After a decision from the state’s Supreme Court regarding the legality of a law set in place four years ago, the top online site in the poker industry, PokerStars, has made the move to no longer accept cash players from the state of Washington. In an e-mail message sent to residents of the state of… Read more »
Keeping up with the times and continuing to deliver on customer satisfaction, Full Tilt are about to unveil their newest innovation: the black card. The Black Card is available to any player that is able to earn 500 Full Tilt points over a 100 day rolling average. Once a player has achieved this, their Black… Read more »
On October 12th, poker pro Beth Shak will be hosting a fundraising event in conjunction with AOL at the Luxe Lounge at Lucky Strike in Manhattan. The gala will benefit the charity of the winner’s choice and several affordable ticket options are available. Billiards, a hip DJ, a one-hour open bar featuring ZYR Vodka, numerous… Read more »
Known as the online poker site that listens and looks after its customers, PokerStars has done it again, implementing changes to its VIP club to benefit the players even more. The company is constantly looking at ways to improve and increase member benefits, and they are announcing more changes (effective October 1st) to reward all… Read more »
The largest live poker tournament ever held on British soil is taking place in London. The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) London Main Event clocked in at 848 players earlier today and a prize pool of over £4 million is up for grabs. Text found on the PokerStars Blog accurately assesses, “That will be a large… Read more »
Predator 006 from CardRunners brings us an amazing video about the top ten leaks found at Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-Better. Here’s the official CardRunners preview: Predator 006 – Released 09/02/2010 Wait…a leakfinder that isn’t really a leakfinder? It feels more like David Letterman. Predator006 breaks down the top 10 leaks that he sees in PLO… Read more »
PokerStars, the largest online poker site in the industry, cracked an unofficial record last week for the most players in action simultaneously on cash game tables. According to PokerScout.com, PokerStars drew in an astounding 105,230 players to its cash game tables on September 22nd. This beat the previous unofficial record, also held by PokerStars, of… Read more »
On Monday, September 27th, online poker room UB.com announced that it will be sponsoring the tour bus of legendary metal band Anthrax during the rest of its United States tour in September and October. As many poker players know, this is not just a random sponsorship, as Team UB member Scott Ian is the front… Read more »
Fresh off another successful cycle of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), PokerStars made another big announcement on Tuesday. U.K. poker pro Liv Boeree was named the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro a few months after leaving UB.com. Boeree became one of the game’s hottest commodities after winning the PokerStars European Poker Tour… Read more »
What started as a field of 346 entrants in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event played down to a winner on Tuesday night. When the smoke cleared, Britain’s James Bord took down the title on his home turf at the Casino at the Empire in London. The £10,000 buy-in event marked… Read more »
On Tuesday night, action from Day 6 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event aired on ESPN. The two-hour broadcast saw Matt “mcmatto” Affleck, who had the chip lead for an extensive period of time last year, take to the feature table alongside tennis pro turned poker player Nick Rainey. The day… Read more »
Evander Holyfield is considered to be one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time and was a decorated champion during his career. Hailing from the United States, he is a multiple world champion which earned him the nickname “The Real Deal” which is the moniker for his online poker site skin, RealDealPoker. Holyfield is… Read more »
Tyson “POTTERPOKER” Marks is poker’s newest multi-millionaire after winning the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event early Tuesday morning. The $2,278,097 payday was the largest in the history of online poker, surpassing 2009 WCOOP Main Event winner Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko ($1,715,200). The $5,200 buy-in event with a $10 million guarantee got… Read more »
This morning marked the start of play at the final table for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe’s Main Event. Of the nine players who ran the gauntlet of some of the best poker players in the world, perhaps no one was happier about the achievement than chip leader and Victory Poker CEO Dan… Read more »
In October, PartyPoker will bring back one of its most popular promotions of all-time, the Card Rush XL. The promotion last ran in July and offers up 1.8 million prizes, including cash, freeroll entries, Party Points, and Card Rush XL Leaderboard Points. The Card Rush XL promotion will run throughout the entire month of October… Read more »
PokerStars awarded over $15.8 million dollars last Sunday in what proved to be one of the greatest online tournaments we have ever seen. Sunday was the last of the 3 tournaments for the 2010 WCOOP. Kicking off events was event 60, the $215 No Limit Hold’em event with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million.… Read more »
It’s always an interesting question to ponder when it comes to deciding which online poker room to play at, where are all the fish? Most players know that the two biggest sites online, PokerStars and Full Tilt, in comparison to every other operating poker room, contain the least fish and tend to have the hardest… Read more »
The Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe schedule is in progress from the Casino at the Empire in London. With six players remaining, Ronald Lee leads the way with a stack of 3.4 million. The pace has been fast and furious so far. In fact, it took just 25 hands… Read more »
Last week, word broke that the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Texas Hold’em Poker on Facebook had launched a promotion to give players seats to the WPT Boot Camp. The promotion runs through Wednesday and Poker News Daily caught up with David McCaman, Senior Director of Marketing for Hands-On Entertainment, to break down the unique opportunity.… Read more »
While most of the poker world’s attention is on the action in London, the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) Circuit crowned its latest champion at its stop in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday. The €1,000 (plus €100 juice) tournament took place over the weekend at the Gran Casino Barcelona, drawing the largest field in the history… Read more »
On Sunday, the PokerStars-sponsored “Million Dollar Challenge” returned to Fox. The program can be seen before or after NFL games on the network and features poker pros and celebrities battling against an online qualifier. This week, Carmenlita Cothron, a sign language interpreter, took to the stage. First up for Cothron was former Super Bowl champion… Read more »
At the time of writing, 15 players remain in the £10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event. Arguably the two biggest names in the field, Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom, the person many believe to be behind the “Isildur1” moniker, both found the rail on Monday. Blom 3bet… Read more »
Poker pro and TV host Kara Scott joins us from the CardRunners party in Las Vegas right on the strip. Site editor Dan Cypra, armed with camera and microphone, ran down Scott in the street before she could leave to get this exclusive interview which goes into depth about her professional poker life, her television… Read more »
On Thursday, action in Event #4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe schedule, a £10,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up tournament, ground to a screeching halt after Gus Hansen and Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy were deadlocked at one match apiece. With both combatants taking to the felt in the WSOP Europe Main… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room and sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), has announced the return of a stop in Cebu, Philippines for its fourth season. The series will take place at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa for a five-day Main Event from November 12 to 16, along with a string… Read more »
