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Full Tilt Poker turns five years-old in 2009. For the next 10 days, the world's second largest online poker site is celebrating in a big way, giving players the ability to earn extra Full Tilt Points (FTPs), boost their bankroll through freerolls, and participate in richer Sunday majors. Read more »
Recently, the inaugural PokerStars Czech-Slovak Poker Tour (CSPT) kicked off with a CZK 13,000 buy-in event at the Card Casino Prague. A total of 122 players turned out, generating a prize pool of more than CZK 1.4 million. Read more »
On Tuesday, lawyers from the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) argued in front of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The objective: prove that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is unconstitutional. Read more »
Despite turning away more than 500 players on Monday, the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will shell out $8.5 million to its victor, who will be crowned in November. The total number of entrants nearly topped 6,500. Read more »
Starting today, Party Poker is squaring the pot of every 50,000th hand played on its virtual felts. Also as part of the Genius promotion, which runs for 10 million hands, every millionth hand will receive a massive boost. Read more »
On Sunday, the third of four starting days in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will kick off with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) issuing the traditional "Shuffle up and deal" command. In addition, "Emperor" Phil Hellmuth will make his entrance. Read more »
The thirteenth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has been announced and will kick off on August 5th. FTOPS XIII consists of 25 events, culminating in a $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool tournament on August 16th. Read more »
Amid the fanfare of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, has filed suit to open warrants in the case involving the seizure of $30 million in online poker player funds by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District. It is the first legal action brought after the Southern District acted in June. Read more »
The preliminary events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are winding down and with the completion of Events #54 and #55 Wednesday there is only one more bracelet to give out before the Main Event kicks off on Friday. Read more »
At a final table populated with former bracelet winners like Erik Seidel, Vitaly Lunkin, Ville Wahlbeck, Huck Seed and Chau Giang it was ultimately a player with an impressive resume but no bracelet to his credit that would take the title. Georgia native David Bach defeated John Hanson after a seven hour heads-up match to win his first bracelet, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and $1,276,802. Read more »
After receiving the proposed legislation of online gaming that the nation of Belgium planned to enact, the European Commission yesterday rejected their plan due to language in the proposed laws that appears to be a nationalization plan rather than acceptable regulation and legislation. Read more »
With only scant days remaining until the start of the $10,000 Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the race for the remaining bracelets is heating up in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Read more »
Two of poker's stars clashed in a heads-up match for the ages in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event Saturday evening. Brandon Cantu and Lee Watkinson were the first bracelet winners of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play heads-up for a title and the large crowd that gathered at the ESPN stage in the Amazon Room wasn't left disappointed. Read more »
Bahador "Baha" Ahmad careened his way through a field of 527 players, including a tough final table that included Barry Greenstein and Ylon Schwartz, to win the $2.5K Mixed Hold'em Event (#47) Friday evening. Ahmadi, an Iranian-born poker pro now living in Canada, earned his biggest career payday of $278,804 with the win. Read more »
The acclaimed WSOP Academy is once again offering its once-a-year Main Event primer for players who want to improve their chances at poker's most famous tournament. The instructors include two Main Event champions – Phil Hellmuth and Greg Raymer, – bracelet holders Annie Duke and Mark Seif, pro Phil Gordon, tell expert Joe Navarro and other noted instructors Read more »
Jeff Lisandro became only the fifth player in World Series of Poker history to win three gold bracelets within a single year by winning the $2,500 Razz Event (#44) Wednesday evening. Read more »
The three judge panel from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that will hear the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) argue why the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is unconstitutional has been named. The Third Circuit will hear the case on July 7th at 10:00am ET. Read more »
With the Bellagio Cup V only three weeks away, officials from the World Poker Tour (WPT) released the schedule for Season VIII. A dozen tournaments will be held, including the brand new Hollywood Poker Open, which will debut from the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Read more »
Mark your calendars now for the first ever National Poker Week, which kicks off on July 19th and runs through the 25th. The grassroots initiative is the brainchild of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the industry's one million member strong lobbying force. Read more »
Matt Graham prevailed over a 9-1 disadvantage to Vitaly Lunkin to win the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship Event (#40) early Tuesday morning. Read more »
Neil Scott Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz, and Penelope Tucker have all pled guilty to U.S. District Court Judge Carol E. Jackson, according to an article published by Bloomberg on Tuesday. Now, BetOnSports Founder Gary Kaplan faces trial on September 21st. Read more »
The 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class will be inducted in a special presentation during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table in November. PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, is feverishly campaigning for Tom McEvoy to grace the stage at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio. Read more »
Poker pro Jeffrey Lisandro became the third dual bracelet winner of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Saturday night, winning the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Seven Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better for $431,000. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker players from around the world have descended on the world's second largest online poker site this weekend for Sit & Go Madness. The promotion was last held in late March and was a stunning success. Read more »
In recent weeks, Poker News Daily has featured exclusive news regarding the controversy surrounding the United States Government's seizure of over $30 million in online poker player funds. Many regular players are now concerned that their own bank accounts might be flagged and that the checks they receive might not clear. Read more »
