It was only ten months ago when PokerStars celebrated their 40 billionth hand being dealt and now they are about to deal their 50 billionth hand. As the site has historically done, the 50 billionth hand and milestone hands leading up to it are packed with rewards for players. Starting from hand number 49,700,000,000 and… Read more »
Get ready tournament players, because we’re just two weeks away from the fifth installment of the Bodog Poker Open Championship Series. With this series there will be two forms of tournament schedules, the primary being a “Championship Series” which hosts eight events with buy-ins ranging from $33 up to $500. The second schedule is the… Read more »
Get ready for some fireworks. In a decision filed on September 14th, United States District Judge James Nowlin denied a motion for a Temporary Restraining Order filed by Deliverance Poker. The case surrounds World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi allegedly jumping ship to be sponsored by Full Tilt Poker… Read more »
One of the organizations at the forefront of the movement to bring legalized intrastate online poker to states like California is the Poker Voters of America, or PVA. Recently, Poker News Daily caught up with PVA Executive Director Melanie Brenner to assess the odds of regulated gaming coming to the massive West Coast state. Poker… Read more »
We’re on set for this third part of the behind-the-scenes look at the WPT. In this video our own Sean Gibson sits down with World Poker Tour host and commentator Mike Sexton right at the very stage where all the magic happens. During their chat, our camera crew was able to get some great shots… Read more »
2010 Poker Hall of Fame nominee Scotty Nguyen is offering his fans the chance of a lifetime to play against him in the coming months. According to Nguyen’s official blog, the “Prince of Poker” will be skipping the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe this year in order to play smaller buy-in events all over… Read more »
In breaking news from New York, Intabill head Daniel Tzvetkoff has been released on bail, according to the Courier-Mail newspaper in Australia. In April, he was arrested in Las Vegas on charges money laundering, gambling conspiracy, and bank fraud as part of his role with the internet gaming payment processor. According to the Aussie news… Read more »
Global information giant Nielsen Media Research recently published a study that showed that despite the global economic downturn, online gambling traffic in the United Kingdom was up 40% year over year. While online poker has without a doubt been popular, it is actually online lottery sales that have been driving the growth. Topping Nielsen’s list… Read more »
On Tuesday night, Day 4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out on ESPN. The all-important money bubble popped during the evening and coverage kicked off at 9:00pm ET on the cable station. James Carroll was the chip leader entering Day 4 at 803,000 and, amazingly, all four Mizrachi brothers… Read more »
Our exclusive access into a World Poker Tour broadcast continues with host Mike Sexton, who meets up with co-hosts Vince Van Patten and Kimberly Lansing before shooting begins. In this Part 2 of our Insider’s Look into the WPT, Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton continues to take us through his day before a Final… Read more »
Online poker traffic saw an increase of 5.2% last week according to PokerScout.com’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update. The site, which monitors real money cash games, reported a traffic increase for all of the top 10 sites and networks for the second week in a row. PokerScout’s weekly report also revealed a rise in traffic… Read more »
In a story that seems to have taken on a life of its own, the continuing discussion of the PokerStars Chinese collusion scandal was recently the subject of discourse on the British Broadcasting Company’s radio airwaves. In addition to the attention brought by the BBC broadcast, a U. K. poker player has taken steps to… Read more »
The weekend had 4 WCOOP events running, which paid out a cool $6.5 million. Action started off with event 19, the $109 No Limit Hold’em tournament with 10 minute blind levels. With 11,085 players, PokerStars put up the additional $141,500 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $1.25 million. The 10 minute blind levels created… Read more »
In a tragic story, Apollo Jet, son of Chip and Karina Jett and brother of Athena Jett, passed away on Tuesday morning in Las Vegas. He was just four years old. The entire poker community poured its condolences in through Twitter in a unified show of support. One of the first Tweets on the topic… Read more »
The MiniFTOPS has had a steep increase in popularity, as shown when event one of the series exceeded its guaranteed prize pool by almost 100%. The $22 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event had a field of 14,938 players getting close to a $300,000 guarantee. The event saw a 4way deal made at the final table… Read more »
According to Wicked Chops Poker, former Full Tilt Poker employee Jason “JDN” Newitt has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and is scheduled to appear today. The reason for his subpoena was not disclosed. Read the article here. In September 2009, word came to pass that Newitt… Read more »
In a letter from XMT Liquidations to the shareholders of what was formerly known as Excapsa Software, the acquisition of the CEREUS Poker Network by Blanca Games has “violated and/or triggered the application of certain rights under the agreements between Excapsa and Blast Off and its related entities.” The letter, which found its way to… Read more »
On Monday, September 13th, online poker room PKR.com officially announced the winner of its spring “Win a Porsche” promotion, 45-year old Carsten Ørum from Denmark. Ørum, or “Levica” as he is known at the PKR tables, held 25 entries in the drawing. With 322,887 qualifying entries in total, Ørum had only slightly better than a… Read more »
Hall of Famer Mike Sexton hosts this exclusive insider’s look at the World Poker Tour with a complete behind-the-scenes tour into what goes on for an episode taping. This tour was exclusive to Poker News Daily, meaning you will see it nowhere else. The tour comes from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, CA during… Read more »
Across the span of the Twitterverse, poker players seemed to be taking time away from the tables to jump into several different activities. For most, that was the first weekend of the National Football League schedule. Two players who passed up watching the NFL games on television to watch them in person were Jonathan “FieryJustice”… Read more »
I’ve been traveling constantly for the past six weeks. First, I went on an exploratory two-week cruise on the biggest ship in the world. Next, I hosted a week-long poker tournament at the Eureka Casino in Mesquite, Nevada. After stopping home overnight to watch some TIVO and do laundry, I flew to Indianapolis for one… Read more »
Wrapping up in the early morning hours on Monday was the 21st event of the ongoing PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP. The tournament ended by the time many people in the “real world” were commuting to work as “Antoshka” banked $280,000 after a three-way chop. The $215 No Limit Hold’em event attracted… Read more »
Chalk up one for the young guns of poker. Twenty-four year-old Sam Trickett of the United Kingdom took down the sixth PartyPoker World Open, banking $200,000. The tournament played out last week from the Palm Beach Casino in London. Trickett has been on a tear in 2010. In June, he was the runner-up to Jason… Read more »
Poker News Daily: Talk about the emotions that ran through your head during the final hand of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in July against Brandon Steven. You knocked him out in tenth place to set up the 2010 WSOP November Nine. Matthew Jarvis: It was nerve-racking to say the least. It… Read more »
On Saturday at 9:00pm ET, the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship continued airing on GSN. The third round of regular season matches began with Phil Hellmuth teaming with Toto Leonidas, Annette Obrestad teaming with Annie Duke, Phil Laak teaming with Phil Ivey, and Phil Gordon teaming with Jennifer Harman. The unique match boasted four players… Read more »
