PokerStars announced Tuesday that its new site, PokerStars.eu, is now live for all players in Sweden and Finland. The site, while fundamentally the same as PokerStars.com, is expected to augment the poker experience for players in both countries as well as other European nations that will gain access to it in the future. PokerStars.eu was… Read more »
Gigi Gagne will attempt to make poker history Tuesday as she aims to become the first woman to win an open Main Event on the World Poker Tour (WPT). Gagne is currently the chip leader heading into the six-handed final table of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, lording over an impressive… Read more »
Most of the United States has been going through a bit of a cold snap the last few days. Hollywood, Florida is one of the few exceptions, with the daytime high Sunday still a wonderful 61 degrees. It was similarly toasty inside the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Hotel as the field of the World… Read more »
Around the noon hour EST on Thursday, players logging on to one of the many skins of the Everleaf Gaming Network were greeted with a pop-up detailing the updated Terms and Conditions of the network. To the shock of those who actually read through them, it appeared that residents of the United States were now… Read more »
In a story that has been brewing since last September, the Nevada Gaming Control Board has stepped in to settle a dispute between the fledgling Epic Poker League and poker player Michael DiVita – albeit not through the tournament organization itself. As reported by QuadJacks.com, the NGCB mediated the argument between the EPL and DiVita… Read more »
After two Day Ones to begin the weekend, the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood, Florida, will enter into Day 2 on Sunday with 112 players still in contention for the championship. Day 1B played out on Saturday after 125 players showed up on Day 1A for play. With… Read more »
In a stunning late afternoon announcement on Friday, the famed equine organization Churchill Downs, Inc., announced the purchase of the entirety of the Bluff Media organization’s United States properties. Although terms of the sale were not disclosed, the purchase by Churchill Downs, a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the tag “CHDN,”… Read more »
The first of two Day Ones is in the books for the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood, Florida, with a cozy starting field that should get larger after Saturday’s play. 125 players stepped up on Day 1A, putting up their $3500 buy in for this non-televised event and,… Read more »
Battling through a twelve hour final table – as well as the uber-aggressive opponents surrounding him – Russia’s Rinat Bogdanov emerged as the champion of the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix early Saturday morning (Venice time). When the final six men came to the table on Friday afternoon, Italy’s very own Andrea Dato held… Read more »
It is going to be a short day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Grand Prix on Thursday. If this wasn’t the World Poker Tour, the nine players remaining might be going to bed mentally preparing for Day 4’s final table action. But this is, in fact, the WPT, and final tables here are… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu is in a zone. But this is no hot streak at the poker tables. Oh, no. Daniel Negreanu is all sorts of fired up about Full Tilt Poker. You may remember our article from last week about the mini-controversy surrounding his interview with Poker Player UK. Negreanu covered several topics in the interview… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is visiting Venice in this week, its second stop in the beautiful Italian city in less than two months. This time, it’s for the WPT Venice Grand Prix, held at Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi, the same venue as December’s WPT Venice. After two days, 27 players remain and… Read more »
British pop music icon Robbie Williams recently launched a beta version of a play-for-fun online poker room bearing his name, giving fans an opportunity to test their skills and win “Robbie”-related prizes in the process. Despite the fact that no real money deposits are required to play, Williams is already taking heat from up on… Read more »
Paul Guichard and Vadzim Kursevich began final table play in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event very close in chips – Guichard had a 5.955 million to 5.670 million chip lead – and fittingly, it was these same two players who ended up battling it out at the end. After a short but… Read more »
Just three tables were filled with players as the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event headed into its fifth day Sunday. While all 24 players seated were guaranteed at least €23,000, much more was just a few hours away, if they could survive that long. Those three tables had been trimmed to one by… Read more »
After several months of analysis and debate, a bill that would legalize and regulate online poker in the state of Iowa could come to the General Assembly as soon as this month, but the battle may just be starting in the Hawkeye State. An article on IowaPolitics.com written by Lynn Campbell points out the two… Read more »
After four days of play at the Casino Barriere, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano surged to the lead of the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, with 24 players remaining. 54 players came to the felt on Saturday, looking to whittle the field down to the final three tables. Leading the pack was Samphane… Read more »
In a recent interview with a British poker magazine, Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu appeared to fan several of the hottest flames in poker. Once the article appeared, however, Negreanu claimed that there were several instances where he was “misquoted” by the author. The interview with Poker Player UK, written by Alun Bowden and entitled… Read more »
While 2010 World Champion Jonathan Duhamel may have had a rough end to 2011, he seems to have recovered nicely through the first few weeks of 2012. According to reports in the Canadian press, the Longueuil Police Department has recovered roughly half of the money that was stolen from Duhamel during a brazen robbery just… Read more »
Day Two at the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, has come to a close with one of the brighter emerging stars in the poker world, Martins Adeniya, seizing the lead at the end of play on Thursday. After two Day Ones, the field numbered 889 players, of which 546 came back on Thursday… Read more »
According to reports from the Los Angeles Times, ESPN poker commentator Norman Chad – whose sense of humor is well known to the poker community – was chastised by a California Superior Court judge for using that sense of humor over Twitter. In an article written by the Times’ Kimi Yoshino, Chad was called in… Read more »
As they prepare to open their 2012 season on the high banks of the Daytona International Speedway, stock car racing’s biggest names, as well as one of poker’s biggest stars, will come together for a charity poker event later this month. On February 22 (four days before the 2012 Daytona 500), a charity poker tournament… Read more »
Caesars Entertainment Corporation released the official schedule for the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) today, proudly listing a lineup of 61 bracelet events across 50 days. The festival kicks off Sunday, May 27th with the traditional opening tournament, the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em event, with the first open bracelet event, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em,… Read more »
UPDATE: The WSOP was a complete tease with its tweet saying that the November Nine was not returning this year. While technically true, the Main Event final table is simply being moved up to October 28th through October 30th because the U.S. Presidential Election is taking place for the first Tuesday in November. Complete details… Read more »
From one beach to another. The Bahamas to the “Parisian Riviera.” It has been over two weeks since the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure adjourned, but now it is time for the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) Deauville stop. The Casino Barriere at The Deauville International Centre is the destination this week, as EPT Deauville kicked off Tuesday… Read more »
