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If you hail from the United States, this weekend is a time for family, food, shopping, and some nice downtime from the stresses of life. If you're a poker player, it is also time to squeeze in a tournament, be it in Costa Rica, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, or Los Angeles and put in some extra time at the tables in between bites of turkey. Read more »
On Monday, Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu posted a blog entry on Full Contact Poker entitled "Mommy is Gone." The funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11:00am at the Jerett Funeral Home in Toronto. Read more »
Absolute Poker Pro Matt Vengrin will serve as a judge in the upcoming Miss California Teen USA pageant. The event, which wraps up Sunday, will determine who will succeed reigning Miss California Teen USA Chelsea Gilligan of Beaumont. Read more »
One of poker's top tournament directors is the Bellagio's Jack McClelland, master of ceremonies for some of the game's top events. Gearing up for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, McClelland sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the state of the poker tournament world. Read more »
Those looking for a good sweat or just looking for a little extra cash before the holidays may want to investigate a new promotion from the online poker training site CardRunners. The site recently launched a promotion in which one lucky person has a chance to win as much as $5,000 courtesy of CardRunners co-founder and instructor Taylor "Green Plastic" Caby. Read more »
Over the weekend, a brand new poker movie debuted, "Shark Out of Water." The film, which stars Matty Finochio and Artine Brown, also features poker pros Brad Booth and Ultimate Bet front man Phil Hellmuth. Read more »
If Twitter is any indication, Ultimate Bet sponsored pro Joe Sebok (@JoeSebok) is the 177th most popular guy on the internet. At least, that is the ranking Twitter tracking site Twitterholic gave to Sebok based on his number of followers, which now exceeds one million. Read more »
The Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint after failing to correctly supervise a pair of poker tournaments in 2007. The resort will pay a $75,000 fine to the Nevada Gaming Commission and another $25,000 to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Read more »
One of the side events taking place during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event at the Rio was the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship. Among those noticeably absent was Phil Hellmuth, who was booked to appear. Read more »
Tueday's state election in Ohio brought good news for Lakes Entertainment and its Chairman Lyle Berman. A ballot initiative to bring casinos to four major Ohio cities passed by a 53% margin on Tuesday and Berman and Lakes Entertainment stand to profit from all four of the newly approved Ohio casino projects. Read more »
On November 11th, "The Godfather of Poker" will hit bookstores and online retailers. The autobiography of "Texas Dolly" himself, Doyle Brunson, includes 372 pages of indelible tales and never-before-seen images of poker's marquee ambassador. Read more »
Given the age of the internet, owners of newspapers, magazines, and other print materials have struggled to survive. Add in an economy on the downswing and the environment is complicated even further. Poker News Daily sat down with John Wenzel, Editor in Chief of Poker Pro Magazine, to survey the magazine scene. Read more »
2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Phil Ivey graces the cover of the November 2nd issue of ESPN: The Magazine. The expose, entitled "4 Days, 3 Nights, $1 Million," chronicles Ivey's jet-setting exploits at the craps tables in casinos around the world. Read more »
The Twitterverse is a vast and sometimes scary place. With so many people microblogging the minutiae of their everyday lives, it is often difficult to find Twitter accounts that are genuinely worth reading. For every active celebrity, there are a half-dozen who only Tweet about what they had for dinner. We're here to help. Read more »
The continued greening efforts by Harrah's have paid off, as the resort company recently earned seven gold medals from Travelife, an organization that promotes sustainability in tourism. Gold medals were doled out to several of Harrah's Las Vegas properties, including the Rio, Caesars Palace, and Bill's Gambling Saloon. Read more »
This week, the industry learned that World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton would become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame and the lone representative in the Class of 2009. Poker News Daily sought the reaction of some of poker's greats. Read more »
The 38th person elected into the Poker Hall of Fame is none other than PartyPoker Ambassador and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Mike Sexton. He will be enshrined as part of ceremonies to be held on November 7th. Read more »
Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson will be feted yet again on Friday night, but not for any of his performances over his 50-plus year career in the game of poker. Read more »
According to figures released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Atlantic City casinos posted revenues, or "win," of $335.4 million in September, representing a drop of 5.8% year over year. Read more »
Hitting newsstands around the United States last Friday was the inaugural Body Issue of ESPN: The Magazine. The periodical profiled athletes and their physiques and included an image of Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, and Jennifer Harman playing poker in the nude. Read more »
A recent tweet from Doyle Brunson summed up what many skeptics had to say when they learned the 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has taken to Twitter: "Can it be that you guys really like the blonde jokes? My followers are going up at an alarming rate...never thought I'd be a tweeeter:-)" Read more »
It was announced on Friday that the longtime poker information site PokerPages.com, which has been in business since the late 1990s, would be ceasing operations come the end of October. Read more »
The poker and the Las Vegas communities lost one of their own last week, when entrepreneur and former World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Bob Stupak succumbed to a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 67 years-old. Read more »
While the economy may be picking up steam worldwide, news from Las Vegas revealed that Nevada casino gambling revenues were down 12.48% in July year over year. Statewide, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported revenues, or "win," of $872 million. Read more »
The final list of nominees for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame was announced on Tuesday and the ballot is loaded with the game's biggest names. It is now up to the 15 living Hall of Fame members and the 15-member Media Panel to cast their votes before the inductees are revealed on Saturday, November 7. Read more »
