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We said yesterday that there was a chance that the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open could break last year’s mark for the largest WPT event in history. “Reasonable shot” was the phrase we used. It looks like we didn’t have to sweat it at all, as the 1,313 total entries handily beat… Read more »
The 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open got underway Sunday with the first of two Day 1 flights and it looks like there is a chance that the tournament could be a record breaker. Last year’s event was the largest in WPT history, as 1,042 players combined to create a prize pool of… Read more »
On the heels of “Black Friday” and the shutdown of the three most popular sites in the online poker industry, there has been a rise in the number of “subscription” online poker sites. These sites are promoted as being 100% legal because, unlike their “pay to play” brethren, actual money is not on the table.… Read more »
Adding on to its list of major players in its organization, the poker advocacy group Fair Play USA announced that a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director has joined its Board of Advisors. In a press conference on Thursday, Fair Play USA announced that former FBI director Louis Freeh had joined the organization and… Read more »
Since the actions taken by the U. S. Department of Justice on April 15 – which have become known as “Black Friday” in the poker community – the parade of online and live poker pros to more poker-friendly countries has become commonplace. A recent article in a major magazine focuses on this exodus. In a… Read more »
With each tournament held by the fledgling Epic Poker League, it seems that there is a corresponding dispute that comes along with said event. The latest fracas that has erupted could lead to the courtroom. In an interview with QuadJacks Radio, poker player Michael DiVita recounted his run in the EPL’s Pro/Am tournament on September… Read more »
According to a report by GamingToday.com, Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas, has announced that he will be launching a free-to-play online poker site, likely to be named after his casino. The site, which will be on the ZEN Entertainment Network, should open for business within the… Read more »
The month of September may be almost half over, but that just means Titan Poker’s 6th Anniversary Celebration is in full swing. All month, the headline member of the iPoker Network is holding a series of promotions for players, including the opportunity to play with the site’s pros. Here is what’s going on: Heads-Up Championship… Read more »
On Saturday, Parkland, Florida’s Matt Waxman accomplished something no American had ever been able to do before: he became the first American to win the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris. One of just two Yanks to reach the final table and one of just five to cash at the venerable Aviation Club… Read more »
Adding to the problems for the beleaguered company, a second class action lawsuit has been filed against Full Tilt Poker, this time in the country of Canada. It was revealed yesterday in an article in the Montreal Gazette that a Canadian consumer protection organization has filed the lawsuit on behalf of Canadian poker players. Jeff… Read more »
Battling from the short stack at the final table, Mike McDonald emerged as the champion of the second Epic Poker League tournament Friday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. At the start of the final table of the Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em event, Australia’s David Steicke held a slim, 28,000 chip… Read more »
The final table for the second-ever Epic Poker League Main Event is set, with a newcomer to the EPL tournaments leading the way and a familiar face trying to chase him down. Action began on Thursday with 23 men left standing from the original 97 runners who came to the line. There was plenty of… Read more »
After Day Two of the Epic Poker League’s second Main Event at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, 2011 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Fabrice Soulier has surged to the lead with 23 players remaining. The fifty players who returned for action on Wednesday were looking at a short day of play, with… Read more »
The second Epic Poker League Main Event kicked off Tuesday at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas as almost 100 poker pros squared off for both money and bragging rights. Leading the way, separated by just three big blinds and ahead of the rest of the field by 90 big blinds, are Jaime Kaplan… Read more »
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) announced yesterday that the public hearing regarding Full Tilt Poker’s remote gambling license will be held on Monday, September 19th at 9:00am at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel in London. The original hearing was held on Tuesday, July 26th with the purpose of allowing both the AGCC and Full… Read more »
It is rare that a person can be universally loved, and that type of person is perhaps even rarer in the cutthroat world of poker. Thuy Doan was one of those people. Lovely both inside and out, Thuy succumbed to cancer yesterday. She was just 25-years old. Born in Vietnam, Thuy moved to Virginia at… Read more »
For the first time without its American customers, PokerStars’ World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) will hit the felt today with the first of its 62 tournament schedule. From the inaugural tournament in 2002 until last year, the WCOOP had become the online equivalent of the World Series of Poker. Since its inception, the WCOOP… Read more »
It was revealed late yesterday that, beginning at the end of this month, the Entraction Network will no longer allow players from five different countries to play on their family of sites. The announcement was made by Donkr.com, who revealed the information that they had received from their affiliate contacts. In the statement, Donkr.com writes,… Read more »
With the online poker world in the United States crippled by the actions of “Black Friday,” Daniel Negreanu has apparently left his abode in Las Vegas and temporarily returned to his home country of Canada to be able to fulfill his sponsorship deal with PokerStars. In a blog post on his site, Full Contact Poker,… Read more »
The proposed launch of the District of Columbia’s intrastate online poker operation may be delayed or even discontinued after three city council members called for a re-examination of the plan. A story in the Washington Post by journalist Jeffrey Anderson reveals that the three D. C. city council members – Ward 2 Democrat Jack Evans,… Read more »
On Monday, Poker News Daily reported on the interactions of Full Tilt Poker lawyer Jeff Ifrah with members of the poker community. In answering questions about the status of the once second largest online poker room in the world, Ifrah said that a series of statements from Full Tilt were on the way, with the… Read more »
Today is the day that every player on the World Poker Tour (WPT) wants to reach: the televised final table. Just six players were able to hit that goal when play stopped early Tuesday morning at the WPT Legends of Poker at the legendary Bicycle Casino, having outlasted 751 other players since Thursday. Going into… Read more »
Over the weekend, Jeff Ifrah, the attorney retained by Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar after the U.S. Department of Justice online poker indictments on Black Friday, fielded questions on the Two Plus Two poker forum about the state of Full Tilt, its efforts to find investors, and the status of player funds. While what… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Legends of Poker is rounding the final turn, about to hit the home stretch. After Day 3 of competition at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, just 21 players remain out of the 757 that began play. With $758,085 on the line for first place and the current payout… Read more »
With the first North American stop of the new season as a backdrop, World Poker Tour (WPT) officials announced new tour stops and new features for Season X of the ever-popular poker tournament series. The season started in May with the WPT Spanish Championship, held at the Casino Barcelona, followed by WPT Spanish Slovenia in… Read more »
