In the conclusion of our sit down interview with poker icon Phil Hellmuth, we hear about his goals of being on the covers of Time Magazine and Sports Illustrated. Host Sean Gibson predicts that all it will take is to win the WSOP Main Event again, which Hellmuth shares his thoughts about. Finally, Gibson asks… Read more »
In this third piece of our four part series with Phil Hellmuth, host Sean Gibson talks about deeper meaning in life behind poker and what makes Hellmuth tick away from the tables. The answers about the details of his charity work might surprise you, as well as his candid answers about whose advice he took… Read more »
After over 350,000 votes submitted by fans of the game, the field for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions is set. Voting closed on Tuesday at Midnight ET and the tournament kicks off in 11 days from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino with 27 players. Phil Ivey, considered by many… Read more »
On today’s Daily Deal, PND celebrates one of our reporters making a final table at the World Series of Poker. On other news, Maxim Magazine profiles four hot internet players and UB offers to take fifty players to the Main Event. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily.… Read more »
This week on the ESPN.com poker news show “Inside Deal,” 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Eric Buchman breaks down his $200,000 win in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event. In addition, ESPN poker columnist Gary Wise talks bracelet prop bets and dishes out the latest dirt from Las Vegas. Bernard Lee returned to… Read more »
It was announced earlier this week that the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) has added a new stop to its Season One schedule, heading to sunny Bell Gardens, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) and the legendary Bicycle Casino. Scheduled to run from November 12th to 17th, NAPT Los Angeles is looking to build… Read more »
Brain Fail 2: How can you get inside an opponent’s head if you don’t know what makes him tick? In this series that fuses poker, behavioral psychology, and entertainment, JimmyLegs cracks open the human mind to find out just how it works… and sometimes fails. This week: John talks about apophenia and how our mind… Read more »
This week, “The Cash Game” continues on the NBC franchise “Poker After Dark.” The second week of action began on Monday night at 2:05am ET with a good old-fashioned Twitter fight between UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth and DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson. Hellmuth told his elder, “I’ll side bet you that I can get 75,000 more… Read more »
The entire Poker News Daily family was railing one of our own last night. PND writer JD McNamara, known online as “BubbaKGB,” landed in the top spot in Event #24 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, entering the final table. McNamara made the field of 30 his… Read more »
We continue our interview with Phil Hellmuth which took place only days ago from his suite in Las Vegas during the WSOP. If you missed it part one of the interview you can watch it here. In this video, Hellmuth discusses his appearance in the “Sex Room” video and if any rap mogul lifestyle activities… Read more »
Whether you are into it or not, there is no denying that Twitter has revolutionized communication and information gathering in the 21st century. And as it turns out, it is perfect for getting updates on poker tournaments. That is, provided players decide to Tweet up a storm. One player who wasn’t shy about hopping on… Read more »
WSOP Event 25 recap, David Sesso talks about the ladies event and the Dan Bilzerian twitter controversy on today’s Daily Deal. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. This year’s Omaha Hi-Lo Championship was definitely a test of champions. Suave high-stakes pro Sammy Farha, best known as “the… Read more »
In the July issue hitting newsstands this week, Maxim Magazine profiles four of the top young guns in the world of poker: Isaac Haxton, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, Scott Seiver, and Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer. Davy Rothbart takes readers on a journey through the lives of four of the game’s best in an article entitled “From Geeks… Read more »
Over the next two weekends, the online poker site UB.com and the free training site UB.net will be giving the opportunity for poker players to earn their way to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), with one participant earning their seat without spending a dime. Currently running right now up until… Read more »
After a 20-hour final table and four-hour heads-up marathon, Sammy Farha defeated James “Flushy” Dempsey to take home his third World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better Championship (Event #25). All of Farha’s accolades have come in Omaha events. Farha also claimed nearly $500,000 for the win,… Read more »
On Monday night, the PokerStars “Big Game” debuted on Fox affiliates across the United States and online on PokerStars.tv. Tony G finished the inaugural one-hour episode, which saw 32 hands played, up $95,000, while poker legend Doyle Brunson dropped $110,000. The daily series features commentary from Chris Rose and Joe Stapleton and began with each… Read more »
On Monday, Victory Poker pro Dan Bilzerian made headlines for Tweeting the following quote from the movie “Gran Torino,” featuring Clint Eastwood: “A Mexican, a Jew and a colored fellow walk into a bar… The bartender looks up and says… Get the **** out of here.” The quote shocked Bluff poker reporter Joy Miller, who,… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth gives Poker News Daily exclusive access to his Las Vegas hotel suite and provides an intimate look into perhaps the biggest name in the entire industry of poker. Interviewed by Daily Deal host Sean Gibson, the two spent twenty minutes talking about Hellmuth’s current mental state and where his game is right now… Read more »
Saturday Seminar: In this new series, Pokey explores the different playing styles that maximize profits at the tables. In this episode Pokey introduces the idea of “changing gears,” explaining why it increases our profits. He also lays the groundwork for future episodes by discussing the relative strengths and weaknesses of different styles: what opposing styles… Read more »
Over the weekend, Bustout Poker endorser and poker coach David Sesso received a considerable amount of flack for entering the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ladies Championship. Now, he faces a possible suspension from the tournament series. Poker News Daily sat down with Sesso to rehash the event and his rationale for entering. Poker News… Read more »
Topics: WSOP Updates, Shaun Deeb’s statement and more. On today’s Daily Deal, we bring you the latest developments from the World Series of Poker and Shaun Deeb releases a video statement about his participation in the Ladies Event. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. Six bracelets were… Read more »
Week 1 of the PokerStars sponsored “Big Game” kicks off tonight on Fox affiliates around the United States. The high-stakes cash game features five pros battling against a “Loose Cannon” amateur armed with $100,000 in real money. You can catch the “Big Game” starting between 1:00am and 2:00am in most television markets. A promo clip… Read more »
Originally from Vancouver, Washington, Brandon Cantu is a professional poker player who now makes his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. When people pick up the game of poker, they usually dream of the success and fortune that’s associated with the game’s best players, even if very few of them every actually achieve those goals. Brandon… Read more »
Brian Townsend, who currently resides in Santa Barbara, California, is a professional poker player known for his dominance of Full Tilt Poker’s No Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha short-handed games. He’s been successful enough to earn TV appearances on shows like GSN’s High Stakes Poker and NBC’s Poker After Dark, on which he won $120K… Read more »
Brian Hastings, known as LucLongley and Stinger885, is an online poker prodigy. He got his start playing low-limit ring games and eventually worked his way up. Before long, Brian was a regular winner in $50/$100 and $200/$400, some of the highest staked games available. Currently, Brian is one of the most feared online players in… Read more »
