The mysterious Swede known simply by the online moniker Isildur1 will step out from behind the computer and play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV live in London. The cash game will be held at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair from April 11th to 13th. Read more »
Outlasting a difficult field of 70 runners and a final table full of experience and talent, noted online and live professional Bryan "badbeatninja" Devonshire emerged after a 4½ hour final table as the champion of the 2010 WSOP Circuit stop at Harrah's Rincon. Read more »
In a new twist involving the seizure of a purported $5 million in funds destined for internet gambling customers in Maryland, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore is seeking a civil forfeiture, according to the Baltimore City Paper. Read more »
This weekend, Full Tilt Poker is running its popular Take 2 promotion once again, a;though this time it is for less money and the requirements, while still exceedingly simple, are just a bit tougher than before. Read more »
On April 14th, one day before taxes are due in the United States, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) will be hosting an Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, D.C. Read more »
Running from April 1st to 30th on the USA-friendly online poker site UB.com is the Perfect 10 Challenge. A total of $100,000 will be given away as part of a special Leaderboard Challenge and a top prize of $20,000 is on the line. Read more »
Online poker site Victory Poker continues to take strides in becoming the next major poker room, as it recently signed well-known pros Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little and James "Andy McLEOD" Obst. Read more »
Starting on April 5th, PartyPoker will be holding the first ever Online Cash Game Championships. Whether players grind it out in the lower level cash games or play at the nosebleed stakes, everyone will have a chance to take part. Read more »
Starting on April 1st, Cake Poker will make it even easier for players to amass Gold Stacks as part of its unique rewards program. The USA-friendly online poker site is making stacks up to 50% easier to earn. Read more »
To celebrate Annie Duke's victory at the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, UB.com introduced a new high-stakes tournament last weekend, the $1,000 Annie Duke Heads-Up Challenge. Read more »
After PokerStars' announcement of its "Big Game" poker television show, Full Tilt wasted little time rolling out "The Poker Lounge." The series, which pits an amateur against five Full Tilt Poker pros, will air on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Read more »
In a recent press release, poker training innovators DeepStacks Live announced a newly minted partnership with popular media provider PokerRoad. Under the terms of the deal, PokerRoad will serve as the official media partner of DeepStacks Live and DeepStacks University. Read more »
Dwyte Pilgrim added another title to his impressive resume last week by winning an event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Harrah's Rincon. The Brooklyn pro bested a field of 169 players in the $340 buy-in tournament to collect $13,392 and his third WSOP Circuit gold ring. Read more »
As always, PokerStars was action packed this weekend as scores of players turned out for the various guaranteed tournaments. First on the schedule was the Sunday Warm-Up, which garnered 4691 entrants and a $938K prize-pool. When all was said and done, FIGARO10 emerged victorious, taking home $147K for his efforts. Losing the heads-up battle was… Read more »
I recently returned from Crown's Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne, Australia. I had a delightful time and want to toss out a few random observations about the Southern Hemisphere and poker therein. Read more »
In breaking news, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has granted a motion that may return the case involving the seizure of 141 internet gambling domain names back to the state's Supreme Court. The URLs in jeopardy include PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com. Read more »
In Sunday night's episode of the GSN cash game series "High Stakes Poker," Victory Poker Andrew "good2cu" Robl went broke in a hand against Patrik Antonius and Daniel Negreanu built a $300,000 pot. Read more »
Innovative online poker site PKR.com unleashed its annual Springfest series on Friday, March 26th. The 11-event series will span two weeks and guarantee more than $130,000 in prizes. Read more »
In the latest promotion from PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site announced a televised cash game series dubbed the "Big Game." The high-stakes ring game will air on Fox and PokerStars players can qualify for free. Read more »
We're two months away from the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Full Tilt Poker is gearing up to send a throng of players to Sin City, including announcing a 150-seat guaranteed tournament on June 20th. Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did you get started in poker? Faraz Jaka: I was playing in dorm games with my friends in college. Eventually, I found my way online. It was a little more convenient. Read more »
Sunday night marks the seventh new episode of Season 6 for the popular GSN cash game series "High Stakes Poker." Ratings for the longtime franchise are up dramatically across the board. Read more »
The latest site to jettison from the Cake Poker Network is Lock Poker. In April, Lock Poker will move to the USA-friendly Merge Gaming Network, whose flagship site is Carbon Poker. Read more »
According to the poker website Pokerati.com, 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year Tom Schneider is willing to give a part of whatever he wins in the invite-only WSOP Tournament of Champions to those who mark their ballots with his name. Read more »
Did you hear the one about the 65-year-old man who thought it would be a good idea to play in a ladies-only poker tournament? It turned out he won almost $21,000, so it was actually a very good idea. As you may have read on this very website, this is not a joke. To recap, Abraham Korotki had been eliminated from a $1,000 buy-in preliminary event at the Borgata Poker Open in September. Read more »
