Jeff Papola had a summer that most poker players only dream about. The 25-year-old law student from New York caught the World Series of Poker (WSOP) by storm in June, taking first and second place in the $5,000 and $2,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em events, respectively, collecting more than $1,058,000 in earnings over the span… Read more »
The first stop of Season Seven for the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Tallinn, Estonia has broken records for a tournament and drew what is truly an international field. The tournament, which started yesterday with the first of two Day Ones, is the largest tournament in the history of Estonia. With a €4,000 buy-in, a… Read more »
Online poker and casino software developer CryptoLogic announced Thursday that CEO Bryan Hadfield has stepped down following a poor second quarter that resulted in record losses for the company. Hadfield, who took over the position in 2008, will be replaced by Chairman David Gavagan on an interim basis. Hadfield joined CryptoLogic as a director in… Read more »
In late March, the Commonwealth of Kentucky filed suit against Pocket Kings, the purported operators of Full Tilt Poker, seeking the amount of money lost by state residents between March 2005 and September 2009. Now, the complaint has been amended to include Party Gaming, which recently announced a merger with bwin. Reacting to the news… Read more »
As Alexa Fisher was showing interest in basic numbers, she ended up learning with a deck of cards. Being 3 years old, she noticed the relationship to the playing cards in hand and on TV, she wanted to “learn that game” Texas Hold’em. At 7 years old, already knowing every game played at the WSOP,… Read more »
It is less than four weeks now until online poker’s biggest event starts. The much anticipated World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicks off Sunday September 5th on PokerStars. The series runs over 23 days and hosts 62 events. Buy-ins for the events range from $215 up to $25,500 and all disciplines of poker are… Read more »
Fresh off hosting a summit on the future of gambling in New Jersey, Atlantic City casinos reported their July revenue, or “win,” this week. Year over year, casino revenues were down 5.0% to $363.9 million. All but two casinos reported decreases in win in July 2010 compared to the same month in 2009. The big… Read more »
FTOPS XVII has been running for over a week now and we are halfway through another exciting event. Highlights from the popular tournament series includes Event 3 which saw Full Tilt Pro Jeff Madsen come so close to a win with a 3rd place finish that pocketed him a nice payday of $28,000. Coming in… Read more »
Topics: Foxwoods Mega Stacks, WPT in Florida, Big Game on GSN and a new poker movie. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. The World Poker Tour will head to Florida next April for a $10,000 buy-in event at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood. WPT officials inked… Read more »
On Tuesday night, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began airing on ESPN with a pair of one-hour episodes highlighting Days 1A and 1B. A stirring introduction by reigning Main Event champ Joe Cada touted the feature table as “the table where dreams come true.” The first one-hour episode covered Day 1A… Read more »
This CardRunners Strategy video looks at Stud 8 or Better, courtesy of Mixed Games instructor ChipsAHoya. Official Teaser: It’s back to the mixed games grind as “ChipsAhoya” gives you the rundown on Stud 8/b – how to get into the game, understand the game, and approach the loose passive players at low stakes. Read more »
Six of poker’s most eligible bachelors took to the felts as part of Lonesome Shark week on the NBC franchise “Poker After Dark.” The series airs nightly on NBC at 2:05am ET and each player began with a stack of 20,000 in chips. The winner of the six-man sit and go will pocket $120,000, enough… Read more »
Ten-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, back-to-back WSOP Main Event winner, and “The Godfather of Poker,” Doyle Brunson, celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday. No doubt he had a fun party and received some nice gifts, but tonight, he is returning the favor. At 9:30pm ET tonight, Texas Dolly’s online poker room, Doyle’s Room,… Read more »
Welcome to a Tuesday edition of the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. Today we’ll discuss online qualifiers for the Todd Brunson Montana Poker Challenge and review the UBOC 5 schedule. Plus “The First Lady of Poker” Linda Johnson gives us her favorite Las Vegas shows and one World Series of Poker November Niner is… Read more »
Paul Leggett, the Chief Operating Officer of UB.com parent company Tokwiro Enterprises, posted a blog on Monday responding to questions regarding the cheating scandal that occurred on Ultimate Bet between 2004 and 2008. Around $22.1 million was stolen from players during the scandal, resulting in a mass hysteria among the poker community. Years later, Leggett… Read more »
A report in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel – and confirmed by Poker News Daily from the tour itself – states that a deal has been signed between the World Poker Tour and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for a tournament stop on this year’s schedule. The story, entitled “Poker Big-Time: World Poker… Read more »
In 2011, actor Christian Slater will star in a movie entitled “Guns, Girls and Gambling” that is, in part, about a game of poker gone wrong. According to the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, “The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a six-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute… Read more »
Despite a bump in the road in its deal with the Danish monopoly Danske Spil in June, PartyGaming told eGaming Review on Friday that its Danish poker offering will be ready to launch on January 1st, 2011. A spokesman for PartyGaming called the annulment of the Danske Spil partnership simply a “technical blip,” but the… Read more »
On Monday night, the PokerStars-powered “Big Game” returned to Fox with all new episodes. The nightly cash game program rivals GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” and features a “Loose Cannon” qualifier staked with $100,000. He or she can keep any amount made over $100,000. A total of $800,000 was spread across the table to open the… Read more »
Joe Cada is the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and joins Bernard Lee in his latest installment of “The Hijack Seat” right here on Poker News Daily. Cada, before he won the biggest tournament in the world, was an online Heads-Up cash game specialist for three year prior. He had gone through… Read more »
Topics: Mizrachi joins Deepstacks Live, Atlantic City Summit, Ameristar Casino results and Aussie Millions results. On today’s Daily Deal, Atlantic City hosts a major gambling summit, Ameristar Casinos turns in its second quarter financial results, and the Aussie Millions Main Event wraps up on GSN. Plus, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi signs on with Deepstacks Live.… Read more »
The Twitterverse was abuzz this morning with the announcements of the two most recent nominees for the Women In Poker Hall of Fame, with poker professional Kathy Liebert breaking the news to her followers over Twitter. “Was nominated in to the Women’s Poker Hall of Fame along with Jennifer Harman,” Liebert Tweeted to her followers… Read more »
Although I love being entertained, I’ve never really thought of myself as a show critic. When my editor sent me an e-mail suggesting that my next blog be about the top 10 Vegas “must-see” shows, I didn’t realize what hard work it would be to narrow it down to 10 since there are so many… Read more »
In nine short days, the fifth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) will kick off on the virtual felts of the CEREUS Network sites UB.com and Absolute Poker. This month marks the second UBOC installment of 2010, as the first panned out in January and featured David “DoubleDave22” D’Alesandro taking down the Championship Event. UBOC 5… Read more »
On August 22nd at 4:00pm ET, the USA-friendly online poker site DoylesRoom will be sending players to the Todd Brunson Montana Poker Challenge through a $226.60 Grand Finale. One prize package is guaranteed and DoylesRoom will add another for every 10 players in the tournament. The younger Brunson will host the winners from August 31st… Read more »
