The final table is upon us at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic, as the field was trimmed from 18 to the final six at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday. Yesterday’s starting chip leader, Noah Schwartz is still alive, and while his 3.835 million chips puts him in a great spot, the chip… Read more »
Look at the bright side, Bodog. Your week can only get better from here…hopefully. Just a day after the U.S. Department of Homeland security seized the domain name Bodog.com, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland unsealed an indictment against Bodog founder Calvin Ayre and three other men, charging them with operating an… Read more »
It’s getting down to it now at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Day 3 started with 54 players remaining, all already in the money, and after a relatively snug 9 hours, just 18 players still had chips in front of them. Two tables left. And leading the quest for the final table… Read more »
If you thought the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was done nabbing online poker websites after it seized the domains AbsolutePoker.com, FullTiltPoker.com, and PokerStars.com on Black Friday and then others such as TruePoker.com and DoylesRoom.com the following month, you were just a little bit off. Despite the fact that there are barely any… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event wrapped up over the weekend with the 22-year old Dane Mickey Petersen taking the crown to the tune of 2,515,000 kroner or $444,595. Petersen bested the 70+ year-old Pierre Neuville during the heads-up portion of the final table. Neuville, nicknamed “Serial EPT Qualifier,” as this was his… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic hit the halfway point last night and with three days down and three to go, Virginia’s Tuan Phan leads the remaining field of 54 players. Phan was the first player to eclipse the million chip mark and with 1.14 million bagged and tagged, he is still the… Read more »
The first day of play is in the books at the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic, with a sizeable field coming out for their shot at the latest championship for the WPT’s Season Ten. When the bell rang for the start of action on Friday, 389 players were in their seats with late… Read more »
In what would prove to be a short day at the Casino Copenhagen, the European Poker Tour’s Main Event has determined its final table. 24 men came back on Friday to decide who would be the eight contenders who would vie for the most recent title on the EPT. Leading the way was veteran Team… Read more »
As its tenth season drives towards the final few tournaments of its schedule, poker players from around the world are descending on the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles for the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic Main Event, one of the most highly prized jewels of the WPT schedule. The stop at the Commerce… Read more »
The European Poker Tour’s stop in Copenhagen, Denmark is entering into the homestretch, with a well-respected Belgian at the top of the leaderboard. 72 players came back on Thursday to whittle the field down to the final 24 contenders. Heading the field at the start of the day was Team LockPro Elite member Melanie Weisner,… Read more »
Reports out of Iowa this morning are confirming that a bill that would legalize and regulate online poker in the state has passed through a Senate subcommittee. On Wednesday night, the Senate State Government Committee met to discuss the issue of online poker, both on the internet and through smartphones. There was a good deal… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. It’s going on six months now since Full Tilt Poker, the former number two site in the online poker industry, had its license revoked by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, almost nine months since the news… Read more »
It is not exactly a true happy ending, but to this point, it would probably be hard for Jonathan Duhamel to want much more after the frightening pre-Christmas incident that saw him robbed and beaten in his own home. Last Wednesday, the most prized item swiped in the break-in, Duhamel’s 2010 World Series of Poker… Read more »
Things certainly picked up Tuesday at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event. Monday’s Day 1A, with just 83 players showing up, looked like your local casino’s Thursday nooner. Fortunately, Day 1B resembled the EPT tournament that it should be, as 216 runners sat down at the tables at the SAS Radisson Hotel to… Read more »
The poker room at the Casino Copenhagen would not have been mistaken for Grand Central Station Monday, but that doesn’t mean things won’t eventually get hopping. Just 83 players paid the 35,000 + 2,250 Danish kroner (approximately $6,200 + $400 U.S. dollars) to play in Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main… Read more »
If you were in the poker room at the Sheraton WTC São Paulo on Monday and stepped out for a few moments, you might have missed the entire final table of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final. In one of the shortest final tables one will ever see in a major event, Germany’s… Read more »
American casino equipment manufacturer Shuffle Master is expected to purchase the Ongame Network from online gaming giant bwin.party, according to a report by the UK’s The Sunday Times. The move is likely being made by Shuffle Master as a way to position itself when and if online poker is legalized and regulated in the United… Read more »
The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final narrowed its field down to the final table Sunday as just eight players remain out of the original 367. With a buy-in of R$3,700 or about USD $2,155, the total prize pool amounts to USD $1,343,100, with R$324,600 going to the winner. Leading the finalists in Sao… Read more »
The attorney in charge of prosecuting a poker bust in Illinois has decided to drop the charges against nearly all of the participants in the game, releasing eleven people but deciding to push misdemeanor charges against the two alleged ringleaders. Acting on complaints in January, Champaign police conducted what was stated at the time a… Read more »
According to one of the most respected gaming reporters in the business, federal legislation that would regulate and legalize the online poker industry in the United States is more than likely shut down until 2013 at the earliest. On his Twitter account Friday afternoon, Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Howard Stutz chirped to his readers, “One… Read more »
While he continues what is the biggest battle of his life, the poker community will come together once again this Sunday for two benefit tournaments to raise money to benefit legendary Scandinavian poker professional Thor Hansen. Hansen, considered by many in his native Norway to be the “Godfather” of Scandinavian poker, was diagnosed with cancer… Read more »
In issuing its first ever financial report as a public company on Tuesday, Zynga Inc. announced their first ever loss for the fourth quarter of 2011 while the company entertains ideas about entering into the online gambling market. The company behind Zynga Poker, the largest poker site in the world with 35 million monthly active… Read more »
After a hectic first six weeks of 2012, the Global Poker Index has seen a change in the lead while introducing a new ranking system that will crown a GPI Player of the Year. On the overall GPI, which ranks the top 300 tournament poker players, Jason Mercier has been able to overtake former leader… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, is now giving people an opportunity to play in even more locations around the world. Well, not quite “around the world,” but at least in the United Kingdom. Residents of the UK (except Northern Island) and the Isle of Man can now play their favorite poker games on… Read more »
The story going into the final day of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open yesterday was the possibility of history in the making, as the chip leader, Gigi Gagne, was in position to become the first female ever to win an open WPT Main Event. In the end, though,… Read more »
