The World Poker Tour has returned to the site of one of its big success stories from last year, the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown on the sunny coast of Hollywood, Florida, where David Nicholson has assumed the pole position over the field. Last year, the tournament – which came shortly after the stunning announcement of… Read more »
The 320 survivors from the two starting flights of European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin came together in a combined field for Day 2 on Wednesday, each looking to possibly show a profit for the tournament by night’s end. All 102 runners who bagged chips when play came to a close were happy, as they all… Read more »
With the demise of Full Tilt Poker and UB.com, there has been a bit of a void in the online poker tournament series space. PokerStars rules the roost, of course, with fantastic series such as the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). But without Full Tilt’s FTOPS… Read more »
With a crowd that was more than double the number of players of Day 1A, the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin Day 1B allowed the tournament to come oh so close to beating last year’s player totals. The 502 players on Tuesday added to the 243 on Monday made a total field of 745 runners,… Read more »
The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) annual tournament in Germany kicked off Monday with the first of two starting flights at EPT Berlin. Day 1A saw 243 people lay out the €5,000 + €300 required to participate and less than half – 110 – survived to tomorrow’s Day 2. Topping the leader board well ahead of… Read more »
The war between the world’s largest online poker room and one of the internet’s most popular data mining sites is coming to a head. PokerStars, after years of trying to get PokerTableRatings.com (PTR) to stop recording hands on its tables, is now taking legal action against the website. Lee Jones, PokerStars’ Head of Home Games,… Read more »
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, along with the World Series of Poker (WSOP), announced Thursday that this summer’s $1,000,000 buy-in WSOP event has added eight more entrants, increasing the field to a stout 30 players. The tournament, called the Big One for ONE DROP, is now on pace to feature the largest first prize… Read more »
Seemingly in control since he seized the chip lead on Day Two, Denmark’s Morten Christensen emerged Sunday evening as the champion of the World Poker Tour stop in Vienna, Austria. With 69 players, Christensen led the players to the felt on Friday with plenty of challenges facing him. Chris Moorman and Tristan Wade were in… Read more »
With the anniversary of the “Black Friday” indictments on the minds of many in the poker community, four poker players have continued the fight against Full Tilt Poker in filing a new lawsuit against the principles in a Nevada court. On Thursday, attorneys for four plaintiffs announced a new class action lawsuit aimed at recovering… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Exactly one year ago to this day, the online poker world in the United States changed in a flash. Like a thunderbolt from Zeus in the heavens above, millions of Americans opened up their particular favorite… Read more »
Day Two of the World Poker Tour stop in Vienna, Austria has come to a close with a Danish player atop the heap, although it isn’t one that immediately would come to mind. 179 of the original 396 player field gathered at the Montesino Casino in Vienna to continue the battle for the latest WPT… Read more »
With the glint of summer lurking just on the horizon, many poker fans might be looking for some literature that will entertain them while, at the same time, allow them to look inside the world of poker. For those that choose the fiction route, an effort from late last year might provide a reader with… Read more »
After a month layoff, the next World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event kicked off this week at the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria. The second of the two Day 1 flights wrapped up Wednesday with Darko Stojanovic holding a massive chip lead over the rest of the field. His 320,000 chips are over 50 percent… Read more »
Going into the final table of the PartyPoker Premier League V, many in the poker community were hoping the Mathew Frankland’s Cinderella story would continue for one more day. Frankland, one of two players in the field who had to qualify to get into the game, began Tuesday with the largest chip stack, a reward… Read more »
The 2012 Irish Open came to a close Monday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin as Kevin Vandersmissen came all the way back from the bottom of the pile to take the championship. Vandersmissen won €420,000 for his triumph in the longest running No-Limit Hold’em tournament in Europe. It was going to be a long… Read more »
The preliminary heats of the PartyPoker Premier League V have all been completed and the eight final table participants are now set at the Montesino Casino in Vienna. In what would have to be considered one of the bigger surprises in recent memory, qualifier Mathew Frankland was the top points earner in the prelims and… Read more »
PokerStars has finalized the schedule for the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), the fourth installment of the popular online tournament series. Created in 2009 as a sort of mid-year warmup for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the SCOOP is unique in that every event has three different buy-in levels (three separate… Read more »
The 2012 Irish Open final table was determined yesterday as just nine players remain out of the original 502 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Leading the way in the chase for the €420,000 first prize is Irishman Ian Simpson with just over 2 million chips, but nipping at his heels is Brit David “Dixie”… Read more »
Defying those that said it couldn’t happen, the money bubble popped during Day Two action at the 2012 Irish Poker Open as the field continues on to crowning its champion on Monday. 277 players returned for play on Saturday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin with the audacious task of bringing the field to a… Read more »
Day One of the 2012 Irish Poker Open is in the books, with Canada’s Samuel Chartier taking the honors of the chip lead over the sizeable field in Dublin. The tournament room at the Burlington Hotel was replete with the green colors of tournament sponsors PaddyPowerPoker as the cards hit the air on Friday afternoon.… Read more »
Over a protracted ten hour battle, British poker pro James “Flushy” Dempsey defeated fellow Brit David “Devilfish” Ulliott to take down the inaugural event for “iSeriesLIVE” early Friday morning. The innovative new experimental poker series, which is expected to feature different tournaments and top players in the game, debut its first event yesterday afternoon in… Read more »
With a slight lull in the tournament poker world prior to the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final, the World Poker Tour’s World Championship and the beginning of the World Series of Poker, the major Player of the Year races seem to have a bit of consensus as to who the best player has been to… Read more »
For some, the Easter holiday weekend is a time of reflection. But for those players who will be descending on Dublin, Ireland, this weekend, it is the time for the renewal of one of the classic events in the world of poker. The 2012 Irish Poker Open begins play tomorrow from the Burlington Hotel in… Read more »
The most expensive poker tournament of all-time just became a little bit more accessible. World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials announced Wednesday that casinos around the country will be holding satellites for The Big One for One Drop, the $1 million buy-in event to be held at this summer’s WSOP. Fourteen casinos are already onboard,… Read more »
They say that when there’s smoke, there’s fire, and the poker community is beginning to see more smoke coming from the direction of Full Tilt Poker. This week, a couple pieces of evidence have surfaced that point to the possibility of the re-opening of the once high-flying online poker room in the not-too-distant future. The… Read more »
