It seems of late that the “Gray Lady,” the venerable New York Times, has been paying a great deal of attention to the world of poker. A couple of weeks ago, the Times featured an article on “retired” poker professional Vanessa Selbst’s new life as a hedge fund manager. Now the Times is going the… Read more »
Only a couple of months after announcing his much-ballyhooed departure from PokerStars, French poker professional Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier has revealed his new online home. Beginning immediately, Grospellier will now don the patch of partypoker, the main rival of his old online home. “It is with great honor and pleasure that I can announce I’m joining… Read more »
Signaling the vibrancy of its online gaming industry, New Jersey was able to bank its biggest online “win” rate in its history in the month of March 2018. Over the 31 days of March, New Jersey’s citizens seemed to flock to the offerings from the casino operations in the state. For the month, the five… Read more »
There are few markets that the poker monolith PokerStars hasn’t entered. The name is synonymous with the #1 online poker site in many countries that have set up “ring fenced” operations, including Italy, Portugal and many countries in the European Union and continues to be the “top dog” internationally. Now PokerStars is ready to enter… Read more »
After a year of wandering in the wilderness branded as another tournament circuit, the European Poker Tour officially made its comeback on Friday in Sochi, Russia. The first day of the European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event is in the books with a contingent of (naturally) Russian players dominating the leaderboard. For the official history… Read more »
In just a bit more than two weeks, the Fourth Annual American Poker Awards will take place at Andaz in West Hollywood, CA. The yearly celebration of the best in North American poker – and a day of discussion about the state of the game – is presented by PokerStars and has become one of… Read more »
Continuing the exodus from the world’s number one online poker room, poker professional Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier announced yesterday that he was ending his association with PokerStars and its Team PokerStars Pro stable. In a Twitter announcement yesterday, Grospellier issued his decision to his fans and the poker community. “After 11.5 years of a great partnership,… Read more »
It may have seemed like a lifetime ago, but the tournament poker world has only been on hiatus for about two weeks. That slight respite from play has left hundreds of players itching to get back to the felt and the only thing that will scratch that itch is one of poker’s major tournaments. That’s… Read more »
Everyone is looking for a fresh start when it comes to a New Year. For some, it is dropping a bad habit, such as smoking or cutting down on eating to drop some weight. For others, it is doing something different within the career they are pursuing or, in some cases, a change to a… Read more »
For those of us old enough to remember the original Dallas television show, we remember one season in particular. That season revolved around Pamela Ewing (played by actress Victoria Principal) after the death of her beloved husband Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy). In real life, Duffy had refused to sign a new contract with the show… Read more »
While many may be prepping for the upcoming holiday season, the folks at the PokerStars Championships are getting things prepared for 2018. That’s because pretty much as soon as the hangovers wear off after New Year’s Eve, the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will begin. Now we know the schedule for what has become one of… Read more »
After more than a year of haggling over the details, the state of Pennsylvania passed online gaming, poker and DFS regulations for its citizens. While the passage of that bill was a watershed moment that brings to four the number of states with such legislation, the question now is when will it go live. Although… Read more »
While it may not be getting rave reviews from its customers, The Stars Group does appear to be keeping one segment of the populace happy – its stockholders. Now a top online market bigwig is talking up the stock on both exchanges it is traded on as a “favorable” holding for the future. Joey Frenette… Read more »
The month of September has brought a great deal of havoc to the States of America. Hurricanes Harvey (Texas/Louisiana), Irma (Florida) and Maria (Puerto Rico) have caused billions in damages along the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean and left thousands, especially in Puerto Rico, without adequate housing or electricity. Next week a major U. S.… Read more »
Continuing a 45-year tradition of celebrities from a variety of entertainment genres supporting the officers who serve the citizens of Los Angeles, the Third Annual Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night will be held on Sunday night. Held at Avalon Hollywood, the long-running fundraiser is held to benefit employees of… Read more »
PokerStars sets the standard for poker rooms across the internet: right now in the world of Online Gaming there is PokerStars and then there is everybody else. PokerStars alone represents between 20-40% of the total business in the entire online gaming industry. It boasts a top notch security team, very strong player friendly software and is more than twice as popular as the most popular network online. Remember that PokerStars is more than twice as popular as the most popular network (iPoker) and PokerStars is not even part of a network itself! PokerStars is the best place to play poker online. Read more »
The PokerStars-sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT) just wrapped up its event in Warsaw last night. There were 217 entrants into the 21,000 PLN (approximately €5,200) event and when the smoke cleared, João Barbosa received the best birthday present imaginable, emerging as the champion and pocketing a €367,140 first place prize. Read more »
In the longest final table in Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) history, Australian poker player Van Marcus defeated Korean Noh Tae Jun to take home his first APPT title. Marcus has lodged three cashes over the course of his APPT career; all three have been final table appearances. Read more »
Just a week after forbidding its players from using the datamining site SharkScope.com, PokerStars is reconsidering its methods to prevent users from accessing the popular program. Read more »
In San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 year-old American Ryan Fee emerged victorious from a pack of 219 players to win the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) San Jose event. Players made the pilgrimage to San Jose from five continents and 33 countries around the world. Read more »
In a move that broke across many of the major online poker forums this morning, PokerStars banned its players from using the database site SharkScope.com and its corresponding Heads Up Display (HUD). SharkScope now joins other collective databases like Poker Edge as not permitted on the site. Read more »
There were 531 players who took the field in the European Poker Tour's Hungarian Open tournament, held in Las Vegas Casino Sofitel Hotel in the Budapest. In the end, UK native Will Fry captured victory in the tournament as well as its €595,839 first place prize. Read more »
Online poker room PokerStars has once again banned access to one of the game's most high-profile players. The site suspended Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi for three months last week after the online star had been red flagged for previous cheating allegations. Several established online poker players have confirmed the three month ban from PokerStars to Poker News Daily. Mizzi has not played on the online poker site since October 5th. Read more »
It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites, but for the second week in a row, the PokerStars Sunday Million, the largest weekly tournament held online, had an overlay. This week, it was a little over $10,000, as 7,446 poker hopefuls registered. Read more »
PokerStars opens up to the Italian market after being granted a license by the Italian government. Read more »
