On Sunday, Vanessa Rousso advanced to the finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on six consecutive Sundays on NBC starting in April. Rousso ultimately fell to poker pro Huck Seed in the featured match-up, but still pocketed $250,000 in the process. Read more »
When players take to the felts for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio in Las Vegas, they'll notice a stark difference instantaneously. The starting chip stacks, which were doubled in 2008, will be tripled in 2009. Read more »
Last week, the WPT partnered with Chili Poker to introduce a land-based tournament in Marrakech, Morocco. Now, the action moves north. In a press release distributed on Monday by the roving poker tour, it was revealed that the WPT has teamed up with bwin to launch WPT Venice. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Tell us what a typical day is like on the set of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." What is your schedule? Duke: People would be surprised. I would wake up at about 4:30am, take a quick shower, and then run down to get hair and makeup. Read more »
After years of attempting to implement a nationalized online gaming system - and difficulties with the European Union over it - France is now looking to make changes to its system to allow for international competition for its citizens' online wagers. Read more »
The finale of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship took place on Sunday night at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. When the smoke cleared, Huck Seed defeated new Go Daddy Girl Vanessa Rousso to take home $500,000. Read more »
The second episode of "High Stakes Poker" Season 5 hit the airwaves on Sunday night. Among the highlights of the popular cash game show was a $318,000 pot between WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. Read more »
Sunday night marked the second episode of Season 2 of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." Last week in the season premiere, Annie Duke rubbed some of her teammates the wrong way with her direct nature. Tonight's episode featured a showdown between the WSOP bracelet winner and talk show host Joan Rivers. Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did you get started in online poker? Levy: I started playing around 2003 and then online in 2004 on PartyPoker. Slowly but surely, I was able to amass a bankroll. Read more »
In last month's column, I talked extensively about the state of poker and my guarded optimism about the game going forward. I received a surprising amount of feedback on the column, both positive and negative. Others shared stories of similar guarded optimism, while a few thought I was crazy to mention the United States economy and poker economy turning around. Read more »
A constitutional amendment introduced last week in Alabama by State Senator Hank Erwin could shut out games of chance from the Southern state. Senate Bill 470 was referred to the Tourism and Marketing Subcommittee. Erwin represents the 14th District of Alabama. Read more »
The semi-finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship are set from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Two members of Team PokerStars Pro will battle it out, as Vanessa Rousso will take on Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. Also, Huck Seed will face off against Sam Farha. Read more »
The first round of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship kicked off on Friday. The upset of the evening went to "High Stakes Poker" host Gabe Kaplan, who defeated reigning champion Chris Ferguson. The Full Tilt Poker pro boasted an amazing 16-3 record. Read more »
Bigger is better at PokerStars. Recently, the world's largest online poker site registered its 20 millionth user. The milestone designation went to a brand new PokerStars member from Slovakia, piposko. Read more »
In an effort to prove that poker is a game of skill, not chance, one poker training site has issued a unique challenge to President Barack Obama and any member of the U.S. Congress. Bluefire Poker is putting up one million to one odds that an amateur from Capitol Hill cannot defeat any of its pros. Read more »
With the economic situation still worsening around the world, one of the largest corporations involved in the Las Vegas economy is facing potential bankruptcy with its current loan balances. Read more »
The 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship kicks off on Friday from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Last night, a drawing party at PURE Nightclub at the casino determined the initial pairings for the group of 64 players. Read more »
In breaking news from the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas, Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso was named the newest Go Daddy girl. The news comes on the eve of Day 1 of the popular NBC poker tournament, which begins on Friday at Caesars Palace. Read more »
In a recent article from the Reuters news service, it was revealed that an agreement between Sportingbet and the United States Department of Justice is expected sometime in 2009. The agreement may absolve Sportingbet of any wrongdoing that occurred prior to the passage of the UIGEA in 2006. Read more »
"Fantastic! Another tipping thread is just what this board needs." On a popular internet poker message board that I frequent, this is a common response when someone poses a question in the non-poker forums about tipping in every day situations. Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is coming to the African continent. On Wednesday, the tournament series announced that it has inked a sponsorship arrangement with Chili Poker to bring the game to Marrakech, Morocco. Read more »
One thing that consistently beleaguers online poker players is the possibility that they could be taking on opponents that aren't human. These poker "bots" have reported varying degrees of success, but they are still blamed by players when they have a bad session. Read more »
It may be thought that the United States has the market cornered when it comes to poker on television, but one thing that it does not have is a dedicated channel for the game. For this, you have to look to Europe and The Poker Channel, which began broadcasting in 2005. Read more »
In a recent blog posted on the online poker site Betfair, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, a sponsored player of the online poker room, outlined an Iron Man Challenge against Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. A total of 17 events will make up the competition, with at least $10,000 per event on the line. Read more »
The Merge Gaming Network just got a little bigger. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Big Bet Poker is the Network's newest addition. The group of sites already includes ACED, Carbon Poker, Iron Duke, Poker Nordica, Reefer Poker, and Spin32. Read more »
