Online poker news
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 »
Recently, it was announced that UB.com will join forces with the Global Poker League (GPL). The GPL and UB.com have established the “three C’s” of poker – camaraderie, competition, and cash. Through special GPL tables on UB.com, the organizations are looking to build on these premises with a range of sit and gos. The cost… Read more »
While many sites may offer Bad Beat Jackpots, they are only memorable when someone walks away with a huge payout. On Thursday at Carbon Poker, the Bad Beat Jackpot was cracked, paying out very memorable money for those involved. On the $0.50/$1 tables at Carbon Poker on Thursday, “dk2112” entered into a hand with pocket… Read more »
It was announced yesterday that the popular European online gaming organization ChiliGaming will enter the United States market at the start of 2011, introducing its ChiliPoker brand to American customers. The ChiliGaming Network, comprised of its popular online poker, casino, and bookmaking operations, has been in existence since 2006. Since that time, it has been… Read more »
Foxwoods, one of the largest land-based casino operators in the United States, is broadening its horizons. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe’s development arm, Foxwoods Development Company LLC, revealed plans to partner with television and entertainment firm Goodson Gaming to develop an international online gaming presence. The joint venture has been dubbed Velocity Gaming. In a statement,… Read more »
The 18th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) kicked off on Wednesday with a $200 No Limit Hold’em tournament that pulled in 4,500 entrants to generate a prize pool of $900,000. The event was hosted by World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event runner-up John Racener. After more than 12 hours of… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the second largest online poker portal in the industry, recently announced the latest upgrades to its software, which have been widely applauded by players. The upgrade, which was available to Full Tilt Poker players beginning on Thursday, vastly increases the number of disciplines offered. Draw Games that have been added to the… Read more »
Cake Poker announced on Thursday that it had launched The Exchange, a new marketplace in which players can buy or sell Gold Cards. The Gold Card system randomly distributes collectible rewards to players who are seated at all real money ring games on the USA-friendly online poker site. Gold Cards have been a part of… Read more »
Earlier this week, the online poker room Overbet.com announced that it would be joining the U.S.-facing Merge Gaming Network. Overbet.com has demonstrated remarkable success in its early going. The site, at this moment active with over 4,400 players, has demonstrated a desire to send its players to some of the top tournaments in the world,… Read more »
The online poker room PartyPoker released a software update this week that brings some intriguing concepts to the online felts. The site introduced “Show a Card” and “Rabbit Hunting” features as well as anonymous heads-up tables, stirring up some debate in the poker community. Anonymous tables offer players the chance to play without a moniker… Read more »
UB.com, a part of the CEREUS Network along with its sister room Absolute Poker, continues to offer some of the largest cash game jackpot payouts in the online poker industry. At the moment, two of its jackpots are reaching rarefied air and guaranteeing that a player will walk off with a significant payday. On Monday,… Read more »
This month, PartyPoker is bringing back its popular Gladiator promotion. All you have to do to claim your slice of the pie is record 10 PartyPoints on five days during the month. When you do, you’ll be entered into a $5,000 freeroll. The grand prize during November’s Gladiator promotion is a seat in the World… Read more »
Sometimes, online promotions are too good to only run once. Such is the case with Full Tilt Poker’s Sit & Go Madness, which is back once again this weekend. This time, however, it has been upgraded to Super Sit & Go Madness. The Madness will begin at 4:00pm ET on Friday, November 5th and end… Read more »
The Cake Poker Gold Card Race will begin on November 2nd and, for the next four weeks, award their cash game players with a total of $25,000 in free money. Each week counts as a race for players to collect as many Gold Card “miles” as they can. Cake Poker’s Gold Cards are handed out… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, announced on Thursday that it will be joining forces with ESPN to provide its state-of-the-art software for the ESPN Poker Club, a free-to-play poker section on ESPN.com. The new poker room will be available sometime in November, presumably before the airing of the World Series of Poker (WSOP)… Read more »
No tricks here! On Sunday, celebrating Halloween, UB.com is holding two special qualifiers into its weekly $200,000 Guaranteed. At least 40 seats will be up for grabs, and the two satellites have a combined price tag of just $4.40. Plus, the site welcomes players from the United States with outstretched arms. UB.com, which makes its… Read more »
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Thursday that the man who held up Oklahoma poker pro Jason Potter at knifepoint in January 2008 lost an appeal against a minimum two-year jail sentence. Dwayne Johnstone, a 34-year-old felon and drug addict, and another man stole more than $31,000 from Potter as the poker pro was leaving… Read more »
Parting ways with UB.com recently were Matt “mattg1983” Graham, Michael Binger, and Billy “Patrolman35” Kopp, who no longer appear on the room’s list of sponsored pros. UB.com makes its home on the USA-friendly CEREUS Network along with its sister site, Absolute Poker. Graham’s contract originally ran for one year and the young poker gun was… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, announced this week that it will be teaming up with FOXSports.com to create a free poker room made available on the popular sports news site. The PokerStars.net poker application will be hosted on FOXSports.com and provide a free-play poker client as well as news, tournament results, poker strategy,… Read more »
One of the top players from this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has parlayed his success into a sponsorship from the online poker room PokerStars. Theo Jorgensen, the veteran Danish poker pro who was one of the chip leaders at the WSOP Main Event with four tables remaining, has become the latest… Read more »
