2010 ended with a thud for online poker players in the United States. There was a great deal of anticipation over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attempt to push an online poker bill through before Congress adjourned for the year, but to the dismay of many, nothing ever came of it. To others, the bill… Read more »
A new online poker room is set to launch a revolutionary concept that could help prevent players from going on tilt. No Bad Beats Poker this week announced the upcoming launch of its premier gaming concept designed to protect players from bad beats, suckouts, and bad luck. The patent-pending feature is scheduled for beta release… Read more »
On Thursday night, the final eight-man table was determined in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. Online poker pro Chris “Gettin Daize” Oliver will hold over 40% of the chips in play when the action picks back up on Saturday afternoon. He has lead nearly wire-to-wire in the $10,000 buy-in poker tournament and… Read more »
On Saturday, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event final table will play out from the sunny Bahamas. If you’re stuck at home, however, you can still follow the action on a one-hour delay complete with hole cards. The festivities begin at 5:00pm ET on ESPN3.com and 10:00pm ET on ESPN2 featuring commentary from players… Read more »
This week, it was officially announced that 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has joined Team PokerStars Pro. In an announcement on the PokerStars blog, Duhamel was welcomed to the Team PokerStars Pro lineup: “Though you might have assumed so by now, this morning PokerStars made it official: Duhamel, the… Read more »
This week, “The Showdown” with Jon Friedberg welcomes six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Layne Flack. Nicknamed “Back-to-Back,” Flack is one of the longtime veterans of the poker industry and captured his first bracelet 12 years ago in a $3,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event. UB.com sponsors “The Showdown,” which is released exclusively here… Read more »
The multi-accounting accusations never seem to end in the world of online poker. This week, it is high-stakes cash game player Jay “KRANTZ” Rosenkrantz under fire from the poker community. Rosenkrantz, who starred in G4’s online poker series “2 Months, $2 Million,” was the focus of a post by TwoPlusTwo member “CrazyMan1122,” who suggested that… Read more »
The lone woman remaining in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event is its chip leader after four days of play. Spain’s Ana Marquez built a stack of 3.8 million on Wednesday to lead the way, although she only edges out 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker by 40,000.… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker site, added another innovative feature to its software this week. The poker room known for pioneering Rush Poker and Cashout Tournaments has introduced Multi-Entry Tournaments, which will allow players to enter the same tournament multiple times. Go ahead and get the Sorel Mizzi jokes out of… Read more »
CardRunners instructor Pokey instructs on the principles of Expected Value, otherwise known as EV. Official CardRunners Teaser: In this, the first episode of his new series, Pokey explains the basics about Expected Value (EV) calculations. What is EV? Why is it important? How can it help you play better poker? He works through a few… Read more »
Online poker player Chris “Gettin Daize” Oliver, a former #1 player in the PocketFives.com Rankings, leads the way after Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. The tournament, emanating from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in the Bahamas, will crown its champion on Saturday. Oliver built a stack of 3.6 million… Read more »
Carbon Poker is in the midst of its month-long Super Money Tree promotion, giving players the opportunity to win virtually unlimited amounts of cash. While January is almost two weeks old, there is still time for those who have yet to play this month to qualify for the highest prize levels. At the lowest level… Read more »
This week’s guest is six time WSOP champion Layne Flack, the discussion from both Jon Friedberg and your twitter posts about the now-dead Reid bill, and last but not least we’ll be talking about UB.com’s huge changes to their roster. Click Here for The Showdown, Episode 2 – Part 2. Remember that The Showdown is… Read more »
The conversation continues with Layne Flack in the second part of this episode of The Showdown. Friedberg had asked Flack about his former wild reputation, especially when he had been drinking while playing poker. This is The Showdown, Episode 2 – Part 2. In case you missed it, click here for The Showdown, Episode 2… Read more »
The Australian domain name Poker.com.au recently sold for the sum of $100,000, but according to an expert interviewed by SmartCompany.com.au, if it weren’t for the country’s legal environment, it would have gone for much more. The Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 makes it illegal, among other things, to offer online gaming services to residents of… Read more »
PokerStars recently unveiled its Home Games section at its dot-net site. The new promotion allows users to set up their own home game network for play between friends. This option is currently available only on the free play segment of the PokerStars empire, but it is expected to become a part of the dot-com software… Read more »
Monday marked a historic day for the internet gambling industry in the United States. A bill introduced by State Senator Raymond Lesniak cleared the New Jersey Assembly by a comfortable 63-11 margin, with three lawmakers abstaining. Recently, it was approved in the New Jersey Senate by a 34-2 vote, or a 17:1 edge. Now, it… Read more »
On Monday, the field of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event convened under one roof for the start of Day 2. When the smoke cleared, the group of 645 was trimmed all the way down to 173. Adam Geyer leads the way after two days of play with a stack of 909,000. He’s… Read more »
For the first time in recent memory, the members of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine will reunite under one roof at the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge on February 8th. The gathering will take the form of a three-table, 27-man tournament featuring Foxwoods qualifiers and members of the 2010 WSOP November Nine. Jonathan… Read more »
Seemingly lost amid the furor over the announcement that Viktor Blom was Isildur1, Canadian poker pro Peter Jetten announced over the weekend that he had signed a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker. The announcement came on Sunday prior to Jetten taking the felt at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event through Jetten’s Twitter feed… Read more »
Monday marks Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event in the Bahamas. Yesterday, 913 players turned out for Day 1B of the $10,000 buy-in poker tournament to create the largest PCA Main Event field ever at 1,560 entrants. A top prize of $2.3 million is up for grabs and 232 players… Read more »
Foxwoods Casino will be hosting a reunion of the 2010 WSOP November Nine this coming February at the Mega Stack Challenge, which kicks off on Friday, February 4th and runs through Saturday, February 13th, 2011. Foxwoods Casino spokesperson and ESPN personality Bernard Lee breaks the news on our news maker hotline exclusively at Poker News… Read more »
“Waiting for this is like waiting for a movie you already know the ending to.” That’s how one TwoPlusTwo poster expressed his feelings in the moments before Isildur1 revealed his true identity on Saturday evening at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. The mysterious Swede who completely changed the dynamic of the high-stakes cash tables… Read more »
Last year, a field of 1,529 players turned out to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) for its signature Main Event, a $10,000 buy-in poker tournament at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in the Bahamas. This year, a field of 647 poker hopefuls turned out for Day 1A of the Main Event on Saturday, with a… Read more »
It was a win-win for the final two players in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Event at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Eugene Katchalov came away with the win and collected a grand prize of $1.5 million, while Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu earned $1 million for second place and passed Phil… Read more »
