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Not one, not two, but three players participated in a chop of Event #12 of the sixth UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. The $162 Sniper No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack tournament drew a field of 563 players and boasted a prize pool that passed $75,000. In addition, a bounty prize pool of $8,400 was up… Read more »
Online betting giant bwin has announced the launch of the first real money online poker app for the iPhone, joining Full Tilt Poker and Switch Poker as the only rooms in the mobile arena. The free Texas Hold’em app is available now in the App Stores in the U.K. and Austria, where bwin is based,… Read more »
A No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Six-Max event carrying a $530 buy-in played out last night as part of the UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. The field numbered 514, pushing the prize pool to well over a quarter of a million dollars, and Stuart “THEDONATOR” Paterson came away with the title following a heads-up chop.… Read more »
This week, CardRunners instructor and cash game specialist John “Nicolak” Kim joins “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg.” The web-based television show can be seen exclusively here on Poker News Daily, so check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this week’s installment. If you don’t already have an account at UB.com, the show’s sponsor, now… Read more »
The fifth event of the ongoing UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC, ended in a heads-up chop between FINEIRISHLAD and PDI88. The $215 No Limit Hold’em Rock Star Bounty, which featured UB.com pro and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian as its host, drew a field of 615 players to create a prize pool passing $120,000. An equity… Read more »
The first event of the sixth UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) kicked off on Sunday night and featured a healthy field of 664 players. The $530 No Limit Hold’em contest whittled down to one man, Laurence “DONT_RIVER_ME” Houghton, who came away with a $78,000 top prize. In September, Houghton took down a PokerStars World Championship of… Read more »
In a final table beamed across the world in near-real time on PokerStars.tv, ESPN3.com, and ESPN2, Galen Hall overcame a 5:1 heads-up chip deficit to become the champion of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. Hall booked $2.3 million for the win, while runner-up Chris Oliver earned $1.8 million. Oliver entered the eight-handed… Read more »
In one month, the ninth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) will debut on Fox Sports Net. This season will bring a barrage of changes, including a new on-air personality, a returning hostess, and a team of women that will spice up the set. It all comes your way on Sunday, February 13th at… Read more »
On Thursday night, the final eight-man table was determined in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. Online poker pro Chris “Gettin Daize” Oliver will hold over 40% of the chips in play when the action picks back up on Saturday afternoon. He has lead nearly wire-to-wire in the $10,000 buy-in poker tournament and… Read more »
The lone woman remaining in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event is its chip leader after four days of play. Spain’s Ana Marquez built a stack of 3.8 million on Wednesday to lead the way, although she only edges out 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker by 40,000.… Read more »
Online poker player Chris “Gettin Daize” Oliver, a former #1 player in the PocketFives.com Rankings, leads the way after Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. The tournament, emanating from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in the Bahamas, will crown its champion on Saturday. Oliver built a stack of 3.6 million… Read more »
On Monday, the field of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event convened under one roof for the start of Day 2. When the smoke cleared, the group of 645 was trimmed all the way down to 173. Adam Geyer leads the way after two days of play with a stack of 909,000. He’s… Read more »
Monday marks Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event in the Bahamas. Yesterday, 913 players turned out for Day 1B of the $10,000 buy-in poker tournament to create the largest PCA Main Event field ever at 1,560 entrants. A top prize of $2.3 million is up for grabs and 232 players… Read more »
It was a win-win for the final two players in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Event at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Eugene Katchalov came away with the win and collected a grand prize of $1.5 million, while Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu earned $1 million for second place and passed Phil… Read more »
One day of play is in the books in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Event at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Thirty-eight players put up the six-figure admission fee and, when the smoke had cleared after nine levels, Tobias Reinkemeier held a stack of 896,000 for a slight lead over Team PokerStars Pro… Read more »
Following last week’s overhaul at Team UB.com that saw Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth depart on the same day, the USA-friendly CEREUS Network site has picked up its newest pro. On Thursday, site officials announced that Prahlad Friedman had joined Team UB.com. Friedman seemingly hinted at joining an online poker site back in November. The… Read more »
In one of the most intriguing business pairings in recent years, Robert Croak, the creator of Silly Bandz, a popular line of toy bracelets, will become the newest partner in DeepStacks Live. If you’re not familiar with Silly Bandz, Business Week called the product “the biggest success in modern day toy selling,” while during a… Read more »
The very first episode of “The Showdown” with Jon Friedberg debuted today on Poker News Daily. The weekly web-based series welcomed former “Survivor: China” castaway Jean-Robert Bellande to discuss a variety of topics ranging from bankroll management to the Spearmint Rhino in Las Vegas. Friedberg is a former World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner… Read more »
On Sunday, the second ever SuperStar Showdown took place on the virtual felts of PokerStars and featured sponsored pro Isildur1 facing off against PartyPoker’s Tony G. After the 2,500-hand encounter, Isildur1 booked $44,000 in profit and was declared the winner, boosting his SuperStar Showdown record to 1-1. Following the match, Tony G sought comfort on… Read more »
Titan Poker pro Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi is the 2010 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year, officials announced on Friday. Mizzi entered the top spot in the Player of the Year rankings in March and never relinquished his lead. The 2010 CardPlayer Player of the Year, Tom Marchese, finished in second place in the Bluff standings.… Read more »
Over the past few days, poker’s most prolific Tweeters have been actively preparing for the New Year. Whether they were traveling or reflecting on the year that passed, it provided a great deal of entertainment. The New Year’s celebrations got off to a start as early as Wednesday, with model and poker player Christina Lindley… Read more »
It’s been a chaotic week for the CEREUS Network online poker room UB.com. Thursday saw the departure of its two highest profile pros, 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship winner Annie Duke and 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. According to UB.com pro Joe Sebok, however, a new pro will be announced next week, and all signs… Read more »
In breaking news, former “Celebrity Apprentice” runner-up Annie Duke has parted ways with UB.com. A blog revealing that she had left the online poker site appeared around 1:30pm ET on Thursday. Duke had been with UB.com for nine years, including both the pre- and post-Chris Moneymaker era. Duke told Poker News Daily, “After some thought,… Read more »
We’ll be ringing in the New Year in a big way here at Poker News Daily, as bracelet winner Jon Friedberg will be debuting “The Showdown” during the first week of January on our site. Friedberg will interview several of the game’s most prolific names in the weekly video series; in fact, the inaugural episode… Read more »
In breaking news from the world of online poker, Lee Jones has stepped down as Card Room Manager of Cake Poker, effective immediately. Jones posted in a thread on TwoPlusTwo around 3:00pm ET on Tuesday, “This is a brief announcement to let you know that, as of yesterday, I have resigned my position at Cake… Read more »
