From May 8th to 13th, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will return to the Aviation Club for the Grand Prix de Paris. The €10,000 buy-in tournament will be filmed for television and beamed around the world. Read more »
Much ado has been made in the online poker industry in recent months about rakeback. I'm not writing about that controversy in this article, but suffice it to say that many, if not most, poker rooms and networks are not fond if it. Read more »
Poker players looking for a last-minute present this Christmas season can check out MyMixedNuts.com, a custom, mail order trail mix company brought to life by Poker News Daily Guest Columnist and "Celebrity Apprentice" runner-up Annie Duke. Read more »
As 2009 comes to a close, many online poker rooms are looking to ramp up their promotions in 2010. The top online poker room in the business, PokerStars, is not only looking to create bigger and greater promotions, but is also making it easier for players to qualify for higher levels in its industry-leading VIP Program. Read more »
Now that the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is over and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is still a couple of weeks away, the poker community now has a little time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the holiday season. Read more »
With the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) looming overhead and watchdog groups trying their best to curb internet gaming, many felt that the online poker industry would do nothing but regress in 2009. However, the opposite proved to be true. Read more »
Poker News Daily: We heard that you'll be launching a new trail mix company, MyMixedNuts.com, just in time for the holidays. Can you tell us about it? Duke: It's a custom mixed nuts and trail mix company that I started with my boyfriend, Joe, and Ryan Sympkins. Read more »
Following a chain of e-mails sent last week by attorneys for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the names of additional defendants in the state's legal action against the owners of 141 internet gambling domain names remain a mystery. Read more »
After 2,000 online poker players sent in applications to become members of Team PokerStars Online, the group's 23 inaugural players were announced on Wednesday, just in time for the holidays. Read more »
After wearing the Wheeling Island Hotel and Casino logo during his appearance at this year's Main Event final table, Darvin Moon is playing host at an upcoming tournament series at the West Virginia poker room. Read more »
On Tuesday, 2009 CardPlayer Player of the Year winner Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin became a sponsored pro of the USA-friendly online poker site UB.com. He defeated Cornel Andrew Cimpan and Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko in the Player of the Year race. Read more »
UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle, who appeared on the 15th cycle of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race," partied with the cast of "Suvivor: Samoa" following the show's season finale over the weekend. Read more »
On the December 27th episode of the FOX poker game show "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge," Mike Kosowski, a first responder on September 11th, 2001, defeats Daniel Negreanu heads-up to earn $1 million. He sat down with Poker News Daily to recap his run. Read more »
With the Christmas holiday upon us, many poker players have presents lined up under their trees waiting to be opened. In keeping with the holiday spirit, top online poker room Bodog is offering more presents for players as part of the 12 Days of Poker promotion. Read more »
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler emerged as the champion of the Main Event of the Bayou Poker Challenge at Harrah's New Orleans. A total of 80 players turned out for the $3,120 buy-in tournament and Kessler earned $71,000 after a four-way chop. Read more »
In the wake of the arrival of Swedish high-stakes online poker player Isildur1, Brian "sbrugby" Townsend, a CardRunners instructor, has had his Full Tilt Poker Red Pro status suspended for one month. Read more »
In the coming weeks, players on PartyPoker will not only be trying to satellite their way into the fourth installment of the PartyPoker Premier League tournament, but they are also vying for a sponsorship contract that could be worth $100,000. Read more »
Mike Kosowski, a first responder on September 11th, 2001, took down the "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge" final table, defeating Daniel Negreanu heads-up and winning the $1 million grand prize. Read more »
Big changes have been rumored for the second largest online poker site, Full Tilt, for the better part of two months. As 2009 winds down, many in the industry are expecting major announcements from not just Full Tilt Poker, but also other sites like PokerStars and PartyPoker regarding their VIP rewards systems. Read more »
There was certainly a lot of excitement at Saturday's fast-paced final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, but there were plenty of interesting stories taking place on the rail as well. Read more »
Poker pro Daniel Alaei took down the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic on Saturday night, earning $1.4 million and a $25,000 seat into the end-of-season WPT Championship. Read more »
The much-anticipated City Center project is finally open in Las Vegas and the poker world has been turning out in droves to check out the 24-table poker room in the new Aria Casino. Read more »
The 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is still months away, but the schedule of events was released this week. Poker players have been quick to give their opinions on the changes made by Harrah's and the Player's Advisory Council for 2010. Read more »
Poker pros Scotty Nguyen and Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka lead the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic playing out from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The six-handed finale will begin at 4:00pm PT today. Read more »
On Monday, E! Network will air the second installment of "Bank of Hollywood," which kicks off at 9:00pm ET and runs for one hour. The show stars, among others, Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso. Read more »
