The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe began today from the Casino at the Empire, located in Leicester Square in London, England. The first of four events is a £1,575 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament, which attracted 191 players on Day 1A. Read more »
Rumors swirled all over the internet on Thursday that Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, the first pro signed to IronDuke.com, a popular online poker room, was dating the founder of Napster, Shawn Fanning. Poker News Daily has confirmed that the two are indeed together. Read more »
Top poker software developer Playtech expands its customer base in Italy, adding to its recent deal with Snai by also signing Eurobet Italia. Read more »
In the fastest final table ever held on the World Poker Tour, Vivek Rajkumar, who is known as "Psyduck" in the online poker world, blazed to victory at the Borgata Poker Open in a mere 48 hands. In real time, determining the $1.4 million winner took less than three hours. Read more »
European players (and precocious pros between the ages of 18 and 21) should be heading to London double quick, because the 2nd World Series of Poker Europe starts tomorrow. Read more »
Party Poker gave the very first view of its brand new table look today. The new Party Poker is slated to debut next week, celebrated by a $50,000 customer freeroll on Saturday and a media freeroll in October. Read more »
MSNBC published a lengthy article on Thursday outlining the history of the cheating scandal that erupted on Ultimate Bet this year. The highlight was word of an $85 million claim filed by Blast-Off Ltd. Read more »
Heading into today's final table of the World Poker Tour's Borgata Poker Open, one man stands perched comfortably atop the field: Vivek Rajkumar. Known as "Psyduck" in the online poker world, Rajkumar has about 50% more chips than his next closest competitor. Read more »
The 2008 WCOOP continued on Tuesday, with the $530 buy-in cubed event kicking off. The tournament sported a $530 price tag and allowed one rebuy and one add-on per person, meaning the most anyone could invest was $1,590. Read more »
Here is my first monthly blog-type article for PokerNewsDaily. It's about the 2008 World Series of Poker. Read more »
Imagine the following scenario: you are on the bubble in the World Series of Poker Main Event and, for some reason, you let your chip stack get so low that you are now all-in in the big blind. Read more »
The House Financial Services Committee passed HR 6870 on Tuesday. The bill, which was drawn up by Committee Chairman, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), may now be debated on the floor of the House of Representatives. Read more »
On Wednesday, the final six players of the World Poker Tour's Borgata Poker Open will be determined. The field was narrowed down to 27 players late Tuesday night after starting with 516. Read more »
Canadian poker players have reason to rejoice, as popular brands Canadian Poker Tour and Canadian Poker Player Magazine are about to return to the Internet. Read more »
The RGA announced that officials from the European Union would be visiting the United States this week to collection information on whether the United States is breaching international treaties. The issue stems from US enforcement of the UIGEA. Read more »
Leading gaming software provider Cryptologic has joined global fraud-fighting community Ethoca in a bid to make online gaming safer for all. Read more »
In the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, HR 6870, the second version of the Payments System Protection Act, was passed by a 30-19 vote. The measure may move on to the House floor soon. Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released its monthly revenue report, which showed a drop in Las Vegas Strip gambling revenues of 14.67% in July, 2008 in comparison to July, 2007. Read more »
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open wrapped up Day 2 on Monday. At the head of the class was online poker pro Thayer Rasmussen, who held 904,500 chips, which was about 70,000 more than his next closest competitor. Read more »
On Tuesday night, millions of viewers will witness Day 2A and likely Day 2B of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event on cable channel ESPN. The action begins at 9:00pm ET on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Read more »
Poker News Daily: You won the WPT Gulf Coast Championship and also won a WSOP bracelet in 2007. What's your greatest poker accomplishment to date? Edler: From the perspective of one single tournament, I'd have to say the bracelet win. Read more »
Over the weekend, Sebastian Ruthenberg, a PokerStars sponsored player, made his employers proud by taking down the European Poker Tour's Barcelona event. He navigated the 618 player field en route to a €1,360,100 payday. Read more »
Monday marked Day 2 of the 2008 Borgata Poker Open. The World Poker Tour event, which is being held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, generated a field of 516 players, down from 560 in 2007. Read more »
Shares of PartyGaming, which are traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol "PRTY," were added to the FTSE4Good Index on Friday. Read more »
Debuting at The Venetian Resort, Hotel, and Casino in Las Vegas on October 22nd will be the newest show offering on the Strip: The Real Deal. It's hosted by comedian Paul Rodriguez. Read more »
