Titan Poker has started the New Year with a promotion that will have players from all parts of the world representing their country in a live tournament that will be held in Las Vegas. The promotion will consist of two rounds in which the players will accumulate points on one of the twelve different leaderboards,… Read more »
Defying an order from the European Union (EU), Belgium has enacted laws that could have it become the next nation to nationalize online poker operations. It follows a similar stance towards online poker in Italy. Read more »
The holidays are over and they have taken some bad memories along with them for some players. A few Full Tilt Pros had some really bad runs in ’09 that took their bankrolls on massive roller coaster rides. Gus Hansen had a terrible ‘09 and his overall results for the past twelve months show how… Read more »
The New Year has started and millions of dollars will be awarded by PokerStars in both live and online tournaments. This past weekend was no exception, as The Sunday Million garnered eighty nine hundred players, which boosted the prize pool up to $1.7 million. The top 1,350 players made it to the money and after… Read more »
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich headlines an ensemble "Celebrity Apprentice" cast. The 14 names announced by NBC on Monday do not include any poker players, as first reported by Poker News Daily in October. Read more »
On Saturday, the USA-facing online poker room Bodog officially parted ways with sponsored pro Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo by removing him from its website. Now, the poker community, Bonomo's agent, and Bodog have had a chance to react. Read more »
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Hold'em Legends is now available for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Although these applications have been available on other mobile platforms, this is the first time that the poker video game has appeared on Apple products. Read more »
Poker pro Tony G may soon be funding the bankroll of Swedish online poker player Isildur1. The revelation, which appeared in a blog posted on TonyGPoker.com, comes at the same time as Isildur1 revealed that he may file a complaint concerning data mining on Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
Two months after Jean-Robert Bellande lost his status as a sponsored pro of the online poker room Bodog, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo also appears to be out. Bonomo is no longer listed as a member of Team Bodog on the poker room's website. Read more »
Frenchman Nico Mamy hit a brick wall named Mike Matusow on Saturday's installment of the poker game show "Face the Ace." He dropped the $200,000 match in the process on what was the final episode of the series. It aired at 2:30pm ET on NBC. Read more »
Poker player Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt, known for his spat against the United States Golf Association (USGA), played 30 hours of online poker in Portland, donating $21,000 to Transition Projects as part of "Playing it Forward." Read more »
When players who have attended the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in past years cite their favorite moments from the tournament series, at least one story tends to involve the opening night party hosted by the site. This year, PokerStars is aiming to outdo itself by hosting not one, but two seaside shindigs. Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did you get into poker? Mohsin Charania: I never saw "Rounders." I never saw poker on television. I was a junior in college [at the University of Illinois] and I went over to one of my friend's places. Read more »
In the November 2009 edition of "Golf Magazine," an article entitled "The Golf Sharks" documents a foursome that, if seen on the poker tables, would send most players heading for cover. Phil Hellmuth, Layne Flack, Erick Lindgren, and Gavin Smith are the featured players as they play at stakes of $10,000 per hole. Read more »
The fight for five poker players in South Carolina is far from over. According to the Associated Press, the state's Attorney General will appeal the October ruling that Texas Hold'em, the world's premier poker genre, is a skill game. Read more »
Week 17 of the National Football league (NFL) will feature a hodgepodge of players competing for their spot on rosters in 2010. Players like Curtis Painter and Arian Foster will become household fantasy names on Sunday. How can you use your poker skills to navigate the murky waters? Read more »
As the new year begins, people are beginning to think about their goals for 2010 and, in this instance, the next decade. Generally, people have a hard time following through with their New Year's resolutions after the first or second week of January, but there are a few poker players out there who have set goals for 2010 and seem intent on seeing them through to completion. Read more »
