The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Earlier this month, one of the poker programs that is set to debut in 2014, Poker Night in America, headed off to film their first episode in New York. QuadJacks’ Marco Valerio was able to go… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s stop at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, for the 2013 Legends of Poker wrapped up their second Day One on Friday, expanding the field by another 200 entries to bring the total field within shot of last year’s final numbers. The $3700 ($200 juice) tournament brought back many players… Read more »
The World Poker Tour kicked off its first event of Season XII on Thursday, with a smallish Day 1A field invading the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, for one of the stalwarts on the tour, the WPT Legends of Poker. With three Day Ones (and the ability to re-enter the event on subsequent Day… Read more »
While poker on television has been relegated to broadcasts of tournaments, other outlets have provided some dramatic element that has been lacking. The upcoming film Runner Runner is drumming up some interest and the poker documentaries Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker and All In – The Poker Movie have blazed trails. The… Read more »
Battling through a monstrous field and a quality final table, Blair Hinkle was able to vanquish Justin Bonomo heads up to take down the inaugural championship of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open late last night. Going into the final table yesterday afternoon at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, Hinkle… Read more »
Delaware may have been the first state to ratify the Constitution, but it will not be the first to offer regulated online poker. That honor already went to Nevada, home to Ultimate Poker, which went live at the end of April. The Blue Hen State made a significant step on Tuesday to becoming the second,… Read more »
There is just one more day left in the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event as fifteen players were eliminated on Tuesday, leaving just six for Wednesday’s final table. Blair Hinkle jumped one spot from where he started the day to claim the top rung on the leaderboard with 22.8 million chips. The… Read more »
Ultimate Poker’s eagerly anticipated update to version two of its software was released Saturday to mixed reviews. The online poker room, still the only legal, regulated intrastate online poker room up and running in Nevada, had anticipated launching the new software earlier this month, but as is often the case in software development, plans changed.… Read more »
Day 3 is complete at the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and with just 21 players remaining, Mukul Pahuja will enter Tuesday with a substantial lead. With 8.125 million chips, he has a 1.6 million chip lead on Blair Hinkle, who himself is enjoying an 800,000 chip gap over Ryan Olisar. Pahuja has a… Read more »
Poker legend and 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Bobby Hoff passed away Sunday at the age of 73. Known in the poker community as “The Wizard,” Hoff was regarded as one of the best No-Limit Hold’em cash game players in the world. Despite his status as a truly intimidating cash game player,… Read more »
It worked. The bold move by organizers of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to guarantee a $10 million prize pool for $5,300 Main Event was risky, but it worked. After 634 players bought-in on Day 1A and another 690 did the same on Day 1B, 1,060 more players paid the toll on Day 1C,… Read more »
According to reports, two more defendants in the alleged Russian mob gambling ring that was busted up in April will plead guilty next month, bringing the number of plea deals reached to five in the case. The New York Daily News is reporting that, on September 4, plea deals will be submitted for Edwin Ting… Read more »
Day 1B of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is in the books at the namesake casino in Hollywood, FL, as the day’s entries brought the total field within striking distance of making the $10 million guarantee. As the day began on Friday, there were 366 players on the tables but some players used the… Read more »
With the news earlier this week that Garden City Group, the administrators for the reimbursement of American players from the old Full Tilt Poker, will begin to accept applications for that payout, many U. S. players may be left wondering how to find out just how much they had on the site. Pokerfuse’s Michael Gentile… Read more »
Looking like the epitome of the statement “if you build it, they will come,” the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open’s $10 million guaranteed prize pool Main Event seems to have been a huge success on Day 1A as some of poker’s finest professionals turned out in Hollywood, FL, for the first significant action after this… Read more »
Eagerly anticipated by many in the poker community, the theatrical release Runner Runner is slated for its premiere weekend on October 4 across movie houses throughout the United States. Pushed back a week from its originally planned release date of September 27, the film stars Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton in a fictional… Read more »
In one of the rare feats in the tournament poker world, Russia’s Alexey Rybin completed what he started in going wire-to-wire in winning the World Poker Tour’s inaugural Season XII stop at the bWin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic late last night (U. S. time). Rybin led a contingent of Russians who took up half of… Read more »
Earlier this month, we reported that California politicians believed that the potential for legalization and regulation of online poker in the state was “dead” for 2013. That suspicion has now come to pass. According to a tweet by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), nothing will happen with any online poker bills this legislative session, which… Read more »
Late last week, PartyPoker pulled a fast one on its customers, increasing the fee to withdraw via Neteller and Skrill (Moneybookers) without so much as sending players a memo. PartyPoker’s new software client is due to be released soon, so players were eagerly double-clicking on the PartyPoker icon last week to see if an update… Read more »
Alexey Rybin is right where he has been for the entirety of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event: on top. With 2.698 million chips, he holds the chip lead going into the six-handed final table by more than 1.1 million over his nearest competitor. Just one more day remains… Read more »
Though many politicians believe that the chances for online poker to be legalized and regulated in the state this year are “dead,” that is not stopping one State Senator from continuing to fight. State Senator Lou Correa, author of Senate Bill 678, the “Authorization and Regulation of Internet Poker and Consumer Protection Act of 2013,”… Read more »
In February, one of the most popular “non-poker” poker celebrities, Dr. Jerry Buss, passed away. The former owner of the Los Angeles Lakers had been battling cancer for quite some time, finally losing the battle at the age of 80. This Sunday, August 25th, the World Poker Tour Foundation will hold a tournament in his… Read more »
The first Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XII is winding down as just fourteen players remain after Day 3 of the bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic. Alexey Rybin leads the charge to the final table with 1,736,000 chips, more than half a million more than the closest competitor. With blinds and… Read more »
A week ago, we reported that the Garden City Group (GCG), the organization that was chosen by the U.S Department of Justice (DoJ) to handle the disbursement of Full Tilt Poker funds, expected to be able to give players a firm date on when the claims process would commence by the end of last week. The… Read more »
A new, legal online poker site launched in the United States on Wednesday, though don’t get too excited, it’s not the first competitor to Ultimate Poker in Nevada. The site is called LiveAce.com, a free-to-play poker room for which players also have the option to pay for an upgraded monthly membership. Essentially, LiveAce is a… Read more »
