As always, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has generated a wild flurry of action on the internet’s second largest poker site. A total of three events took place on Sunday, the first of which was a $129 No Limit Hold’em Knockout tournament. When the dust settled, LuvYouLongTime emerged victorious, taking home $137K for… Read more »
Legislation proposed by Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) may pave the way for licensed and regulated internet gambling in the United States. However, proper safeguards to prevent underage and problem gambling and ensure consumer protection are integral to the future of the industry. Poker News Daily sat down with Safe Gaming System’s Glenn Gorelick to discuss… Read more »
Over the weekend, poker players in the Twitterverse were abuzz over the two major poker championships raging on both sides of the Atlantic. The World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship, which ended on Saturday, and the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final, which started the next day, kept poker players active on their Twitter… Read more »
A clash of the titans took center stage on Sunday’s NBC coverage of the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, as industry veterans Phil Hellmuth and Howard Lederer met in a match for the ages. The first hour of coverage featured opening round action from the Hearts bracket with Hellmuth and Lederer taking center stage. Hellmuth’s… Read more »
In Sunday’s episode of the GSN cash game series “High Stakes Poker,” two major pots featured Mike Matusow tangling with Daniel Negreanu. Matusow took down both, furthering Negreanu’s struggles on the series. The episode began with Eli Elezra up nearly $300,000 as the table’s big winner. Negreanu was active early, attempting a squeeze play holding… Read more »
On Saturday, longtime industry icon Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet took down Event #5 of the ongoing Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), a $109 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys tournament. Van Fleet, an acclaimed poker author, banked $123,000. Van Fleet sits at #10 worldwide in the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings and had the entire online… Read more »
Bodog pro David Williams took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship on Saturday night at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, banking $1.5 million. He entered the tournament’s final table nearly tied for the chip lead. It took 136 hands of play for Williams, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, to best the… Read more »
UB.com is bringing back its monthly Annie Duke Heads-Up Challenge this Sunday, April 25th at 1:00pm ET. To coincide with the six-week telecast of the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC in April and May, UB.com is giving away four seats to each of the $1,050 buy-in $128,000 Guaranteed Heads-Up Matches on April 25th… Read more »
David Williams won the World Poker Tour’s $25,000 Championship, besting Eric Baldwin heads up to take his first WPT title. We interviewed David immediately after his win and talked about his new mental approach to the game and what it took to win this coveted championship. Read more »
After a three-year hiatus, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will return to the Aviation Club in Paris, France in May for the Grand Prix de Paris. In addition to the €10,000 Championship Event at the legendary French poker room, the WPT will also be taping a special €20,000 High Roller tournament that will be contested… Read more »
The Annie Duke Poker Tutor, a free application for the iPhone, debuted on April 15th to rave reviews. One week later, the program has generated 2,300 downloads and, at the time of writing, was rated 4.5 stars on iTunes. Duke’s app features an easy-to-use odds calculator that will soon be expanded to include up to… Read more »
It took nearly eight hours for the field of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship to be trimmed from ten players to six. At the end of play on Friday night, high-stakes cash game pro David Benyamine led the way with a stack of 4.71 million. Online poker legend Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy was the first… Read more »
Coming up next on the Daily Deal, we will talk about the Ante Up for Africa event, talk about Liv Boeree’s San Remo win and discover Phil Laak’s secret strategy for the PartyPoker Big Game IV. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to you by PokerSource.com.… Read more »
Cable station ESPN will broadcast three tournaments as part of its coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Poker News Daily has learned. The action gets underway on July 20th with a special recap of the 2009 WSOP. The kickoff presentation will most likely air for an hour on Tuesday, July 20th on… Read more »
Born in New York City, Isaac Haxton was raised in Syracuse where his father was an English professor. From a very young age, it was obvious that Isaac was an extremely bright child. He was playing chess by age 4, and soon took up playing card game Magic: The Gathering. He was introduced to poker… Read more »
Hailing from Glenwood, Alabama, Hoyt Corkins started playing poker at age 19 after learning from his father. Hoyt started his professional career in the late 1980s, but didn’t strike gold until the 1992 World Series of Poker, where he won the $5K Pot Limit Omaha event for $96K. Following the victory, he took an 11… Read more »
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, David Sklansky attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, but dropped out after only a year. He then got a job as an actuary and quickly became extremely proficient in the field. Upon discovering a faster way to do the required calculations of his job, he… Read more »
PokerStars doesn’t seem to be satisfied with its position atop the online poker industry itself. Now, it also wants to become a “one-stop shop” for the best in poker information and blogging. It was announced earlier this week that PokerStars had acquired three of the top information and blogging sites in the community. The three… Read more »
In January, Australian poker pro Tyron Krost took down the AUD $10,000 buy-in Aussie Millions Main Event. The nearly USD $1.8 million bankroll boost put Krost on the map. Three months later, he’s the newest member of Team PartyPoker. A total of 746 players entered the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event. When the smoke cleared,… Read more »
Thursday’s action in the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship from the Bellagio in Las Vegas saw the field trimmed from 18 to 10. Today, a six-handed final table will be determined. The story of the day was the blowup of Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, who entered play as a commanding chip leader. He soon tangled… Read more »
Born in Rome, Italy, Dario Minieri got his competitive flair at a young age from trading card game Magic: The Gathering. He traveled the world playing tournaments until the day when the significantly more lucrative online poker prize pools caught his eye. Originally enrolled in University to study Psychology, Minieri dropped out to pursue poker… Read more »
Born in Sante Fe Springs, California in 1983, Daniel Alaei has kept a relatively low profile despite boasting an immensely successful career. Prior to 2004, Alaei was mainly a cash game player, often found playing $50-$100 both live and online, where he’s known as “steamraise.” Perhaps fueled by his $35K cash for 59th in his… Read more »
Know as “The-Toilet” online, Faraz Jaka is a rising poker superstar from San Jose, California. Getting his start online in his Freshman year of college, Jaka honed his game by playing a few nights a week while balancing his class workload. A PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner, Jaka had a remarkable online run in 2007 when… Read more »
Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., better known as Amarillo Slim, was born on December 31, 1928. His parents divorced when he was 16 and he moved to Amarillo, Texas to live with his father. At 17, Slim joined the Army and served overseas, where he hustled pool and booked sports events. Upon his return, Slim met… Read more »
Amit “AMAK316” Makhija is one of the best online and live tournament pros in the business. He has final tabled the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem event and made well over $1.5 million in just live tournament winnings alone. According to PocketFives, his most recent online scores include $138,300 in the… Read more »
