It's been about two months since the funds for many online poker players were frozen and payment checks bounced due to actions taken by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Players affected by bounced checks were refunded, typically with a bonus in the neighborhood of 10 to 20%. Read more »
The high stakes Omaha tables on Full Tilt have seen a lot of action recently; Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen experienced some large swings on Wednesday the 29th, taking a $550K loss. However, the downswing did not affect him as he recovered on Thursday and Friday with an estimated $900K in winnings. Cole South,… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker coming to a close, you may have thought that the lucrative, big prize pool tournaments of the summer were over… think again! FTOPS XIII kicks off Wednesday August, 6th on Full Tilt Poker and will feature $16 million in guaranteed prize pools, spread over 25 events, each of which… Read more »
PokerStars’ newly founded Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued this week in Queenstown, New Zealand and when all was said and done a local man, Danny Chevalier, walked away with the top prize and championship trophy. The $2,500 Main Event drew 135 entrants for a combined prize pool of $303,750, paying out 18 positions. Chevalier,… Read more »
Ultimate Bet will be hosting two $30+$3 buy-in No Limit Hold’em rebuy tournaments, each with a $15K Guaranteed prize pool tonight at 7pm, and 10pm EST. The winners will take home $7,500, the runners up $4,500 and the third place finishers will earn $3,000 for their efforts. The tournament will have plenty of play, with… Read more »
After recently celebrating their fifth anniversary, Full Tilt Poker could have sat back for a bit on its laurels and waited for its next FTOPS schedule to begin in less than a week (August 5th, to be exact). Read more »
In recent news released by Playtech, which operates the popular iPoker Network, it was revealed that the company's Gross Income for the second quarter of 2009 rose by 23.3% year over year to €33.1 million. That figure was slightly below the €33.8 million recorded during the first quarter of 2009. Read more »
This week saw Congressman Barney Frank's (D-MA) HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, officially break 50 co-sponsors. The bill establishes a complete licensing and regulatory framework for internet gambling outfits to solicit U.S. customers. Read more »
PokerStars hosted the first No Limit Hold’em Turbo Tourney that awarded the first five entries to the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, which will take place on September 3rd through the 20th. The tournament will host 45 events that will be played in 18 days, and the main event will have a buy-in of… Read more »
Cake Poker launched the Gold Card Race a month ago, and Jotun665 has shown to be the indisputable leader week after week, winning or placing every week of the race so far and positioned in the lead for this week already. The Cake Poker blog enthuses about Jotun665’s prowess: “He took down first place last… Read more »
Confirmation by Poker News Daily that Ultimate Bet pro Tiffany Michelle will appear on the 15th installment of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race" has led to a flurry of excitement in the industry. Poker News Daily sat down with Annie Duke, whose appearance on the popular reality franchise "Celebrity Apprentice" helped raise well over $730,000 for charity. Read more »
The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker have been very busy lately, with Full Tilt Poker Pros Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Richard Ashby, Brian Townsend and Gus Hansen playing on a daily basis and taking home big profits. Some of the players they have faced are Tom “durrrr” Dwan, DIN_FRU, HarrisMP, OMGClayAiken and David Benyamine to… Read more »
Titan Poker is giving out $50K in Cash Game Jackpots, split among different categories so every player has the opportunity to take home a piece of the action. Titan Poker players will earn points by playing at cash tables; those points will rank on Daily Races and accumulate towards the Weekly $5,000 Jackpot and the… Read more »
Everest Poker, the official on-felt sponsor of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), is celebrating its fifth anniversary in style. The promotion is highlighted by a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool event featuring a live finale. Read more »
In the game of poker, sometimes the hand you hold has different capabilities depending upon the game that you're playing: what would be a great hand in one form of poker will be mere junk in another discipline of the game. Read more »
I recently returned from a trip to Washington, DC in which I was privileged to be part of the Poker Players Alliance's (PPA) National Poker Week Fly-In. Part of this event included a gathering of 33 PPA State Directors, a handful of poker celebrities, and various lobbyists and media members. Read more »
According to an article that appeared this week in The Examiner, two members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team and Miss America 2004 may join poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho on Season 15 of the CBS reality show "Amazing Race." Read more »
Poker News Daily: After being the victim of a one-outer against Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, it has to feel good to be a member of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine. Tell us about your emotions a few weeks after the fact. Cada: I'm still really excited. It's definitely hit me now that I'm back in Michigan since everyone is talking about it. It's kind of weird and I'm not used to it. Read more »
The online poker site CD Poker has begun running satellites to the yearly Irish Winter Festival, a tournament series to be held in Dublin, Ireland in October. CD Poker is offering a variety of ways to win one of their $4,000 packages; the packages include $1,025 for airfare and spending money, €360 for four nights… Read more »
Absolute Poker has signed on as an official sponsor of the upcoming Sports Legends Challenge to be held September 14-17th. This unique competition allows for fans to not only visit with legendary athletes, but provides them the opportunity to compete with them head to head. Throughout the four day competition participants will compete with their… Read more »
Starting on August 2nd Titan Poker will be hosting the Scandinavian Titan Championship, a competition that allows for players in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland to play for cash prizes and a prestigious title. Titan Poker is offering multiple opportunities to qualify for the final tournament in December, where 50 players will play for… Read more »
The online poker room Betsafe is stepping up their normal promotions and offering an enormous $150,000 in race promotions to their players throughout the month of August. Betsafe’s race programs are unique in that they appeal to all players; those who play tournaments and cash games will both have an opportunity to win lucrative cash… Read more »
After an excellent performance at the World Poker Tour's first stop of their eighth season at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, longtime online professional Justin "Boosted J" Smith has signed a deal to be a Full Tilt Poker sponsored professional. Read more »
Coming out of National Poker Week, an effort orchestrated by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) to legalize and regulate the online game in the United States, many wondered what the future of the industry would be once the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) are fully enforced in December. Read more »
The kickoff event of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN played out on Tuesday night, with Russian Vitaly Lunkin taking home $1.9 million from the record $7.7 million prize pool. Read more »
