It took all of 12 hands of heads-up play of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for Darvin Moon to retake the chip lead from young gun Joe Cada, at least temporarily. A total of $8.5 million is up for grabs for the first place finisher. Read more »
In a scene reminiscent of a Super Bowl post-game press conference, about 30 media members hit the Masquerade Stage at the Rio on Monday afternoon to interview 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table survivors Darvin Moon and Joe Cada. Read more »
The elite group of 13 poker pros that comprise Team Full Tilt Poker has a new member joining its ranks. The online poker room just announced that its 14th member of the team will be 23-year old high-stakes online poker pro Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Read more »
On Monday night at 10:00pm PT, heads-up play in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will commence between Joe Cada and Darvin Moon. The former holds better than a 2:1 chip lead. Read more »
This past month, rumors were flying that Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso was going to be the new co-host of the GSN poker show "High Stakes Poker." While that TV gig ultimately went to Kara Scott, poker fans will see Rousso's face as a member of the panel of judge's on the new E! reality game show "Bank of Hollywood." Read more »
On Monday night at 10:00pm PT, Darvin Moon and Joe Cada will take to the felts of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table for a heads-up duel. Poker News Daily caught up with PokerRoad's Joe Stapleton, who has been coaching Cada on his media presence, to learn how the youngster is preparing for his big day. Read more »
After three days of play at Foxwoods, poker professionals Soheil Shamseddin and Lee Markholt sit atop the 27 players remaining in the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Finals. Read more »
One of the side events taking place during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event at the Rio was the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship. Among those noticeably absent was Phil Hellmuth, who was booked to appear. Read more »
After a grueling 17 and a half hour session inside the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas, Darvin Moon and Joe Cada emerged victorious and will play heads-up on Monday night in the finale of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with an $8.5 million first place prize on the line. Read more »
In a rather bizarre scene at the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, Darvin Moon sent crowd favorites Phil Ivey and Steve Begleiter packing, three-outing both. Read more »
Doyle Brunson kicked off the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony dinner at the Brasilia Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The festivities occurred during the dinner break of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table at 7:00pm PT. Read more »
After a slow start to the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, British poker player James Akenhead and American Kevin Schaffel were eliminated in ninth place and eighth place, respectively. Read more »
Players came out swinging after the first break of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. Both short stacks entering the day, Antoine Saout and James Akenhead, doubled to get a new lease on life at the final table. Read more »
Tueday's state election in Ohio brought good news for Lakes Entertainment and its Chairman Lyle Berman. A ballot initiative to bring casinos to four major Ohio cities passed by a 53% margin on Tuesday and Berman and Lakes Entertainment stand to profit from all four of the newly approved Ohio casino projects. Read more »
The cards are in the air at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. Inside the massive Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio, you can hear a pin drop on every turn of the card. Read more »
It's 11:08am at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The gates to the spacious Penn and Teller Theater open, admitting a throng of screaming fans. The Rio is bustling, as the nine remaining World Series of Poker (WSOP) participants play down to two. Read more »
Day Three of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) World Poker Finals at the Foxwoods Casino and Resort in Connecticut will start back up Saturday afternoon, with poker professional Steven Merrifield leading the pack. Read more »
World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton will personally welcome five tables of friends, family, and coworkers in the poker community as part of the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremonies slated for Saturday. Around 200 attendees are expected. Read more »
Cake Poker will have several big tournaments available for all their customers this weekend. The first big guaranteed tonight will be a $17,500 prize pool that will be starting at 7:30 pm. At 9 pm there will be a $162 $20K tournament, followed an hour later by a $10K guaranteed re-buy tournament. On Sunday, there… Read more »
Party Poker will have hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs this weekend and, to warm-up for the big tournaments, players will get a chance to refine their skills with several big guaranteed tournaments. The first tournament with an interesting prize pool will be played at 4 pm and $18K will be the money… Read more »
The FTOPS XIV events started this week and all Full Tilt players will have a chance to win life changing money in some of the biggest online tournaments ever. The first event of the series on Wednesday awarded prizes that exceeded $100K for the top two positions. Yesterday in event #2 RymesWOrange picked-up the win… Read more »
This weekend will be really busy for the poker community worldwide. First of all, the WSOP main event will be played down to a final winner and, on top of that, the Epic Nine promotion will also be played out until a final winner is reached. This is all not to mention Ultimate Bet’s regular… Read more »
PokerStars will have exclusive events for the ladies during their biggest live series of tournaments which will take place in the beautiful Bahamas. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will start on January 4th and it will run for ten days in which 50 tournaments will award millions of dollars. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been held… Read more »
Those looking for a little post-game analysis after this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event wraps up this coming Tuesday need look no further than Bernard Lee's poker radio program, "The Bernard Lee Poker Show." Read more »
Ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson continues to prove to the poker world that age is not slowing him down at all. Brunson is finding time to log hours in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio, share blonde jokes on Twitter, and launch a revamped version of the online gaming destination DoylesCasino.com. Read more »
