Online poker news
For the first time ever, UB.com is holding a standalone Mini Ultimate Bet Online Championship (MiniUBOC). The action gets underway this weekend. The MiniUBOC, which is scheduled for April 10th to 17th, will offer big money guaranteed events with much lower buy-ins than the normal UBOC. Along with the tournaments, UB.com will be offering several… Read more »
One week after splitting a pair of heads-up matches with Daniel Negreanu in the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom faced off against one of online poker’s brightest young stars on Sunday. 20-year-old Scott “URnotINdangr” Palmer challenged the talented Swede to four tables of $50/$100 No Limit Hold’em and came out on top after 2,500… Read more »
Beginning this Friday, Full Tilt Poker will be opening up its wallets to give players free money during its Take 2 promotion. The Take 2 promotion gives players of any bankroll a shot at adding some extra cash to their accounts. For earning five Full Tilt Points (FTPs) a day for five days during the… Read more »
In April, Cake Poker is bringing back two popular promotions and continuing its World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellites. Starting this month, players can earn double Gold Cards with the Turbo Gold Cards promotion and earn cash and prizes by redeeming their Gold Cards with the Match and Win promo. Running from April 1 through… Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted an Apple iPad2, the rakeback clearinghouse TheNuts has you covered. You can score this next generation electronic item simply by signing up for Lock Poker during April and raking $1,000 before May 31st. If you can manage that, then TheNuts will hook you up with an iPad2, which is worth about… Read more »
According to the Wall Street Journal and the Las Vegas Review Journal, Full Tilt Poker has teamed up with Fertitta Interactive to back Federal legislation legalizing online poker. Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the owners of Station Casinos, also own Fertitta Interactive. However, according to the news outlets, no tie-in with Station Casinos is expected. Tom… Read more »
In a final judgment issued last week, United States District Court Judge James Nowlin has dismissed all claims by Deliverance Poker against 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Michael Mizrachi and Tiltware, LLC, the ownership behind Full Tilt Poker. Two final statements on the case were lodged with the United States… Read more »
Shortly after dinnertime on the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday, Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates sat down for a Durrrr Challenge session. Dwan succinctly posted on Twitter prior to the festivities beginning, “About to play a short session vs jungleman on FTP now.” The action takes place exclusively on Full Tilt… Read more »
On Tuesday at 9:39am ET, a monumental hand was dealt on PokerStars, the industry’s largest online poker site. In fact, it was #60 billion. In the end, Pogo650 came away with the win and banked over $100,000 for being at the right place at the right time. Lightning actually struck twice for Pogo650, who was… Read more »
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 »
