After arguably one of their best seasons of poker in their history, the Heartland Poker Tour isn’t sitting back on their laurels as they head into 2013. As they prepare to embark on their Season Nine schedule, the HPT is unveiling a host of changes that should only make one of the premiere “minor league”… Read more »
We have reached the penultimate day at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas as the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event has determined its final table. Jerry Wong will head the field as the final eight men step to the felt this afternoon to determine the champion of the event. 21 men came back on… Read more »
It was a short Friday of play at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event as the field took only six hours to whittle its way down to 21 players with Bulgaria’s Dimitar Danchev atop the table. 59 players came back yesterday, expecting to have a short day on the felt. PCA officials had decided… Read more »
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. Roughly two weeks from now, the rebirth of the National Heads Up Poker Championship will occur at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. After its one year hiatus in 2012 (brought about as an after-effect of “Black… Read more »
The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is working its way closer to its champion with a host of popular professionals all in pursuit of Patrick Kelly, who bagged up a neat 1.75 million chips by the end of action on Thursday. 166 players returned for action yesterday at the Atlantis Resort at Paradise Island… Read more »
In what will be the only outlet to give players in the United States an opportunity to get in on potentially one of the biggest tournaments of all time, Lock Poker has announced that they will be offering satellites for its players to earn their way into the International Stadiums Poker Tour event later this… Read more »
The “Battle in the Bahamas” raged onward yesterday as the Main Event of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure moved into its Day Two action on Wednesday. For the first time, the field came together as one, a full 500 strong from the original 987 player field, with Ashton Griffin heading the pack. By the end… Read more »
Scott Seiver made an improbable final table run in the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event Monday, advancing from a deep chip deficit to win the whole thing and over $2 million. David “Doc” Sands began the eight-handed final table with a gigantic chip lead, holding over… Read more »
Online gambling firm Betfair Group plc announced this week that it will be moving its online poker room from the Ongame Network to Playtech’s iPoker Network. Playtech said in a statement that Betfair will come onboard later this month and will transition to an exclusive arrangement in July. Betfair is making the move primarily because… Read more »
The first major event of the 2013 live poker tournament season got underway this week with the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. Both starting flights have been completed and it’s a close race for the top spot, with Ashton Griffin coming out of Day 1B as the chip leader… Read more »
If you are going to pick a tournament at which to go on a gigantic surge and reach the final table as an overwhelming chip leader, a year-opening near-record setting high roller tournament is a great way to go. That is what David “Doc” Sands did Sunday, going from tenth place to first as the… Read more »
The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is off and running at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and they have chosen to start the tournament in style. The first day of the $100,000 Super High Roller is in the books, smashing last year’s attendance numbers. Of course, with such a high buy in,… Read more »
Although we are only a few days into 2013 (and maybe some hangovers haven’t worn off yet), the tournament poker world doesn’t rest as there are a plethora of tournaments around the world for players of every ilk. While the bulk of the poker community is heading for (or already at) the Atlantis Resort in… Read more »
After a respite from the game for the holiday season, poker’s top players and ambitious amateurs will be escaping whatever winter climes they find themselves in to journey to the Bahamas for the first major tournament poker event of 2013. The Tenth Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicks off tomorrow at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise… Read more »
The final three months of 2012 proved to be a whirlwind for the poker world, be it on the tables, in the political system and online. While some of the news was bad (especially on the political front), it closed a thrilling year overall. October The World Series of Poker Europe bracketed the months of… Read more »
The ball may have dropped, the confetti may (just now) be cleaned up and the hangovers may have been nursed, but there are a couple of things we have to do to put a close on the year 2012 before we jump into the New Year thunderously. With that, let’s take a look back at… Read more »
Texas Hold’em may be the most popular variant of poker nowadays, but the state that the game is named after may make the online version of it illegal this year. HB 292, authored by State Senator Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin), would set up a licensing and regulatory structure for live poker in the state and live… Read more »
Zoom Poker, the fast-fold poker variation on PokerStars, has been available at the world’s largest online poker room for almost a year, but only in cash game format. Now, as the year 2013 begins, Stars is rolling out Zoom Poker into the tournament realm. It came with little fanfare, but Zoom Poker tournaments were quietly… Read more »
I have two children, four and six years old. They do and say some wacked-out stuff sometimes. Stuff that could never really result in anything positive. Like when my son decides he should mess with our dog’s face. Or when he wings his Hot Wheels cars across the family room in the general direction of… Read more »
Apart from World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour broadcasts, poker does not get all that much media attention unless there is something negative going on like the passing of the UIGEA in 2006 or Black Friday. Readers of the December 31, 2012 issue of Sports Illustrated, though, were treated a short piece on… Read more »
