Online betting site Ladbrokes PLC released its 2010 third quarter financial report this week, announcing a profit surge of 128% from the third quarter of 2009. Ladbrokes saw its profits rise from £22.4 million to £51.1 million ($81.4 million), helped greatly by World Cup betting. The company, which owns more than 2,700 retail betting shops… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) continued its resurgence this week, crowning veteran poker pr Charles “Woody” Moore as the champion of the stop at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana on Tuesday. Players flocked to the WSOPC Southern Indiana championship event. The 2009 version of the tournament, a $5,000 buy-in event, drew a dismal 55… Read more »
On this week’s installment of the ESPN.com poker news show “Inside Deal,” World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Niner John Racener made the trek to Bristol. Racener will own the fourth largest stack when play resumes in Las Vegas next month at 19.1 million. Day 7 of the Main Event aired on ESPN… Read more »
On Thursday, officials from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced that cable station Versus will air action from select Circuit Events. Poker Productions, which brings shows like GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” and NBC’s “National Heads-Up Poker Championship” to life, will produce the WSOP Circuit programming. Versus has not yet announced which events it will… Read more »
When Full Tilt Poker introduced Rush Poker, many people thought, “What will they think of next?” Well, as it turns out, a company called Table Brain had already thought of something, but it wasn’t until September that the new game, Double Hold’em, was launched on Party Poker. I’ve gotten the chance to try the game… Read more »
PND Editor Dan Cypra continues his “Hot Tub Interview” segment, hosting PokerStars Team Pro, Pat “TorontoToro” Pezzin. This interview was filmed at the PokerStars cocktail reception just after Day 1A had concluded from the World Series of Poker Main Event. Pezzin is a sponsored pro, hailing from Canada, who has played in the $10,000 Main… Read more »
In the 60th event of the recently completed PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), David “Blue Knight1” Sesso came away with the bracelet and a massive $299,000 bankroll boost following a four-way deal. In June, Sesso entered the Ladies Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after a prop bet much to… Read more »
The normally cutthroat world of poker once again will show its heart at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles by stepping up for a charity event later this month. On October 23rd, the Commerce will play host to the Second Annual Children’s Institute Poker For A Cause. The event will start at 11:30AM with the… Read more »
If you need another reason to play on PokerStars, check out the site’s 13 Regional Championships of Online Poker, or RCOOPs. Announced this week, 13 RCOOP series will run on the world’s largest online poker site and offer up over $7 million in total guaranteed prize money. The site already hosts its annual Spring Championship… Read more »
Airing on select Sundays on FOX is the PokerStars-sponsored “Million Dollar Challenge.” The show, which pits online qualifiers against celebrity defenders and PokerStars pros for a chance at $1 million, is in its second season. Among the poker game show’s cast is 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion and PokerStars pro Chris… Read more »
Brand new to the world of poker literature is “No Limits: The Fundamentals of No Limit Hold’em” by Chris “Fox” Wallace and Adam Stemple. The 250-page book is broken down into 16 chapters, including lessons on knowing your opponents, bet sizing, the importance of position, common mistakes, and bluffing strategy. Wallace, an instructor at the… Read more »
Two top up and coming poker professionals, 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe bracelet winner Scott Shelley and noted billiards/poker pro Toni Judet, have recently signed sponsorship deals with two of the top online poker sites in the industry. The signing of Judet, who hails from Bucharest, Romania, to the Team PokerStars Pro roster… Read more »
Starting this week, online poker room UB.com is holding a special series of freerolls featuring a spectacular grand prize: a $12,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic package. The road to the Five Diamond Classic consists of three rounds, none of which requires a single penny to be spent. Round… Read more »
Taped during the start of the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Chris Moneymaker joins us for an interview at the PokerStars cocktail reception. Chris Moneymaker is credited with being the catalyst for the “poker boom” during the previous decade, as his rise from unknown accountant from Tennessee to World Champion of the WSOP Main Event is… Read more »
HighStakesDB.com released its biggest winners and losers report for 2010 late last week, and the online tracking site revealed that Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12” Cates are the biggest earners at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed cash games. The two rising stars, who are currently facing off against one another in the second edition of… Read more »
After filing for voluntary dismissal of its claims against Tiltware LLC, attorneys for Deliverance Poker were met with stern demands from Judge James Nowlin of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. In documents filed on Tuesday, Nowlin laid out several tasks for Deliverance Poker to complete and threatened “civil contempt… Read more »
On Tuesday night, 78 players took to the felts on Day 7 as part of ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen led the way with a stack of 9.3 million and was the only player above nine million. The stacked feature table included John… Read more »
Joe Stapleton, commentator for The PokerStars.net Big Game television show, joins us for the second of his two part interview. Stapleton’s rise to fame in the world of poker has inspired many to break into the industry and his work on the televised cash game poker show has drawn rave reviews from television critics and… Read more »
According to an article on the website Deadline.com written by Nellie Andreeva, the executive producers of the critically acclaimed Showtime series Weeds, series creator Jenji Kohan and Matthew Salsberg, are trying to put together a new comedy series regarding the world of poker. The series would be called Whales and would potentially be a part… Read more »
After ending up $16,000 last week, Russell Harlow became the first “Loose Cannon” to return for a second go-around on the PokerStars-sponsored “Big Game.” To start this week’s festivities, $700,000 was spread across the six-handed table and Harlow told “Big Game” hostess Amanda Leatherman that it was time to “go big or go home.” You… Read more »
The game went live almost a month ago, but PartyPoker just made it official with a press release this week: Double Hold’em has landed. The new poker variety is available at both real and play money tables and should prove to be a fun change of pace for even the most devoted Texas Hold’em players.… Read more »
According to an e-mail sent to Black Card members, Full Tilt Poker is searching for Beta testers for Rush Poker Mobile. The application, which is available for Android-powered phones, features both real money and play money Rush Poker tables. Supported phones include the Acer Liquid Stream S110, HTC Desire, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC Evo 4G,… Read more »
On Monday night, the new MTV series “World of Jenks” featured an in-depth look at the tumultuous life of poker pro Nick Schulman. After winning the 2005 World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals for $2.1 million, Schulman blew through his bankroll in just a year. Yesterday’s installment of “World of Jenks,” a documentary… Read more »
Joe Stapleton is the commentator for The PokerStars.net Big Game show on Fox. His inspiring story of a rise to fame in the world of televised poker is one of the most compelling stories of the year, which Stapleton retells in this exclusive interview with Poker News Daily. Stapleton recently ranked second in a poll… Read more »
This weekend from poker players on Twitter was a jambalaya of interests, but by far the most concerning one came from Scott Montgomery while at the Bellagio for the last few preliminary events prior to the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Festa al Lago event. While in the facilities at the Bellagio, it appears that Montgomery… Read more »
