In… Read more »
The sixth running of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s SuperStar Showdown series at PokerStars occurred on Sunday and provided perhaps the most notable challenger in its short history. Stepping to the virtual baize on Sunday afternoon was PokerStars front man Daniel Negreanu, who was looking to use his wealth of experience in cash game play to overshadow… Read more »
It’s hard to believe that PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, is about to deal its 60 billionth hand. Yes, that’s billion with a “b” and PokerStars officials are expecting the milestone pot to occur sometime in the next eight or nine days. The site happily accepts players from the United States. Starting at… Read more »
Faraz Jaka, one of the breakout poker superstars of 2010, joins us from the tournament floor to talk about how his 2011 has been progressing and as his tradition, shows off his latest bizarre but whimsical headgear. So what’s going on with his current hat that looks like a baby seal? Jaka explained, “I was… Read more »
