Online poker news
In what had to be one of the biggest blunders in recent online poker history, popular online poker room Full Tilt Poker (currently ranked second in the world in terms of overall ring game traffic) conducted an "action update" with the idea that adding cash games with antes would create action tables. Read more »
World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton has renewed his agreement with PartyPoker, according to a statement released by the popular online poker site on Wednesday. He will act as its host, consultant, and ambassador. Read more »
Independent player protection and standards group eCOGRA (eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance) has released the organization's first quarter 2009 player disputes report. Read more »
In May, players on PartyPoker will have a chance to race their way to a share of $1 million. This week, the site announced one of the richest rake races ever held online. The announcement comes just a few days before the third running of the PartyPoker Monthly Million. Read more »
When the tides of change swept Washington D. C. in November of 2008 with the presidential election, there were many areas that Americans believed would be altered. Read more »
A brand new tournament unveiled on the popular online poker site Doyle's Room challenges players to Beat the Brunsons… literally. The tournament takes place every Monday night at 9:30pm ET and awards up to a $100,000 bounty for eliminating members of the Brunson clan. Read more »
The gaming group Entraction, which held ownership of Casablanca Gaming Group AB and operated online poker rooms under the Entraction Network, has signed a letter of intent to sell the operation of its Casagaming Ltd outlet of the company to iGame. Read more »
The finale of the Bluff Online Poker Challenge saw Brian "SNo0oWMAN" Hawkins dominate the competition. He turned a $200 bankroll into $25,0000 in just one month, $20,000 more than the next closest finisher on the leader board. Poker News Daily sat down with Bluff Magazine Editor in Chief Matt Parvis to get his reaction. Read more »
There ain't no mountain high enough to keep Mike "timex" McDonald from becoming the newest Full Tilt Poker Red Pro. For the youngster from Canada, it's another accomplishment in what has already been a highly successful tournament poker career. Read more »
Amid demand in the online gaming industry, it has taken years for online poker rooms and casinos such as Bodog to hear the demands of customers and develop software applications for mobile platforms. Read more »
Starting on Wednesday of this week, players on CEREUS Network sites Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker began competing in a high-stakes two month Points Race worth $530,000. The prize pool will be divided among the top Status Point earners. Read more »
Joining the likes of the other major online poker rooms, next generation poker site PKR.com today announced the roster of its new "Team PKR Pro." The six new members will represent PKR.com and act as brand ambassadors for the website. Read more »
On April 26th, the third Bodog Poker Open will kick off on one of the world's largest online poker sites. In a similar model to tournaments held on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, the newest Bodog Poker Open will feature three buy-in levels. Read more »
Three versions of the inaugural PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event played out on Monday, with j.thaddeus taking down the high-stakes $10,300 buy-in tournament for nearly $1 million. Read more »
In just a few short weeks, Everest Poker will return as the presenting sponsor of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). When the tournament series kicks off on May 26th from the Rio in Las Vegas, Everest Poker qualifiers will see their winnings in the Main Event matched up to $1 million and then distributed evenly among qualifiers. Read more »
Tuesday will mark the end of an era in the online poker community, as PokerRoom and CasinoRoom will shut their doors. The poker site currently makes its home on the Ongame Network and players will be asked to move to bwin. Read more »
Tonight on Betfair, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi will host a charity fundraiser benefiting stem cell research. The tournament kicks off at 20:00 U.K. time on one of the world's largest online poker sites. Read more »
Imaginative poker site PKR has launched an array of new features and games to its award-winning software. Read more »
Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell will don an Ultimate Bet logo at the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Montreal on April 18th. Liddell will square off inside the Octagon against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Read more »
U.K. poker player Andrew Feldman is the newest Full Tilt Poker red pro according to a press release from Check-Raise Management. He's an esteemed cash game player and is the biggest winner on the current installment of "The Poker Den." Read more »
Tokwiro-owned online poker site Ultimate Bet began sponsoring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann last week. Ultimate Bet's logo was displayed prominently on Kampmann's trunks and shirt at the series' event in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more »
It didn't take long for the PokerStars SCOOP to become wildly popular. In fact, the low-stakes installment of its very first tournament, a No Limit Hold'em Six-Max with Rebuys event, attracted 27,134 players, making it one of the largest online poker tournaments ever held. Read more »
On Thursday, PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announced that 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate and runner up Ivan Demidov have become the newest members of Team PokerStars Pro. Read more »
Just in time for its very first Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), the world's most popular online poker room, PokerStars, reinstated the account of Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, a sponsored pro of Bodog. Read more »
On Thursday, online poker room Ultimate Bet announced that it had signed World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder and top online poker player Matt "mattg1983" Graham to its roster of Star Players. Read more »
