On Tuesday, iMEGA, which is suing to declare the UIGEA unconstitutional, learned that the U.S. Department of Justice denied its request to supplement the record. iMEGA had petitioned to include the complications arising in the New Hampshire and North Dakota state lotteries. Read more »
In 2005, Freddy Deeb took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. Three and a half years later, Deeb was up to his winning ways once again, taking down his second WPT title, this time at the Celebrity Invitational. Read more »
On Sunday night, the second season of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" debuted. Poker player Annie Duke, a contestant on the show, received staunch criticism from Project Manager Joan Rivers, Claudia Jordan, Khloe Kardashian, and Brande Roderick. Duke revealed her reaction to Poker News Daily. Read more »
Season 5 of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" kicked off on Sunday night. The $200,000 buy-in cash game was filmed at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas last December. A total of 13 episodes will air on Sundays, which is dubbed "Poker Night" by GSN. Read more »
The National Kidney Foundation will be the beneficiaries of the 2009 Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament, which is sponsored by Curtis and Co. Watches and Dream Team Poker and takes place at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Read more »
The second season of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" kicked off on Sunday night. Last year's running of the show raised over $1 million for charity. This year, 16 contestants are divided into two teams, men versus women. Among them is Poker News Daily columnist and WSOP bracelet winner Annie Duke. Read more »
On Sunday, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius racked up 226 hands as part of the ongoing Million Dollar Challenge. Play came after a six day layoff since a 1,000 hand session on Monday. The two have together competed against each other in a total of 4,178 hands, with Dwan up $140,000. Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did you get started playing poker? Markholt: My dad used to play a little bit of poker in the local card rooms here in Washington State. One summer, I was laid up from riding bulls. I picked up a couple of my dad's poker books and read them. Read more »
Today was an awesome day for me, although I must admit that I was quite dazed when my alarm clock rang at 5:00am, especially since that is the time I am usually just going to bed. The reason for my early rise was to participate in the Poker Gives Back project with fellow members of the Wednesday Poker Discussion Group (WPDG) as well as some wonderful friends. Read more »
This is Part II of a two-part series on perspectives of the economic crisis and its possible impacts on the gambling and poker industries. Dan Goldman has been a high-tech and marketing expert for nearly 30 years. He is perhaps best known within the poker industry as the former Vice President of Marketing for PokerStars. Read more »
The first of three days of play in the WPT Celebrity Invitational is in the books. The tournament has attracted some of the top names in poker and Hollywood. When the final cards were dealt during Day 1, John "The Razor" Phan held firm as the chip leader with 197,000. Read more »
