On Wednesday, September 8th, the Borgata Poker Open will kick off from Atlantic City. A total of 21 poker tournaments are on tap, including the ,500 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event. Day 1A of the WPT Borgata Poker Open begins on September 18th and the tournament will crown a winner five days later. [...]
On today’s edition of the Daily Deal, Barney Frank may step down as Financial Services Committee Chairman; the World Poker Tour and Fox Sports Net extend a partnership; and Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen gets taken to the cleaners by Phil Ivey and Cole South.
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For those in the world of poker that weren’t involved in tournaments, the Emmy Awards on Sunday night provided a bit of a respite over Twitter. “Oh Crap! The Emmys,” Joe Reitman Tweeted as the show began. “I totally forgot 2 star on a show, hire a publicist & wear a tux so I could [...]
On today’s Daily Deal, the Durrrr Challenge resumes, the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship continues airing on GSN, and the fifth Ultimate Bet Online Championship comes to a close. It’s all ahead… RIGHT NOW!
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On Monday afternoon, the action in the Durrrr [...]
On Monday afternoon, the action in the Million Dollar Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates continued on Full Tilt Poker. Once again, Cates dominated and this time vaulted out to a 2,000 lead over the youngster. A total of 6,820 hands have been played.
It’s hard to believe that Dwan and Cates are [...]
Let the battle lines be drawn. Several days after the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) issued a petition to reverse the Commerce Casino’s stance against pro-internet gambling legislation in the United States, more casinos have come onboard to strike down the bill.
In a letter issued to the press late Friday night from Commerce Casino Board members [...]
On today’s Daily Deal, Poker News Daily visits the Legends of Poker final table, Sorel Mizzi finds himself in hot water once again, and the World Series of Poker Main Event Day 2A airs on ESPN. It’s all coming up… RIGHT AFTER OUR COOL INTRO!
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Late Thursday, it was revealed that Blanca Games had purchased the CEREUS Poker Network, which consists of UB.com and Absolute Poker. A press release is due out early next week from former owners Tokwiro Enterprises. The purchasing price and terms were not released.
Stuart Gordon is the Chief Executive Officer of the CEREUS Network’s new parent [...]
Recent activity across several of the online poker forums are once again indicating that noted online/live poker pro Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and potential accomplices may have been involved in an attempt to rig multi-table tournaments.
Threads appeared on the TwoPlusTwo forum on two occasions over the weekend, with one being squelched by the moderators and a [...]
One month ago, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates discussed the logistics of battling in the second installment of the Million Dollar Challenge on Full Tilt Poker. However, despite a 70+ page thread on TwoPlusTwo looking forward to the match, it has yet to take place.
Dwan told Cates in a chat on Full Tilt, [...]
