A total of 135 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament on Day 1A. After 10 levels of play in the Matt Savage-run tournament, just 50 remain. Now, all eyes on Tuesday will be focused on Day 1B, which kicks off at 10:45am local time. Read more »
In recent article on Forbes.com, it was revealed that elected officials of the State of Kentucky are looking at expanding the gaming options for visitors to and residents of the state. Now, the only gaming that is offered is betting on horse racing, which raises millions of dollars for the Kentucky state coffers. Read more »
In the United States, individual income taxes are due on April 15th, which is now less than one month away. For live and online poker players, filing taxes means facing a unique set of challenges. Poker News Daily enlisted the help of Certified Public Accountant Ann-Margaret Johnston to learn more. Read more »
One of the toughest final tables in the history of the European Poker Tour (EPT) produced the tournament series' second female winner. PokerStars.de ShootingStar member Sandra Naujoks took home €917,000 for taking down EPT Dortmund. Read more »
Episode three of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" hit the airwaves on Sunday night. The well-known cash game featured the same lineup as during the first two episodes. This week featured a meltdown of sorts for Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu, who lost his $200,000 buy-in. Read more »
Sunday night marked the third week of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." The episode also featured the third win by the women's team and Ultimate Bet poker pro Annie Duke. As part of this week's fundraising efforts, World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Perry Friedman paid $10,000 for a wedding dress. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Has winning your first bracelet during the 2008 WSOP changed the way others at the poker table view you? Minieri: It's a little bit removed from that, but people still ask me about it. People have respect for me at the poker table. Read more »
I am having so much fun… playing for 10 cents on UltimateBet.com. So UB just launched its STEPs program. They have ten steps to the World Series of Poker starting at 10 cents. If you are one of the first eight people to make it all the way to a $12,000 package from Step 1, you also win an $8,500 Aruba package. Read more »
The National Kidney Foundation saw its revenues boosted by $111,000 last week as a result of a charity poker tournament endorsed by Full Tilt Poker pro Jennifer Harman. A bevy of poker pros turned out for the event, which was sponsored by Curtis & Co. Watches, 2 Step Images, and Dream Team Poker. Read more »
The final table of the $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event Championship at Caesars Atlantic City played out on Saturday. A total of 208 entrants participated and, when the smoke cleared, 23 year-old professional poker player Samuel Chartier emerged victorious. Read more »
Bluefire Poker, which recently made waves by challenging U.S. President Barack Obama or any member of Congress to a charity heads-up poker match, inked an agreement with PKR this week. As part of the terms of the deal, PKR will become Bluefire Poker's exclusive partner in Europe. Read more »
The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event kicks off on Monday from sunny San Jose, California. The unique high-stakes bounty tournament awards $5,000 for knocking a "shooting star" out of the event. The $10,000 buy-in contest's winner will likely receive a seven-figure payday and $25,000 buy-in to the WPT Championship. Read more »
The finale of the second season of Ultimate Bet's Best Damn Poker Show wrapped up this week. The series, which airs on Fox Sports Net, was won by Patrick Karst, a 51 year-old married father of three from Markle, Indiana. Read more »
After high-profile incidents in 2008 involving Scotty Nguyen and Phil Hellmuth, Harrah's officials are determined to curb player infractions in 2009 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This week, tournament officials introduced player conduct guidelines for the 2009 WSOP. Read more »
Recently, 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer appeared on Fox Business on behalf of the Poker Players Alliance to discuss the legality of online poker as well as efforts by Barney Frank to regulate and tax the industry. Among his notable assertions was that the UIGEA does not apply to online poker. Read more »
Many online poker players remember the "superuser" scandals that have erupted over the past couple of years. Millions of dollars were lost in the commission of these scams and only through the diligence of the online poker world did they ever come to light. Read more »
In just two and a half months, the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will kick off from the Rio in Las Vegas. A total of 57 bracelets will be up for grabs in 2009, two more than in 2008. Pre-registration is now open. Read more »
This week, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) released its "win," or revenue totals for February. In the shortest month of the year, gambling revenues in Atlantic City dove 19.2% in comparison to February of 2008 to $310.3 million. A total of 11 casinos make up the Atlantic City market. Read more »
About shaniac: Shane “shaniac” Schleger is one of the most successful online poker rebuy tournament players. According to thepokerdb, since Jan 1, 2006 Shane has north of $500,000 in cashes in the PokerStars $109 rebuy — widely regarded as the toughest tournament online. While recording those cashes Shane has recorded an approximate ROI% of 85%… Read more »
While the United States has been unable or unwilling to broach the regulation of the online gaming world, Europe has - in some cases - ventured into that area. Countries such as England and Ireland have introduced regulation of the online poker and gaming worlds with a great deal of success. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Talk about your game plan heading into the finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship against Vanessa Rousso. Seed: I really didn't have a game plan. A friend of mine sent me a text message with some information on her, but I didn't get it. Read more »
In its end of year results released to the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Party Gaming's Net Revenue was up 3% to $472.9 million during the 2008 calendar year in comparison to 2007. PartyPoker saw its Net Revenue sink by 7% to $274 million over the same period. Read more »
According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, which released its January "win" figures this week, statewide revenue slipped 14.62% in January of 2009 in comparison to January of 2008. It marks the 13th straight month of declining revenues. Read more »
Most serious poker players hope to capture a tournament championship on one of the tours that exist today, but many of them cannot travel or afford to buy into the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker events. These players seem to have found a home in the Heartland Poker Tour. Read more »
NBC is as friendly of a network towards poker as you'll find. Steering the ship is Jon Miller, the Executive Vice President of NBC Sports. Miller sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the recently completed National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Read more »
