The €8,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour concluded Saturday after a two-month break and just as he entered the final table with the chip lead, Nottingham, England’s Sam Trickett finished the tournament on top. For his win in the 579-player event at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France, Trickett won… Read more »
The game of poker is used by people for many things. For many, it is the way they make their living. For some, it is a way to pass the time with friends. Over the next week in New York City, however, the game of poker will be used for something else…as social commentary. Articles… Read more »
Later this week, the International Federation of Poker will put on its inaugural event, the Nations’ Cup, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, and feature top players from around the world battling in a unique format. Eleven of the twelve teams that will play in the Nations’ Cup beginning on November 17… Read more »
Late this week, two prominent members of the gaming community – one of the top gaming lawyers in the United States and the CEO of one of the major players in the worldwide casino industry – offered differing opinions on the future of legislation that would bring a regulated online poker industry to American players.… Read more »
After a fairly positive hearing at the end of October, a House of Representatives subcommittee will meet again next week to discuss online gambling and poker and any potential legislation. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and its chairperson, Rep. Mary Bono-Mack of California, have scheduled more hearings on the issue of internet… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. The 2011 World Series of Poker was certainly one for the history books. With the ominous cloud of “Black Friday” hanging over the opening of the proceedings, the WSOP proved to be the venerable institution that… Read more »
2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Raymer was in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, testifying in what would eventually be a failed attempt to overturn laws in Portsmouth, VA, and across the state that make poker “halls” illegal. According to an article by Dave Forster in The Virginian-Pilot, the lawsuit concerned Charles… Read more »
ESPN.com recently unveiled its October poker player rankings, affectionately dubbed “The Nuts.” The top ten list attempts to determine who the best players in the world are at the moment, based on recent accomplishments. This materially differs from other lists people might make because of the “what have you done for me lately” aspect of… Read more »
It all came down to Tuesday night. Three men – Germany’s Pius Heinz, America’s Ben Lamb, and the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko – returned to the Rio to determine who would be the next poker legend, who would be the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. It looked like Pius Heinz’s bracelet… Read more »
This year wasn’t the greatest, to say the least, for PokerStars. Despite coming out relatively clean so far (repeat: so far) from Black Friday, at least compared to Absolute Poker and Full Tilt Poker, the U.S. Department of Justice indictment and subsequent loss of revenue from the United States could not have made those working… Read more »
All the attention during the beginning of this week may be on the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, but let’s not forget there are other major tournaments going on all over the world. One of them, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Amneville stop, concluded over the weekend. The €3200… Read more »
Sunday was the day the poker world had been waiting for almost four months. The 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event resumed after its break in July as the November Nine got together to battle it out for millions of dollars. Play began at 3:30pm ET and was scheduled to go until three… Read more »
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal focuses on the efforts of one of poker’s most respected authors, Anthony Holden, as he attempts to change the public’s perspective on the game of poker. Holden, who wrote the seminal poker book “Big Deal: A Year As A Professional Poker Player” and its follow-up “Bigger Deal,”… Read more »
After four long months of waiting, building the suspense to palpable levels, the 2011 World Series of Poker Championship Event “November Nine” will step to the felt this afternoon (for most of the world) to begin to determine the World Champion. Set to kick off this morning at 11:30AM (Pacific Standard Time) at the Penn… Read more »
The U. S. Department of Justice filed documents yesterday in response to arguments from two of the accused bankers in the “Black Friday” indictments, giving some insights into how the federal government will be prosecuting the case. The response, a 51 page document filed on Friday in response to the pre-trial motions to dismiss charges… Read more »
It was announced this week that two of the major casino operations in the United States will join forces with the largest online gaming operation – if and/or when the United States can clarify its murky online gaming laws. On Monday, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corporation agreed to partner with the largest online… Read more »
PartyPoker, now the second largest poker room on the internet, is launching a new promotion next week, dubbed “World Domination.” In World Domination, the goal is to play at real money tables, collect “cities,” and win money along the way. Let’s see how it works. Starting midnight ET on November 7th, all players competing at… Read more »
It must be a good feeling to almost double your lifetime earnings in a week. That’s just what New York’s Daniel Santoro did, as he won the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals in what turned out to be a final table that was a tale of two halves. For the victory, Santoro… Read more »
The poker news site Subject: Poker reported Tuesday afternoon that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has come to an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) which will pave the way for GBT to continue the process of acquiring Full Tilt Poker. Most importantly, the deal should result Full Tilt customers being repaid the… Read more »
Day 5 of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals just goes to show that there are no givens in poker. One hand, one card, and everyone’s predictions can go flying out the window. Going into Monday’s abbreviated day of play, two players were clearly on the ropes, the prohibitive short stacks, but… Read more »
