Online poker news
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 »
Two sites on the iPoker Network have merged into one, as members of the online poker room Fair Poker have had their accounts transferred to Noble Poker. Players on Fair Poker recently received a notice informing them of the change and offering a deposit bonus as a welcome to the new site. Read more »
The Absolute Poker family just became a little larger. The USA-facing site on the CEREUS Poker Network welcomed former 2002 "Real World" star Trishelle Cannatella as a sponsored pro. Poker News Daily sat down with Cannatella to discuss her new role. Read more »
This week, Third Bullet Poker, a site on the popular Cake Poker Network, announced that it was merging its player base with the network's flagship site. Read more »
This year, we've seen two major stories break on Poker News Daily involving small poker sites shutting down and player funds disappearing in the midst of scandals involving shady ownership groups. Pitbull Poker was shut down amid dwindling player numbers and a superuser scandal, but perhaps the bigger story was the surprising shutdown and liquidation of Eurolinx Poker. Read more »
Over the weekend, Dani "ansky451" Stern, star of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million," signed with DoylesRoom to become the newest member of the Brunson 10. Poker News Daily sat down with site namesake Doyle Brunson to learn more. Read more »
Excited about the upcoming U2 tour, but can't afford to hand over your next month's rent for tickets? Cool Hand Poker might be your answer. Read more »
The elite group of 13 poker pros that comprise Team Full Tilt Poker has a new member joining its ranks. The online poker room just announced that its 14th member of the team will be 23-year old high-stakes online poker pro Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Read more »
Ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson continues to prove to the poker world that age is not slowing him down at all. Brunson is finding time to log hours in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio, share blonde jokes on Twitter, and launch a revamped version of the online gaming destination DoylesCasino.com. Read more »
Online poker room Cool Hand Poker is giving users a chance to win concert tickets worth up to $500 for as little as $0.50. The tickets are part of the site's November promotion entitled "Let Us Entertain You." Read more »
In more than 2,000 hands played in the Tom "Durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge on October 27th and October 28th, Dwan earned $82,000, pushing his lead to nearly $780,000 overall after 27,185 hands. Read more »
A recent change to the tournament schedules at CEREUS Network sites Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet has online grinders rejoicing at the fact that it will now be even easier to bolt to the bathroom during a long session of online tournament play. Read more »
Returning in November on PartyPoker, the world's fourth largest online poker site, is the popular Gladiator promotion. At stake are entries into the 2010 Aussie Millions worth AUD $10,500. Read more »
Online poker room PKR recently revamped its entire multi-table tournament (MTT) schedule to allow for more variety, more events with larger guarantees, better Omaha tournament selection, and a greater number of satellites so that players with a wide range of bankrolls can get in on the action. Read more »
Players logging into the popular online poker room Bodog on Sunday to play in the weekly $100,000 Guaranteed flagship tournament found the site down due to technical difficulties. Read more »
In a statement released in recent days by the Merge Gaming Network, the family of online poker sites fired back at Players Investment Company, or PIC Club, a major online poker payment processor that uses its status as a trading organization to operate legally in the United States. Read more »
A major affiliate who goes by the moniker "JC Hawk" has led the charge in seeking justice and not just accepting his losses as a bad beat. He was an affiliate with Pitbull Poker and the Flash Poker Network and was also in contact with Network Manager Dave Brenes and Pitbull Poker owner Kevin Baronowski. Read more »
The USA-friendly online poker site DoylesRoom, fronted by 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, is expanding its stable of pros. The so-called "Brunson 10" currently consists of only four members. Read more »
Making poker news headlines this week was word that Players Investment Company, more commonly known as PIC Club, had severed its relationship with the Merge Gaming Network. PIC Club CEO Chuck Kidd sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the company's formation and its compliance with U.S. law. Read more »
In the world of online poker tournament series, there are a few that are "must play" events for online professionals. The annual WCOOP and the quarterly FTOPS normally come to mind first, but Bodog has built its own franchise that has done very well, the Bodog Poker Open. Read more »
In a recent e-mail to members, PIC Club stated that its business arrangement with the Merge Gaming Network would be terminated. According to PIC Club, "Transactions to or from the rooms on the Merge Network will cease at 11:59PM [Eastern Time] on October 18th, 2009." Read more »
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker is known for keeping mum when it comes to its legal and business matters, but the company broke its silence to comment on a recent lawsuit by former customers Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotov. Read more »
At a time in the online gaming industry when internet casinos and online poker rooms are shutting their doors to American players, one site has gone the opposite route and started to accept players from around the world. Read more »
