Poker Tournament News
Drag the Bar pro Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt will play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV, a high-stakes poker cash game that will be filmed at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in London from April 11th to 13th. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announced a new live tour dubbed the France Poker Series. There will be seven stops as part of the series, each with €1,200 buy-in events and culminating in the Grand Final in Paris, which will be a €2,500 buy-in tournament. Read more »
The first major televised poker tournament to be held in the city of Lima, Peru will take place from June 2nd to 5th as part of a newly announced PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) stop. Read more »
The mysterious Swede known simply by the online moniker Isildur1 will step out from behind the computer and play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV live in London. The cash game will be held at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair from April 11th to 13th. Read more »
Battling through a host of the finest women players in the game today, England's Pippa Flanders defeated fellow countrywoman Helen Firth to emerge as the champion of the PartyPoker Women's World Open IV last night. Read more »
Reality television star and Absolute Poker celebrity endorser Trishelle Cannatella has been tabbed as the co-host of V Foundation Charity Poker Tournament, which begins today at the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno. Read more »
With the way things are going for him at the poker tables, maybe someday soon he will be known as Tony Hachem instead of "Joe Hachem's Brother." This weekend, the lesser-known Hachem won the ANZPT Perth event. Read more »
All four suspects in the March 6th heist of the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop at Berlin are now in custody, as police arrested two men at Berlin's Tegel Airport Saturday. Read more »
The PokerStars North American Poker Tour will make its third stop this month when it visits Mohegan Sun. The 16-day poker event will consist of 37 tournaments, including a $25,600 two-day High Roller Bounty Shootout that will attract the biggest names in the game. Read more »
The latest trend for online poker companies is to have their own live tournament schedules so that customers can participate in the game away from the internet. Full Tilt Poker recently announced that its own sponsored poker tour would be back for the second year. Read more »
A total of 242 players turned out for the $5,000 Main Event of the Wynn Classic and when the smoke cleared, poker pro Brandon Cantu stood tall above the field for $363,000. He defeated poker veteran Jared Jaffee heads-up. Read more »
One of the four suspects who robbed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin tournament 10 days ago has surrendered to police, according to the Associated Press. He also named his three accomplices, who remain at large. Read more »
On March 24th, the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno will host a $220 buy-in charity poker tournament benefiting the V Foundation. The event will be televised on ESPN2 and kicks off at 7:00pm local time. Read more »
According to the Associated Press, a man held in custody related to the armed robbery of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event last Saturday has been released due to a lack of evidence. Read more »
The armed robbery that took place during the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin festivities was featured on the German television program "Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst," the equivalent of "America's Most Wanted." Read more »
Although the entire incident was caught on tape and broadcasted around the world through social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube, German police still have no leads and no suspects in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin armed robbery. Read more »
The annual UB.com Aruba Poker Classic will take a leave of absence in 2010, according to officials from the USA-facing online poker site. Instead, UB.com plans to increase its presence at other live events and expand its online tournament offering. Read more »
The weekend robbery of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event has garnered headlines around the world. On Monday morning, the tournament's champion, Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee, appeared on CBS' "Early Show" to break down the heist. Read more »
In an article authored by the German news outlet Spiegel, Police Chief Rainer Wendt labeled the four armed gunmen who plundered the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Berlin over the weekend "small-time crooks." Read more »
The first female champion of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship was crowned on Sunday as UB.com pro and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke took down the title and its corresponding $500,000 top prize. Read more »
As reported yesterday, up to six armed gunmen robbed the Grand Hyatt Hotel's casino during the European Poker Tour stop at Berlin. While nobody was seriously hurt, the thieves made away with a portion of the EPT High-Roller tournament prize money. Read more »
Eight players remain in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will begin airing on NBC on April 18th at Noon ET. Among the survivors are poker veterans Doyle Brunson and Annie Duke. Read more »
When the final 24 players of the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event met today to play down to the final table, players were ready for action. After a couple of hours, however, the EPT Main Event was paused and players were ordered to leave the room. Read more »
Round 2 of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship plays out today from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and will see the field trimmed from 32 to 16. Among those players still in contention is Doyle Brunson. Read more »
The field of 64 is set in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on NBC. One of the highlights of the opening round is a titanic showdown between PokerStars pros Jason Mercier and Daniel Negreanu, who have both been on a hot streak. Read more »
