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History may be in the works at the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Fiesta al Lago, as Freddy Deeb vies for his record-tying third WPT title. Deeb holds a slight chip lead over Shawn Cunix entering the six-handed televised table. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago began on Wednesday and ultimately sported a field of 275 runners after an extended registration period. Now, just 11 remain, led by Jason "StatusUp" Lavallee, who boasts a stack of nearly 4.1 million. Read more »
Day 4 of the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa al Lago will play out on Saturday. Heading into play today, Corwin Cole leads the pack with 996,000 chips, one of two players to own more than 900,000. Read more »
Two days are in the books at the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago event. A total of 275 players registered, a drop of 25% compared to 2008, and entering Day 3 on Friday, Jason "JCarver" Somerville leads the way with a stack of 557,000. Read more »
Playing out on the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court this morning were oral arguments in a case pitting the state's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, headed by J. Michael Brown, against iMEGA, among other parties. Read more »
The cast of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million" officially pulled in $676,700 for the 10-week premiere season, over $1.3 million short of its stated goal. No word has come down from G4 as to whether the crew will be back for Season 2. Read more »
With 64 players left, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out Day 7 on ESPN on Tuesday night. The feature table included Antonio Esfandiari, Ryan Fair, Steven Begleiter, and James Akenhead. Read more »
The World Poker Tour's (WPT) first ever trip to Marrakech ended with Christophe Savary defeating a field of 416 runners en route to a €377,000 payday. The French poker player bested Eoghan O'Dea heads-up in the non-televised event. Read more »
In the world of online poker tournament series, there are a few that are "must play" events for online professionals. The annual WCOOP and the quarterly FTOPS normally come to mind first, but Bodog has built its own franchise that has done very well, the Bodog Poker Open. Read more »
Fresh off being spared elimination last week in Cambodia after a rival team lost their passports, poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho finished sixth in the Dubai leg of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." Read more »
With the December 1st deadline rapidly approaching for industry compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has coauthored a letter to prominent members of the Treasury and Federal Reserve. Read more »
This week, the industry learned that World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton would become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame and the lone representative in the Class of 2009. Poker News Daily sought the reaction of some of poker's greats. Read more »
The 38th person elected into the Poker Hall of Fame is none other than PartyPoker Ambassador and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Mike Sexton. He will be enshrined as part of ceremonies to be held on November 7th. Read more »
In a recent blog entry that appeared on DoylesRoom.com, site namesake Doyle Brunson blasted two poker franchises to hit television airwaves in recent months: NBC's "Face the Ace" and FOX's "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge." Read more »
Poker News Daily can confirm that Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso will not be the next co-host of GSN's "High Stakes Poker." The revelation comes on the heels of the news that longtime host A.J. Benza will not return for Season 6. Read more »
Two original November Nine members, Dennis Phillips and 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate, took center stage on ESPN on Tuesday night. Play from Day 6 of the 2009 Main Event wrapped up from the Rio in Las Vegas. Read more »
According to his personal blog, A.J. Benza revealed that GSN's "High Stakes Poker" will return for Season 6 featuring Gabe Kaplan and a female co-host. New episodes will begin airing in February on the popular cable station. Read more »
Hitting newsstands around the United States last Friday was the inaugural Body Issue of ESPN: The Magazine. The periodical profiled athletes and their physiques and included an image of Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, and Jennifer Harman playing poker in the nude. Read more »
According to figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, statewide casino revenue, or "win," fell 9.32% in August of 2009 compared to August of 2008. The total gaming win reported was $847.0 million, representing the 20th straight month of decline. Read the Board's August revenue report. Read more »
Poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho finished in last place for the second time on this season of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." This time, however, a team losing their passports saved them from elimination. Read more »
The latest sports star to take an interest in the game of poker is Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian speedster recently signed on to a sponsorship deal with PartyPoker.it, PartyPoker's Italian site. Read more »
On August 3rd, PokerListings founder Andreas Oscarsson was found murdered in Trollhättan, Sweden. Two months later, police are investigating the incident as a "contract killing," according to the Swedish news outlet Sveriges Radio. Read more »
A high-stakes mutli-table battle between Jay Rosenkrantz and David "Viffer" Peat headlined this week's episode of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million." In the end, the team earned $371,000 for the week and is up over $500,000 overall. Read more »
The recent antics of British online poker pro Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz have only helped to cement his reputation as a bad boy and a poker brat, as he has supposedly been banned not once, but twice from Grosvenor Casino properties. Read more »
On December 1st, the financial services industry in the United States must fall into full compliance with the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Working to delay the deadline is the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). Read more »
