If you’re a regular here on Poker News Daily, then you know that the site looks just a little bit different than it did last week. Over the weekend, our programming team was hard at work redesigning PND to make the latest breaking stories easy to find once users log onto the site. In addition, we wanted to ensure that the latest articles from our esteemed panel of guest columnists were featured prominently.
When you first visit our site, you’ll notice that all of the breaking news is right at the top of the page for you. The major story of the day is given in the upper left, complete with an image to give the site additional flair. Positioned next to it are the three most recent featured stories that have made headlines. In a matter of seconds, you can instantaneously see what the world of poker has been talking about, whether it’s the fallout from the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) or a look at the new features associated with the CEREUS online poker network.
Along the top of the site, you’ll find quick links to every single story we’ve authored in a certain category. Our major genres of articles include Online Poker, Other Poker News, Poker Legislation, Poker Stocks, Poker Tournaments, the World Poker Tour, and the World Series of Poker. We’re pleased to be able to cover the gamut of industry news using our team of writers and are in constant contact with many of the major online poker rooms and poker tours.
A review of what we offer here on Poker News Daily would not be complete without talking about our guest columnists. We’ve corralled five of the top minds in all of poker and asked them to write once per month about any topic that is near and dear to their hearts. Here’s a look at the names we proudly welcome on Poker News Daily:
Mike Sexton – The voice of the World Poker Tour, Sexton is also a World Series of Poker bracelet holder, having captured victory in a Limit Seven Card Stud High-Low tournament in 1989. He is as well-connected and well-recognized as it gets in poker. You can catch Sexton alongside Vince Van Patten for Season VII of the WPT when it airs on Fox Sports Net in the coming months.
Annie Duke – The creator of the tournament schedule at online poker room Ultimate Bet, Duke is a former doctoral candidate in Cognitive Psychology. Her WSOP bracelet win came in an Omaha High-Low Eight or Better tournament in 2004. She will appear on the upcoming season of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” undoubtedly drawing interest to poker in the same way as Bodog’s Jean-Robert Bellande did when he appeared on “Survivor: China.”
Linda Johnson – The woman who pushed Card Player Magazine to becoming one of the world’s premier poker periodicals, Johnson is also a founding member of the Tournament Directors’ Association. She is on the Board of Directors of the Poker Players Alliance and a partner in Card Player Cruises. She has served as the in-studio announcer for the World Poker Tour was a charter inductee into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2008.
Eric Lynch – Known as “Rizen” in the online poker world, Lynch is also an instructor for popular poker training site PokerXFactor.com. He finished 24th in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. He has a win in a UBOC event online in 2007 and also took first in the PokerStars $1 Million Guaranteed. The proud father of two has a unique perspective on the world of poker.
Bernard Lee – Poker author, newspaper columnist, and radio host Bernard Lee also contributes to Poker News Daily. His latest book, “The Final Table Volume 2,” is set to be released in time for the holidays. He finished 13th in the 2005 WSOP Main Event and has used his years of poker expertise to author articles for the Boston Herald newspaper and ESPN.com. He hosts “The Bernard Lee Poker Show” on the Boston airwaves and is also an instructor for the WPT Boot Camp.
We’d also like to solicit your feedback. Are there other areas of poker news you’d like us to cover or features you’d like to see added? Leave us your thoughts by commenting on this article and thanks for reading Poker News Daily.
