Morgan Stanley has pulled out of the Revel Casino project that started back in 2007. The Revel, which has an estimated price tag of $2 billion, has been plagued since the beginning of construction by the economic downturn and a lack of funding. Read more »
The latest version of a bill licensing gambling in Massachusetts once again includes a measure criminalizing internet gambling and online poker. Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is calling for a vote on the measure, which he introduced on Thursday, in two weeks. Read more »
On Thursday, Ultra Internet Media, the parent company of Everest Poker, filed a lawsuit against Harrah's alleging breach of contract. Everest Poker is the official on-felt sponsor of the Harrah's-backed World Series of Poker (WSOP). Read more »
I've been on an abnormally good tournament run lately and made three final tables in three days. Two of them involved some interesting deal making, which I will describe in this blog. Read more »
The 2010 Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic got underway this week and, due to low turnouts for the first three events, several changes have already been made to the schedule. Read more »
Poker News Daily: You recently signed on with Victory Poker. How did you come to be part of the team? Andrew Robl: I was approached by my good friend Dan Fleyshman, who used to be the CEO and President of a company called Who's Your Daddy Energy Drink. He started the company from scratch when he was 17 years-old. Read more »
In a prop bet that many believed to be an April Fools Day joke, two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Jeff Madsen will move to Israel, temporarily of course. The bet is for $50,000 and begins on April 15th. Read more »
Drag the Bar pro Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt will play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV, a high-stakes poker cash game that will be filmed at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in London from April 11th to 13th. Read more »
Canadian poker pro Mike McDonald, known as "Timex" online, announced on his blog at CardRunners this week that he is retiring from the game of poker. McDonald, 20, earned more than $2.6 million in live tournament earnings during his brief career. Read more »
The WSOP Tournament of Champions, which will take on an all-star game format, has been the most riveting poker story over the past few weeks. Several players have openly lobbied for votes from the poker community, but Irish poker pro Marty Smyth has taken a different approach. Read more »
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announced a new live tour dubbed the France Poker Series. There will be seven stops as part of the series, each with €1,200 buy-in events and culminating in the Grand Final in Paris, which will be a €2,500 buy-in tournament. Read more »
Yesterday was April 1st, which marks a day of trickery in celebration of April Fools Day. In the poker industry, rumors of the true identity of the mystery Swede Isildur1 spread like wildfire. Read more »
The first major televised poker tournament to be held in the city of Lima, Peru will take place from June 2nd to 5th as part of a newly announced PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) stop. Read more »
British-based gambling company Ladbrokes announced this week that Richard Glynn will be appointed the company's next Chief Executive Officer. Glynn, 45, has served as Chairman of Sporting Index since May 2008. Read more »
"From Busto to Robusto" debuted with a compelling documentary look at "Captain Zeebo" and his journey from a nobody to a self-made millionaire through online poker. The series returned with Episode 2, which focused on Victory Poker pro Andrew "good2cu" Robl. Read more »
One of the hot topics over the past few days was the victory on Tuesday by Bryan "badbeatninja" Devonshire at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Championship at Harrah's Rincon in San Diego. Read more »
He may have a bald head and thick Finnish accent, but Durrrr Challenge participant Patrik Antonius is actually from Madison, Wisconsin. He was born Mordecai Zimmerman II. Read more »
This week's episode of the UB.com sponsored poker news program "Poker2Nite" featured Prahlad Friedman breaking Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash's free throw record. "Poker2Nite" airs on Wednesdays on Versus at 11:00pm ET. Read more »
One type of player that annoys me is the guy who constantly shows his cards when he is the last to fold or wins a pot without showdown. Fold to him in the big blind and he shows you he had 9-5 offsuit or laments his luck while he shows you aces. Read more »
