Online poker news
On Wednesday, the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series XIV (MiniFTOPS) will kick off on Full Tilt Poker. The series mirrors the schedule of the 14th FTOPS, which took place in November, but features tournaments at one-tenth of the buy-in. Read more »
You've heard of Gold Chips and Gold Cards on the popular USA-facing site Cake Poker, but now the room has shaken up its rewards program by introducing Gold Stacks. Instant bonuses will be automatically placed in players' accounts. Read more »
Throughout the month of December, PartyPoker will be holding the Full House promotion. The three-pronged promotion covers the worlds of cash games, sit and gos, and multi-table tournaments. PartyPoker does not accept players from the United States. Read more »
Players looking for an opportunity to rack up player points on the CEREUS Network will be happy to hear that Absolute Poker and UB.com are now offering two Power Hour sessions daily in which players can earn twice the UltimatePoints. Each session is three hours long, offering players up to six hours per day to earn double points. Read more »
When we think back to the major poker headlines of 2009, one of the very first ones to pop into our heads is the Pitbull Poker scandal. It all started with a single post from a disgruntled prop player on the TwoPlusTwo forums and snowballed into one of the largest scandals the online poker industry has ever seen. Read more »
Breaking a record that was only set a week ago, online poker player "ChicagoJoey" crushed the mark for most hands played during a 24-hour period and made some nice cash on the side to boot. Read more »
The mystery behind the identity of high-stakes Full Tilt Poker player Isildur1 received a little clarification on Tuesday, as Viktor "blom30" Blom told Bluff Europe that he is not the man of the hour. Read more »
The wild ride for Swedish online poker pro Isildur1 continued in recent days, as the newcomer dropped a colossal $2.9 million on the felts of Full Tilt Poker. According to Poker Table Ratings, Isildur1 is now a losing player overall. Read more »
On Friday, players on Full Tilt Poker, the world's second largest online poker site, will once again be able to compete in Sit and Go Madness. The 48-hour promotion kicks off at 16:00 ET and runs through Sunday. Read more »
Brazilian online poker pro Caio Cesar "caio_pimenta" Pimenta was the big winner on the virtual felts Sunday with his victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million, the site's weekly flagship event. Pimenta outlasted a field of 9,077 players to claim a prize of $259,243.98, the 19-year-old's largest online score to date. Read more »
Recently, Russian online poker player innerpsy shattered the record for the most number of online poker hands logged in 24 hours, or one day. His total: a whopping 40,088, which attracted the attention of the entire Russian poker community. Read more »
Only a few days remain in the Full Tilt Poker Holiday Hundred promotion, offering online poker players a $100 bonus on the world's second largest site. The room has seen its high-stakes action balloon in recent weeks thanks to Isildur1. Read more »
Everest Poker, an independent online poker site, is continuing to build its influence in France by signing Fabrice Soulier. 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event third place finisher and fellow French player Antoine Saout is also a sponsored pro of the site. Read more »
A report from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reveals some new details surrounding the tragic death of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson. The story suggests that Oscarsson's August murder could be connected to a business deal involving the popular poker website that was adversely affected by the UIGEA. Read more »
Last week, heralded online poker grinder Shaun Deeb announced that he was retiring from tournaments. In addition, it appears that his future in the online poker world may be up in the air. Read more »
The fifth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) has gotten off to an excellent start on Monday, with "thanasis1982" becoming its first tournament winner. Read more »
The ongoing clash between Isildur1 and the game's most vaunted high-stakes cash game players reached new levels over the weekend, as the cagey Swede played record-setting sessions with Full Tilt Pros Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Read more »
While Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan have swapped six-figure pots with the Swedish phenomenon Isildur1, online poker fans and players have been offering their thoughts on Isildur1 and high-stakes play. Poker News Daily sought out the opinion of two top professionals in the game today for their outlook on this week's battles on the virtual felts. Read more »
The ongoing Eurolinx and BetOnBet sagas continues, as the investigation of the now-defunct online poker rooms has left the jurisdiction of Malta's Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) and is now in the hands of the Malta Police Department. Read more »
The high-stakes world of online poker has received a shot in the arm in the month of November, with Patrik Antonius capturing the largest pot in online poker history, $879,000, at the expense of lsildur1. Read more »
Tuesday signified a landmark day in the online poker industry, as Ultimate Bet, a USA-facing site on the CEREUS Poker Network, rebranded itself UB.com. The two-letter acronym has been the site's nickname since its launch 10 years ago. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker's 14th installment of its Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) came to a close Monday morning when a champion was crowned in the $535 buy-in Main Event. Austria's "zhivago2" outlasted a record-setting field to earn a payday of $418,839 and the gold FTOPS jersey. Read more »
Recently, officials from Bodog announced the formation of the Bodog Network, a family of sites encompassing the various Bodog brands around the world with expansion to non-Bodog domains expected in 2010. Poker News Daily sat down with Jonas Odman, Vice President of the Network, to review the company's plans to take on new sites. Read more »
Former "Survivor: China" contestant Jean-Robert Bellande is no longer a sponsored pro of Bodog, according to a representative from the online poker room. His current agreement expired at the end of October and was not renewed. Read more »
A few months ago, a player from Sweden by the name of Isildur1 came onto the scene at the nosebleed-stakes tables and has rampaged through opponents. This player, whose true identity remains anonymous to add to the intrigue, has played about 85,000 hands against top pros and showed a profit of over $3.6 million. Read more »
