Mark Newhouse accomplished what many in the poker world consider the greatest poker accomplishment of all time: he made back-to-back World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables in fields with over 6,000 players. Dan Harrington did it ten years ago, but the fields were much smaller (though not tiny) back then. And Johnny… Read more »
The final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event finally gets underway tonight with the first of two days of action. The broadcast will begin on ESPN2 at 8:00pm ET semi-live with just a 30-minute delay and will continue until just two players remain. Those two will return to the Rio… Read more »
Throughout his run to the top of the leaderboard during the 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event, the Netherlands’ Jorryt van Hoof has demonstrated excellent poker skills. There is one thing that he hasn’t sported in any of the ESPN broadcasts of the tournament and won’t show up on Monday when he attempts to… Read more »
It has all come down to this. The 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event’s “November Nine” are all settled in Las Vegas preparing for the resumption of festivities that will, on Tuesday night, crown the next World Champion. But just how will it play out? Let’s take a look into the Poker News Daily… Read more »
We’re only two days away from the resumption of the 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event. The “November Nine” will reconvene on Monday evening and, by Tuesday night, our next World Champion will be crowned. Current betting odds on a couple of online sites are favoring the chip leader, but not by much. If… Read more »
Overcoming daunting odds, Darren Elias made World Poker Tour history in coming from behind to win the WPT Caribbean in St. Maarten Friday evening. At the start of action on Friday, Elias was in second place but that wasn’t much consolation. With his 495K in chips, Elias was almost four times behind chip leader Christophe… Read more »
In an interesting development out of New Jersey on Friday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has granted conditional approval to an online gaming partnership between Marina District Development Company, LLC, which is the parent company of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and Pala Interactive, LLC, a venture created last summer… Read more »
Residents of the state of California can now gamble for real money online. Before those of you out west shed tears of joy, though, this is not exactly the online poker explosion of which you have been dreaming. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel has launched Desert Rose Bingo, a real money internet bingo site… Read more »
We said yesterday that the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was a small tournament and perhaps surprisingly, the second starting flight was not much bigger than the first. On Tuesday, just 61 players paid the $3,500 to try to earn a WPT title, almost exactly the same as the 57 that played… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action this week as the 2014 WPT Caribbean Main Event has gotten underway at Casino Royale in St. Maarten. This is a very small WPT event, as just 57 players registered for Day 1A with 25 advancing to Day 2. It won’t set any records and won’t move… Read more »
People were afraid that the purchase of PokerStars by Amaya Gaming would be the beginning of the end for the internet’s most popular poker room and as it turns out, they may be right. On Wednesday, the world’s largest online poker room made yet another customer-unfriendly change, announcing that it has raised the rake on… Read more »
The Equity Poker Network (EPN) announced on Friday that it has mutually parted ways with the 5Dimes Group. The Group, better known for its online sports betting than for internet poker, includes the sites 5Dimes.eu, Sportbet.com, IslandCasino.com, and Vietbet.eu. In a press release, an EPN spokesperson said, “We are happy with where the Network is… Read more »
While the New Jersey poker community waits with bated breath, the new Amaya Gaming-led PokerStars seems to be taking their time in making their grand entrance into the Atlantic City online gaming and poker industry. In September following the completion of the sale of the #1 online poker site in the industry to Amaya Gaming,… Read more »
Two of the poker community’s more prominent names have recently emerged from hospital stays, with both of them currently resting well and recovering. Last month, poker legend Doyle Brunson entered the hospital for what was supposed to be a simple (hey, it’s only simple when it is on someone else) gallbladder surgery. The technique, which… Read more »
As we prepare to head into the final two months of 2014, Dan Colman is looking to make a sweep of the major Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world – unless there is a repeat of a similar situation that occurred last year. On the Bluff Magazine Player of the Year… Read more »
