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Regardless of how it works out, you have to admit that the Merge Gaming Network has some guts. The small online poker network is looking to fill the gaping void in the poker market by re-opening its doors to United States customers. The network laid out the welcome mat on Thursday, and while it has… Read more »
As the €10,000 Championship Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe enters its second Day One on Sunday, poker pros Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Philippe Boucher captured the final two preliminary bracelets awarded on Saturday. In the €10,000 Split Format No Limit Hold’em event, Mizrachi came back yesterday as a member of… Read more »
The players have gathered in Cannes, France, for the €10,000 Championship Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, but there is a bit of unfinished business in two of the preliminary events to take care of as the Championship Event begins. In the €10,000 Split Format No Limit Hold’em tournament – which has… Read more »
On the eve of the Championship Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, there are still two bracelets left to be awarded. During yesterday’s action, the relatively unknown Tristan Wade defeated a stacked final table in the €3000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout to take his first WSOP bracelet. Although the tournament was a… Read more »
With the €10,000 Championship Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe looming on the horizon, Steve “MrSmokey1” Billirakis etched his name into the annals of WSOP history on Wednesday by taking down his second gold bracelet, while a stacked final table is set for play in the €3000 Shootout event today. Billirakis came… Read more »
The second event of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) concluded Tuesday with Aussie Andrew Hinrichsen emerging victorious, the sixth Australian in history to win a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. The €1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament was the largest ever at the WSOPE, as its 771 entrants demolished the previous record… Read more »
ESPN.com’s monthly ranking of the top ten poker players in the world, called “The Nuts,” has been released and for September, the top five has remained unchanged. In fact, of the ten players on the list, only one was new, meaning that one player had to drop out. That one player: the incomparable Phil Ivey.… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) kicked off Friday with the first of seven official bracelet events as the Series moves to Cannes, France after four years in London, England. In another first, Guillaume Humbert became the first Swiss national to win a bracelet, taking the 2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event and its €215,999… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. The saving grace that came last week with the announcement of the long-awaited deal for the sale of Full Tilt Poker to the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie looked, at the start, to be what… Read more »
With both events whittling their fields down to the final players, the champions will be determined today at the European Poker Tour London Main Event and the High Roller championship. In the Main Event, play ended yesterday with the elimination of Adria Balaguer in ninth place. Five players, including Balaguer, saw a 10-7-7 flop and,… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the ten nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Tuesday after a public nomination process on WSOP.com, followed by a vetting of all nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The criteria for Poker Hall of Fame induction, according to the World Series… Read more »
Now we’re down to the nitty gritty. Day 4 has wrapped up at the European Poker Tour (EPT) London with just 24 players – three tables – remaining and the title is virtually anyone’s for the taking at this point. There is a virtual three-way tie for the top spot between Mattias Bergstrom (1,838,000 chips),… Read more »
Day 3 was moving day at the European Poker Tour (EPT) London, as players were looking to make the money and position themselves for a potential run at the final table. 160 players started the day, and with 104 cashing, there was no doubt the money bubble would burst. When the dust settled at the… Read more »
Oftentimes in large, multi-day poker tournaments, the chip leaders at the end of early days fall off the next day, never to be seen again in the event. Not so this weekend at the European Poker Tour (EPT) London stop. Germany’s Benny Spindler, who started Sunday’s Day 2 as the second largest chip stack with… Read more »
Day Two play at the European Poker Tour stop at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in London is in full swing, with the final numbers for the tournament exceeding expectations and bringing new faces to the top of the leaderboard. After 280 players stepped up on Friday with their £5000 buy in, a stunning 411 came… Read more »
One of the most prestigious stops on the European Poker Tour, their annual trek to London, the United Kingdom, is currently underway, with several top professionals on the felt yesterday and for Day 1B action today. The £5000 buy in event started on Friday, drawing the crème of the poker world from both sides of… Read more »
The shockwaves of yesterday’s decision by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to revoke the e-gaming license of Full Tilt Poker continue to be felt across the poker world. Following the announcement of the decision by the AGCC – where the executive director of the organization, Andre Wilsenach, said that Full Tilt Poker “fundamentally misled… Read more »
After almost ten days of silence following a hearing, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has reportedly revoked the primary license for the online poker site Full Tilt Poker this morning, according to several reputable news outlets. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the AGCC decided that the ownership of what was the second… Read more »
The 10th annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) concluded this week and after two days of play and 1,626 eliminations, Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen emerged victorious in the $5,200 Main Event, banking $1,260,018.50. The Dane entered final table play as far and away the largest stack remaining. His 11.2 million chips was more than… Read more »
With the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) coming to end, most online poker players would normally be looking forward to the next Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) to find that next poker tournament series excitement. But with Full Tilt gone, there is a gaping hole in the online tournament series landscape after… Read more »
In what is quickly becoming a potential new gaming Mecca, former World Champion Chris Moneymaker will be the host of a large tournament in the new poker room of a Pennsylvania casino. Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner, will be at the Presque Isle Downs and Casino on October 15, hosting… Read more »
Riding a tremendous rush that extended over the final two days of the tournament, Bobby Oboodi captured the championship early Saturday morning of the World Poker Tour’s latest stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ. Coming to the final table on Friday afternoon, Oboodi held a slim 60,000 chip lead over veteran… Read more »
The only two players who have broached the ten million chip mark in the event – Bobby Oboodi and Fred Goldberg – will be in prime position to take down the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City when the final table plays out this evening. When play was at… Read more »
Entering into its fourth day, there have not been any decisions announced in the hearings between the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and the shuttered Full Tilt Poker, leaving the status of what used to be the second largest online poker company in the industry in the lurch. The hearings began on Monday and, to… Read more »
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday that a motion has been filed to amend the civil money laundering complaint against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and related payment processors (the Black Friday civil complaint). The amendment adds three Full Tilt Poker principals – Howard Lederer,… Read more »
