Other Poker News

After the conclusion of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas, players quickly moved the action to San Jose for the always popular World Poker Tour stop at Bay 101. Prior to the start of the event, Daniel Negreanu decided he wanted to cross-book his action with online phenomenon Tom "Durrrr" Dwan. Read more »

The world of poker is dominated by men for the most part, but there are women who have made their mark on the felt. On many a poker forum, there is a debate as to who the "hottest" poker player in the game is – and that debate goes for the men in the game as well as the ladies. Read more »

Tuesday, ESPN.com released the March version of "The Nuts," its ranking of the top ten poker players in the world. The list does not simply rank the best living players, but rather aims to determine who is currently playing the best poker. Read more »

A German national residing in Naples, Florida was arrested last month for running online gambling payment processing businesses out of his home. According to the criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 29-year old Michael Olaf Schuett "did knowingly conduct, control, manage, supervise, direct and own an unlicensed money transmitting business." Read more »

Earlier this week during the taping of "Poker2Nite" for the Versus network, host Joe Sebok and recent World Poker Tour (WPT) Invitational final table player Trishelle Cannatella apparently had quite the argument, which ended with Cannatella storming off the set of the show. Read more »

Early reports that The International Federation of Poker (IFP) would be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) may have been misguided, according to the Poker Black Belt Blog. Read more »

Not all the interesting news in the world of poker occurs at the tables or in the halls of government. Sometimes, it is simply people themselves that catch our attention. Case in point: the budding romance between Team Full Tilt member Erick Lindgren and fellow pro Erica Schoenberg. Read more »

Last weekend, poker players were torn between performing their jobs on the felt and following the end of the Winter Olympics. Of particular interest to many was the gold medal hockey game between the favored Canadian national team and the upstart Team USA. Read more »

The International Federation of Poker will be accepted into the International Mind Sports Association in April. This means that poker will join a list of games including Chess, Bridge and Go as an official game of skill, according to Bluff Magazine Europe. Read more »

Why tattoo the face of one fellow poker player on your body when you can tattoo two? UB.com pro Joe Sebok will ask himself that question after losing a last longer prop bet during the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic on Friday. Read more »

It's that time of the week when Poker News Daily spans the Twitterverse to bring you the best Tweets from poker players. Whatever they may be doing, the professionals who take the time to update their followers on Twitter are sometimes amusing, but always informative. Read more »

FullTiltPoker.net will be one of the sponsors of the Kandy Masquerade, a sexy costume ball whose proceeds will benefit the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA). This will be the second annual production of the Kandy Masquerade. Read more »

With each new week, a fresh batch of Tweets from players lets us know what is going on in their lives and their poker games. Poker News Daily is here to let you know what the most interesting subjects are and where the players' minds are at. Read more »

With the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Copenhagen in play and the crème of Scandinavian poker in the house, PokerStars announced the Nordic Poker Awards prior to the start of the Championship Event on Tuesday. Read more »

Matchroom Sport, the producer, promoter, and distributor of the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV, which is underway right now at the M Casino in Las Vegas, won the Rob Gardner Award for Innovation at the 2009 European Poker Awards. Read more »

Last week, the industry learned that poker author, commentator, radio show host, and professional Bernard Lee had inked an agreement to represent Foxwoods. Now, Terry Chiaradio, Director of Poker for Foxwoods Resort Casino, shares her thoughts. Read more »

Camped out at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma is Poker News Daily Guest Columnist and tournament director extraordinaire Linda Johnson. The industry veteran is attending the Oklahoma State Championship of Poker. Read more »

After rising year over year in November, gambling revenue in Nevada slid 3.24% in December 2009 compared to December 2008. In total, the state's gaming establishments raked in $859 million two months ago. Read more »

In what has been one of the most watched court cases in the poker world, the United States District Court in Las Vegas determined that poker professional Clonie Gowen's civil lawsuit against the entities that comprise Full Tilt Poker was without merit and has been dismissed fully. Read more »

This week, many of your favorite poker players have been discussing their recent successes - and disappointments - on the tables, just how many poker millionaires there are, and learning new skills. Read more »

Poker News Daily has learned that 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson is in good spirits following dental surgery on Tuesday. He is expected to make a full recovery. Read more »

Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee is now a spokesperson for Foxwoods, casino officials announced on Tuesday. Foxwoods has purportedly become the first casino to sponsor a poker pro. Read more »