The PokerStars sponsored “Big Game” once again boasted new episodes this week. The series airs nightly on Fox and featured a highly entertaining Monday night episode in which PartyPoker pro Tony G dropped $177,000 and accepted a $100,000 loan from Daniel Negreanu. The “Big Game” has blinds of $200/$400, with Pot Limit action before the… Read more »
Welcome to a Tuesday edition of the Daily Deal. Today, we’ll break down the Main Event of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, scope out financial news from Harrah’s, and introduce you to a brand new bounty tournament on UB.com. It’s all ahead… RIGHT NOW. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and you’re watching the Daily Deal… Read more »
In the largest poker tournament in the history of Estonian poker, Norwegian poker pro Kevin “KevBoyStar” Stani outlasted a talented final table early Monday morning to capture the first event of the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) seventh season in Tallinn, Estonia. 420 players stepped up with the €4,250 necessary for the buy-in, easily becoming the… Read more »
On Monday, MMA Week debuted on NBC’s “Poker After Dark.” The show, which airs at 2:05am ET nightly for one hour, pitted three staples of the MMA world against three poker pros. To start off Monday night’s installment, UFC’s Bruce Buffer gave a rousing introduction of his five opponents, complete with piped-in crowd noise and… Read more »
Even though Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius seem to be stuck at a standstill in the first Durrrr Challenge, the wait for the next challenge might only be a few days away. CardRunners instructor Daniel “jungleman12” Cates agreed to step up to the plate and face the 24-year-old Dwan, and the two could begin… Read more »
August 18th officially kicks off UB.com’s multi-million dollar series UBOC5. The series runs over 12 days and hosts 20 events. Running concurrently with the UBOC is the Mini-UBOC, a series of games with lower buy-ins. Regardless of your bankroll, the UBOC series has an event to suit all players The UBOC’s buy-ins for the events… Read more »
Another Sunday, another action-packed day at the virtual felt of PokerStars. Starting with the Sunday Warm-Up, which hosted 4,337 entrants, created a prize pool of $867,400. The tournament ran a little over 10 hours and gave the winner “Ansgar2000” over $136,000. The final table results were: 1st place – Ansgar2000 – $136,079 2nd place –… Read more »
This past Friday, All In Entertainment LLC held a casting event for a new poker-based reality show centered around Fatty’s Poker Club, located in New York City. The program, “Fatty’s: Where Poker Gets REAL,” will follow the club’s owner, Mike “The Nose” Castaldo, and his band of regulars as they live their lives and play… Read more »
The popular poker training site CardRunners has inked two-time Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) event winner Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen. The new arrival owns the top spot in the Bluff Online Poker Player of the Year leaderboard and is the fifth ranked player on PocketFives.com. Petersen is fresh off a win in a $216 No… Read more »
Joe Hachem won the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event and has been a force in poker ever since. While other winners of the Main Event since the Moneymaker effect went into place have for the most part been one-hit wonders, Hachem has continued to excel in the game. His first major tournament won… Read more »
Topics: PokerStars WCOOP Satellites, Nevada Gambling Revenue Numbers and Full Tilt Poker Doubles Poker Championship on GSN. On today’s edition of the Daily Deal, PokerStars announces WCOOP Extreme Satellites, Nevada’s gambling revenues fall once again, and the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship premieres on GSN. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal… Read more »
The 17th installment of the Full Tilt Poker Online Poker Series (FTOPS) came to a close early Monday morning as a winner was crowned in the $640 Main Event. “TyboVegas” bested “DQnk” heads-up to win the title, the gold jersey, and more than $423,000 in prize money. Despite taking second place, DQnk actually locked up… Read more »
On Saturday, the very first installment of the UB.com Take Down a H0 bounty tournament played out on the virtual felts of the CEREUS Network site. The unique poker tournament boasts a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and features UB.com pro Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon. The buy-in is $320. Kroon is a founding member of Team… Read more »
According to Reuters, casino giant Harrah’s will register 9.9% of its stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The shares are currently in the hands of John Paulson, investor and hedge fund extraordinaire. Reuters claims that the reason for the move is so Paulson can receive “registered, common voting stock.” eGaming Review noted that… Read more »
By popular demand, Dr. Razz brings you his 10 cardinal rules of Razz play. Using replayed $20/$40 Razz hands as examples, he takes you through the 10 fundamental rules that you MUST know before sitting down at the Razz tables. As Dr. Razz himself stated in the CardRunners Forums: “Obviously there’s more to being a… Read more »
Mike “chapmoney” Chappus was the first player to win two tournaments during the 17th installment of the Full Tilt Poker Online Poker Series (FTOPS) this week. Chappus, who won Event #3 ($300 Six-Handed Turbo No Limit Hold’em Shootout), followed it up with a victory in Event #24, a $200 No Limit Hold’em Cashout on August… Read more »
On Saturday night, the Full Tilt Poker Doubles Championship premiered on GSN, taking the place of the Aussie Millions, whose Main Event wrapped up last weekend. A $1 million first place prize is up for grabs in the Doubles Championship and 32 players coughed up $50,000 each to enter. The unique show was taped at… Read more »
Just weeks removed from a high-profile ATV mishap, Phil Laak and his online poker site, Unabomber Poker, will host a special Unabomber Bounty Freeroll on August 31st. As its name implies, the player who knocks out Laak from his very own tournament takes home a prize, an autographed Unabomber hoodie. Laak has been preoccupied with… Read more »
Three top Canadian players – 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Matthew Jarvis, 2010 bracelet winner Gavin Smith, and 2009 WSOP double bracelet winner Greg “FBT” Mueller – will play in the $5,000 Heads-Up Main Event of the Canadian Open Poker Championships. The 2010 Canadian Open Poker Championships begin on Thursday in Calgary,… Read more »
Starting on August 21st, PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, is putting up more than $500,000 in seats to its annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The so-called WCOOP Extreme Satellites will run all the way through August 29th, with three opportunities to win your way in on the line daily. These aren’t… Read more »
Welcome to a Friday the thirteenth edition of the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. It’s always been my lucky day! Today, Kentucky attorneys call out Party Gaming, EPT Tallinn breaks attendance records, and CryptoLogic’s CEO steps down amid fledgling financial figures. Try saying that three times fast. It’s all coming up… RIGHT AFTER THIS!… Read more »
In figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board this week, state casinos pulled in revenue, or “win,” of $763.8 million in June, a drop of 6.65% year over year. It marks the largest drop in revenue compared to the same month the year before since October 2009, when win fell 11.56%. Revenues statewide in… Read more »
On its one-year anniversary, the ESPN.com poker news program “Inside Deal” welcomed “The Prince of Poker,” 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Scotty Nguyen. In celebration, a special “Baby-O-Meter” ran in the corner of the screen, counting the number of times Nguyen dropped his trademark word. The rumored sale of the Rio… Read more »
In his first video back since his WSOP Bracelet victory, Matros shows us those champion skills in this $26 MTT vid. He replays a deep run, examining the interesting hands, and analyzing proper decisions based on stack sizes. Note that this is a continuation of the last MTT Strategy Video we posted, which you can… Read more »
On today’s edition of the Daily Deal, the COO of UB.com answers some lingering questions about the two thousand and eight cheating scandal, the World Series of Poker Main Event begins airing on ESPN, and Doyle Brunson decided that on his birthday he prefers to give rather than receive. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome… Read more »
