Online poker news
Almost nine months have gone by since the Pitbull Poker scandal was blown wide open and to date, justice has yet to be served. The small poker site, formerly part of the Flash Poker Network, was first put under investigation by members of the TwoPlusTwo forum community. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's leading online poker site, has announced the cancellation of its Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Chile event in Vina del Mar from March 19th to 23rd. The cancellation comes as a result of a massive earthquake that rocked the South American nation on February 27th. Read more »
On Wednesday at 21:00 ET, the Mini version of the 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will kick off. The schedule features 27 tournaments, culminating in a $55 No Limit Hold'em Main Event on March 21st. Read more »
Whether across the Atlantic taking part in the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Berlin or the National Heads Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas, there was action not only on the felt, but also away from the tables. Read more »
On April 4th, Full Tilt Poker and PokerGives.org will team up for a $5+$5 charity tournament. Half of each player's buy-in will build the tournament's prize pool, while the other half will be donated to charity through PokerGives.org. Read more »
Recently, gossip site TMZ reported that embattled professional golfer Tiger Woods, fresh off a highly publicized marital tiff, turned down a $75 million sponsorship offer from the online sports book, casino, and poker site Paddy Power. Read more »
The CEREUS Poker Network is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to players this summer through its two online poker sites, Absolute Poker and UB.com. CEREUS announced its "Show Up, Get Paid" promotion that pays every qualifying player who shows up at the WSOP Main Event at least $1,000. Read more »
The Microgaming Poker Network announced the addition of longtime sports book GoldBet on Wednesday, bringing its roster of poker rooms to almost 50. GoldBet, founded in 2000 in Innsbruck, is one of Europe's leading online bookmakers and had not had a poker offering until now. Read more »
Five-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Dennis Rodman has officially signed with Only Poker. An anonymous employee of the site confirmed the news to Poker News Daily and Rodman now appears on Only Poker's website. Read more »
Not a college basketball fan? Don't fret. Full Tilt Poker has its own version of March Madness to help pass the time this month. The world's second largest poker site will unleash its popular Sit and Go Madness on Friday, March 5, giving players a chance at more than $125,000 in cash and prizes just by playing single-table Sit and Gos. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's leading online poker site, tried something a little different for its upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). After releasing the SCOOP schedule last week, the site went to the forums and asked for feedback from its loyal players. Read more »
Starting today, PokerStars has announced a new poker club for women only that will give them an opportunity to be at the tables when the Grand Final rolls around in Monte Carlo. Read more »
Online poker site DoylesRoom announced this week that Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis is the newest member of the Brunson 10, a group of up-and-coming poker stars handpicked by Doyle Brunson himself. Read more »
The winner of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Main Event, JackQKA, has denied being 16 years-old and having a backer, according to a thread on the popular forum TwoPlusTwo. JackQKA remains atop the FTOPS XV Main Event leaderboard. Read more »
PokerStars announced the eagerly anticipated schedule for the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on Monday, revealing a tournament slate with $36 million in guaranteed prize money. SCOOP is unique in that each event features three tournaments with three different buy-ins, so that players of all bankroll sizes can participate. Read more »
The PokerStars Sunday Million regularly boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million. On Sunday, that sum was lifted to $4 million. However, the total purse ultimately swelled to well over $7.2 million after a field of 36,169 players turned out. Read more »
A total of 5,645 players entered the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Main Event on Sunday. In the end, the $535 No Limit Hold'em tournament featured a seven-way chop, with JackQKA ultimately coming out on top for $237,000. Read more »
With plenty of action on the felt and away from the tables, the crème of the poker world's Twitter accounts were buzzing about their activities. Poker News Daily has gleaned the best of these Tweets to let you know what is going on in many poker players' lives. Read more »
The 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) concludes this weekend with a $535 Main Event with $2.5 million in guaranteed prize money. Leading up to the finale, Onjacktallback, Nadremark, Shuriken555, and Axis67 claimed titles. Read more »
A $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em table on PokerStars dealt the site's monumental 40 billionth hand. Coming out on top in the historic moment was PokerStars member Senecady, who walked away with $24,000. Read more »
Online poker site Titan Poker made its film debut earlier this month when it appeared in Pierre Morel's From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film, which was released on February 5th in the U.S., was co-written and produced by the critically acclaimed French director Luc Besson Read more »
Internet platform Sedo, a leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, announced Thursday that it had overseen the sale of Poker.org for $1 million, easily the largest .org domain sale to date. The domain was sold by National A1 Advertising. Read more »
In Saturday's action in the 15th running of the quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), RPM Poker sponsored pro Chris cdbr3799 Dombrowski took down the $109 No Limit Hold'em with Rebuys for $131,000. Read more »
On February 6th, the crew from Victory Poker celebrated the launch of the new Everleaf/UPN network site at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. Now, one week after the festivities and two weeks after its debut, Victory Poker appears to be chugging along. Read more »
The world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, is celebrating the dealing of its 40 billionth hand in a big way. The festivities will feature the largest Sunday Million in the site's history, a $4 million guaranteed tournament on February 21st. Read more »
