According to a report from one of the most reliable sources of information regarding the ongoing Full Tilt Poker fiasco, poker professional Chris “Jesus” Ferguson could potentially be holding up the deal between the site and Groupe Bernard Tapie, a deal that may bring the beleaguered online site back online. Subject: Poker, who has provided [...]
The poker news site Subject: Poker reported Tuesday afternoon that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has come to an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) which will pave the way for GBT to continue the process of acquiring Full Tilt Poker. Most importantly, the deal should result Full Tilt customers being repaid the [...]
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. The saving grace that came last week with the announcement of the long-awaited deal for the sale of Full Tilt Poker to the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie looked, at the start, to be what [...]
The Epic Poker League, the new professional poker league created by Federated Sports and Gaming (FS&G), has inked a television deal with CBS and Discover Communication’s new network, Velocity. While financial terms were not disclosed, CBS will air seven hours league play while Velocity will broadcast another thirteen. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that [...]
With all the hand wringing over the collapse of online poker in the United States since Black Friday, one big thing has been largely ignored by the poker community as a whole: the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). The largest and most famous poker festival in the world kicked off Tuesday as thousands [...]
Today, May 31, 2011, will be the last day players who join select Merge Gaming Network online poker rooms will receive rakeback, as the network is ending their rakeback program for all new players on June 1, 2011. Players who join before June 1 will be grandfathered into their rakeback deals, as will all existing [...]
On her blog this week, poker writer Haley Hintze reported that she has signed a deal with Dimat Publishing to produce a comprehensive book detailing the Super-User scandals from Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Poker. Since her days as PokerNews.com editor, Hintze has been at the forefront of the investigation into the goings-on at UB [...]
With all the comings and goings in the online poker world of late there has not been much time for `other` news. Well there has been some great action taking place over the last few days, and none more so than at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham. The Monte Carlo was a [...]
DragtheBar.com signs exclusive deal with Party Poker The popular online poker training site DragTheBar.com has just announced a new way for players to gain access to their vast library of online poker training videos; DTB has partnered with Party Poker to offer poker players the chance to earn a free membership to the site by [...]
Poker fans can expect to hear the now expected intro of “The World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky” whenever they watch the World Series of Poker on ESPN through 2012. According to the Wall Street Journal, the two companies have announced they will continue their sponsorship deal through the 2012 WSOP [...]
