The United Kingdom Gambling Commission has fined Ladbrokes Coral Group £5.9 million for failing to protect problem gamblers and for falling short of money laundering prevention standards. In a report posted Wednesday, the Commission posted the results of an investigation that found problems from November 2014 to October 2017; during much of that time, Ladbroke… Read more »
It is not often that we write about PokerStars.net on this site, as PokerStars.net is for play money only and really, who cares about play money poker?* Recently, though, PokerStars.net pushed a software update that added something called All-in Cash Out tables to its cash game lobby as a way to test them for possible… Read more »
In a decision that goes contrary to the move toward anonymous tables at many online poker sites, partypoker recently announced that it will allow players to use their real names at cash game tables. ….the chance to build more of a community feel around the tables. The brief mention in a longer blog post that… Read more »
When locations are chosen for major city landmarks like a new stadium or casino, it is usually government officials and consultants that make the decisions. As the process starts to decide where Chicago’s first casino is going to be built, consultants and politicians are certainly going to make most of the decisions and have the… Read more »
A year ago, PokerStars extended its “Seat Me” experiment to its Italian site, PokerStars.it after previously implementing it in France, Spain, and Portugal. Last week, the world’s largest online poker room reverted a few of its tables back to “normal” on a trial basis, allowing players to table select like they used to. Blind Lobby… Read more »
One of the colorful legends of the Irish poker scene, ‘Mad’ Marty Wilson, has succumbed in his battle with pancreatic cancer. The legendary gaming and poker professional was 62 years old when he passed on Friday. Remembrances on Both Sides of the Atlantic Wilson, who was a fixture at the Irish Poker Open (the second… Read more »
Battling through a 373-player field and the start of final table chip leader, veteran pro Roger Teska earned his first major championship and a brand-new BMW in taking down the first event of the World Poker Tour’s Season XVIII schedule, the 2019 WPT Gardens Poker Festival. Deep Final Table Doesn’t Stop the Action The final… Read more »
It took a grand total of five hours for Day 4 of the 2019 World Poker Tour Gardens Poker Festival to determine its final table on Wednesday. When the smoke from the rush to the exits cleared for the first event of the WPT’s Season XVIII schedule, it was the Day 3 leader Lior Orel… Read more »
After Twitter Rant, Garcia Says Conflict Has Ended More than a week after an ongoing dispute between poker pro Maurice Hawkins and his former backer, Randy Garcia, was made public, Garcia has announced that the two have arrived at an “amicable” resolution and Hawkins will pay the money he owes. Garcia took to Twitter on… Read more »
One of the nice things about online poker is there is no dealer error. No miscounting of chips, no bad deals, no misreading of cards, no failing to collect antes. But what if there was? What if the dealer does make a mistake? There is no floor manager to call over to correct things; play… Read more »
The money bubble burst at the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Festival Main Event on Tuesday as the field was trimmed from 54 players all the way to 11 heading into Day 4. Eric Hicks will enter Wednesday as the chip leader with 3.060 million, the only player to have eclipsed the 3… Read more »
There were probably a few poker players that had trouble sleeping last night in the Los Angeles area, as Day 2 finished up in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Festival Main Event just seven spots away from the money. I know if I was a short stack, I would have been tossing and… Read more »
Poker industry veterans Rob Yong and John Duthie launched a new anti-cheating initiative called Fairplay about a week ago, but that site is now down following its possible misuse of a major regulatory body’s logo. The site now just has the old “Coming Soon” message at the top of its homepage. Online and Live Poker… Read more »
The 2019 World Series of Poker may have ended less than a week ago and it may feel like it’s time for poker players to take a breather and relax, but the poker calendar waits for no one. The first World Poker Tour event of the new season – the WPT Gardens Poker Festival –… Read more »
Poker Central has been very active in creating programming for its streaming network. Already broadcasting the World Poker Tour final tables and some of the World Series of Poker (much to some people’s distaste), Poker Central has also created the Super High Roller Bowl and the U. S. Poker Open. These “made for streaming” events… Read more »
After charges of money laundering were dropped against their owners, the Prime Social Poker Club in Houston, TX, will reopen within the next few weeks. Additionally, with the dropping of all charges regarding the raids earlier this year, owners of the Post Oak Poker Club also saw charges dropped against them and have said they… Read more »
While the 2019 World Series of Poker was wrapping up, the “start date” for online gaming and poker in Pennsylvania’s came around. On July 15, the proposed opening of the new Pennsylvania industry took place with the “soft” opening of two online casinos. The news isn’t so good for online poker, however, with its start… Read more »
The tables have been packed up, the players have scattered to the far corners of the four winds and the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino is no longer the domain of the poker world. The 2019 World Series of Poker has closed its doors on its Las Vegas run (remember, there’s still Rozvadov this… Read more »
The final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event made all the poker headlines this week, but the day that the final table was actually determined, a controversy threatened to put a damper on the celebration. Much has been made of it in the days since, so let’s take a look at… Read more »
After about four hours of heads-up play, Hossein Ensan won the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event Wednesday morning, defeating Dario Sammartino and winning $10 million plus an insane 50th anniversary bracelet worth around half a million dollars. Ensan, who grew up in Iran before moving to Germany, became the second Main Event champ… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins, the all-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner, is unfortunately no stranger to staking deals gone bad. The latest has been brought to light by a man named Randy Garcia who tweeted about an alleged staking arrangement gone bad on Monday. “PSA no one ever stake @mauricehawkins,” Garcia wrote. “He has owed… Read more »
Chris Moneymaker and David Oppenheim were announced as the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2019 on Monday night during the final table action of the World Series of Poker Main Event. They were voted on by a panel of media members and living Poker Hall of Famers from a list of ten finalists. Those… Read more »
Welcome back to our “throwback” to the way we used to do reporting on tournament poker, through what was called “live blogging.” Over the span of tonight’s show (broadcast on ESPN beginning at 10PM Eastern Time), we’ll offer some insights to the second night of action at the WSOP Championship Event, which may turn out… Read more »
It must be a pretty good feeling to go into a day knowing you are about to be at least a million dollars richer. That’s how nine men were feeling on Sunday, as the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event final table got underway. With a minimum payout of a million bucks and a… Read more »
Welcome to the first of three nights for the final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event! As we’ve done the past couple of years, we here at Poker News Daily are reviving an old practice that used to be the way people relayed information regarding a live event – blogging about… Read more »
