The amazing adventures of T.J. Cloutier's World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet added a new chapter this week. As reported by Poker News Daily on Sunday, Cloutier pawned off his 2005 $5,000 No Limit Hold 'em WSOP bracelet and, in turn, the Plano Pawn Shop sold it on eBay for $4,006. Now, online site Cake Poker is suggesting that it purchased the item and has unspecified plans for it in the future. Read more »
Ending a relationship that dates back to the beginning of the online poker industry, PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit has divested himself of any ownership in the company with the sale of his remaining stock on Tuesday. Read more »
If someone would have asked you who you thought would be a good person to appear on a national news program to discuss politics, we're guessing that UB.com's Tiffany Michelle would have been way down your list, if your list was that long. Read more »
The ESPN poker franchise "Inside Deal" returned on Tuesday with the first episode of 2010. Joining the series, which emanated from a new set, were Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas and 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Joe Cada. Read more »
DoylesRoom pro Hoyt Corkins will take a commanding chip lead into the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship. The tournament marks Corkins' sixth WPT final table. Read more »
The online poker community has raised $1.5 million for victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked Haiti earlier this month, according to a press release distributed by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). Read more »
This weekend saw many players tweeting about the tournaments they were in, which included the UBOC, the LAPC and the EPT Deauville. Other popular topics this week were football as well as new houses, tattoos by Kat von D, and a river card made to measure for Eric Mizrachi. Read more »
In the online poker world, having a room named after you is perhaps the most notable sign that you have made your mark in the industry. Today the Cake Poker Network announced the latest addition to that roster of poker player online rooms. Read more »
Over the weekend, Phil Ivey placed second to Dan Shak in the $100,000 Challenge at the 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. For his efforts, Ivey won $553,776 ($600,000 AUD), vaulting him into the top position on the all-time live tournament money list. Read more »
I made a pretty big laydown recently and was probably as proud of it as I was of any big pot I've won recently. Long ago, David Sklansky reminded us that a bet you don't lose spends just as well as a bet you win. Read more »
The $2,600 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Six-Max tournament (Event #8) held as part of the ongoing Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) featured a $1.57 million prize pool, the largest in the 10-year history of UB.com. Read more »
Twenty-seven players remain in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship. Jared Jaffee leads the way entering the play down day on Tuesday, with Tyler Smith hot on his heels. Read more »
Recently, Poker News Daily reader Brandon McSmith wrote in claiming that Poker PROducions, which brought the NBC poker game show "Face the Ace" to life, took his idea for the series without permission. We sat down with Smith to get his side of the story in the lawsuit, which is currently pending in Nevada. Read more »
The pairings for the 16th cycle of the Emmy Award winning reality series "Amazing Race" were released last week and, this time around, no poker players will make the journey. Competing last season was UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle, who hit the "Amazing Race" circuit with Maria Ho. Read more »
Poker tournament participation has recently been holding steady or, in some cases, even showing a decline in many American casinos. The opening event of this year's L. A. Poker Classic has bucked this trend. Read more »
Two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event ring holder Dwyte Pilgrim leads the field of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship after Day 1. A total of 106 players remain of the 208 who bought in on Sunday afternoon. Read more »
It feels like online poker news has been dominated by the changes at Full Tilt Poker. With the addition of the new game Rush Poker and implementation of a new buy-in structure at standard tables, most players are cheering the changes at Full Tilt. Read more »
On Sunday night at 11:00pm ET on Fox Sports Net, the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked off. Part one of the WPT Bellagio Cup V aired, featuring a talented final table headlined by Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel. Read more »
It took the poker software industry all of one week to support Full Tilt Poker's latest update that featured the introduction of Rush Poker. Now, the popular tracking program Holdem Manager has created a workaround for the new addition. Read more »
T.J. Cloutier's World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet sold for $4,006 on the popular online auction site eBay. The Plano Pawn Shop put up the bracelet, which Cloutier won in a $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event in 2005. Read more »
The online poker room Poker Fantasy will be moving to the Merge Gaming Network on January 31st, according to an e-mail received by Poker News Daily last week. As a result, the site will likely be unavailable for two weeks while it updates its software. Read more »
It is only five years old, but Poker Pro Magazine has already established itself in the poker world with a circulation in excess of 150,000 copies per month. The publication is already available in the U.S. and Canada, but the company is now offering a something special for its Canadian readership. Read more »
The cast for the 16th cycle of the Emmy Award winning CBS reality series "Amazing Race" does not include any poker players. In its last season, the show featured Maria Ho and UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle. Read more »
Recently, the popular poker tracking and analysis program Holdem Manager announced that it had added a free 30-day trial of Table Ninja to its suite of products. The change took effect on January 20th. Read more »
With 24 hours left in the bidding, the two championship bracelets that were won by T.J. Cloutier have begun to draw bidding attention on eBay. Read more »
