Being a Full Tilt Poker Pro and also considered one of the best poker players in the world could be enough for some people but not for Phil Ivey. He is one of the November nine players that will be in a fierce battle for the WSOP 2009 main event bracelet. His performance at the… Read more »
A total of 1,018 runners turned out for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. Now, 555 players remain, led by New York's Gabriel Aminov. The winner of the $3,500 buy-in tournament will pocket $925,000. Read more »
If the opposite of a bad beat is a good beat, then the player sitting at Table 67/Seat 2 during a typical night at this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) was most certainly the benefactor of a miraculous catch – in other words, a good beat. Most players remember their bad beats, but we usually forget the synchronized miracles that are dealt just as impartially. Read more »
During the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker in April, Terrence "Unassigned" Chan made headlines by winning both the high- and mid-stakes versions of Event #20 (Six-Max Limit Hold'em) on the same day, earning him more than $185,000. It was an accomplishment deemed nearly unachievable by poker aficionados. Read more »
Most poker enthusiasts are currently thinking about their plans for World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) or the World Poker Tour (WPT) event currently running at the Borgata in Atlantic City. However, those who like to plan ahead are already setting their sights on another upcoming Atlantic City tournament series, the World Series of Poker Circuit Event (WSOPC) at Harrah's in December. Read more »
While there is poker on television and different outlets that offer podcasts, currently there isn't a one that is dedicated to poker 24/7. A Canadian entertainment company is looking to change that with the rollout of an internet television station. Read more »
A $3,500 buy-in attracted over 1,000 players to the Borgata Poker Open, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit. As of Noon ET on Sunday, 1,003 players had entered, which included the 326 player field from Day 1A. Read more »
Having live tournament earnings that exceed $6.9 million says one thing: PokerStars pro Barry Greenstein is a tough competitor. His poker career has been very successful – for instance, he has had forty-four money finishes at the WSOP, and three of those earned him WSOP bracelets. Barry Greenstein has also had plenty of success at… Read more »
For the next two weekends, CBS will air the PokerStars Ante Up for Africa Monte Carlo tournament. The show will air on Saturday, September 19th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm ET and on Saturday, September 26th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET. Read more »
More than a week has passed since the Kahnawake Gaming Commission issued an 11-page report documenting its investigation into the cheating that transpired on the online poker site Ultimate Bet. Earlier this week, the company's COO, Paul Leggett, offered his personal thoughts on the matter in his official UB blog. Read more »
When play resumes in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Everest Poker pro Antoine Saout will hold the eighth largest chip stack, 9.5 million, barely trailing the 9.75 million of Phil Ivey. Saout previewed the Main Event with Poker News Daily. Read more »
In poker, the hand you hold has different posiblities depending upon the game that you're playing: what would be a great hand in one form of poker will, in essence, be total junk in another discipline of the game. Read more »
Ultimate Bet will start to offer this Sunday $3K packages that will have players flying to the beautiful Costa Rica in Central America for the first Poker Hispano Tour Event. Satellites will have a buy-in of $200 + $15 and at least one package is guaranteed per tournament. Each package includes the $1.5K entry fee… Read more »
The miniFTOPS have been a success at Full Tilt Poker; thousands of players have registered to each event and the player that had the best performance walked away with extra money. Full Tilt Poker has a busy tournament schedule for this weekend. Starting on Saturday at 1 pm ET the miniFTOPS schedule has a 2-day… Read more »
PokerStars is the leading poker room worldwide and their tournament schedule for the weekend is quite impressive. The biggest and boldest events are the WCOOP tournaments. September 18th will have a one million prize pool that will be played out in a No Limit Hold’em tourney at 2:30 pm ET. In the evening, a $400K… Read more »
The list of people and organizations that have a bone to pick with Full Tilt Poker keeps growing. Two new lawsuits involving Full Tilt have brought the online poker room into the legal spotlight. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game featured a $1.1 million pot during its fourth season, which will air on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom in January. The season includes commentary from poker pro Robert Williamson III. Read more »
While the economy may be picking up steam worldwide, news from Las Vegas revealed that Nevada casino gambling revenues were down 12.48% in July year over year. Statewide, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported revenues, or "win," of $872 million. Read more »
What was supposed to be a fun poker tournament for the women of the Atlantic City area turned into a source of controversy this past weekend when a man signed up to participate in the event. When he went on to defeat a field of 269 women, the story struck a nerve and became a topic of national debate. Read more »
Finnish player Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies is considered one of the most aggressive high stakes players at Full Tilt Poker. He usually likes to trashtalk when he is playing live, but claims that he does it only for entertainment. The player that introduced Ziigmund to the game of poker was his friend and also Finnish player… Read more »
PokerStars is the proud sponsor of the European, Latin American, Asian and Australia-New Zealand poker tours. They have done an outstanding job with the live events and have offered hundreds of satellites that have given players the satisfaction of playing in some of the largest poker tournaments in their part of the world. The Italian… Read more »
Marc Karam is a well-known online poker personality who has been playing professionally for a number of years. Recently, his sponsored site, Eurolinx, went into liquidation on the Microgaming Network and potentially thousands of players won't see a dime of the bankrolls they held on the site for the foreseeable future. Read more »
Gus Hansen is a very successful poker player, and is currently the only player who has won three World Poker Tour open tournaments. His live tournament earnings exceed $7.2 million. He also started a website that became successful and was eventually sold for millions of dollars. Hansen has been known for having money problems in… Read more »
Peter Eastgate has been quite busy traveling and playing poker, participating in several live tournaments this year, including the recent EPT Barcelona in which he did not do very well. After returning from his trip to Barcelona he registered to the WCOOP High Roller Match Play event on September 13th. The first match he had… Read more »
Last week, Harrah's, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council announced the final list of players to be considered for induction into the Hall this fall. This has brought out differing opinions among some in the world of poker. Read more »
