Online poker news
Last week, PokerStars announced that the mysterious high-stakes phenom Isildur1 had signed on to become the latest member of Team PokerStars Pro. At the same time, a new promotion, the SuperStar Showdown, was launched, allowing all comers to take on Isildur1 in a nosebleed stakes heads-up match. On Tuesday, Isildur1’s first opponent was revealed. On… Read more »
We’re already into the second week of December and, as such, the online poker room UB.com is set to host its monthly Second Sundays charity tournament. This month, the beneficiary of the fundraiser is the North Wales Library in Pennsylvania. The tournament will begin at 2:45pm ET today and requires a $10 buy-in, with no… Read more »
Poker players can always count on Full Tilt Poker for unique promotions. At the beginning of December, the popular online poker room launched its Short-Handed Happy Hour promotion, encouraging players to jump start empty or nearly empty tables. Running through the end of January, Full Tilt players will earn double Full Tilt Points (FTPs) by… Read more »
The addition of “Isildur1” to Team PokerStars Pro wasn’t the only change the world’s largest online poker site made this week. PokerStars also released a software update that includes new features to make your online poker experience more enjoyable and convenient. Here’s a look: Find Seat: Cash game players can find tables easier with the… Read more »
The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) XVIII is in full gear, as four of the 34 events on the slate are already in the books. More than 25,000 players participated in the first four tournaments, including 15,328 in Event #1, a $20 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament hosted by Full Tilt pro Andy… Read more »
Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates put in a long session on Wednesday, as the two high-stakes stars logged more than 1,400 hands of $200/$400 No Limit Hold’em, moving them past 11,000 hands of the 50,000-hand Durrrr Challenge. Dwan, who entered the day down $755,000 through about 10,000 hands, managed to cut his opponent’s… Read more »
Looking forward to 2011, 888 Poker has announced that it is opening up satellites for the 30th anniversary of the Irish Poker Open. 888 Poker has begun running “Steps” satellites that will send players to the oldest tournament in Europe, which will be contested from April 22nd to 25th. These “Steps” satellites are a four-tiered… Read more »
Unleashed Poker is looking to hand out presents to all their players this holiday season. Players on the site will have the opportunity to earn numerous prizes as part of Unleashed Poker’s Christmas Giveaways. From now until December 21st, players can pick up exclusive Unleashed Poker swag along with high-end electronic prizes. For those partial… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker site, released a software update on Monday that addressed many of its customers’ requests and concerns. Among the new features to the software were an “Auto Add-On” button for rebuys and a “Quick Fold to Any Bet” option for Rush Poker players. The “Auto Add-On” button… Read more »
In a surprising move, the terror of the nosebleed stakes, Isildur1, has signed a sponsorship deal to become the latest member of the Team PokerStars Pro stable. Although he still has not, as of yet, announced his name or released any photos, Isildur1 becomes the top online cash game player that the largest site in… Read more »
One of the common reactions poker players have about an opponent’s play is calling them a “donkey.” With that in mind, Cake Poker has come up with a promotion that will allow players to salute their favorite “donkey” while helping out a charitable organization with a worldwide reach. Throughout the month of December, Cake Poker… Read more »
The popular poker training site CardRunners is turning five years old. Given the major milestone, CardRunners is giving new members $100 off and dishing out some of the holiday season’s hottest electronic items. Poker players who sign up for CardRunners between December 6th and 12th will see their $100 signup fee waived in honor of… Read more »
Lock Poker announced this week the launch of its new Player Dashboard with stats from Sharkscope integrated directly into its client. The site will now allow players to view their own stats, search for opponents’ stats, and shop at the Lock Poker store all while playing poker in real-time. “One of our mandates as a… Read more »
Players at the USA-friendly CEREUS Network sites UB.com and Absolute Poker will now be able to make it a lot more difficult for their accounts to be compromised by using security tokens. The security measure was introduced this week and can be purchased in the UB Points Store. UB.com’s Joe Sebok was elated to bring… Read more »
Mac poker players can ring in the holiday season a little earlier this year. On Wednesday, Carbon Poker will unveil a fully downloadable Mac client. In addition to Carbon Poker, the Mac software will debut across the USA-friendly Merge Gaming Network. The Mac client has been being beta tested to this point and will now… Read more »
In an announcement last week, Entraction Holding AB revealed that it had finalized a deal that would bring Victor Chandler Poker to the Entraction Network. The deal had been referenced in Entraction’s third quarter financial reports earlier this year, but at the time, the company that was joining the Entraction Network was not named. It… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second-largest online poker site, kicked off Rush Week on Monday, giving players an opportunity to earn free money while playing the popular fast-paced Rush Poker format. Full Tilt is handing out up to $250 in cash per player plus entries into an exclusive $50,000 Rush Week Freeroll. The promotion runs… Read more »
In breaking news, Rush Poker Mobile, which is compatible with Android-based phones, has been pulled from the Android Market. Originally, the program was unavailable “due to maintenance,” but Poker News Daily has learned that offering real money gambling could be to blame. An e-mail from Full Tilt technical support posted on Droid-Life.com read in part,… Read more »
In December, PartyPoker will unveil the Five Star Poker Challenge, offering 31 freerolls worth $5,000 each plus other high-stakes cash prizes. PartyPoker offers some of the industry’s most unique promotions every month. All you have to do to take full advantage of the Five Star Poker Challenge is rack up five Party Points in a… Read more »
After a nearly two-month break, the Durrrr Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates returned on Friday. Two sessions were held, the first of which totaled 1,354 hands and saw Cates win $35,000. Then, an 80-minute session saw 769 hands played. During the second encounter, Dwan cut into Cates’ lead by $47,000. Cates… Read more »
Former Ultimate Bet owner Excapsa Software has apparently put the final touches on the ownership transfer of the online poker room, ending a multi-year saga following the downfall of the Ultimate Bet superuser scandal. Antiguan-based Blanca Games, which acquired the CEREUS Poker Network in August from Tokwiro Enterprises, settled on a deal with Excapsa through… Read more »
The 18th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) wrapped up early Monday morning with the $600 Main Event. More than 5,000 players entered, exceeding the prize pool of $3 million, and the top five spots earned six-figure paydays. After more than 13 hours of play, “JHoWn” was crowned the champion, collecting $411,932.13… Read more »
Although there are still several high-profile tournaments left in 2010, PokerStars is already looking towards 2011 and the first big tournament of the year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. The world’s largest online poker site is offering players a chance to earn their way to the Bahamas to take… Read more »
Continuing with its series of regional Championships of Online Poker (COOP) that began at the end of October, PokerStars is readying for the beginning of the United States and Canadian COOPs this Sunday. Beginning November 21st and stretching through November 28th, players in Canada and the USA will be competing for bragging rights in their… Read more »
An amateur no longer. November Niner Soi Nguyen, who took ninth place at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, won his first major online tournament at the 18th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). Nguyen, who was hosting his first FTOPS event as a Full Tilt Red Pro, won… Read more »
