Poker News Daily: Congratulations on making the finals of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. In your opinion, how do you measure up against Joan Rivers? Duke: Joan Rivers is Joan Rivers and that's a big battle for me. It's one of the reasons she's in the finals. Read more »
In court action taken last week in the United States District Court in Las Vegas, the majority of poker professional Clonie Gowen's lawsuit against the entities that comprise Full Tilt Poker was dismissed. Read more »
Zach Hall, a cash game grinder, received a lot of attention from spectators and media alike because he wore an umbrella hat during the recent LAPT Mar del Plata event. His fame caught on like wildfire to the point where on-site media outlets gave his stack updates ahead of poker pros like Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the European Poker Tour's (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final wrapped up over the weekend. In the end, Team PokerStars Netherlands Pro Pieter de Korver triumphed over the 935 player field en route to a €2.3 million payday. Read more »
Sunday night saw Tom "durrrr" Dwan once again take center stage on GSN's High Stakes Poker. This time, he took down a $221,000 pot against Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu. Next week, a new group of eight players takes to the felts. Read more »
Next Sunday is shaping up to be a showdown of biblical proportions, as World Series of Poker bracelet winner Annie Duke squares off against archrival Joan Rivers in the finale of NBC's second season of Celebrity Apprentice. The three hour live final episode airs at 8:00pm ET. Note that this article contains language that is not appropriate for all audiences. Read more »
The first ever Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), sponsored by PokerStars, just wrapped up its AUD $2,200 buy-in Main Event from the Star City Casino in Sydney. A 25 year-old local student, Paren "Puzz" Arzoomanian, won the high-stakes tournament. Read more »
One of the things I like best about cruising is that you get to see a lot of great places and only have to pack and unpack once. I just returned from a wonderful trip to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica with approximately 300 other poker players on a Card Player Cruises vacation. Read more »
A record-breaking 935 players made the trek to Monaco for the European Poker Tour's (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final, which began last week. Now, the field has been trimmed to just 14, with Hungarian poker player Peter Traply leading the pack. Read more »
In the fight for the rights of online poker players in Minnesota, PokerXFactor.com instructor and St. Paul resident Chris "Fox" Wallace has taken a stand, calling for the Justice Department to arrest him if playing online poker is illegal. Read more »
Recently, Bodog Poker pro Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo took down the Championship Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Caesars Palace, banking $227,000 for his efforts. He spoke with Poker News Daily about his six-figure payday. Read more »
In what had to be one of the biggest blunders in recent online poker history, popular online poker room Full Tilt Poker (currently ranked second in the world in terms of overall ring game traffic) conducted an "action update" with the idea that adding cash games with antes would create action tables. Read more »
On May 17th during the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera, the Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation and Sunflower Children Foundation will team up to offer a charity poker tournament featuring "Rounders" star Edward Norton and 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Jamie Gold. Read more »
Steve Schirripa, an actor on the popular "Sopranos" television series on HBO, will host "Face the Ace" on NBC. The grand prize on the poker meets reality television program is $1 million and airing begins on August 1st. The show represents NBC's first venture into prime time poker programming. Read more »
