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When it comes to online poker network reorganizations, things usually happen in one of three ways: one network buys another, a poker room leaves a network, or a poker room joins a network. On Monday, though, a significant move was made that did not fit any of these categories. Yes, Lock Poker announced that it… Read more »
Making it five years with any poker programming – whether it is radio or television – calls for a time of celebration. Poker professional Bernard Lee will be doing just that over the month of May as he celebrates his fifth anniversary of his namesake poker radio program by offering a televised version of the… Read more »
Hot on the heels of wrapping up its Season Eight tournament schedule with its Grand Final in Monte Carlo, the European Poker Tour has announced their Season Nine schedule of events. For those that have been longtime fans of the EPT, however, it will be a significant change of course for the tournament series. After… Read more »
On Shawn Cunix’s website, he writes that he is committed to the core purpose of “inspiring happiness.” We think that $400,600 could be quite the inspiration. This is what Cunix won Wednesday for his triumph in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open, along with a $25,500 into the season-ending WPT Championship and a… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) starts in less than four weeks. That’s this month. But before the main course arrives, Series officials would like to give poker fans a bit of an appetizer. On Tuesday, it was announced that the WSOP would dip its toes into international waters for a second time, creating a… Read more »
All in all, it did not seem like the most difficult of days for Mohsin Charania. The Illinois resident began final table play at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in the middle of the pack and stayed comfortably in contention until finding the right time to make his move. In the end, he… Read more »
In saddening news from the state of Texas this morning, 1972 World Series of Poker Championship Event victor, four-time WSOP bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame member “Amarillo Slim” Preston has passed away after a lengthy illness. The legend of the poker world was 83 years old. Last weekend, Preston was entered into hospice… Read more »
The end is near for the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final, playing out at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Casino, as the final 26 players have been determined who will contend for the final championship of the EPT’s Season Eight schedule. 130 players came back on Saturday with the unpleasant task (for some of… Read more »
The second day of play for the European Poker Tour Grand Final has concluded, short of the money bubble and with a member of the Team PokerStars Pro roster sitting atop the leaderboard. 394 runners returned to the felt in Monte Carlo on Friday with Nicolas Yunis holding onto the lead over fellow Day 1B… Read more »
The second Day One of the European Poker Tour’s penultimate event of Season Eight, the EPT Grand Final, is in the books, with player numbers coming in right around the field size drawn for the 2011 version of the tournament. After Day 1A brought in a nice sized field of 271 players (of which 165… Read more »
According to a report in a major newspaper, the battle lines are being drawn between state governments and the U. S. Congress regarding the online poker issue. In an article on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal written by noted journalist Alexandra Berzon and assisted by Heather Haddon, the duo report that Nevada Senator and… Read more »
In a whirlwind of rumors and unofficial confirmations, the poker community was sent into a frenzy Tuesday as word came out that it is not going to be Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) that will buy Full Tilt Poker, but rather Full Tilt’s rival, PokerStars. As part of the alleged $750 million deal, PokerStars will reportedly… Read more »
The game of poker, especially tournament poker, requires a lot of patience. As much as one might want action, a player can’t just throw out bets willy-nilly and hope to win. It often requires orbit after orbit of waiting for the right moment and the ability to take advantage of that moment to win a… Read more »
It was a relatively short day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Showdown on Sunday, as it took less than seven hours to determine the composition of the final table. Sure, seven hours to eliminate nine players may seem like an awful high average time between knockouts, but at this stage of… Read more »
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 closest pursuer, Bahadir… Read more »
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… Read more »
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 some momentum heading… Read more »
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 player field still did… Read more »
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 stunning announcement of… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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 well ahead of… Read more »
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 and Tristan Wade were in… Read more »
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 particular favorite… Read more »
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… Read more »
