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Gutshot Poker is moving from the Microgaming Network to the Cake Poker Network. The move, which has been delayed, is expected to be completed on Wednesday, October 8th. An official announcement is currently posted on Gutshot's website. Read more »
The worldwide economic slowdown has taken its toll on the online poker industry. Duplicate Poker, which billed itself as a legal online poker room in the United States, abruptly shut down as of Sunday due to the "global financial crisis," according to a statement posted on its website. Read more »
At the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic over the weekend, it was revealed that poker pro Annie Duke will appear on the second celebrity installment of NBC's "The Apprentice." She'll join a cast that has been rumored to include singer Brian McKnight, former NBA star Dennis Rodman, and talk show host Joan Rivers. Read more »
Fresh off its event in Barcelona, Spain, the Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) announced that the industry conference will travel to Sydney, Australia for the first annual "CAP Down Under." The event will occur from November 25th through 28th at the Shangri-La Hotel. Read more »
Saturday will mark the final table of the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. After four days of play, the tournament is down to its final seven players and perched atop the pack is Swedish poker pro Johan Storakers. He's no stranger to the Aruba Poker Classic spotlight, having finished third in the tournament in 2005. Read more »
To say that the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event was grueling would be an understatement. In fact, 22 hours and 484 hands after it started, the final hand of the WSOPE Main Event was dealt. Read more »
The Mohegan Sun Casino is celebrating the opening of its brand new 42 table poker room in style. The Uncasville, Connecticut property announced on Wednesday that it is running a series of satellites into one of the largest poker tournaments ever held on the East Coast of the United States, a $750,000 Guarantee. Read more »
News flashed across the wires on Tuesday night that Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) had introduced S 3616, the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act. The bill, according to its text, "provides for the licensing of Internet skill game facilities." Read more »
The stock market in the United States has declined precipitously in recent weeks. News of a possible "bailout" hit the wires on Tuesday night. However, stocks listed on any of the major exchanges in the United States have taken a beating. Among them is the World Poker Tour, which sank to an intraday low of $0.56 on Tuesday, its lowest share price on record. Read more »
On Tuesday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) posted a press release on its website outlining the sanctions that the organization has imposed against one of its licensees, Ultimate Bet. In addition, the report pointed at Russ Hamilton as the "main person responsible" for the scandal. Read more »
In addition to the buzz around the seizure of 141 internet gambling domains by the Governor of Kentucky, an upcoming story by CBS' "60 Minutes" has also been the center of discussion at the CAP Euro Barcelona event. Poker News Daily has learned that the story by "60 Minutes" should air on Sunday, October 26th. Read more »
The third installment of the Party Poker Den will begin on Tuesday, September 30th and run for 36 straight hours. The high-stakes cash game is expected to draw a lively crowd in London. Read more »
Day 1B of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event kicked off on Sunday. The attendance on the second of two starting days boosted the total tally to 362 players, the exact same number that competed in 2007's Main Event. Read more »
The third and final preliminary event of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe wrapped up on Friday night and sitting atop the final leader board standings was none other than Theo Jorgensen, a 36 year-old accomplished poker pro from Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more »
In a courtroom in Franklin County, Kentucky, a Circuit judge granted a continuance in the case that would have forced 141 internet gambling domains to "block access to Kentucky users, or relinquish control of their domains." In a hearing on Friday, one day after it was originally scheduled, a judge in the case issued a continuance. Read more »
Monday is no longer poker night on GSN. Beginning this weekend, Sunday night will become the new home for poker programming on the cable network. GSN has extended its marquee poker show, "High Stakes Poker," through Season V, and it will now move episodes to Sundays. Read more »
A hearing in the Franklin County Circuit Court over whether Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will be successfully able to gain control of 141 internet gambling domains has been postponed until Friday at 3:30pm ET. Read more »
On Friday, it's expected that many avid poker players and fans will gather at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square in London. Doyle Brunson will take on online poker prodigy and 2007 WSOPE Main Event winner Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad in a heads-up match. Read more »
The Main Event of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker concluded on Monday night. It awarded $1.2 million to its winner, ckingusc. According to a press release distributed by PokerStars, the Main Event was the largest online poker tournament ever held. Read more »
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, may rid the state of internet gambling if all goes as planned at a forfeiture hearing, which is scheduled for Thursday according to the Associated Press. Judge Thomas Wingate will preside over the hearing, which if successful may block access to internet gambling sites by Kentucky residents. Read more »
The roster of pros on Full Tilt Poker just got a little bigger. Poker News Daily has confirmed that the online poker room has signed Hal Lubarsky to be a Full Tilt Poker sponsored pro. Read more »
Players on Party Poker got a sneak peak at the site's new lobby look on Monday. In an image posted on the online poker room's official blog, the new lobby was unveiled. Gone will be the days of the lobby that many players grew up with on the site. Read more »
The $5,200 buy-in PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event began on Sunday, the first of two days of the world's largest online poker tournament. When registration closed around 5:00pm ET, there were 2,185 entrants. Read more »
On Friday, the full schedule for the Bodog Poker Open II was announced. The premier event held on the online poker site will begin on Sunday, September 28th. Read more »
Rumors swirled all over the internet on Thursday that Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, the first pro signed to IronDuke.com, a popular online poker room, was dating the founder of Napster, Shawn Fanning. Poker News Daily has confirmed that the two are indeed together. Read more »
