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The wait for the reimbursement of lost Full Tilt Poker player funds and the more than two year nightmare that it has become for former U.S. customers looks like it may be nearing an end. There may actually be a light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. According to an e-mail posted on… Read more »
After being hammered over several of the most popular poker forums in the industry, Lock Poker has taken the unique step of opening up its own poker forum and will no longer be discussing issues that plague the beleaguered room in a public format. The new forum has some caveats that will keep ‘lurkers’ from… Read more »
One of last year’s victories for poker was muted a bit Tuesday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned a judge’s ruling that a New York man was not guilty of operating an illegal gambling business. As a result, Lawrence Dicristina is facing up to 10 years in prison. The… Read more »
Online gaming firm 888 Holdings, operator of 888poker.com, released its Interim Management Statement Tuesday, presenting positive financial results for the second quarter of 2013 and revealing some information about its plans for the New Jersey market. As to the company’s financial results, 888 Holdings reported overall revenue of $97 million for the quarter, a five… Read more »
If you ever need to provide someone with evidence as to why poker is a great game, look no further than the 2013 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown Main Event, which concluded this weekend. As far as main events go, it was fairly small, with just 126 players paying the NZ$3,000 ($2,700 +… Read more »
Although the regulations for online poker went into effect over a year ago in Nevada, it took some time for anyone to step up and open shop with their own online poker room. In April, that momentous occasion occurred when Ultimate Poker (owned by Station Casinos) became the first online poker site to open for… Read more »
In late breaking news Thursday night, the claims administrator who is in charge of the disbursement of payments to U. S. customers of the old Full Tilt Poker is now saying that payments are set to begin “shortly,” according to their website. Garden City Group, the organization that was chosen by the U. S. Department… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. This past Sunday, the five day boycott of the Venetian poker room – proposed by noted poker author Nolan Dalla to protest the stance by the chariman of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation’s Sheldon Adelson regarding… Read more »
Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel has announced that it is closing its poker room next month. Poker rooms have never been the money makers that the rest of the casino games are and it appears that it just wasn’t worth it anymore for the Revel to keep the poker games going. The casino released a… Read more »
On Thursday, Intertops Poker, a poker room on the Revolution Gaming Network, announced that will now be taking the extreme measure of reviewing most player winnings before crediting funds to accounts in order to combat chip dumping at the tables. An Intertops Poker representative posted the following message on the Two Plus Two message board… Read more »
One of the companies that were thought to be a major player for the future of online gaming and poker in the United States has instead decided to pack in their efforts towards that goal. As this occurred, another organization continues to strive forward in one of the state regulated operations. On Thursday, the social… Read more »
One of the major players in “High Roller” poker tournaments around the world was arrested earlier this week for his company’s involvement in an alleged malware ring that netted nearly $4 million. According to reports from several technology websites, Japanese poker professional Masaaki Kagawa was arrested, along with eight other people associated with Kagawa’s company… Read more »
The Global Poker Index (GPI) announced today that has purchased The Hendon Mob Limited (UK), owner of TheHendonMob.com. The website is best known for its industry-leading live poker tournament database as well as being home to the world’s largest UK online poker community. “We are very excited and extremely proud to count The Hendon Mob… Read more »
Ultimate Poker (UP), the first and still the only regulated online poker site to get up and running in Nevada, revealed a couple tidbits about its upcoming VIP program late last week. The highlight, as posted by Ultimate Poker representative Scott “Scottyy” Yeates on Two Plus Two, is that the site will use the “Winner… Read more »
Back in May, poker professional Paul Volpe was atop the three major Player of the Year races in the poker world. After two months of Las Vegas tournaments – the World Series of Poker and other smaller events – those POY races have been completely changed over, with some new names ascending to the top… Read more »
Even though it has been well over two years since the indictments of “Black Friday” and almost two years since the shutdown of the site, further delays are expected for those players in the United States who have been expecting repayment from Full Tilt Poker. According to Bob Pajich of CardPlayer.com, the Garden City Group… Read more »
Already one of the elite international tours on the tournament poker calendar, the World Poker Tour announced yesterday the establishment of a new set of special “High Roller” events that should draw in the crème of the poker world for competition. The tour, to be called “WPT Alpha8,” will be a series of eight, $100,000… Read more »
On Wednesday, internet gaming and poker was once again in the spotlight on Capitol Hill. In the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, the chairman of the subcommittee, called the hearing yesterday morning for discussion of the issue of online gaming. The hearing, entitled “The Expansion of Internet… Read more »
When Day 7 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off at around noon Pacific on Monday, 27 players had visions of bricks of money, a gaudy bracelet, and a life-changing title bouncing around in their hands. When play wrapped up at 2:30am this morning, just nine were left holding on those… Read more »
And so it comes down to this. Three tables of nine players. Just a few days ago, it was difficult to see across the poker room at the Rio, to distinguish one table from another. But now, now the tournament can fit into a good sized living room. In some ways, today is the most… Read more »
The long trek towards the next champion of the 2013 World Series of Poker Championship Event inched closer to a finish on Saturday as the field was decreased from 239 runners to only 68 survivors. The 239 players who came back on Saturday were all guaranteed a payday of $37,019, but anyone who plays the… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event has reached crunch time, with the money bubble popped early in the day and the true contenders beginning to emerge from the 6352 players who started the tournament last Saturday. An even 666 players came back on Friday for Day Four play, but eighteen of those… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event rolled through its Day Three activities on Thursday and, for the first time in the tournament, the entirety of the field was drawn together, albeit not in the same room. With a total of 1753 players emerging from the three Day Ones and Twos, the large… Read more »
The final Day Two of the 2013 World Series of Poker Championship Event played out on Wednesday as the massive number of survivors from Day 1C stepped to the felt in the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino looking to take the next step towards poker immortality. The overall Day One chip leader, Mark “P0kerH0”… Read more »
Tuesday was a bit of an odd-ball day on the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event schedule, as two Day 2’s ran concurrently. Once the Main Event got enormous several years ago, Day 1 was split into four flights with the survivors of two of those flights meeting up for Day 2A and survivors… Read more »
