Despite carrying the sponsorship of PokerStars, “High Stakes Poker” rolled on over the weekend. The GSN cash game franchise, whose new episodes can be seen at 8:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET on Saturdays, is in its seventh season. “High Stakes Poker” features funny man Norm Macdonald calling the action and PartyPoker pro Kara Scott conducting… Read more »
Bodog is still accepting play from those in the United States. New USA players and existing USA players can fire up its virtual felts in earnest and take advantage of a generous deposit bonus. In a thread on TwoPlusTwo, poster “FireFighter” displays a copy of an e-mail sent to him by Bodog. The e-mail begins,… Read more »
In the wake of Friday’s indictments of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, ESPN may be forced to adjust its programming in the coming week. The North American Poker Tour (NAPT), whose PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller final table and Bounty Shootout were scheduled to air on Monday on ESPN2,… Read more »
A poker player acquaintance of mine recently told me that he was thinking about turning to poker as a full-time career. My first reaction, right or wrong, was to think, “Oh, great, another one,” but this was a guy with a good head on his shoulders, so I realized it wasn’t just a spur of… Read more »
The shockwaves from online poker’s “Black Friday” continue to reverberate in the poker community, as players, both in the United States and abroad, attempt to ascertain the status of their online poker accounts. Following the indictments of the owners of three major U.S.-facing online poker sites on Friday, the rush of players heading to the… Read more »
The future of the CEREUS Network sites UB.com and Absolute Poker appear to be in question. According to information obtained by Poker News Daily, the two USA-friendly sites will continue to allow existing USA players to fire up the virtual felts and play as normal. However, for the foreseeable future, they will be unable to… Read more »
After yesterday’s indictment of its owners, PokerStars, formerly making its home on the URL PokerStars.com, will now move to PokerStars.eu according to a post from a site representative on TwoPlusTwo. The new domain loads normally from all parts of the world and boasts that nearly 150,000 players are logged in at the time of writing.… Read more »
In nearly identical statements on Friday morning, it was revealed that merger talks between the British bookmaking operation Ladbrokes and the online gaming conglomerate 888 Holdings have been terminated. The two companies released similarly worded statements through the London Stock Exchange on Friday. Ladbrokes’ statement read, “In response to press speculation, Ladbrokes announced on 20… Read more »
The Twitterverse exploded this afternoon following the announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice had indicted the ownership behind such American-friendly online poker as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com, and Absolute Poker. The DoJ has issued arrest warrants against 11 owners of these sites for several transgressions, including money laundering, bank fraud, and violations of… Read more »
The day just keeps getting worse for online poker players in the United States. Full Tilt Poker announced via a press release obtained by Poker News Daily that it will no longer accept real money action from U.S. players. The statement from Full Tilt read in part, “Unfortunately, as a result of this action, Full… Read more »
According to Business Insider, indicted Aussie payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff may be the engine behind today’s online poker site seizures and Federal indictment. Tzvetkoff was arrested a year ago in Las Vegas and released on bail in September. His business reportedly consisted of payments for “repayments of short-term loans, transfer of funds to prepaid debit… Read more »
In what has been a lively afternoon in the online poker world, the Federal Government has seized the domain names belonging to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com, and Absolute Poker. Poker News Daily has learned that PokerStars, the world’s largest site, has ceased taking action from the United States. According to a statement from the… Read more »
This week, a Nevada Assembly panel passed an amended version of AB 258, which was introduced by Nevada Assembly Majority Whip William Horne and discussed in the Nevada Assembly Committee on Judiciary in late March. According to the Associated Press, the amendments will put Nevada’s intrastate internet gaming interests on the sideline until the Federal… Read more »
It was déjà vu all over again Thursday in Uncasville, Connecticut. One day after Vanessa Selbst defended her title of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun Main Event, fellow Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier followed suit, winning the $10,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout for the second straight year. Mercier bested a tough field… Read more »
It took 182 hands for Cincinnati resident Mike Scarborough to take down the title at the Hollywood Poker Open, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), on Wednesday night. The path to victory was far from easy, as Scarborough tangled with poker’s all-time money leader, Erik Seidel, heads-up. In the end, the Full Tilt… Read more »
Most players view the recent move by Full Tilt Poker to block the ability of online poker tracking sites such as SharkScope and PokerTableRatings (PTR) from receiving data favorably. SharkScope stated in an update on April 5th, “We respectfully request that all online players carefully consider the option of playing at sites other than Full… Read more »
The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) has only been around for 15 months, but it has already played host to an achievement most tours have yet to witness in years of existence. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst pulled off the unthinkable on Wednesday evening by winning her second straight title in the NAPT Mohegan Sun… Read more »
After a “waiting period” for objections passed without comment, the District of Columbia will become the first jurisdiction in the United States to offer intrastate online poker. In a story from the Associated Press by Eric Tucker, District of Columbia Council Member Michael A. Brown lauded the new intrastate gaming law, which was a part… Read more »
Running all this week on NBC’s “Poker After Dark” is a $100,000 Pot Limit Omaha Cash Game. The weeklong series marks the first time that “Poker After Dark” has ever deviated from Hold’em and featured a solid lineup of six of the game’s top Omaha minds. The cash game, which emanated from Aria in CityCenter… Read more »
Nine players took to the felts of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Hollywood Poker Open on Tuesday to play down to a final table of six. After the short day, William Reynolds leads a rock solid final table into battle with a stack of 1.17 million. The action resumes this afternoon at 4:00pm ET from… Read more »
The online poker room Lock Poker announced on Tuesday that it has inked poker phenom Jose “Girah” Macedo to its LockPRO ELITE team. Macedo has already achieved what most poker players can only dream about: he took a $30 initial deposit and grew it to over $2 million in just two years. And he is… Read more »
The final table of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun Main Event was set Tuesday evening with some potential history on the horizon. Twenty-one-year-old Tyler Kenney has the chip lead going into Wednesday with just over three million, but all eyes will be on Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and her attempt at… Read more »
This week, the Poker News Daily web series “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” welcomes two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Dutch Boyd. The controversial poker player lets loose on a variety of topics, including PokerSpot and the ongoing TwoPlusTwo lawsuit. View Part 1 and Part 2. If you’d like to support “The Showdown,”… Read more »
There’s something about Uncasville, Connecticut that makes Vanessa Selbst feel right at home. The PokerStars pro is the chip leader going into Day 4 of the $5,000 North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun Main Event, leaving her one step closer to defending her title from a year ago. Selbst leads a field of 24… Read more »
The man who stole $1.5 million in chips from Bellagio late last year appeared before a judge on Friday and was informed that he would stand trial on multiple felony counts. Anthony Carleo, dubbed the “Biker Bandit” because he drove a motorcycle up to the famed Las Vegas casino before entering with a handgun and… Read more »
