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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 »
In a study released on Friday, it was revealed that Texas Hold'em, statistically at least, is a game of skill. The research in question investigated 103 million hands and found that three-quarters of them did not go to showdown. In essence, they were won due to betting by players. Read more »
Last March, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) learned that its complaint filed with the European Commission would be acted on. The complaint stems from the passage of the UIGEA) in 2006. Read more »
After seeing the network's Bad Beat Jackpot hit in January for over $500,000, the CEREUS Network once again paid out a staggering amount of money when the Bad Beat Jackpot was hit on Absolute Poker Wednesday evening. Read more »
The UFC may be ousting Full Tilt Poker as a sponsor, according to multiple sources. In its place, according to MMAFix.com, could be Absolute Poker, which is owned by Tokwiro, also the parent company of Ultimate Bet. Full Tilt continues to have affiliate banners in place on the UFC's website. Read more »
The fifth season of GSN's High Stakes Poker aired its fourth episode over the weekend. The one hour-long extravaganza featured a $548,700 pot between Barry Greenstein and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. In it, Greenstein sucked out on the young poker prodigy, prompting the new catch phrase, "Math is idiotic." Read more »
On August 12th, the Asian Poker Tour's (APT) Macau event will kick off from the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino, tournament officials announced on Monday. Last year, the event ran for just five days. This year, the APT has been granted permission to hold it for more than twice that length of time. Read more »
On March 27th, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will come alive with poker players battling it out as part of Dream Team Poker's second tournament. The $550 buy-in tournament is nearly sold out and will be headlined by "Team Favorites," consisting of Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and L.A. Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Read more »
