On Tuesday, lawyers from the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) argued in front of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The objective: prove that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is unconstitutional. Read more »
For the first time in the history of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), players were turned away from entering the Main Event. It was unfortunate for those players, the WSOP, and the people at Harrah's. Here's what happened. Read more »
While Day 1D of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event might best be remembered for disarray, it was an industrial salesman from Indiana who swayed the attention of the poker world for at least a moment. Troy Weber, 38, finished the day as the commanding chip leader with 353,000 and was the only player to break the 200,000 chip mark through all four starting days. Read more »
The 40th Anniversary World Series of Poker (WSOP) has brought us some fantastic moments to this point. The triple bracelet assault of Jeffery Lisandro, the double bracelet wins of Phil Ivey, Brock "t soprano" Parker, and Greg "FBT" Mueller have made it a truly exceptional tournament series. However, events that unfolded yesterday have potentially tarnished the good time. Read more »
The inaugural Caesars Cup will play out at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe and pit top pros from the United States against Europe's best. The Ryder Cup-esque event will take place on September 25th and air on ESPN. Read more »
Greg Mueller, affectionately known in the poker world as "FBT," took down the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Limit Hold'em during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $460,000. The win marked the Canadian's first career WSOP bracelet and the country's second of the 2009 WSOP. Read more »
Despite turning away more than 500 players on Monday, the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will shell out $8.5 million to its victor, who will be crowned in November. The total number of entrants nearly topped 6,500. Read more »
Poker News Daily had a front row view for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa red carpet. Featuring a veritable "who's who" of Hollywood's elite, the $5,000 buy-in charity poker tournament raised well over $300,000 for refugees of the crisis in Darfur. Here's what Hollywood had to say. Read more »
The popular PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) returns on September 3rd and consists of 45 tournaments, an increase from the 33 that were run in 2008. Hold'em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, HORSE, Badugi, and 2-7 Triple Draw events will be held. Read more »
After an eventful Day 1C that saw everything from politicians to Caesar, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials are expecting the final field size for the 2009 Main Event to crack the 6,000 player mark with the last of four Day Ones to be played this afternoon. Read more »
Starting today, Party Poker is squaring the pot of every 50,000th hand played on its virtual felts. Also as part of the Genius promotion, which runs for 10 million hands, every millionth hand will receive a massive boost. Read more »
With most Americans celebrating Independence Day on July 4th, it was anticipated that Day 1B of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event would draw a smaller number of participants compared to the rest of the starting days. The final number was even smaller than expected, as just 873 players took their seats in the Amazon Room. Read more »
Recently, World Poker Tour (WPT) officials released the schedule for Season 8. The action kicks off on July 13th with the Bellagio Cup V. In addition, a brand new tournament debuts at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Poker News Daily sat down with WPT President, Founder, and CEO Steve Lipscomb to learn more. Read more »
On Sunday, the third of four starting days in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will kick off with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) issuing the traditional "Shuffle up and deal" command. In addition, "Emperor" Phil Hellmuth will make his entrance. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco has entered the third Dream Team Poker tournament, which will be held on July 12th and 13th during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Main Event got underway Friday afternoon as 1,116 players took to the felts on the first of four Day Ones. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament World Championship attracted a number of celebrities on Day 1a, which turned out to be the main story as a couple of them finished the day among the chip leaders. Read more »
The thirteenth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has been announced and will kick off on August 5th. FTOPS XIII consists of 25 events, culminating in a $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool tournament on August 16th. Read more »
With the release of the new iPhone 3G S, poker players are more excited than ever about the robust hardware and internet features of this amazing device. There are many poker resources available with the iPhone, including podcasts, training videos, and other applications. Read more »
As thousands of poker players await their fate at this year's $10,000 Main Event, which starts in a couple of hours, Matt Hawrilenko can enter into the tournament with the satisfaction of having won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #56, the $5000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em tournament. Read more »
It isn't often you hear that a young 20-something is semi-retired, but Leo "Pechorin" Wolpert is just that. Wolpert went from being a full-time online poker player to a law school student at the University of Virginia. Read more »
I walked into the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel and Casino at 11:59am to play in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha/8 event at the 40th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). I've participated in 28 out of the 40 years that the WSOP has been in existence, and, as usual, I was filled with excitement at the prospect of winning another gold bracelet. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament brought out Hollywood's elite and poker's biggest names. In the end, Alex "Diesel" Boloton emerged victorious, winning $176,000 and donating half of his earnings to the ENOUGH Project and International Rescue Committee. Read more »
Amid the fanfare of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, has filed suit to open warrants in the case involving the seizure of $30 million in online poker player funds by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District. It is the first legal action brought after the Southern District acted in June. Read more »
NBC and Full Tilt announced their joint effort to produce Face the Ace, a new concept for a poker show where players who qualify online get to play heads-up against three Full Tilt pros for a $1,000,000 prize. Read more »
The preliminary events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are winding down and with the completion of Events #54 and #55 Wednesday there is only one more bracelet to give out before the Main Event kicks off on Friday. Read more »
