Online poker news
The 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) kicked off on Wednesday night with a $216 No Limit Hold'em tournament. The event guaranteed $1 million and attracted a crowd of 5,646 players. Read more »
While there have been several significant live tournaments already in the early part of 2010, there have yet to be any big online events to speak of. Full Tilt Poker is stepping up to offer the first big online tournament schedule of 2010 and guaranteeing over $17 million in prizes. Read more »
The Cake Poker Network, home to Power Poker, DoylesRoom, the brand new Unabomber Poker, and its flagship Cake Poker, jumped both the Microgaming Network and International Poker Network (IPN), climbing from tenth to eighth in the cash game traffic standings. Read more »
Rumors were swirling last week that Full Tilt Poker had added Carlos Mortensen to its roster of pros and, despite the lack of any official announcement, it does appear that "The Matador" is officially the newest sponsored player of the second largest online poker room. Read more »
In recent days, online poker players trying to use Visa and MasterCard credit cards to deposit funds into their accounts have experienced major setbacks. Poker News Daily sat down with an insider in the world of payment processing to break down what happened. Read more »
The world of internet gaming and online poker continues to become more convoluted, as it was announced earlier this week that the Canadian province of Quebec has entered into a deal to open a State-authorized online gaming operation. Read more »
A recent article posted on Poker News Daily about PartyPoker capping play chip account balances for non-real money players has caused quite a stir. Poker News Daily sought the opinion of a longtime industry insider on the site's decision. Read more »
The Cake Poker Network site Only Poker may sign former five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman. Rumors abound that the announcement of the NBA bad boy joining the site will be made in two weeks. Read more »
The uproar over online poker site PartyPoker's decision earlier this week to limit the maximum amount a person can have in their play money account continues to dominate discussion in the online poker community. Read more »
StoxPoker.com instructor Jason Ho claimed he made over $1 million in 2008 and accepted jobs coaching players both online and at "camps" he set up. Recently, a flood of accusations poured in against Ho, who, according to his detractors, could have been scamming all parties during his entire career. Read more »
In press statements released on Thursday, it was revealed that the move of PlayersOnly and Sportsbook.com from the Cake Poker Network to the Merge Gaming Network would occur by mid-April. Read more »
In an effort to solidify the 888 brand around the world, site officials have launched a bevy of promotions focusing on the number eight, including eight ways to win 88 prize packages to the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Read more »
It took all of two weeks for the major tracking and analysis programs to release patches accommodating Full Tilt's Rush Poker. Recently, PokerTracker released a real-time updating Heads-Up Display (HUD) for the poker variation. Read more »
Rumblings in the recent London Affiliate Conference (LAC) were that by mid-April, PlayersOnly and Sportsbook.com would be departing the Cake Poker Network. Instead, Sportsbook.com's parent company, which owns both sites, will head to the Merge Gaming Network. Read more »
February 1st marked the launch of a new online poker site, as Victory Poker opened its virtual doors for business. The site, which is represented by a team of highly-regarded professional players, makes its home on the merged Everleaf/UPN network. Read more »
Year in and year out, poker players have shown themselves to be among the most generous people around. Recently, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker donated over $2 million combined to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Read more »
Over the weekend, the world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, generated the biggest field ever for its weekly Sunday Million. The $215 buy-in industry staple saw a whopping 19,377 players compete. Read more »
Online site PartyPoker made some changes to its play money policies during the past week. The site, which has been in the news with the signing of professional players Kara Scott and Tony G and its purchase of the World Poker Tour, is now putting a clamp down on the dishonest actions taking place at its play money tables. Read more »
A total of 1,307 players took part in the $1,050 buy-in Main Event of the fourth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC). At the end of Sunday's tournament, Dave " DOUBLEDAVE22 " D'Alesandro took down the title and its corresponding $279,000 payday. Read more »
The move from the Boss Media Network to the iPoker Network is almost complete for the small online poker room King Solomons Poker. The site recently announced that players with accounts on its old Boss Media IPN site will no longer have access to the Boss Media-powered tables as of February 1st. Read more »
The world's largest online poker site is giving away tickets to the world's premier football game, Super Bowl XLIV. On Sunday, two pairs of tickets to the "Big Game" in Miami will be up for grabs on PokerStars. Read more »
Event #16 of the ongoing Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) played out on Friday, with 206 entrants turning out for a $530 Pot Limit Hold'em Six-Max event. When the smoke cleared, UB.com member TORREY5 banked $27,000 for the win. Read more »
The outpouring of support to the millions of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti continues, as online poker room Mansion Poker is the latest site organizing an event to raise money for the cause. Read more »
After nearly 32,000 hands in the Tom "durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, the youngster leads rival Patrik Antonius by well over $1 million. Dwan ended the latest session up $199,000 after a quick 892-hand encounter. Let's take a look at a few recent hands during January's play. Read more »
ne thing PartyPoker has done extremely well in its history is provide some of the best promotions for its customers. With its popular Cash Machine set to end on January 31st, PartyPoker had to come up with another promotion that would continue to capture the interest of its players. Read more »
