On the Daily Deal, we will talk about the last episode of Poker2Nite, congratulate Carbon Poker on its dramatic traffic increase, and get the latest news from the Ladies International Poker Series. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to you by PokerSource.com. This week’s episode of… Read more »
Poker News Daily: You’re still in London following the PartyPoker Big Game IV. Are you stuck there because of the volcano? Phil Laak: We were going to leave on Thursday morning to go back to the United States, but the volcano happened before, so we got trapped for six days. We’re so close to Monte… Read more »
Academy Award winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this year for the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. The $5,000 buy-in event is slated for July 3rd. Ante Up for Africa co-founder and UB.com pro Annie Duke… Read more »
The top story of the past few days from poker players on Twitter was the breakthrough victory by Liv Boeree at the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in San Remo, Italy. After she won the championship, Boeree seemed stunned as she Tweeted to her followers, “Um. I just won an EPT.” This opened the floodgates… Read more »
Faraz Jaka is one of the hottest tournament players in poker today. He’s made millions going deep in tournaments around the world and joined us to talk about his great run. In this interview he also discusses where he likes to play and travel as well as his other interests outside of poker. Read more »
It’s happened to all of us. Whether by accident or with malice, we’ve all been slowrolled by someone at a poker table. It’s quite possibly the worst feeling in poker to wait anxiously for your opponent to make a critical decision only to watch them roll over the nuts. This practice occurs at every level… Read more »
Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka is in the hunt for his third World Poker Tour (WPT) final table of the season. He holds a commanding lead over the competition entering Day 5 of the WPT Championship, emanating from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Jaka holds 3.12 million chips and is vastly out in front of Full Tilt… Read more »
Former “Celebrity Poker Showdown” host Kevin Pollak and “Inglourious Basterds” star Samm Levine joined this week’s episode of the UB.com sponsored poker news program “Poker2Nite.” The show hit television airwaves following the Vancouver Canucks’ 6-4 win at Los Angeles in the NHL playoffs on Wednesday. “Poker2Nite” co-host Joe Sebok was feeling under the weather, so… Read more »
Exceptionally talented and highly controversial: that's Dan "Wretchy" Martin in a nutshell. The poker pro loves to run his mouth and needle opponents at the poker table. His aggressive approach to the game has helped him land several massive scores over the past year, including a victory in the PokerStars Wednesday Quarter Million for nearly $52,000 on March 24th. Read more »
The thought going through everybody’s mind here at the Bellagio on Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship is that players are dropping at a very rapid rate. As it stands, we’re already down to three tables. Remember, the plan is for this event to last until there’s a final table entering Saturday… Read more »
On the Daily Deal, we’ll talk about the North American Poker Tour’s debut broadcast on ESPN, a new study about regulating online gambling, and a legal claim against Harrah’s Entertainment. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to you by PokerSource.com. The PokerStars North American Poker Tour… Read more »
Last week, the Merge Gaming Network received a shot in the arm, as Players Only and Sportsbook.com moved over from the Cake Poker Network. As a result, the tournament player volume on Carbon Poker doubled. Network-wide, cash game traffic on Merge nearly tripled overnight on April 14th. On that date, the Merge Gaming Network sported… Read more »
Even though he’s most recognized for authoring a series of poker books that advocate tight and conservative play, Dan Harrington is known as ‘Action Dan’, a name that says more about the man than the poker player. Quiet and perhaps a tad media-shy, Harrington is not singularly interested in poker, and has always said he’s… Read more »
A rare combination of businessman, player, and fan, Barry Shulman was made for the poker industry. A tireless student of his craft, Shulman has also served as an ambassador to the game; under his watch, the industry giant Card Player Magazine ushered in the Golden Age of poker and continues to help it thrive. Barry… Read more »
Born March 25, 1978 in Akron, Ohio, Erica Schoenberg is a professional blackjack and poker player. Erica actually got into blackjack first and, after receiving professional training from a member of the MIT blackjack team (to which Andy Bloch belonged once), she went on to compete in the World Series of Blackjack. Having always possessed… Read more »
One of the most present and recognizable celebrity poker players, Shannon Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1973 in Houston, Texas. She has an interesting heritage, as her father is Lebanese/Syrian and her mother is of Irish, English, German and Cherokee descent. Shannon’s self proclaimed ‘second career’ takes her to Las Vegas a few times… Read more »
American poker player Beth Shak only discovered poker in 2002, but by 2004 she was playing professionally, and has been ever since. She initially learned the game by playing on Full Tilt Poker’s ‘Play Money’ tables, but quickly graduated to real money. When she entered the live poker arena, she found it to be difficult… Read more »
Born on August 5, 1975 in Victoriaville, Quebec, Isabelle Mercier’s foray into the poker world was fueled by nothing but hard work and determination. Initially, she studied law at the University of Montreal, but after having her license for only six months, she decided that a 9 to 5 job wasn’t for her. Isabelle’s only… Read more »
Born in Kent, United Kingdom in 1984, Liv Boeree studied astrophysics at The University of Manchester before eventually moving to London. There, she was introduced to poker after being selected to appear on a T.V. show called Ultimatepoker.com Showdown. Throughout the show she received coaching from poker pros Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke and, from… Read more »
On Tuesday, the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) announced that it would hold the first ever U. S. Ladies Poker Championship. The two-day event, which will take place on September 4th and 5th, will be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. The U.S. Ladies Poker Championship will have a buy in of $500+$50… Read more »
British-based bookmaker Ladbrokes said Wednesday that it expects to receive a cash payment of approximately £80 million, or $123 million, from U.K. tax authorities. The company reached a settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to cover almost all of the outstanding items in the tax years dating back to December 2007. Ladbrokes noted that… Read more »
This week, the NBC franchise “Poker After Dark” is airing “My Favorite Pro.” The unique winner-take-all sit and go format pits Chris Ferguson and Phil Hellmuth against a quartet of qualifiers. Ferguson lasted all of one episode. Each player began with 20,000 in chips and blinds of 100-200. Premium pocket pairs were the name of… Read more »
Shawn Buchanan was the chip leader of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship after Day 1. Following Day 2, he was virtually tied for the lead with Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka. Entering Day 4 action on Wednesday, he has a stranglehold over the competition. Buchanan owns a stack of 1.84 million chips entering Day 4, which… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced last week that it had added a second France stop to the 2010-2011 schedule, its ninth season. WPT Amneville will start on October 30th at Casino Municipal D’Amneville, with its €3,200 + €300 Main Event running from November 2nd to 6th. Amneville is a small tourist town in northeast… Read more »
Shawn Buchanan has been holding or near the chip lead of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. He’s coming off a big showing at the NAPT Mohegan Sun and has taken this tournament by storm. We caught up with him from the floor during the final hours of Day 3. Read more »
