In breaking news from the World Poker Tour (WPT), its parent company has sold the roving tournament series for $9.075 million plus a percentage of future revenues to Gamynia Limited. Recently, the WPT recorded its second straight month of profitability. Read more »
Synchronized breaks may make their long-awaited debut on PokerStars on Tuesday as part of a soon-to-be-launched software update. Full Tilt Poker rolled out synchronized breaks in April, taking the online poker industry by storm. Now, multi-tablers are rejoicing with the news that PokerStars will likely follow suit. Read more »
Starting tomorrow, August 4th, PokerStars will begin implementing a synchronized break schedule to better accommodate players who play more than one tournament. For years those who enjoy playing more than one tournament at a time have been left running to the bathroom between hands or losing blinds while they go to get a drink. However,… Read more »
Below are the results for the biggest tournaments played at Cake Poker on August 3, 2009. Read more »
There were a few big tournaments at Titan Poker this Sunday, here are the results: Read more »
Over the years, online poker tournament payout structures have differed greatly. Some are very steep paying only 10% of the field; some are much flatter, paying up to 25%. There are events that only payout the final table, and remarkably there are even winner take all tournaments. However, UltimateBet is hosting a $5,000 Freeroll tournament… Read more »
DoylesRoom is now running qualifiers for the first ever English Poker Open, a new European poker tournament with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. The tournament will take place from September 15th-17th, 2009 at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room in Nottingham, England. It is a state of the art facility that features 45 tables,… Read more »
Here are some results from the biggest tournaments that took place Sunday August 2nd, 2009 on Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
It was a busy weekend on PokerStars, with many big tournaments with huge guarantees. Here are the results from some of the largest: Read more »
It was announced last Wednesday that World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE), which owns the popular World Poker Tour (WPT) and the up-and-coming subscription online poker site ClubWPT.com, enjoyed its second consecutive profitable quarter with the close of Q2 2009. Read more »
What started as a collection of threads making arguments against the legitimacy of play at the small online poker room Pitbull Poker has grown into a firestorm of allegations over illegal activities. On most of the major online poker forums, there are threads spanning dozens of pages accusing Pitbull Poker of a plethora of security issues. Read more »
The web-only poker show "Inside Deal" will make its debut on ESPN.com on Tuesday. Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee hosts "Inside Deal" and its premiere features 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker. Read more »
NBC's new poker show "Face the Ace" debuted on NBC on Saturday night, with contestant Don Topel winning $200,000. This week, he'll go for $1 million. Despite the high-stakes drama, "Face the Ace" premiered in last place in the ratings. Read more »
The International Private Members Club in London will play host to the first ever Paradise Series of Poker (PSOP). A total of 12 live poker tournaments will play out in the historic European city and Paradise Poker will serve as the sponsor of the festivities. Read more »
Visitors to the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in November won't find themselves headed to the Sapphire Pool. The topless pool was shuttered due to prostitution and drug arrests, according to the Las Vegas Sun. Read more »
Adrenaline junkies and Phil Hellmuth fans must be rejoicing, as the wildest variant of Texas Hold’em will be available on the Cereus network’s sites Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker. The Seven-Deuce tables should start operating at 5:00pm ET on Sunday, August 2nd. Seven-Deuce is essentially a prop-bet that took hold of the Hold’em psyche – trying… Read more »
Saturday night marked the debut of the NBC poker show Face the Ace. Two contestants took to the felts during the premiere, headlined by truck driver Don Topel, who won $200,000 after defeating Full Tilt Poker pros Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer. Next week, Topel will play for $1 million. Read more »
On Saturday, the CEREUS Network announced that its two cornerstone rooms, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, have introduced 7-Deuce Hold'em. The unique twist on an old favorite has players from around the online poker world buzzing. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) debuted on cable station ESPN on Tuesday with a $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament commemorating the 40th running of the prestigious series. In the end, ratings fell by 4%, but were up in several key demographics. Read more »
Ultimate Bet will be hosting a Deep Stack tournament on August the 1st at 5:30pm ET; the prize pool has a guaranteed minimum of $100K, $25K of which will be paid to the first place. The direct buy-in is $300 + $20, but satellites can be entered for as little as $1.50 . Ultimate Bet… Read more »
Winning a bracelet from one of the major poker tournaments in the world brings in fame and respect at the poker tables, and many online players that have won a bracelet have spoken about the life changes they have gone through after they reached one of the main goals for a poker player. Earning a… Read more »
With their latest software update, Full Tilt Poker has implemented a new automated deal making system that is enabled at all final tables. With this new system, if all players agree, they are able to enter a separate Full Tilt window where they can pause the current tournament, and negotiate new payouts. Prior to this… Read more »
