After an excellent run in January, Full Tilt Poker is bringing back Double Guarantees Week for a new slate of tournaments. Beginning on March 28th, Full Tilt Poker will be at the epicenter of the online poker world. As in January, every guaranteed tournament until April 3rd will be worth twice its normal guarantee. While… Read more »
A rather quiet episode of “High Stakes Poker” aired on GSN last night. The cash game series, which broadcasts new episodes every Saturday night at 8:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET, features hosts Norm Macdonald and PartyPoker pro Kara Scott, the latter of whom conducts interviews from show’s set at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. PokerStars… Read more »
According to a report by the Las Vegas Journal Review last week, PokerStars has hired former Nevada Gaming Control Board member Randall Sayre as a consultant. The move came just a week after an internet gaming bill was introduced in the Nevada legislature which, if approved, would force the Gaming Commission to create regulations allowing… Read more »
The inaugural Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada recently concluded and I must say it exceeded my expectations in every way. How did this event come about? About a year ago, LIPS founder Lupe Soto, Jan Fisher, and I began discussing the need for a lavish ladies… Read more »
The 2011 Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), wrapped up on Friday with Alan Sternberg taking down the title. Sternberg, a satellite winner, banked over a million dollars and bested one of the toughest final tables of Season IX of the WPT. Sternberg entered the final table second… Read more »
The Florida Senate Regulated Industries Committee, composed of seven Republicans and five Democrats, met yesterday to debate two issues with intrinsic ties to poker, both live and online. According to an article in the St. Augustine Record, the two issues could ignite debate about the role of gaming inside Florida’s borders. The first subject raised… Read more »
I was perusing the various poker message boards this week and saw a topic I found intriguing. A new player asked the following question: “Honestly: is it wrong to play without Holdem Manager or PokerTracker?” Both are fantastic tools. They help you get reads on your opponents during the game, plug leaks in between sessions,… Read more »
Jason Senti rejoins us and talks about life after the November Nine and how poker is going for him in 2011. Senti recently participated in a November Nine reunion tournament at Foxwoods Casino. As rumor has it, some of the final table members from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have become genuine… Read more »
For the first time ever, World Poker Tour (WPT) host Mike Sexton reached the final table of an open event. Sexton will headline the Bay 101 Shooting Star final six today, although he is the low man on the totem pole entering the finale at 363,000 in chips, or just 18 big blinds. Sexton acknowledged… Read more »
In a day that featured the tip-off of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, lawmakers on Capitol Hill stole the show. Dominating wins by Pittsburgh and San Diego State and disheartening losses by Louisville and Vanderbilt were overshadowed by Congressmen John Campbell (R-CA) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introducing the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and… Read more »
If you’re a professional gambler, we have news that will get your blood pumping. According to a recent article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a leading poker tax authority, professional gamblers can now deduct business expenses, even in the event of an overall loss. Now, out of pocket expenses like driving to and from… Read more »
Party Gaming and bwin announced on Tuesday that their proposed merger is expected to be completed on Thursday, March 31 after the Vienna Commercial Court formally entered the merger into the companies’ register this week. The merger, which would create the world’s largest gambling company under the name bwin.party Digital Entertainment plc, is still subject… Read more »
After a highly successful inaugural event last year, Phil Hellmuth and Robert Williamson III will once again join forces in Kentucky for a charity poker tournament in May. Last year, the first ever Derby Poker Championship was held two days prior to the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby. Hellmuth and Williamson, along with fellow… Read more »
Twenty-four players are left standing in the Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). With four tables in action on Thursday, Joris Springael leads the way with nearly 1.5 million in chips and is one of three players to cross the seven-figure chip mark. Full Tilt Poker pro and… Read more »
LearnedFromTV conducts this training about Pot Limit Omaha post-flop theory, courtesy of CardRunners. To watch more videos from CardRunners, try out the site with a 7 day trial. You’ll find poker videos for all games and stakes, ranging from micro stakes Sit n Go’s to mid-stakes full ring No Limit Hold’em to nosebleed Pot Limit… Read more »
Drama seems to follow Prahlad Friedman wherever he goes. Just months after his latest spectacle – signing a sponsorship with UB.com – Friedman called out two of the top players in the game for account sharing against him during several online sessions. Friedman brought the situation to light on Twitter late last week, accusing Isaac… Read more »
On Thursday, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the poker industry’s main lobbying voice for players, will spend seven hours lobbying members of Washington State’s legislature in Olympia. The goal is to convince officials to overturn a law that makes playing online poker in Washington State a Class C felony. Text from a press release sent… Read more »
This week, Full Tilt Poker announced the launch of its new Onyx Cup, which consists of six live high-stakes tournaments to be held at locations around the world. With buy-ins starting at $100,000 for each event, the Onyx Cup promises to be a showcase of the top players in the world. When the initial announcement… Read more »
After two starting days in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament, Chris Trapani leads the way with a stack of 197,900. Needless to say, the week has been an emotional roller coaster for Trapani, who gave a eulogy to his father, Marko, prior to the start of play on Day 1A.… Read more »
This week, “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg,” which can be found exclusively on Poker News Daily, welcomes heads-up cash game star Dan “jungleman12” Cates. The Durrrr Challenge competitor hasn’t done many mainstream interviews, so we’re thrilled that he agreed to join “The Showdown,” which is released every Tuesday on Poker News Daily. If you enjoy… Read more »
It’s not every day that poker garners the attention of the mainstream media. On Monday, the New York Times published a rare online poker article focusing on the proliferation of bots. For those of you new to the game, “bots,” short for “robots,” are computer programs designed to play poker automatically at the virtual tables.… Read more »
Top online and live poker pro Adam “Roothlus” Levy has inked a new deal with his sponsor of the last two years, UB.com. In an announcement yesterday from the CEREUS Network, the home of UB.com and its sister site Absolute Poker, Levy agreed to continue a partnership that has been very successful for both sides… Read more »
The Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), began on Monday afternoon in San Jose, California with 142 players. When the drama ended for the evening, just 66 remained with Day 1B looming on the horizon today. Each Shooting Star had a $5,000 bounty on their head and the… Read more »
This week’s guest on The Showdown is jungleman12, otherwise known as Dan Cates, who is currently taking on Tom Dwan in the DurrrrChallenge and has a big lead. The Showdown is sponsored by UB.com and if you haven’t checked it out already, sign up at UB.com using the special promo code “UBPND”. There is no… Read more »
The Showdown Episode 11 continues with Dan Cates, otherwise known as jungleman12 in the online poker world. This is Part 2 of Episode 11. If you haven’t already seen it yet, be sure to watch The Showdown – Episode 11, Part 1. The show is sponsored by UB.com, so if you haven’t signed up for… Read more »
