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In breaking news, PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, has begun processing cashouts for U.S. players. Refunds for Americans began on Tuesday afternoon, when a message started appearing that instructed players to cash out their funds. When players from the “Red, White, and Blue” log into PokerStars, they’re now met with a pop-up message… Read more »
Over the weekend, action from the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship continued airing on NBC over the course of two hours on Sunday at 11:00am ET. The pairings from the opening round in the Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds brackets aired and the field was chopped from 64 players to 32. The Spades bracket included a… Read more »
It’s been a hectic 10 days for the online poker community. On April 15th, the founders of PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker were indicted, along with eight others, on charges that included money laundering, bank fraud, illegal gambling, and violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Monitoring the situation has been the… Read more »
“High Stakes Poker” rolled on last night on GSN. However, following the indictment of PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg and the seizure of player bankrolls around the world, the cash game series shed nearly all of its PokerStars branding. The only inklings of the room that remained were PokerStars logos stuck on players’ clothing. “High Stakes… Read more »
According to a report by Reuters on Thursday, the United States could be facing a challenge from the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the crackdown on the online poker rooms PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker on April 15. Officials from the Caribbean nation of Antigua, which licenses Absolute Poker, are considering taking the… Read more »
On Thursday, the CEREUS Network site Absolute Poker broke its silence following the indictments of Scott Tom and Brent Beckley in the United States one week ago. Absolute Poker has enlisted the aid of Blank Rome LLP and is currently in discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice. When it will make its next move… Read more »
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice came to an agreement with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to facilitate player cashouts by returning their dot-com domain names for that purpose. When the checks will start rolling out remains to be seen, as a press release issued by Full Tilt cautioned, “There exists no authorized U.S.… Read more »
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a deal with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to begin the process of paying out players affected by last week’s indictments. Although a significant number of questions are still left unanswered, the process of paying out money owed to U.S. customers on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker… Read more »
Weighing in on the mess that is the fallout from Black Friday was U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), who gave his two cents on the indictments of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker. In an interview with The Hill, Frank labeled the actions by the Department of Justice “an incredible waste… Read more »
The past 72 hours have featured an upheaval of the online poker community, as the founders of PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker were all indicted on charges that included violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and money laundering. Among the various organizations weighing in was the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), whose… Read more »
In the wake of Friday’s indictments of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, ESPN may be forced to adjust its programming in the coming week. The North American Poker Tour (NAPT), whose PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller final table and Bounty Shootout were scheduled to air on Monday on ESPN2,… Read more »
In what has been a lively afternoon in the online poker world, the Federal Government has seized the domain names belonging to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com, and Absolute Poker. Poker News Daily has learned that PokerStars, the world’s largest site, has ceased taking action from the United States. According to a statement from the… Read more »
The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) has only been around for 15 months, but it has already played host to an achievement most tours have yet to witness in years of existence. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst pulled off the unthinkable on Wednesday evening by winning her second straight title in the NAPT Mohegan Sun… Read more »
The final table of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun Main Event was set Tuesday evening with some potential history on the horizon. Twenty-one-year-old Tyler Kenney has the chip lead going into Wednesday with just over three million, but all eyes will be on Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and her attempt at… Read more »
Nine players remain in the Hollywood Poker Open, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). Play on Monday was scheduled to last until 10 runners remained, but a double elimination occurred on the final set of hands to trim the field to nine and set up what should be a very abbreviated play down… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel has been on a tear as of late. He’s banked a ridiculous $4.3 million in live poker tournaments in 2011, took down the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and won an AUD $250,000 buy-in tournament “Down Under” at the Aussie Millions for $2.4 million. Now, Seidel is poised to make… Read more »
A quaint field of 92 players turned out for Day 1 of the Hollywood Poker Open, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). Registration remains open until 1:00pm ET on Sunday prior to Day 2 of the $10,000 buy-in tournament and Ali Eslami leads the way with a stack of 147,000. It should come… Read more »
In breaking news from Washington, DC, the nation’s capital has apparently become the first jurisdiction to legalize intrastate online poker. According to a Wall Street Journal article published on Friday, “The city council approved a budget last year allowing the district’s lottery to operate a poker website accessible only inside district boundaries. City officials say… Read more »
While no official announcement has been made, it appears that PokerStars Team Pros Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier and Lex “RaSZi” Veldhuis are preparing for a kickboxing match sometime before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Veldhuis confirmed rumors of the fight on his Twitter account Thursday, saying, “I’m fighting (kickboxing) Elky in Las… Read more »
Eight years ago, a 27-year-old accountant from the hills of Tennessee, Chris Moneymaker, defeated one of the titans of the game, bracelet winner Sammy Farha, heads-up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. After busting Phil Ivey to make the final table, Moneymaker achieved what many thought was impossible, banked $2.5 million, and… Read more »
All this week, “Poker After Dark” is hosting a $50K Idol game featuring five young guns battling poker legend Doyle Brunson. Each player received a starting stack of 50,000 in the unique sit and go and the blinds began at 300/600. You can catch “Poker After Dark” nightly at 2:05am ET on NBC. Brunson was… Read more »
Ever wanted to go to the Super Bowl? How about the World Cup championship game? What about Wimbledon? Or maybe the Olympics? This week, PokerStars launched a promotion called the Game of Your Life to send players to sporting events on their bucket lists. Text found on PokerStars explains what you have to look forward… Read more »
Saturday night marked the debut of 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel on the GSN cash game series “High Stakes Poker.” The show, whose new episodes can be seen at 8:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET on Saturdays, featured an all-new lineup this week containing three recreational players and five hungry… Read more »
In April, Cake Poker is bringing back two popular promotions and continuing its World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellites. Starting this month, players can earn double Gold Cards with the Turbo Gold Cards promotion and earn cash and prizes by redeeming their Gold Cards with the Match and Win promo. Running from April 1 through… Read more »
In breaking news from the Midwest, a bill in Iowa that would have created an intrastate online poker market appears to be dead for the foreseeable future. According to the Associated Press, “Sen. Jeff Danielson, a Cedar Falls Democrat, said lawmakers couldn’t agree on the bill. It will instead be amended to request a report… Read more »
