After coming to the final table with a sizeable chip lead, Belgium’s Davidi Kitai was able to fend off the challenges of his opponents to capture the championship of the European Poker Tour stop in Berlin, Germany, Saturday night. Kitai came to the final table with 5.695 million in chips with his [...]
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Davidi Kitai Takes Down EPT Berlin Championship, Completes Triple Crown (?)

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WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day Three: William Brown Moves To Lead, John Dolan Maintains Good Run

Play on Day Three of the World Poker Tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, has reached a key moment, whittling the field down to just shy of the money bubble. 102 players stepped up to continue the battle on Friday with Clyde Hinton on the point and a [...] [...]
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EPT Berlin Day Four: Davidi Kitai Uses Rush To Take Final Table Chip Lead

The European Poker Tour stop in the historic city of Berlin, Germany, has reached its penultimate moment, determining the final table of this event before its last tournament of its Season Eight schedule. 24 men came to the tables on Friday, looking to become the latest champion on the EPT and gain [...]
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WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day Two: Clyde Hinton Takes The Helm, Tommy Vedes In Pursuit

The World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Hollywood, FL, has completed its second day of play, with Clyde Hinton holding a slim lead over veteran poker pro Tommy Vedes. With late registration open until the start of action on Thursday, the 209 players who survived from the original 281 [...]
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WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day One: David Nicholson Takes Lead Over John Dolan

The World Poker Tour has returned to the site of one of its big success stories from last year, the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown on the sunny coast of Hollywood, Florida, where David Nicholson has assumed the pole position over the field. Last year, the tournament – which came shortly after the stu [...]
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EPT Berlin Day 2: Wigg, Geshkenbein Dominate

The 320 survivors from the two starting flights of European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin came together in a combined field for Day 2 on Wednesday, each looking to possibly show a profit for the tournament by night’s end. All 102 runners who bagged chips when play came to a close were happy, as they all [...]
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EPT Berlin Day 1B: Cengiz Ulusu Takes Overall Lead

With a crowd that was more than double the number of players of Day 1A, the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin Day 1B allowed the tournament to come oh so close to beating last year’s player totals. The 502 players on Tuesday added to the 243 on Monday made a total field of 745 runners, [...] [...]
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EPT Berlin Day 1A: Geshkenbein, Weigel Lead the Way

The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) annual tournament in Germany kicked off Monday with the first of two starting flights at EPT Berlin. Day 1A saw 243 people lay out the €5,000 + €300 required to participate and less than half – 110 – survived to tomorrow’s Day 2. Topping the leader board w [...]
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Morten Christensen Wins First Major Championship At WPT Vienna

Seemingly in control since he seized the chip lead on Day Two, Denmark’s Morten Christensen emerged Sunday evening as the champion of the World Poker Tour stop in Vienna, Austria. With 69 players, Christensen led the players to the felt on Friday with plenty of challenges facing him. Chris Moorman [...]
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Editorial: Black Friday, One Year Later

The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Exactly one year ago to this day, the online poker world in the United States changed in a flash. Like a thunderbolt from Zeus in the heavens above, millions of Americans opened up their p [...]
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WPT Vienna Day Two: Morten Christiensen Seizes Lead Over Chris Moorman, Tristan Wade

Day Two of the World Poker Tour stop in Vienna, Austria has come to a close with a Danish player atop the heap, although it isn’t one that immediately would come to mind. 179 of the original 396 player field gathered at the Montesino Casino in Vienna to continue the battle for the latest WPT [...] [...]
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Scott Seiver Wins PartyPoker Premier League V

Going into the final table of the PartyPoker Premier League V, many in the poker community were hoping the Mathew Frankland’s Cinderella story would continue for one more day. Frankland, one of two players in the field who had to qualify to get into the game, began Tuesday with the largest chip st [...]
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Kevin Vandersmissen Wins 2012 Irish Open

The 2012 Irish Open came to a close Monday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin as Kevin Vandersmissen came all the way back from the bottom of the pile to take the championship. Vandersmissen won €420,000 for his triumph in the longest running No-Limit Hold’em tournament in Europe. It was going to [...]
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2012 Irish Open Day Three: Ian Simpson, David Dean Head Final Table

The 2012 Irish Open final table was determined yesterday as just nine players remain out of the original 502 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Leading the way in the chase for the €420,000 first prize is Irishman Ian Simpson with just over 2 million chips, but nipping at his heels is Brit David [...]
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2012 Irish Poker Open Day Two: Money Bubble Bursts, Germany’s Manig Loeser Takes The Lead

Defying those that said it couldn’t happen, the money bubble popped during Day Two action at the 2012 Irish Poker Open as the field continues on to crowning its champion on Monday. 277 players returned for play on Saturday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin with the audacious task of bringing the f [...]
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2012 Irish Poker Open Day One: Samuel Chartier Leads Sizeable Field

Day One of the 2012 Irish Poker Open is in the books, with Canada’s Samuel Chartier taking the honors of the chip lead over the sizeable field in Dublin. The tournament room at the Burlington Hotel was replete with the green colors of tournament sponsors PaddyPowerPoker as the cards hit the air on [...]
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“Flushy” Defeats “Devilfish” To Take Down Inaugural “iSeriesLIVE” Event

Over a protracted ten hour battle, British poker pro James “Flushy” Dempsey defeated fellow Brit David “Devilfish” Ulliott to take down the inaugural event for “iSeriesLIVE” early Friday morning. The innovative new experimental poker series, which is expected to feature different tournam [...]
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Jonathan Duhamel Among Leaders In Prominent POY Races

With a slight lull in the tournament poker world prior to the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final, the World Poker Tour’s World Championship and the beginning of the World Series of Poker, the major Player of the Year races seem to have a bit of consensus as to who the best player has been to [... [...]
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New Jersey Internet Gambling Bill Passes Through Senate Committee

A bill which would legalize internet gambling in New Jersey passed through the state Senate’s State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 1565, sponsored by State Senators Raymond Lesniak (D – Union) and James Whelan (D – Atlantic), “… [...]
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PartyPoker Premiere League V Field Set

One of the most anticipated mini-events of the year, the PartyPoker Premiere League V, is upon us this week. There is still one more qualifier to determine, but the lineup of those buying in directly has been set and the cards are ready to fly in a couple days at the Montesino Casino in Vienna. [... [...]
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Jannick Wrang Defeats Olivier Busquet To Win EPT Campione Championship

In what proved to be one of the best final tables of its Season Eight schedule, Denmark’s Jannick Wrang was able to vanquish the United States’ Olivier Busquet to capture the championship of the European Poker Tour Campione in Italy early Sunday morning. The eight men in contention for the champ [...]
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EPT Campione Day Four: Final Table Set, Fabrice Soulier Leads Olivier Busquet

After an intense two days of battle, the final table is set for the inaugural European Poker Tour stop in Campione, Italy, with two prominent names heading the field of eight who will vie for the title. 99 players returned on Thursday and quickly were able to work their way down to the 88 players [. [...]
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EPT Campione Day Two: Balazs Botond Leads The Field, Several Top Pros In The Hunt

It seems that the European Poker Tour loves to make stops in Italy. For the third time in the past year alone, the EPT has journeyed to Italy, this time making its first ever stop in Campione, where Hungary’s Balazs Botond has emerged as the leader after Day Two. 325 of the original 570 players [. [...]
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EPT Campione Day 1B: Nicolas Chouity Finishes with Chip Lead

In yesterday’s write-up of Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Campione Main Event, we said, “Unless something beyond the realm of comprehension happens [with regards to the Day 1B turnout], EPT Campione will not come close to the size of EPT San Remo.” Seeing as this season’s EPT San Re [...]
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EPT Campione Day 1A: Davide Andreoni Leads the Way

We’re in a good stretch right now in the European Poker Tour (EPT). March and April are the only consecutive months during Season 8 that both feature two tour stops, so there is pretty action to be had this spring. A couple weeks ago, Frederik Jensen grabbed his first ever major title at EPT Madri [...]

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