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It’s that time of year again…and it has nothing at all to do with poker, surprisingly! The NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship begins this afternoon on its month-long journey to crowning a champion. Feverishly, people are filling out their brackets in office pools, online contests and various other contests as they try to figure out who… Read more »
Just last week, we reported that 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang had a number of personal items seized by the United States Internal Revenue Service and will have them auctioned off on April 4th in order to help pay delinquent taxes. Among those items is his gold and diamond Main… Read more »
Apparently, taking millions of dollars from Melbourne’s Crown Casino is much easier than cleaning Terry Benedict’s vault. In a scam reminiscent of one of the “Ocean’s” films, though with far fewer moving pieces, a high stakes gambler allegedly made off with $32-$33 million in ill-gotten gains from the home of the Aussie Millions a few… Read more »
In the world of poker books, it is more often that you will see the “normal” process of the industry. A book will go to a traditional publisher, with that publisher paying the author(s) for their work through an advance of cash and then a percentage of the sales. One professional poker player is taking… Read more »
According to reports from North Carolina television station WRAL-TV, 2004 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Greg Raymer was nabbed in a prostitution sting operation conducted by local police. Wake Forest, NC police conducted the operation, placing an ad on a website that allegedly is known for usage by prostitutes to recruit potential customers.… Read more »
Jerry Yang is not the first World Series of Poker champ to sell his bracelet and he won’t be the last. His sale, though, appears to be the only one that is against the player’s will. His 2007 WSOP Main Event bracelet, along with numerous other items, have been seized by the United States Internal… Read more »
Poker in a “brick and mortar” casino has always had a difficult history. With the players shuttling the chips – and the money – amongst each other, the casinos have been left pulling the “rake” in an attempt to make some money to provide for floor staff, dealers and the like. Unfortunately, this has led… Read more »
PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have been rivals for a long time and despite the fact that they are now owned by the same company, they continue to battle it out for online poker supremacy (we don’t think PokerStars will lose that battle any time soon). Now it looks like it might be time for… Read more »
Dr. Jerry Buss, the recently deceased owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, not only had a passion for the sport of basketball but also a passion for the game of poker, Seven Card Stud in particular. With this in mind, the World Series of Poker could potentially honor Dr. Buss by naming a tournament after… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Recently I was reading my copy of ESPN The Magazine which featured a complete issue on the different Halls of Fame that are in existence. In one segment of the magazine, a rather cartoonish map of… Read more »
One of the biggest “new” disciplines of poker that have come out in the recent past is that of Chinese Poker. Furthermore, its direct descendant, Open Face Chinese Poker, seems to have captured the fancy of high stakes poker professionals around the world. Yesterday, however, one of those poker pros allegedly uncovered an error in… Read more »
Although there are a few live casinos around the state (and a quick jump across the border will land you in Windsor, Canada’s casino world), some in Michigan prefer to take part of the poker tournaments and games in charitable poker rooms across the state. Recently, several of those rooms were shut down due to… Read more »
The fallout from a video of the alleged collusion at a major poker tournament continues to be felt as the two players featured in the video have been stripped of their rankings and suspended by the Global Poker Index. As reported here on Poker News Daily recently, a French poker player and reporter, Nordine Bouya,… Read more »
During the 1990s, the normal trend in casinos was to remove – or even eliminate – poker tables and rooms to make way for more slot machines. The reason was simple: the slots drew in more money than what could be pulled in from the rake on poker. In the new casinos in Ohio, there… Read more »
Over the years, we have seen our share of online poker cheating scandals. After all, for those who really want to do it, it’s not all that hard to cheat when your opponents can’t see you. Cheating live, however, is another animal entirely. Sure, people have been finding ways to break the rules since the… Read more »
While it may seem like it was eons ago, the explosion of the game of poker – driven by the flood of players to the online version of the game – was only a few short years ago. A new book that has recently hit the shelves not only looks at that halcyon time but… Read more »
Wednesday morning, ahead of the drawing of first round match-ups for the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC), poker pro Daniel Negreanu announced that he was withdrawing from the event. The announcement came via Negreanu’s “@RealKidPoker” twitter account with the promise of a further explanation later. That explanation was given via a video posted on YouTube.… Read more »
The final three months of 2012 proved to be a whirlwind for the poker world, be it on the tables, in the political system and online. While some of the news was bad (especially on the political front), it closed a thrilling year overall. October The World Series of Poker Europe bracketed the months of… Read more »
The ball may have dropped, the confetti may (just now) be cleaned up and the hangovers may have been nursed, but there are a couple of things we have to do to put a close on the year 2012 before we jump into the New Year thunderously. With that, let’s take a look back at… Read more »
As the final days of 2012 click off the calendar, we’re taking a look back at the year that was in the world of poker. In the second quarter of the year, rumblings began about the return of a dark online poker site returning to the game and the poker community prepared for its biggest… Read more »
While he has emerged relatively unscathed from the aftershock of “Black Friday,” Full Tilt Poker’s Gus Hansen seems to want to thrust himself into the middle of the fracas. On Wednesday, Hansen’s Twitter account lit up with a vague announcement that stated, “Never underestimate stupid people in large groups – explanation will follow!” This came… Read more »
In a move that significantly increases their viability in the gaming industry, Pinnacle Entertainment announced on Friday plans to purchase the Ameristar Casinos portfolio of properties. The deal between the two companies was reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Howard Stutz to be for $869 million, merging the two companies into a much more powerful… Read more »
Professional poker player Dutch Boyd needs some Christmas present money and he’s hoping a poker fan might be able to help him out with the cash. Cue eBay. Boyd has put one of his tournament bracelets up for sale on the popular internet auction website, with the closing date of the sale set for December… Read more »
Earlier this evening, I had the honor of appearing on one of my old haunts, Hold’em Radio, but not for an occasion that I really wanted to be there for. It was a special edition of “Keep Flopping Aces,” the show that the recently departed Lou Krieger hosted for many years and which, for quite… Read more »
Danish news magazine Ekstra Bladet (ekstrabladet.dk) has reported that popular Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen was shot in a home robbery Sunday night. He is in stable condition in the hospital, fortunately only shot in the leg. The attack occurred at about 10:00pm Sunday, December 2nd, as three men forced their way into Jorgensen’s home… Read more »
