Looking to make her breakthrough into the major tournament Winner’s Circle, Loni Harwood will lead the final seven competitors when they reconvene for the World Series of Poker National Championship final table at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina this afternoon. Also at the final table will be a man who, coming off perhaps one of… Read more »
Four out of five doctors have determined that watching bad television will cause a drop in the ability for rational thought. As such, allow us at Poker News Daily to take on this issue as, with the proper treatments, we can recover! After a week which saw the loyalties of her alliance tested as well… Read more »
Casino Gran Madrid has announced that it will be shuttering its online poker room effective the end of this month. The site let its customers know via e-mail, citing too many obstacles to allow it to put forth a quality poker offering. The casino’s internet poker off-shoot, CasinoGranMadrid.es, is part of iPoker Network Spain, the… Read more »
Professional poker player Phil Ivey and his gambling accomplice, Cheng Yin Sun, have filed a countersuit against the Marina District Development Co., LLC, parent company of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, in conjunction with their defenses filed in the original “edge sorting” lawsuit brought against them by the Borgata. The saga dates back to… Read more »
When is a guarantee not a guarantee? When it isn’t…um…guaranteed, I guess. Over the weekend, tempers flared at the Golden Vegas Poker Club in Bratislava, Slovakia when the exact definition of the word “guarantee” came into question. The story of the controversy was relayed to the poker community on Two Plus Two by poster “Scarmaker.”… Read more »
A couple weeks ago, Full Tilt Poker announced that it would soon be making big changes in an attempt to better the poker experience for its players and improve the site’s poker economy. We’re not sure anybody expected anything this severe. Full Tilt revealed significant changes to its cash games this morning, arguably the most… Read more »
The tug-of-war over internet gambling firm bwin.party continues as GVC Holdings refuses to let go of the rope just yet. GVC confirmed Monday that it has made another proposal to buy bwin.party, sweetening its previous offer and ditching its former partner. Bwin.party, the parent company of partypoker, has been on the block for at least… Read more »
UK-based gambling rivals Ladbrokes and Gala Coral announced their anticipated merger Friday, a combination that will create Britain’s largest bookmaker. The new company, called Ladbrokes Coral, will have a net revenue of £2.1 billion, EBIDTA of £392 million, and a market cap of £2.3 billion, according to a press release issued by Ladbrokes. “This is… Read more »
Once again, as a public service reminder, we hear at Poker News Daily are watching this so you can utilize your summer schedule accordingly! After a week sitting back in the shadows – but still in firm control of the game – poker player Vanessa Rousso continues to have a significant effect on the CBS… Read more »
It’s been a little more than a week since the “November Nine,” the World Series of Poker’s Championship Event final table, was determined with Joe McKeehen holding down a humongous lead. When those nine men had captured their seat at poker’s most prestigious stage – and secured themselves a million dollar payday to boot –… Read more »
As we reported late last week, the poker world was shocked Friday morning when 888 Holdings and bwin.party agreed to a $1.4 billion deal that would have 888 acquire its fellow online gambling firm. The surprise wasn’t because bwin.party was sold – that has been a possibility for years – but rather that 888 was… Read more »
Full Tilt announced today that it has named Marc “PlayinWitDreams” Kennedy its first Player Ambassador. It appears that in this role, Kennedy will essentially be a liaison between the players and the poker room, making sure the players’ voices are heard when decisions about changes to the poker room are being made. Kennedy has been… Read more »
New Jersey’s monthly online gambling revenue figures were once again favorable compared to last year, but online poker is lagging behind, according to the latest report issued by the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). Total internet gaming win, which includes both casino games (roulette, slots, video poker, blackjack, etc.) and online poker, was $11.7… Read more »
A new online casino is hitting the New Jersey market this week, but for those familiar with gambling geography, it may seem like an odd entry. Monday morning, the Mohegan Sun launched its casino gambling offering, appropriately named MoheganSunCasino.com, using software provided by NYX Gaming. If you are confused, don’t worry. I was, as well.… Read more »
PokerStars has announced that it will host the largest buy-in tournament in the history of online poker, smashing the previous record. The $51,000 buy-in event will be part of the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million. The tournament will take place at 12:30pm ET… Read more »
For the first time in three months, the internet poker industry experienced a rise in its cash game traffic. According to PokerScout.com’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update, online poker cash game liquidity was up one percent last week. While that does not sound like much (and it’s really not), it is mildly exciting because the… Read more »
When it was first created by Planet Poker in 1998, online poker was groundbreaking. Bringing the game from the casino and a live setting to the internet was a truly innovative achievement, allowing people who had never picked up a chip in a casino or home game the opportunity to go online and play the game… Read more »
After just more than a decade in operation Bluff Magazine, one of the poker magazines that was borne from the online poker boom of the 2000s, will effectively shut down over the next few weeks. There are unanswered questions, however, if this is a long-term situation or that the organization will be reborn in some… Read more »
In a shocker of a deal that was announced early on Friday morning, 888 Holdings emerged as the suitor for bwin.party. After hectic negotiations that seemingly involved every power player in the online gaming industry, 888 Holdings was able to put together a deal of £898.3 (roughly $1.4 billion U. S.) to overtake GVC Holdings… Read more »
Using his outstanding run during the 2015 World Series of Poker that saw him win a bracelet and finish at the final table four other times, Anthony Zinno has upended the various Player of the Year races in the poker industry. While he wasn’t in tough position previously in some of the rankings, Zinno’s run… Read more »
Once again, full disclosure: I’m watching this so you don’t have to! After one of the more skillful methods of plot building I’ve seen, poker professional Vanessa Rousso – who became the overall Head of Household over the past week – sent one of her fellow houseguests out of the house on the CBS reality… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker may be over for all but nine players, but the WSOP is going to try to keep the momentum going by launching a new online poker series specifically designed for those whose bankrolls were way too small to even think about traveling to Las Vegas to compete in the… Read more »
After a week of poker, a week of long, mental exhausting days, the final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has been reached. We have our November Nine. Day 7 began with just 27 players remaining, spread across three tables and did not end until around 1:30am, when Alex Turyansky… Read more »
According to SBC News, online gaming firm 888 Holdings plc may make one more run at bwin.party in an attempt to intercept it from the waiting arms of GVC Holdings and Amaya Gaming. Last week, bwin.party Digital Entertainment and GVC Holdings both publicly confirmed that the two are in talks and that GVC had made… Read more »
This is it. Today is the day that the November Nine of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event will be determined. Just 27 players remain at three tables all trying to position themselves for both the climb up the payout ladder and the opportunity to be in the poker spotlight for the next… Read more »
