Last week, online poker players across the United States watched as HR 2267 passed out of the House Financial Services Committee by a 2:1 margin, 41-22. The winds of change are clearly in the air, but how long will the internet poker world wait until regulation finally comes to fruition? Among those ardently working on… Read more »
On Tuesday night, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions made its return to the small screen. ESPN continued its coverage of the annual tournament series with the event’s 10-handed final table. PokerStars pro Barry Greenstein told ESPN cameras that the group reminded him of the original basketball Dream Team, equating himself to… Read more »
On today’s edition of the Daily Deal, a major internet gambling bill picks up a new endorser, CardRunners re-launches its affiliate program, and two major operators report mixed financial results. It’s all coming your way… right now! Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. On the same day… Read more »
888 Holdings CEO Gigi Levy told eGaming Review Tuesday that it was “highly likely” that his internet gaming company would engage in merger discussions with other companies in the industry within the next six months. While most would agree that such a move appears to be a case of “keeping up with the Joneses” in… Read more »
Online gaming software company Playtech released its 2010 second quarter results last week, reporting a 34% increase (€44.5 million) in gross income from a year ago and a 2% improvement on the first quarter figures from this year. The company, which is traded on London’s AIM market, saw poker revenues decrease 13% from last year… Read more »
Gavin Smith, fresh off his WSOP Bracelet victory, joins Poker News Daily courtesy of “The Hijack Seat” which is hosted by Bernard Lee. In this interview, Smith talks about what it was like to win his first WSOP bracelet. Smith won the bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker Event 44, the $2,500 buy-in… Read more »
HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, was passed out of the House Financial Services Committee last week by a 41-22 margin. On the same day as the measure was approved, HR 2267 picked up its 70th co-sponsor, Congressman John Campbell (R-CA). A total of 18 amendments to HR 2267 were… Read more »
Fans of the popular poker training site CardRunners can rejoice. Now, CardRunners, one of the training industry’s leaders, has introduced a full-fledged affiliate program designed to grow its user base even further. No affiliate program had existed on the site for the past six months. CardRunners’ Lana Maier told Poker News Daily why she’s looking… Read more »
Topics: WPT Announcer Promotion, FTOPS XVII Stars Up and the Durrrr Challenge resumes. On today’s Daily Deal, the World Poker Tour is searching for a new on-air personality, FTOPS seventeen kicks off, and the Durrrr Challenge returns. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily. The World Poker Tour… Read more »
The following article was written by Ann-Margaret Johnston for Poker News Daily. Visit PokerDeductions.com for more information. I am often asked about what poker players need to know to stay out of trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This is quite a loaded question. Without a knowledgeable person to guide you, it’s easy to… Read more »
Last week, PokerTableRatings.com (PTR) exposed that the Cake Poker Network was vulnerable to a skilled hacker through exploitation of their software. The flaw, which at the minimum could expose a player’s hole cards, posed a greater security risk if taken to its fullest extent. A skillful computer user could, in fact, gain access to a… Read more »
The Durrrr Challenge tables fired up for the first time in three months early Sunday morning, as Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius butted heads for 280 hands. In the end, Antonius cut into Dwan’s lead to the tune of $244,672. Now, the youngster from New Jersey leads his arch-nemesis by $1.6 million. A total… Read more »
Our latest CardRunners strategy video is one that can really take your game to another level, no matter what stakes or even what game you play. Janda continues his discussion of optimal bet sizing in this week’s Saturday Seminar. After a review of Part 1, he delves into polarized ranges, 3-betting frequencies, and board textures.… Read more »
We’re just 48 hours away from the quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), which fires up its 17th installment on Wednesday. August’s edition will pony up at least $19 million in prize money spread across a whopping 34 tournaments. During FTOPS XVI, 30 events played out, making the 17th cycle the largest in the… Read more »
Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment (HIE) has entered into an agreement with social game developer Playdom to release a new World Series of Poker (WSOP) game for Facebook, MySpace, and other networking sites. The game, which launched on Facebook earlier this week, will re-brand Playdom’s Poker Palace and serve millions of poker fans worldwide. “We are very… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has one slot available on its broadcast team. For Season 9, an Average Joe can join the likes of Poker Hall of Fame member Mike Sexton, WPT Co-Host Vince Van Patten, and floor reporter Kimberly Lansing on the WPT’s broadcast team. One lucky fan will appear in an on-air segment… Read more »
On Saturday night, the final table of the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event began airing on GSN. The one hour Full Tilt Poker-sponsored show hit the airwaves at 9:00pm ET featuring eight players, including chip leader Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, who had three times the stack of the next closest combatant. Mizzi, now with Titan Poker,… Read more »
