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A total of 196 players took to the felts in San Jose, California for Day 1B of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. Eugene Katchalov came out on top after the second starting day, earning a $10,000 cash bonus. Read more »
Large pots were few and far between on Sunday night's episode of the GSN series "High Stakes Poker." Instead, a vegetarian prop bet between Full Tilt Poker pros Phil Ivey and Tom "durrrr" Dwan took center stage. Read more »
The first female champion of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship was crowned on Sunday as UB.com pro and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke took down the title and its corresponding $500,000 top prize. Read more »
Eight players remain in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will begin airing on NBC on April 18th at Noon ET. Among the survivors are poker veterans Doyle Brunson and Annie Duke. Read more »
When the final 24 players of the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event met today to play down to the final table, players were ready for action. After a couple of hours, however, the EPT Main Event was paused and players were ordered to leave the room. Read more »
Round 2 of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship plays out today from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and will see the field trimmed from 32 to 16. Among those players still in contention is Doyle Brunson. Read more »
The field of 64 is set in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on NBC. One of the highlights of the opening round is a titanic showdown between PokerStars pros Jason Mercier and Daniel Negreanu, who have both been on a hot streak. Read more »
ClubWPT qualifier Leron Washington took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational, defeating a field of 567 players from all walks of life. He earned $100,000 for the win. Read more »
"High Stakes Poker" Season 6 is currently underway on cable station GSN. One notable difference from the first five seasons is the absence of commentator A.J. Benza, who was let go in favor of bringing on floor reporter Kara Scott. Read more »
Hungarian poker player Andras Koroknai leads the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Koroknai has nearly five million in chips and the final table will play out on Thursday. Read more »
A total of 22 players remain in the L.A. Poker Classic, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen leads the way with 1.67 million chips. Read more »
The third episode of Season 6 of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" aired on Sunday night at 8:00pm ET. Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier joined the set and Daniel Negreanu pushed all-in, but ultimately chopped the pot. Read more »
Online poker player Taylor "tramp$d0pray" Paur and Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu lead the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic after two days of play. The $10,000 buy-in tournament wraps up on Thursday. Read more »
Absolute Poker pro Mark Seif and online gamer Ben "xthesteinx" Zamani are among the leaders after one day of play in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Day 2 takes place today at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Read more »
Poker pro Ashton Griffin edged out DoylesRoom personality Hoyt Corkins heads-up to win the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) High-Roller Bounty Shootout at the Venetian. The $25,000 buy-in tournament awarded a top prize of $460,000. Read more »
The inaugural North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event has crowned a champion. Tom Marchese, a 22 year-old from New Jersey, took down the first NAPT event on U.S. soil and earned $827,000. Read more »
Top female poker pro Annie Duke will join Kevin Pollak's Chat Show live on Sunday, March 14th at 5:00pm PT for an in-depth interview. The internet series is coming up on its one-year anniversary and has featured guests including Adam Carolla, David Koechner, and Dave Coulier. Read more »
On Tuesday, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) introduced S 3018, the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act. Among other topics, the bill establishes a framework to tax and regulate internet gambling in the United States. Read more »
PokerStars announced the eagerly anticipated schedule for the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on Monday, revealing a tournament slate with $36 million in guaranteed prize money. SCOOP is unique in that each event features three tournaments with three different buy-ins, so that players of all bankroll sizes can participate. Read more »
Two episodes of "High Stakes Poker" Season 6 have aired and two players have already dropped $200,000. Last week, UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth went busto on the popular GSN cash game show. This week, that distinction belonged to Ladbrokes pro Andreas Hoivold. Read more »
A total of 872 players entered the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event on Saturday and, when the smoke cleared, 476 remained in the hunt for the $827,000 top prize. Read more »
A $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em table on PokerStars dealt the site's monumental 40 billionth hand. Coming out on top in the historic moment was PokerStars member Senecady, who walked away with $24,000. Read more »
Frenchman David Benyamine took down the fourth PartyPoker Premier League title, defeating embattled pro Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Benyamine earned $476,000 for his efforts. Read more »
The first four spots at the final table of the PartyPoker Premier League are set, with Unabomber Poker front man Phil Laak leading the way. The top four players after six matches automatically qualified for the finale and best of three heads-up events will determine the rest of the table. Read more »
Heat 5 of the ongoing PartyPoker Premier League played out from the M Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Ian Frazer, a member of Team PartyPoker, outlasted Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Read more »
