Online poker news
One of the things that draws players to Doyle's Room is the number of top professionals who show up to play in tournaments on the site. Starting tonight at 9:30pm ET, players on Doyle's Room will have the opportunity to "Beat The Brunsons" with large cash prizes on the line. Read more »
If you've ever wanted to rail your favorite poker stars without having to be at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, head to Bodog. The online poker site and sports book recently opened up betting on the WSOP. The festivities at the Rio begin on May 27th. Read more »
On Sunday, April 5th at 4:00pm ET, PokerWorld will host a $1,000 freeroll celebrating its move from the Gold Chip Network to the Cake Poker Network. Players on PokerWorld will also be able to take advantage of Gold Chip and Gold Card promotions, which are staples of the Cake Poker family of sites. Read more »
In a study released on Friday, it was revealed that Texas Hold'em, statistically at least, is a game of skill. The research in question investigated 103 million hands and found that three-quarters of them did not go to showdown. In essence, they were won due to betting by players. Read more »
It is hard to believe that it has been this long, but the online poker world is sliding out of its infancy. One of the first rooms around and the one which continues to be at the forefront of the poker world today, Ultimate Bet will soon celebrate its tenth anniversary. Read more »
After seeing the network's Bad Beat Jackpot hit in January for over $500,000, the CEREUS Network once again paid out a staggering amount of money when the Bad Beat Jackpot was hit on Absolute Poker Wednesday evening. Read more »
Looking for keepsakes from NBC's Celebrity Apprentice? UBAuctions.com, which allows members of the popular online poker site to bid on one-of-a-kind items in a similar fashion to eBay, has added several items from the popular reality show. Read more »
As reported earlier this week by Poker News Daily, the schedule for the 12th edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was released today. Notable changes this time around include the buy-in of the prestigious Two Day event being lowered from $5,200 to $2,620 and the introduction of a MiniFTOPS schedule. Read more »
After hearing many comments from players on their multitude of sites, the iPoker Network has recently announced changes to their tournament structures which should give their players more action for their tournament dollar. Read more »
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 »
