Eric Buchman, 29, hails from Valley Stream, New York and will enter the final table of the 2009 WSOP Main Event with 34.8 million in chips; second only to Darvin Moon. Although the $1,263,602 that is guaranteed to each of the November 9 will be by far Buchman's largest tournament cash, he has been excelling on the tournament circuit since 2002 and has amassed more than $900,000 in career tournament earnings. Read more »
The Editor of CardPlayer Magazine, Jeff Shulman resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He's 34 years-old and finished seventh in the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, banking $146,000 when he was just 25 Read more »
Representatives from the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the one million member strong lobbying force for the industry, announced that controversial talk show host Howard Stern became its newest member. Read more »
Akenhead, a British poker pro, has just two World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes to his name, both of which came after deep runs on poker's biggest stage. Akenhead is a former railroad conductor who now competes on the green felts for a living. Read more »
Coming from the short stack at the final table, Brazilian online poker pro Alexandre "allingomes" Gomes stunned all in attendance at the Fontana Lounge in the Bellagio by winning the championship of the Bellagio Cup V over many strong competitors. Read more »
Sunday marks the official start of National Poker Week. The seven day affair features a concerted effort calling for the legalization and regulation of online poker in the United States. Poker News Daily will head to the nation's capital as part of the Week's Fly-In organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). Read more »
A brief hour and a half of play in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bellagio Cup V occurred on Saturday. In the end, the six-handed final table was determined. Online poker pro Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka, who holds a stack of five million chips, leads the way. Read more »
Play in the Million Dollar Challenge between Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius has come to a screeching halt. No action has occurred since June 19th, but Dwan has announced a live version of the Challenge in London this September. Read more »
Ten players remain in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. At the top of the pack after four days of play are Day 3 chip leader Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka and Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is now paused for over 100 days. The action will resume on November 7th with the final nine players, who will vie for the $8.5 million first place prize. Joe Cada, Eric Buchman, and Darvin Moon are among those who will return to the Rio in November. Read more »
Will CardPlayer Magazine owner Jeff Shulman become poker's biggest villain? In the interviews that followed the conclusion of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Wednesday, reporters were huddled around Jeff Shulman, who candidly shared his thoughts on WSOP management and the championship bracelet. Read more »
In coverage of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V, it was revealed that Alec "traheho" Torelli has signed with Doyle's Room, a USA-friendly site on the Cake Poker Network. Torelli holds the sixth largest chip stack entering Day 4 at the Bellagio. Read more »
Three days are in the books at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka holds a commanding lead over the rest of the field. His stack of 3.2 million, or 20% of the chips in play, is nearly three times larger than the second place tally. Read more »
After 56 events and 13 days of play in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was determined. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is well underway. Already, most of this year's 57 WSOP bracelets have been awarded. If you have never been to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino during the summer, you owe it to yourself to attend one year to witness the spectacle that is the WSOP. Read more »
Poker commentator Lacey Jones will take her career to the next level after signing with Absolute Poker this week. Outside of poker, Jones has also appeared on hits like HBO's "Entourage," NBC's "Las Vegas," and Fox's "The O.C." Poker News Daily sat down with Jones to talk about her poker and modeling careers. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that PokerRoad President Joe Sebok is on the brink of signing with a major online poker site. When the signing will occur and with what room is not yet known. Read more »
It was another relatively short day at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, as play lasted for just four levels before the tournament staff sent everyone home for the night. Sixty-four players began Day Seven of the Main Event, but only 27 survived to return on Wednesday and play down to the November Nine that will comprise this year's final table. Read more »
With the final days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) playing out and the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) starting this week, poker has taken center stage in Las Vegas. Even with this activity, however, there are rumblings in one of the financial world's top publications. Read more »
"Cowboy" Kenna James won the third Dream Team Poker event, held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas down the hall from the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Tao of Pokerati emerged victorious in the team competition. Read more »
The second of two starting days are in the books at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. When the smoke cleared, 268 players turned out to the storied Las Vegas casino, down sharply from the 446 that entered last year. Read more »
Two familiar names took the Rio by storm on Day 6 of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event as Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari climbed into the top six chip counts as play concluded Monday evening. Read more »
The petition put forth by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) as part of National Poker Week currently stands at 300,428 signatures. The measure broke through the 300,000 threshold overnight. Read more »
A cozy field of 79 players turned out for Day 1A of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. In the end, 61 reached Day 2 on Wednesday, led by Alec "traheho" Torelli. WPT officials are expecting 175 players to compete on Day 1B. Read more »
The National Council on Problem Gambling has announced plans to hold its annual conference in Portland, Oregon from June 10th to 12th, 2010. The organization is fresh off its Indianapolis convention, which attracted 350 industry representatives. Read more »
