The final table of the $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em tournament (Event #20) as part of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will play out today inside the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among those still in contention is Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel. Read more »
Poker News Daily: Is this your first World Series of Poker (WSOP)? Lemke: This is my first year. I had played in a Circuit Event in Atlantic City, but this is my first WSOP. Read more »
In the online poker era, players who aren't using a tracking and analysis program with a built-in Heads-Up Display (HUD) are a few steps behind at the tables. These programs have the ability to import hand history files from online poker rooms into a database and spit out just about every statistic possible about players' poker games. Read more »
In breaking news from the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, Poker News Daily has learned that Bodog.com will once again become the central domain name for the online poker room's operations in the United States beginning today. The Kahnawake-based company regained control of the domain name in April. Read more »
Longtime online poker grinder Rami "arbianight" Boukai won his first ever World Series of Poker bracelet last week when he took down Event #10, a $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event. Read more »
Tuesday featured yet another World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table jam-packed with familiar faces. The 179 players who turned out for Event #18, the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Omaha H/L, made up a tough field in which a number of known pros were able to navigate their way through difficult competition and make it to the final nine. Read more »
With three additions last week, Congressman Barney Frank's Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, HR 2266, is up to 13 co-sponsors. The measure was introduced on May 6th. Read more »
On Sunday, 1,060 of poker's top female pros took to the felts for the $1,000 buy-in Ladies' No Limit Hold'em World Championship as part of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Two days later, Lisa Hamilton emerged as its champion. Read more »
The 40th Annual World Series of Poker in running full speed here at the Rio in Las Vegas, with two weeks down and another five to go. There is another competition, however, that has reached its halfway mark and will be just as interesting as the battle for the bracelets that are occurring. Read more »
Over $30 million belonging to at least 24,000 online poker players has been frozen by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to statements released by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and Associated Press. Read more »
Brian Lemke overcame a 4-1 chip disadvantage heads up to defeat German pro Fabian Quoss and claim victory of the World Series of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event early Tuesday morning. Read more »
In a development that started no less than two weeks ago, checks issued from payment processors for popular poker rooms PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker began bouncing when poker players attempted to cashed them at U.S. banks. Read more »
In figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, casino "win," or revenue, fell by 14.07% in April of 2009 in comparison to April of 2008. Revenues have now fallen for 16 straight months, last turning positive in December of 2007. Read more »
Poker pro Jeffrey Lisandro captured his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in Seven Card Stud on Monday night. He took down a $1,500 buy-in tournament, the 16th event of the 2009 WSOP, in the age-old genre of poker. Read more »
Poker pro Steve Sung took home the victory in the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Stimulus Special during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He banked $771,000 from the 6,012 player field, the largest ever assembled for a tournament outside of the Main Event and the fourth biggest of all-time. Read more »
The second Sunday of action in this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) featured a stirring comeback by an online player against a top professional and some of our first complaints about the 3:00am curfew rule. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division has sent letters to 11 of the world's largest internet service providers (ISPs) rescinding its notice to block 200 internet gambling websites. The news comes four days after the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) declared victory in the state. Read more »
Players on Full Tilt Poker won't have to wait long to score a copy of Mike Matusow's brand new autobiography, "Check-Raising the Devil." From now until June 30th, four daily freerolls will award copies of the acclaimed publication. Read more »
A total of 1,088 entrants took to the felts in the $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event (#13) during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). In the end, Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen took home his first gold bracelet and $506,000. Read more »
Through the first 14 events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a total of 57 nations have been represented, with 84.8% of entrants hailing from the United States. The 2009 WSOP Main Event will kick off on July 3rd with the first of four starting days. Read more »
In just 14 short months, 22-year old Florida native Jason Mercier has burst onto the poker scene with a slew of top-tier results, including two European Poker Tour (EPT) titles, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe final table, over $3 million in live tournament winnings and, most recently, his first WSOP bracelet in Event #5, the $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha contest. We sat down with Mercier to discuss his big win, how he got into poker, and how he has dealt with so much success at such a young age. Read more »
The weather in Las Vegas is awesome right now and I spend some time each morning when I'm home reading the paper in my backyard and thinking. Here are some of today's random poker thoughts (in no particular order) and one random non-poker thought. Read more »
As of 8:30pm ET on Sunday night, just five players remain in the $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event being held as part of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Headlining the field is a familiar face in the poker world: Daniel Negreanu. Read more »
Large crowds formed in the back of the Amazon Room Saturday afternoon to watch Doyle Brunson and son Todd Brunson play at the same table of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship Mixed Event during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). That was with 20 players remaining. By the end of the night, the crowd… Read more »
Two first-time winners were awarded gold bracelets at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Friday evening. A Cinderella story became reality for Ken Aldridge in the $1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em event. Aldridge, whose career live tournament earnings were just $2,000, defeated a field of 1,459 players to win the bracelet and a prize of $428,259. Read more »
