Poker News

• Mike Sexton Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame

  October 15, 2009,

  The Poker Hall of Fame recently announced that Mike "The Ambassador of Poker" Sexton has become the 38th member of the Hall of Fame. Despite facing stiff competition from other elite players including November Niner Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and...

   

• 2 Months, 2 Million: The High-Stakes Home Game

  October 15, 2009,

  With only a week left in Las Vegas, Jay Rosenkrantz, Emil Patel, Brian Roberts and Dani Stern were still nearly $1.5 million short of their goal. Though at this point reaching $2 million was a long shot at best for our fearless foursome, they...

   

• PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Day 1b: Climo Leads, Hachem Hits Royal Flush

  October 15, 2009,

  Day 1b of the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event brought 128 players to the felt to create a field of 263. This number was down compared to last year's but the first-place prize of $209,085 NZD certainly tickled the...

   

• Cash and Tickets to $200k GTD Tourney Thanks to UltimateBet

  October 15, 2009,

  PokerNews players get exclusive access to $1k cash and tickets to a $200k Guaranteed Tourney thanks to UltimateBet's $1,215 Freeroll Series...

   

• Online Poker Spotlight: Ryan Welch

  October 15, 2009,

  Ryan Welch is a 26-year-old professional poker player who lives in Nashville. He left his job as a sales executive to play poker full time. His biggest win was in October 2008 when he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for close to $100,000...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Hansen's Fall, The Hills, and Who's Going to be on High Stakes Poker?

  October 14, 2009,

  If you want to save time by reading the day's top poker news all in one place, you've come to the right place. The Nightly Turbo is all about saving you time, and time saved means more time at the tables, which means more time to exploit the...

   

• Road 2 Recovery Charity Tournament Raises Funds for Injured Racers

  October 14, 2009,

  The Road 2 Recovery charity group recently held a poker tournament at the M Resort and Spa in Las Vegas to raise funds for professional motocross/supercross racers (licensed by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)) who need financial...

   

• The WSOP Main Event on ESPN: A November Nine Reunion

  October 14, 2009,

  As play marched on during Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, the gang at ESPN had to be slapping high-fives as a dream lineup materialized at the featured table. Two former Main Event winners including the defending champion. A double...

   

• PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Day 1a: Emad Tahtouh Leaps Ahead of the Pack

  October 14, 2009,

  Season three of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour saw players venture to one of the more remote poker locations on the globe in Auckland, New Zealand for the second event of the 2009 tour. It's a long flight from Las Vegas or London, but...

   

• Full Tilt Poker Back With Exclusive $1k Freerolls

  October 14, 2009,

  Full Tilt Poker returns with a $1,000 Cash Freeroll Series running until the end of 2009 - exclusive to PokerNews players...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Antonius vs Vos, Ruling in South Carolina Poker Case, and More

  October 13, 2009,

  Welcome back to The Nightly Turbo. We look for the day's top stories, so you don't have to.

   

• The World Series of Poker November Nine: James Akenhead

  October 13, 2009,

  Although he may not be a household name Stateside just yet, fans in the United Kingdom pumped a triumphant fist in the air at the news that James Akenhead had navigated his way to the WSOP Main Event Final Table. The 26 year old had widely been...

   

• ESPN Coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event Returns Tuesday

  October 13, 2009,

  Poker returns to the small screen Tuesday when ESPN gives viewers another highly anticipated episode of the World Series Main Event. Plenty of big name players are left as the field narrows to 100. Big-name players ready for the first hour include...

   

• Vladimir Geshkenbein Wins the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam

  October 13, 2009,

  The first ever PKR Heads Up Grand Slam was won this weekend by Vladimir Geshkenbein. “Who?” you might well be inclined to ask since the Russian's only other major success was winning the APPT Macau High-Rollers event beating Johnny Chan...

   

• Wednesday's $500 Freerolls at Everest Poker

  October 13, 2009,

  Enjoying a healthy ongoing presence in our PokerNews Freeroll Calendar is Everest Poker's weekly $500 freerolls...

   

• The PokerNews Jet Set: Auckland

  October 13, 2009,

  New Zealand is one of those destinations worth every minute you’ll spend in a cramped airplane seat to get there. This week, PokerStars’ Asian Pacfic Poker Tour rolls into Auckland, a surprisingly cosmopolitan...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: AJ Benza Out, Another Poker TV Show, and Was FullFlush Able to Play?

  October 12, 2009,

  We're back at it. Scouring the web in search of worthy stories to entertain you. Today is no exception. Here is the day's top poker stories all in one place. Read it, impress your friends with your new-found knowledge and then tell them where you...

   

• Negreanu Shines on the Pokerstars.Net Million Dollar Challenge Debut

  October 12, 2009,

  The first installment of the Pokerstars.net Million Dollar Challenge aired Sunday after football on Fox, and like the NFL action, there were plenty of winning plays and brutal beats as Father John Trapp did his best to earn a seat at the show's...

   

• UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic: Brandon Hall Wins!

  October 12, 2009,

  The final table of the UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic was scheduled to begin at noon local time but Mother Nature was trying to rain on everyone's parade. Tournament Director, Matt Savage and Co. weren't going to let a little rain hold up the show...

   

• Poker Player Alliance Files Petition to Delay UIGEA Compliance

  October 12, 2009,

  With the date of compliance for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act less than two months away and legislation to push back enforcement failing to make progress in Congress, the Poker Players Alliance is trying a new method to delay the...

   

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