Kicking the tournament poker season back into gear, the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open will start play in its Main Event at noon today in Hollywood, FL. In just its third year in existence, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has had a significant impact on the tournament poker world. The inaugural event in… Read more »
OK, we’ll change our normal public service announcement at the beginning of this article. If there was an episode to watch (other than the finale), this would have been the one to check out! After it looked very bleak for her earlier in the week, poker player Vanessa Rousso somehow was able to work her… Read more »
During the call to investors regarding their earnings for the second quarter of 2015, Amaya Gaming announced that they had completed the purchase of a daily fantasy sports (DFS) organization, paving the way for Amaya’s return to action in the United States. In the official press release announcing the acquisition, Amaya Gaming picked up the… Read more »
A Las Vegas-based casino operator has eyes on central Indiana and is willing to put a huge chunk of money up to make its vision a reality. According to a Tuesday report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Full House Resorts has proposed a $650 million gambling resort development in Indianapolis, one of the major commercial… Read more »
It is certainly too soon to issue last rights to Full Tilt Poker (for the second time), but the numbers do not paint a pretty picture since the site completely overhauled its cash game offerings. Full Tilt has lost an enormous number of cash game players, which was not unexpected, but it is ugly, nonetheless.… Read more »
Poker’s most popular streamer will be returning to the interweb in just a few days. On Thursday, Jason Somerville announced via Twitter that he has signed a new two-year partnership with Twitch to broadcast his daily Run It UP! show. Somerville has been on hiatus since this spring, but he sounds like he is itching… Read more »
One of the most outspoken proponents of online gambling in the U.S. may seek the highest seat in the state of New Jersey in 2017. New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak let be known a bit over a week ago that he will not seek re-election to his spot in the Senate, instead eyeing the… Read more »
Poker players who inexplicably stayed with one of the iPoker Network’s “Tier 2” poker rooms after the network split into two parts in September 2012 have reason to celebrate, as PokerStrategy.com reports that the network will fuse its tiers tomorrow, creating a single network once again. Online poker rooms and networks have come up with… Read more »
GVC Holdings, one of the two suitors for online gaming company bwin.party, confirmed Friday that it in talks with bwin.party to try to convince its board to move forward with a proposal which would have GVC acquire the parent company of partypoker. In a press release issued Friday, GVC stated: GVC is working closely with… Read more »
For those that may be unaware of it, the Poker Hall of Fame is looking to the poker world for the next set of nominees for entry into the Hall. By visiting the World Series of Poker’s website, the public can put one name forth (only one vote per e-mail address) for induction into the… Read more »
As a reminder, watching bad television is detrimental to your health. As such, we here at Poker News Daily are watching this for you to save you from yourself! Only a week after reaching a position of power within the house, the Vanessa Rousso-led alliance on Big Brother is now almost reduced to shambles. The next… Read more »
It is the dream of everyone who has picked up a deck of cards at some point. Everyone dreams of ditching the “9 to 5” (or, in some cases, much longer) hours and do exactly what they want to do. For some, that dream is still just that – a dream – but, for a… Read more »
Since the flurry of activity in 2013 that saw three states – Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey – create the first state-regulated online gaming and/or poker sites in the United States, there has been a lull in the action. While several states have mulled over legislation in their individual legislative bodies, nothing else has been… Read more »
Online payment processor Optimal Payments announced Monday that it has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to acquire competitor the Skrill Group in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. Both companies are major players in the online gaming industry, offering popular, easy-to-use e-wallets with which players can transfer funds to and from… Read more »
The six-handed final table of the inaugural 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event had the following: • A member of the WPT Champions Club with a sizable chip lead • The runner-up in last season’s WPT Player of the Year race who also won consecutive WPT titles • A man with $4 million… Read more »
You’ve got to give the Winning Poker Network (WPN) credit. The guys who run the show over there are persistent. Less than a year after having its aggressive million dollar guaranteed tournament scuttled by Distributing Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, the network is set to make that very same type of tourney a regular thing,… Read more »
The first World Poker Tour Champions Cup post-World Series of Poker is on the line today as the final six players from a field of 1,175 battle it out for the WPT Choctaw title. It is a strong final table with two past Champions Cup winners, with the additional benefit of being potentially history-making. Andy… Read more »
Amaya Gaming, the parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, has sold Amaya, Inc. (formerly and best known as Chartwell Technology, Inc.) and Cryptologic Limited to NYX Gaming Group Limited for CAD $150 million. Both of Chartwell and Cryptologic are similar, as both deal in business-to-business (B2B) online casino game and platform development. They… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back after a two and a half month hiatus with its third stop of Season XIV, WPT Choctaw at Oklahoma’s Choctaw Casino Resort. The Main Event, which began on Friday, July 31st with the first of two starting flights, is a $3,500 + $200 tournament with a $2 million… Read more »
Slightly more than a year after the ownership change that rocked the online poker industry in particular and the gaming world in general, the two entities owned by Amaya Gaming – PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker – continue to make changes that, while good for the companies, might not be particularly friendly to the customers.… Read more »
Holding the lead for all but a few hands during the day’s action, Loni Harwood earned her second World Series of Poker bracelet in taking down the WSOP National Championship Friday night at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. Harwood came into the final table the dominant chip leader in the event. With her 1.34 million… Read more »
