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Sitting with the sixth largest chip stack entering Day 5 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship on Thursday is none other than the winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 HORSE Championship, Scotty Nguyen. Read more »
At the beginning of Day 2 of the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship, a moment of silence was held for PokerRoad producer and poker player Justin Shronk, who passed away tragically last weekend at age 27. Read more »
The second of two starting days in the seventh annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Sunday. When the smoke cleared, just 337 players had entered, a drop of 38% from last year's tally of 545. Read more »
Vadim Trincher won his way into the WPT Championship by virtue of winning the Foxwoods Poker Classic earlier this month. He banked $731,000 in the tournament as well as a $25,000 seat into the end-of-season Championship, which kicked off on Saturday from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board continued its onslaught of sub-par performance results for the state's casinos this month. In recent figures released, it announced that statewide casino "win," or revenue, dove by 18% in February year over year. Read more »
In a change that took effect this week, PRWeb, a major press release distributor, announced that it would no longer accept news from "online gambling or related websites." Read more »
On Saturday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship will kick off from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The $25,000 buy-in tournament is the last stop of Season VII and will crown a champion seven days later. Read more »
Last week on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, Annie Duke stepped up to be Project Manager on a task that challenged the teams to sell Ivanka Trump's jewelry for charity. Duke's competition may even enlist the aid of her archrival, Phil Hellmuth. She sat down with Poker News Daily to talk about the cliffhanger. Read more »
Three versions of the inaugural PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event played out on Monday, with j.thaddeus taking down the high-stakes $10,300 buy-in tournament for nearly $1 million. Read more »
On April 2nd, the Kentucky Supreme Court approved the Commonwealth's brief in a case that pits the state against owners of 141 internet gambling domain names. The approval means that the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) must file its brief by June 1st. Read more »
In just a few short weeks, Everest Poker will return as the presenting sponsor of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). When the tournament series kicks off on May 26th from the Rio in Las Vegas, Everest Poker qualifiers will see their winnings in the Main Event matched up to $1 million and then distributed evenly among qualifiers. Read more »
The third running of Poker in the Park will take place on August 13th and 14th in Leicester Square in London. Its organizers bill the event as "Europe's largest free poker festival," featuring live tournaments, educational lectures, and a bevy of brand name poker pros on hand celebrating the game. Read more »
Tonight on Betfair, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi will host a charity fundraiser benefiting stem cell research. The tournament kicks off at 20:00 U.K. time on one of the world's largest online poker sites. Read more »
The son of the late Chip Reese, Casey Reese, has passed away from an overdose of prescription drugs, according to comments by Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson on Full Contact Poker and Doyle's Room. He was 20 years old. Read more »
Wednesday marks the conclusion of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic. Traditionally, WPT final tables are played six-handed. However, a rare double elimination on the final hand on Tuesday leaves just five players. Read more »
In a case that has been years in the making, it was announced this morning that PartyGaming PLC, the company that has been at the forefront of providing poker and casino services to Internet players, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Talk about the double firing at the end of Sunday's episode of Celebrity Apprentice. Duke: I was kind of surprised. I knew that there might be an issue when Melissa Rivers asked for volunteers. Notice that I didn't volunteer. Read more »
Tokwiro-owned online poker site Ultimate Bet began sponsoring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann last week. Ultimate Bet's logo was displayed prominently on Kampmann's trunks and shirt at the series' event in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic kicked off on Friday from the Connecticut casino. Whether it was due to the economy, the ongoing SCOOP tournament series, or preliminary events at the WPT Championship, attendance dropped by 25%. Read more »
On Thursday, PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announced that 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate and runner up Ivan Demidov have become the newest members of Team PokerStars Pro. Read more »
Just in time for its very first Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), the world's most popular online poker room, PokerStars, reinstated the account of Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, a sponsored pro of Bodog. Read more »
In its 2008 end of year results released this week, 888, the parent company of Pacific Poker, revealed that its operating income grew by 21% last year to $262.5 million. In 2007, it reported operating income of $216.9 million. Read more »
Five weeks have passed in NBC's Celebrity Apprentice and we have not seen Annie Duke be Project Manager. In order to win money for her charity, Refugees International, and impress show host Donald Trump, she'll need to take on a leadership role in the future. Duke explained her game plan to Poker News Daily. Read more »
If you've ever wanted to rail your favorite poker stars without having to be at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, head to Bodog. The online poker site and sports book recently opened up betting on the WSOP. The festivities at the Rio begin on May 27th. Read more »
On Friday, June 5th, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame will grow a little bigger. June Field, Jan Fisher, and Cyndy Violette will join an esteemed class of poker pros that already includes Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Linda Johnson, Marsha Waggoner, Susie Isaacs and Barbara Enright. Read more »
