In the longest final table in Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) history, Australian poker player Van Marcus defeated Korean Noh Tae Jun to take home his first APPT title. Marcus has lodged three cashes over the course of his APPT career; all three have been final table appearances. Read more »
Internet gaming software leader CryptoLogic Limited announced its financial results for the three months ending September 30, 2008. The company posted a net loss of $5.9 million, including a foreign exchange of $4.2 million, leading to a new strategic poker partnership with GTECH Corporation. Read more »
When the long-awaited regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) were released last week, many questioned what impact they would have on the industry, if any. Read more »
Collecting memorabilia is normally associated with sports like baseball, football, and basketball. However, very rarely has poker gear been one that collectors look for. Officials from the World Series of Poker are looking to change that trend by holding the first ever WSOP auction featuring items from the final table of the 2008 Main Event. Read more »
The first day of the Harvey's Lake Tahoe World Series of Poker Circuit Event kicked off on Friday and emerging atop the leader board was Chris Dombrowski, who had four cashes during the 2008 WSOP tournament series in Las Vegas. Read more »
A revolutionary concept sweeping the industry is the concept of "team poker." The first Dream Team Gaming event was held last week at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas and, at the end of the day, Team Bluff was crowned champions of the tournament. Read more »
The Full Tilt Onlike Poker Series carried on in a big way the past week with a handful of online pros enjoying success on the virtual felt. Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly took control of the FTOPS X leaderboard by making a pair of final tables and taking down Event #14 ($200 NL Hold ‘em Turbo) for over $104,000. Read more »
Poker News Daily has confirmed that the Kentucky Court of Appeals has granted the request of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) to stay a ruling handed down by Judge Thomas Wingate last month. Oral arguments will now be heard in a Louisville courtroom on Friday, December 12th. Read more »
In a move that has been speculated for the past week, online poker rooms on the Microgaming Network will no longer accept new players from the United States. Poker News Daily has confirmed the report with Microgaming. The move went into effect on Monday across many Microgaming sites, which include Doyle's Room, Eurolinx, and Poker Host. Read more »
Many had questioned whether the decision by Harrah's to move the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event back 117 days would be effective. Would the decision really generate renewed interest in poker? Read more »
Rakeback is one of the fastest-growing parts of the online poker world. Sites typically make money by charging a rake, or juice, in order to play. Money taken out of the pot in a ring game and entry fees paid to play in a tournament are two of the main ways that online poker rooms generate revenue. Read more »
After a highly successful tournament schedule in Hammond, Indiana at the end of October, the World Series of Poker Circuit moved across the U.S. to land at Harvey's in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Read more »
On Wednesday night, the regulations of the UIGEA were finalized. The new regulations will be implemented on January 19, 2009. Today, the PPA, which is the main lobbying group for the online poker industry, called on its members as well as concerned individuals around the country to act. Read more »
Burkholder took some time with Poker News Daily to go over a hand he played with Adam "Roothlus" Levy during his WCOOP victory. Levy is a well-respected online player (also ranked on PocketFives) who recently made a deep run in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. With 12 players remaining in the tournament, their table also featured online stars Greg "DuckU" Hobson and Thayer "Thay3r" Rasmussen. Read more »
On Wednesday, the regulations of the UIGEA were finalized as part of so-called midnight rule-making by the Bush Administration and will be implemented on January 19, 2009, one day before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Read more »
Just a week after forbidding its players from using the datamining site SharkScope.com, PokerStars is reconsidering its methods to prevent users from accessing the popular program. Read more »
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel New York will play host to the All In For Kids charity poker tournament on Wednesday night. A bevy of celebrities are expected, including some of the top names from the world of poker. Read more »
In a press release posted on Marketwire this morning, it was revealed that the online poker clients of the CryptoLogic Network will merge with Boss Media in the beginning of the 2009 calendar year. Sites on the CryptoLogic Network include Sun Poker, Playboy Poker, Interpoker, Classic Poker, Betsafe Poker, and William Hill. Read more »
There is one kind of player that I seem to have success against in the heads-up portion of a tournament: the massive overbettor. This type of player is super-aggressive post-flop with any sort of decent, yet not monster, hand. Really, unless the board looks ultra-scary, he is not likely to take his foot off the gas once he becomes the aggressor. Read more »
Defending WPT Player of the Year Jonathan Little captures the championship of the World Poker Tour's World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, defeating Jonathan Jaffe in the longest heads up battle in the history of the WPT to take the title. Read more »
A last-minute attempt by the Bush Administration to push through the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has prompted the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the online poker industry's chief lobbying group, to mobilize its members. Read more »
The long-awaited winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event was crowned on Monday night. The heads-up match pitted a Russian, Ivan Demidov, against Denmark native Peter Eastgate. In front of a packed house at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas, the two battled it out for the $9.1 million first place prize. Read more »
Coming into Day Five of the World Poker Tour's latest stop in Connecticut, the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, six men were guaranteed that they would reach the final table. Four unfortunate souls, although taking home a nice payday, would not be able to say that they officially reached that elusive WPT final table goal. Read more »
Jeff Haney is a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. He's been on the scene at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event and will, along with a throng of fans, return to the Rio on Monday night. Play between Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate will kick off at 10:00pm local time and continue until one man is $9.1 million richer. Read more »
In the spirit of the election season in the United States, thought it might be fun to vote on some outstanding (outlandish?) poker personalities and performances in 2008. Therefore, I respectfully submit the following nominations. Read more »
