In what was one of the quieter events on a hectic Saturday at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, Portugal’s Francisco Da Costa Santos emerged as the champion of Event #6, the €1650 Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha tournament, over Spain’s Ana Marquez early Sunday morning in Cannes, France. Five players remained as play… Read more »
One of the final preliminary events on the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, the €10,450 Mixed Max No Limit Hold’em tournament, went through a day of tribulation on Saturday to the point of not even determining the champion. The Final Four of the Mixed Max tournament came back on Saturday, supposedly to determine a… Read more »
The Championship Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe is underway in Cannes, France, as poker players from around the world are gathered to win the next to last bracelet (save for the Las Vegas “Octo-Nine”) on the 2012 WSOP schedule. The Hotel Majestic Barriere became the latest battleground for poker’s elite and… Read more »
According to the Chattanooga Free Press writer Todd South, the attorney for a Tennessee pool hall requested the dismissal of a lawsuit facing the business earlier this week regarding a canceled poker event, claiming that the attorney representing the players was one of players in the said tournament which would present a “conflict of interest.”… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Europe has a hectic day scheduled on Saturday as two tournaments reach their conclusions (and award bracelets) while the €10,450 Championship Event is set to take center stage for the rest of poker’s denizens in Cannes, France. Event #5 – €10,450 Mixed Max No Limit Hold’em – Day Three The… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. In the past couple of years – perhaps due to the shrinkage of the poker economy, perhaps to ensure notable names stick around a bit longer – a particular tournament format has reared its head on… Read more »
Event #4 at the World Series of Poker Europe, the €3250 No Limit Hold’em Shootout, has reached its conclusion – albeit a day late – with France taking down its second bracelet of this year’s schedule with the victory by amateur player Giovanni Rosadoni over the formidable Dan O’Brien. The second day of the tournament… Read more »
As one of them faces a tough fight for reelection and the other seeks to keep his highly prestigious seat as the Majority Leader, the dueling members of the Senate representing the state of Nevada continue to battle over the regulation and legalization of online poker, both publicly and privately. The two men, current Senate… Read more »
On Sunday, Imed Ben Mahmoud said it would happen. On Wednesday, it did. France got its first WSOP Europe (WSOPE) bracelet winner and, even better, it was on its home soil. Roger Hairabedian won Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha in Cannes, France, defeating a rather small field of just 96 other competitors. For his victory,… Read more »
Antonio Esfandiari is certainly enjoying himself at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) this year. Less than three months after his $18 million win in $1 million buy-in The Big One for One Drop at the WSOP in Las Vegas this summer, Esfandiari has taken the title in the €1,000 + €100 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, announced Monday its plans to reimburse all non-U.S. players’ Full Tilt Poker funds. Along with this announcement came confirmation that PokerStars will re-launch Full Tilt in the first week of November. There will be different processes in place to reunite players with their money depending on the country.… Read more »
American players on four online poker rooms of the Revolution Poker Network, including Cake Poker, will soon be playing under a flag of a different color. According to a report by CalvinAyre.com, U.S.-based customers of Cake, Colt Poker, Fugu Poker, and Hilife Poker will all be shuttled over to Juicy Stakes Poker, a sister room… Read more »
The first event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) came to a close Sunday at Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France with Imed Ben Mahmoud winning €147,099 in the €2,500 + €200 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em contest. While he hails from Tunisia, Mahmoud is currently as much of a local winner as there might… Read more »
In a stunning turn of events prior to the start of her trial, the ex-girlfriend of 2010 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Jonathan Duhamel pled guilty to an assortment of charges on Friday. According to the Toronto Star, Bianca Rojas-Latraverse appeared in court in Montreal on Friday after a plea deal was worked… Read more »
The best poker players in the world have convened on the grounds of the Hotel Majestic Barriere and the Le Croisette Casino Barriere in Cannes, France, for the final World Series of Poker events of 2012. Seven events are awarding bracelets (along with a special “Super High Roller” event that isn’t a bracelet tournament) between… Read more »
Sam Trickett’s supply of “run good” doesn’t seem to have run out just quite yet as the British poker pro dominated the 2012 British Poker Awards by taking home three trophies from the ceremonies. Earlier this week aboard the H.M.S. President, the crème of the British poker community convened for this year’s awards ceremonies. Trickett,… Read more »
Coming from the second shortest stack at the start of the final table, Ben Hamnett rallied against difficult opposition to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Borgata Poker Open last night. At the start of the final table battle yesterday afternoon, Matthew Burnitz was atop the ladder with just… Read more »
The 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open has reached its penultimate day with six men who will vie for the championship of the event later this afternoon. At the start of action on Thursday, there were 27 players remaining with Patrick Eskandar holding onto the chip lead over Matthew Burnitz. Making a strong run… Read more »
Another defendant in the “Black Friday” indictments from the U. S. Department of Justice has had his day in court, where he – as many in the case have – pled guilty to several violations of U. S. gaming laws. Former Full Tilt Poker payment processor Nelson Burtnick, who surrendered to federal authorities in July… Read more »
Day Three of the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ, is in the books, with Patrick Eskandar atop the ladder as the chip leader with 27 players remaining in the event. Play began yesterday with 174 players remaining from the monstrous 1,181 entrants that made up one of the largest… Read more »
More than half of the 1,181 players who tossed in $3,300 + $200 for the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event were still around to compete in Day 2 of the tournament on Tuesday. Of those 625 players, 174 remain for Wednesday’s Day 3 as the field continues its march towards… Read more »
Even though there were already two calendar days of play in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event, Day 2, like all Day 2’s after dual starting flights, felt like a fresh start to a new tournament. It is like Days 1A and 1B were “play-in” days that were required to get into… Read more »
Day 1B of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is in the books and Pennsylvania’s Brian Lemke bagged what turned out to be by far the most chips of anyone in either starting flight. With 272, 575 chips he outpaced fellow Day 1B players Kyle Bowker and James Poper by sizable 71,000… Read more »
Sunday’s field for the first starting flight of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event was small – just 64 players – and while the second starting flight was larger as expected, it still didn’t make the tournament any sort of grand spectacle. With 105 players registering Monday, the total field grew to… Read more »
While the Casino at Portomaso is fielding a small collection of players at World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta, the Borgata in Atlantic City is hosting a simultaneous WPT event of much more significant size. The WPT Borgata Poker Open enjoyed a field of 374 for Day 1A of its $3,300 + $200 Main Event Sunday,… Read more »
