Online poker news
In breaking news coming from PokerStars, the online poker site has signed Norwegian Johnny Lodden to be the newest member of its sponsored pro team. He'll join Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem as members of Team PokerStars Pro. Read more »
As the economic climate continues to be difficult, many online poker rooms that once were thought to be safe have had to close their doors. Such rooms as Fleet Street Poker, Duplicate Poker and Zosoz have ceased to operate due to what has been deemed "financial situations." Read more »
On May 13th, the world's top celebrities will head to Cannes for the city's annual high-profile film festival. Six days later, the Cannes Charity Poker event, sponsored by 888.com, will take place. As the tournament's sponsor, 888.com is giving its members the chance to play poker alongside Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Read more »
After their highly successful eleventh version, Full Tilt Poker will be announcing the schedule of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) for their twelfth version on Wednesday. Read more »
From Friday, March 27th to Sunday, March 29th, Full Tilt Poker will host Sit and Go Madness, with over $75,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. The event will run concurrently with the second weekend of the NCAA College Basketball tournament, dubbed "March Madness." Read more »
Demonstrating the worldwide nature of poker - and attempting to step further into a market that is still growing - Titan Poker on Thursday announced that their online poker offerings will now be available in Dutch. Read more »
Thursday marks the official move of InterPoker and ParBet from the CryptoLogic Network to Boss Media's International Poker Network (IPN). The move stems from a November agreement between the two networks whereby Boss would absorb CryptoLogic's remaining online poker sites. Read more »
CaesarCardClub, a site on the Everleaf Gaming Network, recently re-launched with a brand new look and feel. The online poker room has also announced a special World Series of Poker (WSOP) Mini-League to send players to the festivities in Las Vegas. Read more »
Many online poker players remember the "superuser" scandals that have erupted over the past couple of years. Millions of dollars were lost in the commission of these scams and only through the diligence of the online poker world did they ever come to light. Read more »
Bigger is better at PokerStars. Recently, the world's largest online poker site registered its 20 millionth user. The milestone designation went to a brand new PokerStars member from Slovakia, piposko. Read more »
One thing that consistently beleaguers online poker players is the possibility that they could be taking on opponents that aren't human. These poker "bots" have reported varying degrees of success, but they are still blamed by players when they have a bad session. Read more »
The Merge Gaming Network just got a little bigger. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Big Bet Poker is the Network's newest addition. The group of sites already includes ACED, Carbon Poker, Iron Duke, Poker Nordica, Reefer Poker, and Spin32. Read more »
On Sunday, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius racked up 226 hands as part of the ongoing Million Dollar Challenge. Play came after a six day layoff since a 1,000 hand session on Monday. The two have together competed against each other in a total of 4,178 hands, with Dwan up $140,000. Read more »
In November, CryptoLogic announced that it would merge its member online poker rooms with the Boss Media Network during the first quarter of 2009. Poker News Daily can confirm that the official move of InterPoker is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 17th. Read more »
Players on the iPoker Network room Titan Poker will soon find their Loyalty Points balances increased as part of the site's Spring Poker Madness promotion. The additional points are based on how many Loyalty Points players accrue during the month of March. Read more »
AbsolutePoker.net is gearing up to make dreams come true for 12 lucky Texas Hold 'em players. The site announced Tuesday that it's giving away six trips for two to the Kandyland Party at the Playboy Mansion on June 13, 2009. Read more »
Betfair's stable of young gun poker pros recently became a little bigger. The independent site announced that it has signed Peter "Zupp" Jepsen to Team Betfair, joining Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, and John "Kunku wap" Tabatabai. Read more »
On Monday, online poker site Poker Host officially moved to the Cake Poker Network from Microgaming. The move comes one month after Doyle's Room jumped ship to the Network, also from Microgaming. Players on Poker Host are now asked to download and install new software upon signing in. Read more »
On 888 Pacific Poker, members will soon enjoy new features as part of Version 5.4 of the site's software. The online poker room is also one month into its brand new multi-table tournament structure on the 888 Network. The new software is expected to be rolled out in March or April. Read more »
Recently, Tokwiro-owned online poker room Ultimate Bet announced the launch of STEP tournaments, allowing its members a challenging low-cost way to win their way into the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. STEP tournaments are also available on sister site Absolute Poker. Read more »
Next Sunday will mark the start of the Bluff Online Poker. Originally slated to take part in the festivities was Josh "JJProdigy" Field. However, due to violations of the Cake Poker Network's Terms of Service, Field will not be allowed to participate. Read more »
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will make its debut on April 2nd. The 22 tournaments will actually feature three different stakes per event: Low, Medium, and High. Consequently, at least $30 million will be up for grabs for players of all bankrolls. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that Poker Host, which currently makes its home on the Microgaming Network, may soon depart for one that accepts players from the United States. The revelation came from "John" at Poker Host's Customer Service Department. Read more »
This weekend marked several historical tournaments held during the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). Its $535 buy-in Main Event was won by csimmsux, while girlyhurly pocketed $144,000 for winning the largest FTOPS tournament ever held at 9,061 entrants. Read more »
Early on Monday morning, PokerStars celebrated its 25 billionth hand dealt on the site, but not without some confusion, a software error, and ultimately two major award winners. Read more »
