On Monday, a Tweet from poker pro Kathy Liebert hinted at changes from PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site: “I heard that PokerStars was cutting many of their Team Pros’ compensation. Take it or leave it. Greg Raymer left it.” She followed up her rumor by asserting, “I think it’s a bad business decision… Read more »
The third edition of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown kicked off on Sunday afternoon featuring Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and his latest opponent, Dan “wooki3z” Cates. Ever since the heads-up battle was announced earlier in the week, the match-up of two of the most captivating high-stakes online pros overshadowed anything that the online poker… Read more »
That’s a wrap! The sixth UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) wrapped up on Sunday with a $1,050 buy-in Championship Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em event that came complete with a $1 million guarantee. THEDECANO ultimately walked away victorious after outlasting a 1,036-player field and banked a colossal $231,000, the largest prize shelled out during UBOC 6’s… Read more »
The European poker community once again was shaken by the appearance of one of the alleged conspirators of a cheating scandal that rocked the tournament world last year. Over the weekend at the Holland Casino Dom Classic, the Main Event was in full swing. According to reports from PokerCity.nl, the €1,500 buy-in event was late… Read more »
Paul “Eskimo” Clark is one of hundreds of players camped out at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event at Harrah’s Tunica in Mississippi. Just after play began on Sunday in a $345 No Limit Hold’em ring event, Poker News Daily caught up with the three-time WSOP bracelet winner. Poker News Daily: Thanks for… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, made changes to its No Limit Hold’em ring games this week. After receiving plenty of feedback from players, the site decided to add “cap” tables as part of the standard offering across a wider variety of games and stakes, following a move made by Full Tilt Poker quite… Read more »
On Saturday afternoon, GOOD2FU made waves by taking down a $109 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys event held as part of the ongoing UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. He banked a healthy $26,000 for the win and bested a strong field of 289 players. Today, the UBOC Championship Event will play out. The $100,000 guaranteed… Read more »
On Friday, the poker world learned that DoylesRoom, which had made its home on the Cake Poker Network for the last two years, would be jumping ship immediately to the Yatahay Poker Network. The latter features sites like BetCRIS and True Poker and is the 38th largest worldwide in terms of real money ring game… Read more »
Shortly after Midnight on Sunday at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, veteran poker pro David Gorr defeated a solid final table to take home the championship of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event. The tournament began a week ago, drawing 721 players that included much of the Full Tilt Poker stable of pros along… Read more »
Last night, a flock of 500 players turned out to the virtual felts of UB.com. The occasion: a $162 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack event (#26) being held as part of the ongoing UB.com Online Championship (UBOC). In the end, Canada’s BANANAZOO came away with the outright win and earned $18,000 for his efforts. The… Read more »
Thanks for tuning in once again to the Poker News Daily Weekly Update! I’m your host, Sean Gibson, and I’ll be recapping the biggest headlines in the world of poker. Let’s get right to it. Our first story rocks the world of internet poker as Doyle Brunson’s sponsored site Doyles Room announced they are leaving… Read more »
On Thursday night, Alexander Kuzmin came away with the title in the Southern Poker Championship, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). He lodged a payday worth $601,000 after a 222-hand final table. One-time tournament chip leader and two-time bracelet winner Ryan Hughes was the first casualty of the six-handed finale, which was staged… Read more »
Even if you are exclusively an online poker player, there is still nothing quite like playing live, especially when it comes to tournaments. It can be an exhilarating feeling when you first touch the cards and stack your chips. But there are more differences between live tournaments and online tournaments than just the equipment. Here… Read more »
Shareholders of Party Gaming and bwin Interactive Entertainment voted on Friday to approve the merger of their two companies, forming the largest online gaming business in the world. The new company will operate with its existing brands under the name bwin.party Digital Entertainment plc in which current bwin shareholders will hold a 51.6% stake, while… Read more »
On Thursday evening, the sixth running of the UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) continued with some fun for its players. Top models and Playboy centerfolds joined several Team UB pros for Event #25, a special Centerfold Bounty tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $75,000. On hand for the event were Team UB pros Joe Sebok,… Read more »
Today marks a new chapter for the USA-friendly online poker site DoylesRoom. Effective immediately, DoylesRoom is jumping ship from the Cake Poker Network to the Yatahay Poker Network, the latter of which features True Poker and BetCRIS as its flagship sites. A press release distributed by DoylesRoom on Friday morning noted that the move to… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel won the largest buy-in tournament in poker history late Thursday night at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame took down a prize of AUD $2.5 million for winning the Aussie Millions Super High Roller event, which sported a hard-hitting field… Read more »
In nine seasons of the World Poker Tour (WPT), no player has ever won the same tournament twice. Come tonight, the curse may be broken, as 2009 Southern Poker Championship winner Allen Carter owns the second largest stack entering the final table of the 2011 installment. Carter and five other players remain in the hunt… Read more »
A $320 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Ante from the Start event (#24) was the highlight of Wednesday’s action in the sixth UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. A two-way chop ended matters and BKQZBXT walked away with $34,000 in cash for the win. HAMAZRIYA3 served as his chopping partner and second place was worth $28,000.… Read more »
Caesars Entertainment released the schedule of events for the 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) earlier this week. The schedule was revamped to 58 bracelet events with several all-new tournaments and scheduling modifications. Among the major changes made to the 2011 WSOP schedule was the addition of a $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship.… Read more »
For those in the poker community who have been waiting for the next clash in Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s SuperStar Showdown series on PokerStars, Sunday will be a day to mark on the calendar, as he will take on Dan “w00ki3z” Cates. According to the PokerStars Blog, the next edition of the SuperStar Showdown will feature… Read more »
Joe Hachem joins us from a cocktail party in Las Vegas and briefly discusses topics on his home country of Australia and what it is to be a member of Team PokerStars Pro. In addition, he comments about welcoming Vanessa Selbst and David Williams to the team. When we asked Hachem, who won the World… Read more »
Although Arizona’s Ryan Hughes is the leader in the clubhouse after Day 3 of the Southern Poker Championship, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), all eyes are on two former winners. Allen “AawwNutz” Carter, who won this event two years ago, has a stack of 530,000, about half of Hughes’ mammoth tally of… Read more »
Two poker players were among three Melbourne, Australia men who appeared in court on Tuesday facing drug charges. David “zanderfish” Saab, Robert “remo_04” Reemeus, and Darren Hughes remain in custody and have not applied for bail. According to authorities, Saab and Reemeus attempted to smuggle 21 kilograms, or just over 46 pounds, of cocaine into… Read more »
A field of 568 players turned out for Event #20 of the ongoing UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) on Tuesday night, a $215 Sniper No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack contest. In the end, a two-way chop between SANDMAN201 and TCB21 occurred, with the finalists walking away with $22,000 and $18,000, respectively. The top 54 players finished… Read more »
