Finishing off a battle that had been brewing throughout the tournament, France’s Ludovic Lacay emerged as the champion of the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy on Thursday night, defeating Canada’s Jason Lavallee in the process. The eight men who would determine the champion in this event came to the felt on Thursday… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. The online poker industry – even though it doesn’t seem this way – is still in its infancy in the gambling world. In its short decade-plus existence, however, there have been a litany of persons who… Read more »
Today is the final day of the European Poker Tour stop at the Casino San Remo in Italy, and the final eight men lined up to vie for the title today should provide for an exciting climax to the second stop of the EPT’s Season Nine schedule. On Wednesday, the final 24 players stepped to… Read more »
If you want the perfect definition of a “baller,” witness the following quote from Phil Ivey’s mother, Pamela, upon being asked about the £7.3 million ($11.7 million) in winnings that a London casino is reportedly withholding from the poker superstar: “He never mentioned it. It can’t have been very important to him, or I think… Read more »
It was a relatively short day Tuesday at the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event as it took just over five levels to weed out 42 players to narrow the field to the final three tables. Leading the remaining 24 players is Ireland’s Jason Tompkins with 2.423 million chips. He and the… Read more »
It is all systems go now for Full Tilt Poker’s resurrection. Today, the Rational Group, operator of both Full Tilt and PokerStars, announced that the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission has granted Full Tilt Poker an online gaming license. News like this would have been unheard of earlier this year, as Full Tilt Poker… Read more »
Well, that’s something you don’t see every day. Inge Forsmo, the chip leader at the end of Day 2 at the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, was also the chip leader at the end of Day 3. And he didn’t just barely hang on to the lead or anything; he moved… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event has come and gone and of the 430 players who began the first day of the tournament with a combined field, just 152 made it to Monday. Breaking away from the pack late in the day was Norway’s Inge Forsmo who finished… Read more »
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy, is in the books with several familiar faces atop the leaderboard. After 320 players crowded into the Casino San Remo for the Day 1A proceedings, it was natural to expect that there would be an even bigger influx on Saturday. That proved to… Read more »
Fresh off the finale of the World Series of Poker Europe, poker’s international vagabonds have traipsed from Cannes, France, to San Remo, Italy, for the second Main Event on the European Poker Tour’s Season Nine schedule. The Casino San Remo was filled with players looking to take down what has traditionally been one of the… Read more »
While he campaigns for re-election to the next Congress, Texas Representative Joe Barton is facing calls from his constituents to drop his proposed legislation that would help to bring a regulated online poker market to the United States. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Anna Tinsley, the anti-gambling group Stop Predatory Gambling’s representative in the… Read more »
Although it might have been lost amid the clamor over Phil Hellmuth extending his record with his thirteenth bracelet win in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event, Canada’s Mike “SirWatts” Watson had a nice evening in Cannes himself last night in winning the €50,000 Majestic High Roller. 51 players gathered earlier this… Read more »
After several months of battle across the state and in its legislature, the Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down the proposed constitutional amendment referendum started by poker player/political consultant Nancy Todd that would have let the citizens of the state decide on a casino measure. Motions filed by both Todd and the Arkansas Racing Alliance… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth‘s going to have to add another finger to his promotional materials. History was made tonight – or extended, depending on your viewpoint – as 1989 World Champion Phil Hellmuth captured Bracelet #13 in defeating Sergii Baranov to take down the victory at the World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event in Cannes, France.… Read more »
The move in the halls of Congress for the federal regulation of online poker has its opponents. Indian gaming officials aren’t happy with it, as are individual Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle for a variety of reasons. According to a report from Washington, D. C., there’s new opposition that could be… Read more »
Chad Elie, a former online poker payment processor and one of eleven people named in the infamous Black Friday indictment was sentenced to five months in prison Wednesday by a judge in a Manhattan federal court. Elie had previously pled guilty to a single charge of bank fraud back in March 2012. Elie served as… Read more »
A month before its re-launch, Full Tilt Poker has announced that Gus Hansen has been chosen as the first ambassador for the beleaguered online poker room. More “international pros” will be brought on board, but it is Hansen who will be the face of Full Tilt Poker. This will be Gus Hansen’s second tour of… Read more »
The money bubble burst Tuesday at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Tuesday as the field was narrowed from 77 players to just 24. Leading the final three tables is 2010 November Niner Joseph “subiime” Cheong, who started Day 2 in 9th place. He goes into Day 3 with 1.381 million chips,… Read more »
The population of Cannes, France is dwindling. A total of 230 players from the combined Days 1A and 1B hit the felts on Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Main Event Monday and at the end of the night, there were just 77 left with chips. The Ukraine’s Sergii Baranov enters… Read more »
Let’s give this another try. Just over three months since bwin.party’s deal to sell its Ongame Network fell through, it is back on the horse and inking another agreement. On Monday, the online gaming giant announced that it is selling Ongame to Amaya Gaming Group Inc for up to €25 million ($32.2 million). According to… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Championship Event is in the books in Cannes, France, with 205 players paying the €10,450 to get in on the action on Sunday. 115 of them survived to play in today’s Day 2 and will combine with the exact same number of players from Day… Read more »
