Online poker news
On Sunday, the second installment of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown between Daniel Negreanu and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom played out across four $50/$100 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em tables. Last week, it was a bloodbath, as Negreanu went broke in just 1,439 hands out of the 2,500 required for completion, the first time that the challenge had… Read more »
According to Wicked Chops, Full Tilt Poker could become the next online poker room to partner with a land-based casino. Wicked Chops explained in an article posted late last week, “We’ve recently heard from a number of Las Vegas and online poker insiders that Full Tilt Poker, the second largest U.S.-facing online operator, is in… Read more »
Sunday afternoon marked the finale of Full Tilt Poker’s Challenge Durrrr promotion, but there was some controversy as to who was the actual winner of the competition. The Challenge Durrrr promotion was a chance for one of Full Tilt Poker’s players to step up and take on Tom “durrrr” Dwan in a multi-table competition. Over… Read more »
Maybe it’s officially getting out of hand. Maybe it’s time for Dan “jungleman12” Cates to call off the dogs. On Friday morning, action in the ongoing Durrrr Challenge saw Cates widen his lead to over a million dollars over Tom “durrrr” Dwan. He’s officially up $1.2 million and a total of 18,236 hands have been… Read more »
In an unconfirmed rumor first reported by RakeTheRake, Victory Poker, which currently makes its home on the Cake Poker Network, may soon be jumping ship to the CEREUS Network. The latter family of sites includes UB.com and Absolute Poker, both of which accept players from the United States. Poker News Daily contacted Victory Poker CEO… Read more »
In breaking news from Las Vegas, Wynn Resorts, the owners and operators of the famed hotel on the Las Vegas Strip of the same name, has reached a partnership with PokerStars to provide online poker to the U.S. market. Once the industry is fully legalized and regulated in the United States, the two companies will… Read more »
On Wednesday, PokerStars added yet another member to its ever-growing Pro Team. Joining the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem, and Vanessa Rousso is community favorite Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov. The 29-year-old Ukraine native who now resides in New York has had great success in both the online and live poker realms. Although he… Read more »
In breaking news, PokerSoftware.com, which provides written and video reviews of many of the industry’s top poker software programs, has put yet another feather in its cap. This time, Poker Office was added to the site’s Free Poker Software program, which allows players to receive a complimentary piece of software just for signing up for… Read more »
A brand new poker training site launched in recent days. PocketFives Training absorbed what was formerly PokerPwnage and debuted in the last week. PocketFives Training features a stellar lineup of pros and largely focuses on MTT coaching. Nat Arem, Vice President of Protos Marketing, the parent company of PocketFives, was looking forward to growing the… Read more »
In an announcement this morning from the online poker industry’s leading site, PokerStars welcomed back Lee Jones in a new role. Jones will become the Head of Home Games, the recently introduced segment of the site where players can set up their own private games. Previously, Jones served as the Poker Room Manager of the… Read more »
Poker News Daily can independently confirm the rumors that the Cake Poker Network has been sold to PokerListings. Two anonymous sources inside the poker industry have verified the sale, which Bluff Magazine reported will likely be completed in the next 15 days. One source called the transaction a “conflict of interest” since Poker Listings promotes… Read more »
Ashley Mitchell, the man who stole 400 billion chips after hacking Zynga‘s poker application, has been sentenced to two years in prison by a British court. In 2009, Mitchell hacked into Zynga’s Texas Hold’em Poker application on Facebook and made off with 400 billion virtual poker chips. In an effort to deflect attention, he created… Read more »
On Monday, the industry learned who was the big winner of the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), whose Main Event played out yesterday. Within a few hours of the tournament’s conclusion, Full Tilt released the schedule for FTOPS XX. The milestone 20th running of the FTOPS features a slate of 45 events and… Read more »
Sunday marked a busy day on the virtual felts of Full Tilt Poker, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or MiniFTOPS, saw its Main Event play down to a champion. The $75 No Limit Hold’em Multy-Entry tournament fielded a total of 45,232 registrations and blew away its $1.25 million guaranteed prize pool. In… Read more »
The sixth running of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s SuperStar Showdown series at PokerStars occurred on Sunday and provided perhaps the most notable challenger in its short history. Stepping to the virtual baize on Sunday afternoon was PokerStars front man Daniel Negreanu, who was looking to use his wealth of experience in cash game play to overshadow… Read more »
It’s hard to believe that PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, is about to deal its 60 billionth hand. Yes, that’s billion with a “b” and PokerStars officials are expecting the milestone pot to occur sometime in the next eight or nine days. The site happily accepts players from the United States. Starting at… Read more »
After an excellent run in January, Full Tilt Poker is bringing back Double Guarantees Week for a new slate of tournaments. Beginning on March 28th, Full Tilt Poker will be at the epicenter of the online poker world. As in January, every guaranteed tournament until April 3rd will be worth twice its normal guarantee. While… Read more »
According to a report by the Las Vegas Journal Review last week, PokerStars has hired former Nevada Gaming Control Board member Randall Sayre as a consultant. The move came just a week after an internet gaming bill was introduced in the Nevada legislature which, if approved, would force the Gaming Commission to create regulations allowing… Read more »
This week, Full Tilt Poker announced the launch of its new Onyx Cup, which consists of six live high-stakes tournaments to be held at locations around the world. With buy-ins starting at $100,000 for each event, the Onyx Cup promises to be a showcase of the top players in the world. When the initial announcement… Read more »
It’s not every day that poker garners the attention of the mainstream media. On Monday, the New York Times published a rare online poker article focusing on the proliferation of bots. For those of you new to the game, “bots,” short for “robots,” are computer programs designed to play poker automatically at the virtual tables.… Read more »
Top online and live poker pro Adam “Roothlus” Levy has inked a new deal with his sponsor of the last two years, UB.com. In an announcement yesterday from the CEREUS Network, the home of UB.com and its sister site Absolute Poker, Levy agreed to continue a partnership that has been very successful for both sides… Read more »
On Monday, Full Tilt Poker announced the debut of the Onyx Cup, a series of six high-stakes live tournaments starting in May in Las Vegas. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill tournaments, either. Instead, five preliminary No Limit Hold’em events will have buy-ins between $100,000 and $300,000, while the Grand Finale comes with a $250,000 price tag… Read more »
After making the final table of the Fifth Anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million tournament last weekend, one of the finishers will allegedly not be paid due to a violation of the Terms of Service of the site. According to several reports, including the Netherlands’ second largest newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, the website Make Poker Legal, and the… Read more »
A PokerStars SuperStar Showdown date between Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Daniel Negreanu has been rumored for quite some time. Blom, who is 4-1 in SuperStar Showdowns and riding a four-match win streak, now gets a date with the PokerStars front man. In fact, their match will stretch for two weeks. On March 20th and 27th,… Read more »
On May 8th, the 2011 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, or SCOOP, will commence. This year’s running, the third overall, is monstrous. A total of 38 events will be held over the course of two weeks and, for each, three levels of buy-ins will be available: Low, Mid, and High. In 2010, a total… Read more »
