Earlier this month, members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and pros like Andy Bloch, Linda Johnson, and Jan Fisher met with nearly 50 Washington State legislators. The objective: convince lawmakers to overturn a 2006 statute that makes playing online poker a Class C felony. Also in the house in the northwest state was PPA… Read more »
Battling through a small but strong field at Harrah’s Rincon outside of San Diego, one of the more underrated players in the game, Ali Eslami, captured the title at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Western Regional Championship late Wednesday. Only 98 players showed up on Sunday for the WSOP Circuit Western Regional Championship,… Read more »
What’s is like in the current online poker world? CardRunners instructor BallzDeepX is back to explain how it is and what you should do to maximize your potential at the tables. For more free videos, head to Truly Free Poker Training where you can receive a CardRunners membership at no cost. Here is the official… Read more »
According to the Wall Street Journal and the Las Vegas Review Journal, Full Tilt Poker has teamed up with Fertitta Interactive to back Federal legislation legalizing online poker. Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the owners of Station Casinos, also own Fertitta Interactive. However, according to the news outlets, no tie-in with Station Casinos is expected. Tom… Read more »
In a final judgment issued last week, United States District Court Judge James Nowlin has dismissed all claims by Deliverance Poker against 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Michael Mizrachi and Tiltware, LLC, the ownership behind Full Tilt Poker. Two final statements on the case were lodged with the United States… Read more »
Shortly after dinnertime on the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday, Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates sat down for a Durrrr Challenge session. Dwan succinctly posted on Twitter prior to the festivities beginning, “About to play a short session vs jungleman on FTP now.” The action takes place exclusively on Full Tilt… Read more »
In an article published by Forbes on Tuesday, it was revealed that 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Robert Varkonyi has sued a hedge fund alleging fraud. He’s seeking to recoup his initial $1.4 million investment in a fund ultimately tied to a Ponzi scheme. According to Forbes, Varkonyi “filed the lawsuit… Read more »
According to a report by the Las Vegas Sun, dealers at Caesars Palace have overwhelmingly voted down a labor contract that included terms requiring them to share tips with casino management. The provision would have been similar to the policy that the Wynn Las Vegas put into effect five years ago. Caesars dealers voted 303-2… Read more »
This week, the real estate section of Yahoo featured an article from Curbed.com highlighting the unique penthouse of young poker star Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. Located in New York City’s East Village, the main attraction of the residence is, get this, a slide. That’s right. Galfond has a slide in his house. And it’s no kiddie… Read more »
On Tuesday at 9:39am ET, a monumental hand was dealt on PokerStars, the industry’s largest online poker site. In fact, it was #60 billion. In the end, Pogo650 came away with the win and banked over $100,000 for being at the right place at the right time. Lightning actually struck twice for Pogo650, who was… Read more »
eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) announced on Monday that it has new ownership, as its management purchased the company. The management buyout initiative was led by Chief Executive Andrew Beveridge and was approved by the founding members of the non-profit organization. eCOGRA seeks to improve the security and integrity of online gaming… Read more »
A total of 98 players registered for the $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Western Regional Championship at Harrah’s Rincon and, after two days of play, that number has been clipped down to 18. Kwinsee Tran will enter Day 3 with the chip lead after building a stack of 269,100, but close on his… Read more »
This week, the Poker News Daily web TV series “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” welcomes investment manager and our host’s father, Jeff Friedberg. An in-depth discussion on investing your hard-earned poker money is at hand in a can’t-miss episode. UB.com sponsors “The Showdown,” so show your love for the show by signing up for UB.com… Read more »
The Showdown, Episode 13 Part 1 features The Votedown where host Jon Friedberg discusses topics important to the world of poker plus what’s new in the world of poker twitter. In this episode there is also an interview with Jeff Friedberg. Be sure to catch the second part of this show by watching The Showdown,… Read more »
The Showdown, Episode 13 Part 2 features an interview with Jeff Friedberg. If you missed it already, be sure to catch the first part of this show by watching The Showdown, Episode 13 – Part 1. Host Jon Friedberg is a sponsored pro from UB.com and if you haven’t already, be sure to sign up… Read more »
On Sunday, the second installment of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown between Daniel Negreanu and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom played out across four $50/$100 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em tables. Last week, it was a bloodbath, as Negreanu went broke in just 1,439 hands out of the 2,500 required for completion, the first time that the challenge had… Read more »
According to Wicked Chops, Full Tilt Poker could become the next online poker room to partner with a land-based casino. Wicked Chops explained in an article posted late last week, “We’ve recently heard from a number of Las Vegas and online poker insiders that Full Tilt Poker, the second largest U.S.-facing online operator, is in… Read more »
Sunday afternoon marked the finale of Full Tilt Poker’s Challenge Durrrr promotion, but there was some controversy as to who was the actual winner of the competition. The Challenge Durrrr promotion was a chance for one of Full Tilt Poker’s players to step up and take on Tom “durrrr” Dwan in a multi-table competition. Over… Read more »
In recent years, many experts feel that the world of poker has been taken over by the young guns. For example, the past three World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champions have all been under 24 years old. During the past two years, the Player of Year winners have all been in their 20s. … Read more »
In the latest issue of the New York Times Magazine, an article on the online poker world’s latest wunderkind, Dan “jungleman12” Cates, details his life story. The piece, written by Jay Caspian Kang for the magazine’s “Youth Issue,” follows Cates for nearly a week as he plays online poker. The article starts off by detailing… Read more »
Johnny Chan returned to “High Stakes Poker” on Saturday night. The episode, which aired on GSN at 8:00pm ET, featured the final action from the first group of Season 7. Next week, a new lineup will be seated. The action was pretty quiet this week. However, David “Viffer” Peat had the table talking early. In… Read more »
Maybe it’s officially getting out of hand. Maybe it’s time for Dan “jungleman12” Cates to call off the dogs. On Friday morning, action in the ongoing Durrrr Challenge saw Cates widen his lead to over a million dollars over Tom “durrrr” Dwan. He’s officially up $1.2 million and a total of 18,236 hands have been… Read more »
The full schedule for the 2011 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun stop was released this week. The 35-event series will run from April 5 to 15, with the $5,000 Main Event set to take place from April 9 to 13. NAPT Mohegan Sun will kick off with a $300 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
Online gaming giant bwin released its quarterly and yearly financial results Wednesday, showing slightly decreased numbers for the quarter, but solid increases across the board for the 2010 fiscal year. During the final quarter of 2010, bwin saw gross gaming revenues decline 1.6% from the third quarter to €130.8 million, while net gaming revenues fell… Read more »
In an unconfirmed rumor first reported by RakeTheRake, Victory Poker, which currently makes its home on the Cake Poker Network, may soon be jumping ship to the CEREUS Network. The latter family of sites includes UB.com and Absolute Poker, both of which accept players from the United States. Poker News Daily contacted Victory Poker CEO… Read more »
