The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event rages on in Las Vegas, as players fight through a field of more than 6,400 players for their right to claim the $8.5 million first place prize. Joe Hachem won the event in 2005 and was took a few minutes to answer questions from Poker News Daily about the Main Event, the current legal climate of poker, and his worldwide fame. Read more »
As the battle for online poker legality comes to the forefront of the American legal system, players are still in limbo making deposits and withdrawals from their favorite sites. Some rooms like Cake Poker have had no reported incidents, while larger ones like Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars were directly affected by the U.S. Attorney's Office seizing funds in bank accounts tied to processors. Read more »
Playing as if they had a plane to catch, the 407 players who came back for Day Five of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) wasted little time in whittling the field to fewer than 200 players. Read more »
The sixth season of the PokerStars-sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT) kicks off on August 18th with a brand new stop in Moscow, Russia. The tournament series will also make its first sojourn to Portugal. Poker News Daily sat down with EPT Founder and Team PokerStars Pro member John Duthie to get his take. Read more »
The third Dream Team Poker event, held down the hall from the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), attracted 366 runners for a total prize pool of $177,000. Roberto Diaz from Team Reckless leads the way entering Day 2, when 27 players will take to the felts. Read more »
After posting a $1 million prop bet involving golf and poker, Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt had his amateur status revoked by the U.S. Golf Association (USGA). In the U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon on Monday, Schmidt will plead his case over why a preliminary injunction should be granted. Read more »
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) held a press conference at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to announce several of its latest projects including National Poker Week, a national poker petition, and a new website called mypokerstory.com. I hope you will check out some of these projects. Read more »
Fans of the world's second largest online poker site can rejoice in the introduction of a Hand Replayer and Mixed Limit games on Full Tilt Poker. Both made their debut as part of a recent software upgrade. Read more »
Day 4 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event came to an early close Saturday evening, as it took just three levels to eliminate 382 players and break the money bubble. The top 648 players received a minimum of $21,365 and, after some fast play, the tournament staff halted the event with 407 runners left in the field. Read more »
In recent figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, it was revealed that gambling "win," or revenue, fell by 8.34% in May of 2009 in comparison to May of 2008. Total win was nearly $900 million statewide. Read more »
Headed into Day 4 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Florida native Amir Lehavot holds the 128th largest stack overall out of 789 players remaining. Levahot, the Day 2B chip leader, sat down with Poker News Daily to share his thoughts. Read more »
Payment processor Account Services has filed a motion for the return of property after funds were seized by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The company requests the "release and return of funds" totaling $13 million. Read more »
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier vaulted to the top of the leaderboard Friday evening and will enter Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Main Event as the chip leader with 1,380,500 in chips. Read more »
Eleven stops will take place as part of the 2009-2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit, announced by Harrah's officials on Friday. The festivities will head to Harrah's St. Louis for the first time. Read more »
Most of you probably don't know this, but the Poker News Daily you are reading right now is actually Poker News Daily version 2.x (I would say 2.0, but that's not quite accurate – the site has undergone some changes in recent months). Read more »
On a rare day off at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the annual Media Charity Event took place on Thursday afternoon using the Dream Team Poker format. Read more »
The Poker Players Alliance will host a fly-in in two weeks as part of National Poker Week. Greg Raymer, Chris Ferguson, and Andy Bloch are among a handful of poker pros that will meet and greet representatives of Congress in an effort to legalize and regulate the game in the United States. Read more »
It's not every day that the Average Joe can play a game of poker alongside "Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander. However, for eight players on Day 3 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, battling against George Costanza will be a reality. Read more »
Public nominations for the 2009 class of the Poker Hall of Fame closed on July 2nd. One week later during the off-day of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, the Top 10 nominees were announced. Read more »
Due to the large crowds that turned out for the final two Day Ones in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, there were 2,924 players that congregated throughout the Rio at the start of play on Wednesday. Read more »
Beginning on July 12th, the third Dream Team Poker tournament will kick off. This time, it originates from the home of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which will be taking place down the hall at the Rio in Las Vegas. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker turns five years-old in 2009. For the next 10 days, the world's second largest online poker site is celebrating in a big way, giving players the ability to earn extra Full Tilt Points (FTPs), boost their bankroll through freerolls, and participate in richer Sunday majors. Read more »
Day 2A of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began with 1,478 players, compared with the 2,922 prepared to play on Day 2B. However, it ended with only 607 survivors. Read more »
Recently, the inaugural PokerStars Czech-Slovak Poker Tour (CSPT) kicked off with a CZK 13,000 buy-in event at the Card Casino Prague. A total of 122 players turned out, generating a prize pool of more than CZK 1.4 million. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa tournament was chalk full of poker's top names, including Phil Hellmuth, Andy Bloch, and Howard Lederer. Poker News Daily was on the scene as the game's elite made their way into the charity poker tournament. Read more »
