It has been widely documented that longtime poker pro Doyle Brunson is quite the Twitter aficionado. Brunson, better known to his Tweeps as @TexDolly, typically utilizes his Twitter feed for updates on DoylesRoom, chatting with his celebrity friends, updating the world on his prop and sports betting, and providing the world with a seemingly endless stream of blonde jokes. Read more »
The fourth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) rolled on after kicking off on Wednesday. Four online poker tournaments have been played so far, with two more set to pan out on Saturday on the virtual felts of UB.com. Read more »
The Everleaf Gaming Network and Universal Poker Network (UPN) have combined forces to form a larger network that will attempt to attract more players. The new network, yet to be named, was officially formed on January 19th and will also be adding Victory Poker to the system on February 1st, according to Victory Poker officials. Read more »
After events in Chicago, Southern Indiana, Lake Tahoe, and Atlantic City, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit traveled south to Tunica, Mississippi for its sixth stop of the 2009-2010 season. Michael Crump won the $340 buy-in No Limit Hold'em kickoff event. Read more »
ElkY has accomplished outstanding feats since his first cash in a live tournament at the ’05 French Open – part of season one of the European Poker Tour – where he finished in ninth place. His earnings at live tournaments for ’06 were modest, but in ’07 he won more than half a million dollars… Read more »
All Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet players will get the chance to play at the fourth run of the UBOC championship this upcoming weekend, there will be more than $1.5 million in guaranteed cash prizes distributed among four tournaments. The first tournament on schedule is a heads-up event with a $1K buy-in, the guaranteed prize… Read more »
Durrrr has been at the high stakes tables for about nine hours and recorded more than twenty five thousand hands. When his session started he quickly managed to pick up a profit that exceeded $100K, playing at the $100/$200 limits his opponents were DrPill and 603lucifer. Durrrr faced other opponents after the two previously mentioned,… Read more »
Before day two started, day 1B had a total of 429 players registered and after nine levels of play the field was reduced to 225 players. Day 1A had a total of 339 players so the grand total is 768 players which helped the total prize pool reach some impressive numbers. The total money gathered… Read more »
Awards in the poker world can range from plaques to large trophies to even the head of an alligator (the World Series of Poker Circuit's Bayou Poker Classic trophy is the stuffed head of such an animal). One of the most cherished mementos of victory in poker is, of course, the WSOP bracelet that is awarded to each winner of an event in Las Vegas. For one of the most prized trophies in poker to appear for sale is almost unheard of. Read more »
The Kentucky Supreme Court failed to hand down a decision on Thursday in the case involving the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names. Read more »
Maxim UK describes this poker player as a "very sexy guitar-wielding, card-playing, telly-hosting farm girl." Who is she, you ask? UB.com's Liv Boeree, of course. Boeree appeared in a recent edition of the scandalous magazine. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker turned the online poker world on its head this week when it introduced a new poker variety called Rush Poker. Many of you have probably already tried it out, but for those of you who have not, I'll give you the quick rundown. Read more »
The kickoff event of the fourth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) saw recent PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) runner-up Ty "KEEFKING420" Reiman take down the $320 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Sniper contest for $65,000. Read more »
The online poker community is a young one, so it is no wonder that when Poker News Daily inquired about their thoughts on the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien debate, they all came out on the side of "Coco." Read more »
Recently, the USA-friendly Full Tilt Poker introduced Rush Poker, which allows players to move tables quickly after their action in a hand has ended. Poker News Daily sat down with CardRunners instructor and Full Tilt Poker pro Andrew "muddywater" Wiggins to discuss the brand new addition. Read more »
The Cereus Network is hosting the UBOC events for the fourth time and the first events have been successful: there has been a great influx of players, thousands of dollars have been awarded and there’s more money on the line in the upcoming events. A minimum of $4 million will be awarded in the 18… Read more »
Tony “Tony G” Guoga has had a close business relationship with Party Poker for many years as an affiliate, and he has finally signed with them and will represent them in tournaments and cash games world wide. In previous years Tony G has participated in the Premier League tournament and has managed to finish in… Read more »
Titan Poker wants to reward their loyal players with cash and a package to the WSOP Main Event as the grand prize. All players can participate in the promotion and all they have to do is play poker like they normally do. The promotion consists of accumulating a certain amount of points per day for… Read more »
The PCA ended a few days ago and poker players from around the world have flown to Deauville, France to take part of the first event in the European Tour for 2010. Several PokerStars players registered for day one but only four of them started playing at once, while Peter Eastgate, Dario Minieri, Jude Ainsworth… Read more »
Continuing to add to an already impressive lineup, it was announced early Thursday that top poker professional Antanas "Tony G" Guoga has signed a sponsorship deal with PartyPoker. Guoga, who has been at the forefront of the international poker scene for the past decade, will make his first showing for Team PartyPoker at the Aussie Millions, which began today and is one of the top international tournaments on the tournament poker schedule. Read more »
Now that the poker community has returned from the Bahamas and are no longer racking up expensive roaming charges on their cell phones, they have been posting on the social networking website Twitter with a newfound dedication. In the past couple of days, players have been dropping Tweets about the Massachusetts Senate race, Biloxi and Australia prelims, their latest big scores and, of course, current events ranging from politics to television. Read more »
UB.com sponsored pro Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin has made a generous $200,000 donation to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's baseball team. Baldwin helped guide the squad to a national championship in 2005. Read more »
On Wednesday's installment of the Fox Sports Net poker news show "Poker2Nite," Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka and Justin "Boosted J" Smith recapped a hand from the Bellagio Cup V. The tournament will kick off the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) on Fox Sports Net. Read more »
Poker News Daily sat down with Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch to get his take on the strategy behind Rush Poker, his goals for 2010, and his thoughts on the online poker phenomenon known as Isildur1. Read more »
Putting aside the terrible ’09 that Gus Hansen had, he has been having ups and downs during this month and he recently managed to have a big winning session in which he recorded winnings that exceeded $590K. He played a bevy of different regulars at the Full Tilt tables and if things keep going at… Read more »
