Straight ahead on the Daily Deal, we’ll congratulate Full Tilt on the dismissal of two court cases, discuss the debut of CardPlayer TV’s “Under the Gun,” talk about Annette Obrestad’s latest antics, and inform you about WSOP registration changes. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to… Read more »
While they don’t get the trafffic of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker does boast a lot to like. First, they have a great slate of daily guaranteed tournaments, which are often filled with bad players. Additionally, while bigger sites run tournaments that are essentially minefields, Absolute Poker actually gets manageable field sizes that… Read more »
Victoria Coren was born on August 18, 1973 into a middle-class Jewish family in North London. Her father was humorist and journalist Alan Coren and, at the age of 14, young Vicky followed in her father’s footsteps by winning a competition in the Daily Telegraph to write a column about teenage life, which she wrote… Read more »
Poker News Daily: Tell us about your decision to sign with Victory Poker, a USA-friendly site on the Everleaf Network. Jonathan Little: It’s just a great site. I am friends with a lot of the guys on it. I think they’re going to make a big splash in the poker world. PND: What makes Victory… Read more »
The Cake Poker Network is currently conducting a private beta testing of a new poker client, the first major upgrade for the network since its inception in 2006. Players who are not a part of the private testing will not see changes at this time, but the rollout of the new system could be imminent.… Read more »
Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin just finished in 2nd place at the recent World Poker Tour’s $25,000 Five-Diamond Championship Event. For his efforts he won $1 million and spoke just after the tournament was completed with us. We talked about how he was able to get heads-up against eventual champion David Williams as well as what it… Read more »
It has been a while since the “superuser” cheating scandal at Absolute Poker (AP) has been the hot topic of conversation, but new evidence has come to light which seems to point overwhelmingly to AP co-founder, Scott Tom, as the primary culprit. The evidence comes courtesy of Haley Hintze, a former editor of PokerNews.com and… Read more »
On May 21st and 22nd, the Aria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will debut The Ivey Room, a private high-stakes poker room bearing the name of all-around poker stud Phil Ivey. As part of the festivities, a $1 million invitational freeroll will play out. An invitation to the event posted on TwoPlusTwo and confirmed… Read more »
This week on the longstanding NBC franchise “Poker After Dark,” three of the gabbiest players in the game will take to the felts. None, however, can outtalk two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner David Grey. Grey chatted nearly non-stop through the first 30 minutes of the hour-long kickoff episode of “He Said, She… Read more »
On the Daily Deal, we will recap two major hands on High Stakes Poker, find out more about the Safe Gaming System, and preview the upcoming Derby Poker Championship. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to you by PokerSource.com. In Sunday’s episode of the GSN cash… Read more »
Originally hailing from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Tom McEvoy learned poker from his grandmother at the age of 5, and regularly got in trouble for playing with his friends at school. He studied to be an accountant, but when he got laid off from his first job in 1978 he decided to turn his full attention… Read more »
Born on April 16, 1986 in Toronto, Canada, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi learned to play poker in his teens by frequenting home games with his friends. After Chris Moneymaker’s victory at the World Series of Poker in 2003, Mizzi started playing online, where he became fast friends with online star Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Fields. Before long, Sorel… Read more »
A day after an action-packed Sunday, it was back to business as usual on PokerStars. The normal guaranteed schedule kicked off with the Daily Forty Grand, which garnered 6223 entrants and a $62K prize pool. When the dust settled, EG hard came out on top, taking home $7.8K for his efforts. SETI 1290 lost the… Read more »
In 2007, Norwegian poker superstar Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad famously won a tournament on PokerStars without looking at her hole cards. Now she plans to attempt the unthinkable feat again at the upcoming Bluff Europe Poker Academy at the Victoria Casino in London. Obrestad’s shot at history will come during the Poker Academy Boot Camp series… Read more »
In two key court decisions over the past week in California and Kentucky, the sponsored professional poker players of Full Tilt Poker and their alleged ownership companies won dismissal of the cases. One keeps the possibility of being resubmitted and the other has an unclear future. In the simplest of the two decisions, the Franklin… Read more »
CardPlayer TV debuted its new weekly half-hour program, “Under the Gun,” on Monday, featuring host Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg. Sponsored by the CEREUS Network’s UB.com, the first episode was filmed on location at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, as Friedberg talked to two of online poker’s best tournament players, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin.… Read more »
In a move to balance the field of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Harrah’s officials told Poker News Daily that Day 2A will now feature the survivors of Day 1A and Day 1C. Day 2B will feature players who began on Day 1B and Day 1D. Harrah’s Communications Director Seth Palansky… Read more »
Born in Alberta, Canada, Kara Scott relocated to the United Kingdom in 1999. Never shy in front of a camera, she used her background in Muay Thai martial arts training to secure a job on the show Now is the Time: Night of Combat. Her next media gig saw her hosting the first ever televised… Read more »
Originally born in Vietnam and currently living in Arcadia, California, Kenny Tran started playing poker at a bowling alley while working at McDonald’s. After becoming obsessed with the game, he honed his skills at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles and before long he was a feared player in even the highest stakes games. Presently,… Read more »
Hailing from Tacoma, Washington, Victory Poker pro Lee Markholt was an avid bull rider until he decided to call it quits at age 25. It was actually during recovery from a bull riding injury that Lee discovered a few of his father’s poker books and started reading them. After falling in love with poker, he… Read more »
Born on August 2, 1974 in Vietnam, Liz Lieu’s family moved to Colorado just a year later. By the time she was 13, Liz was playing Chinese Poker with friends and has always had an affinity for cards. When she turned 18 she started playing in local rooms and even opened her own home game.… Read more »
Born on April 9, 1979 in San Antonio, Lacey Jones’ parents divorced when she was seven, and when her father moved away to Las Vegas, she remained with her mother and sister in Texas. She got her start in poker during summer vacations at the family home in North Carolina, where they often played various… Read more »
On Monday night, the final tables of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout and Main Event aired on ESPN2. The latter included a blowup of epic proportions. The first hour of coverage featured the seven-handed final table of the Bounty Shootout. ESPN commentator Lon McEachern previewed the field: “A… Read more »
One of the events leading up to this weekend’s running of the Kentucky Derby is the Derby Poker Championship. Fronted by Phil Hellmuth, Robert Williamson III, and legendary University of Louisville coach Denny Crum, the event promises to be one for the ages. Poker News Daily caught up with Crum to talk about the gala,… Read more »
On the Daily Deal, we will learn who the World Poker Tour Champion and the Player of the Year are, congratulate Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet on his first FTOPS jersey, and find out which WSOP events will be broadcasted by ESPN this year. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker… Read more »
