Poker News

• $6,000 in freerolls from PartyPoker

  October 12, 2009,

  PartyPoker is pleased to present $6,000 worth of cash freerolls exclusive to PokerNews players and all with the simplest requirements...

   

• The Sunday Briefing: "Sumai" Banks a Sunday Million Win and $225,000

  October 12, 2009,

  It was another exciting Sunday as hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line in events all across the virtual felt. Over at PokerStars, “sumai” took down the Sunday Million and collected a whopping $225,000 for the win. Meanwhile at Full...

   

• The Weekly Turbo: FullFlush Banned, Naked Poker Players, and More

  October 11, 2009,

  The work week can get overwhelming, and not everyone has the time to dive headfirst into the poker world's top stories every day. Weekend warriors rejoice! You've just flopped the nuts because the Nightly Turbo is introducing a special weekly edition.

   

• PokerNews Op/Ed: The Watchers

  October 11, 2009,

  Amid harsh economic times, financially strapped people find creative and inexpensive ways to entertain themselves. Observing online poker is one of those activities. It’s so cheap, it’s free. At one time, watching online poker was a fixation for...

   

• PokerNews Playlist: Volume #11

  October 11, 2009,

  For both serious and casual online poker players, Sundays are (hopefully) a long grind. For those who don't want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television. Don't...

   

• UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic Day 4: Mizrachi, Parker and Baldwin Headline Final Table

  October 10, 2009,

  With that last elimination of Ryan Schimidt in 8th place, the UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic unofficial final table is set and for a third straight day it's Robert Mizrachi holding the chip lead. In fact, Mizrachi never slipped out of the top...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Jennifer Harman Naked, Phil Ivey's Running Good, and More

  October 09, 2009,

  It sure has been a busy week. Thankfully, it's Friday. The Nightly Turbo will send you into the weekend with all the news you need to strike up a conversation with that cute girl or guy sitting next to you in the poker room.

   

• The PokerNews Five Worst Beats of the Week

  October 09, 2009,

  With Team PokerNews bringing you all the action from tournaments around the globe, we thought it would be fitting to go back through the week's action and find the five worst beats of the week. We'll say this: It was a bad week for pocket aces and...

   

• UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic Day 3: Robert Mizrachi Strengthens Lead

  October 09, 2009,

  A waveless ocean near the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino and Spa meant smooth sailing for jet skiers, parasailors and booze cruisers who flocked to the water early this afternoon, taking advantage of a beautiful Caribbean day. Inside the...

   

• Betfred Now On PokerNews!

  October 09, 2009,

  Betfred Poker is now on PokerNews and we're celebrating by kicking off an incredible $5,000 PokerNews Cash Freeroll Series running until the end of the year!

   

• PokerStars.Net Million Dollar Challenge Airs Sunday as a Priest Tries to Win $1 Million

  October 09, 2009,

  This weekend will see the first competitor take the stage for the Pokerstars.net Million Dollar Poker Challenge as South Carolina priest Father Andrew Trapp tries his best to win the $1 million first place prize. A 28-year-old priest from South...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Piece of Ivey, What Negreanu Thinks of Ultimate Bet, and More

  October 08, 2009,

  It's that time again. Your tournaments just went on one of those synchronized breaks and you have five minutes to get your fill of the news. Good thing we're on top of things and rounded up the news for you.

   

• The "durrrr" Challenge: The First 25,000 Hands

  October 08, 2009,

  231 days after it began, the "durrrr" Challenge quietly reached its halfway point on Wednesday, as Patrik Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan played the 25,000th hand in their four-table $200/400 pot-limit Omaha challenge match. Dwan was able to build...

   

• Aruba Poker Classic Day 2: Mizrachi Storms to the Top, Hellmuth Survives

  October 08, 2009,

  Day 2 got underway yesterday at the Aruba Poker Classic as 263 players returned to the felt with hopes of snagging the $753,330 first-place prize. Leading the way going into the day's action was Jon Favaloro who finished the day's play with 255,300...

   

• 2 Months, 2 Million: Lockdown!

  October 08, 2009,

  A positively giddy Brian Roberts led his three roommates into Tourneau, where he picked out the $5,000 watch he won in last week's challenge. Always looking for an excuse to gamble, Jay Rosenkrantz, Emil Patel and Dani Stern decided to play credit...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Poker Robbery in Oklahoma, durrrr Challenge, and Which Poker Couple is No Longer a Couple

  October 07, 2009,

  We're back at it. Scouring the web in search of worthy stories to entertain you with. Today is no exception. Here are the day's top poker stories all in one place.

   

• PokerStars European Poker Tour London Main Event: Aaron Gustavson Wins!

  October 07, 2009,

  It was an interesting mix of players who made it back to the London Hilton Metropole for the final day of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London. While outside it was a washout of a day, inside some of the brightest young stars of poker came...

   

• Online Poker Spotlight: Olivier Busquet

  October 07, 2009,

  Olivier Busquet, known as livb112 and adonis112 online, sat down with us after his World Poker Tour Borgata win to discuss how he got his poker start, the Borgata tournament, and who he thinks are the best sit-n-go players online.

   

• The World Series of Poker November Nine: Phil Ivey

  October 07, 2009,

  Phil Ivey is a living legend; no doubt about it. Arguably the best all-around player in the world, Ivey has a chance to add to his credits when he returns to the felt in November for the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. He is the most...

   

• UltimateBet.com Aruba Poker Classic Day 1b: 267 Remain to Fight Over $2.3 Million Prize Pool

  October 07, 2009,

  The second flight of the UltimateBet.com 2009 Aruba Poker Classic saw 281 runners take to the felt putting the total number of entrants at 469, creating a prize pool worth over $2.3 million. After it was all said and done, 156 players made it to the...

   

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