Poker News

• The PokerNews Jet Set: Vilamoura

  November 16, 2009,

  Reflecting the continuing growth of poker in Europe, the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour added three new stops for its sixth season. After introducing poker aficionados to one of the stops, the Ukranian capital of Kiev in September, the EPT...

   

• The Sunday Briefing: Huge Paydays on Both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars

  November 16, 2009,

  Prize pools were bumped up across the virtual felt on Sunday with Full Tilt’s FTOPS XIV coming to a close and PokerStars upping its Sunday Million Guarantee by $1 million. Huge paydays resulted. Pat “obiedman” O’Brien collected the biggest...

   

• Poker Players Alliance Still Confident in Geithner

  November 16, 2009,

  Two weeks remain before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) takes full effect. A pending petition before Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is the last hope to delay the Dec. 1 compliance date. There is...

   

• The Weekly Turbo: New Signees for Online Poker Sites, World Series of Poker, and More

  November 15, 2009,

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

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 4: Han Bullies His Way to Title

  November 15, 2009,

  Day 4 of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event started with a boxing match between Miguel Cotto and hometown Filipino favorite Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight championship of the world. It ended with a poker match between Dong-bin...

   

• PokerNews Op-Ed: Mike Sexton and the Poker Hall of Fame Dinner

  November 15, 2009,

  I had the honor of being one of the 15 members of the media who cast votes for the Poker Hall of Fame, so I was not going to miss the opportunity of a lifetime to rub shoulders with its current living members including T. J. Cloutier, Dewey...

   

• 888 Poker $500 Cash Freerolls

  November 15, 2009,

  The fabulous $500 Cash Freerolls from 888 Poker continue to rock our freeroll calendar thanks to the incredible no points/rake requirement - the next one begins tomorrow, November 16 at 19:35 GMT...

   

• $56,000 in freerolls from Winner Poker!

  November 14, 2009,

  Yet another addition to PokerNews' extensive list of online poker rooms, Winner Poker announce an incredible $56k worth of exclusive freerolls in the coming months including packages to the 2010 Aussie Millions...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 3: Final Table Set

  November 14, 2009,

  Day 3 at the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu got underway with 40 players – all of them in the money. Some of the name players to take part in day three included Nam Le, Tommy Le, Phillip Willcocks, Bryan Huang’s father Jack Ng...

   

• Online Railbird Report: Dwan Drops $3 Million to “Isildur1” In Four-Day Heads-Up Duel

  November 14, 2009,

  In a series of heads-up battles that have put the glacially paced “durrrr Challenge” to shame, Tom “durrrr” Dwan lost more than $3 million to unknown Swedish player “Isildur1.” In the space of less than a week, Dwan logged nearly as...

   

• Full Tilt $1k Freeroll Tomorrow

  November 14, 2009,

  Hurry, the $1k Full Tilt Poker Freeroll for PokerNews players kicks off tomorrow. New players will only need to sign up and make a deposit to qualify - no points/rake requirements!

   

• Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge Helps Raise Breast Cancer Awareness

  November 14, 2009,

  We are pleased to report that the PokerNews-sponsored Bad Beat on Cancer Poker Challenge found an audience as 173 players took to the virtual felt to help raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit group whose mission is to help with...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: World Series of Poker Ratings, GR88.com's Newest Face, and More

  November 13, 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. In Case You Missed...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 2: Han, Willcocks Pull Away from the Field

  November 13, 2009,

  It was a third day in paradise for the 153 players who started in the Day 2 field for the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour, Cebu, Main Event. Bright sunshine, cooling sea breezes and luscious, over-ripe mangoes were the only rewards for the...

   

• World Series of Poker: Sit-Down With WSOP Champion Joe Cada, Part 2

  November 13, 2009,

  Yesterday, we brought you part one of our interview with Joe Cada. In part two, PokerNews delves into the heads up battle the new PokerStars sponsored WSOP champion waged with logger, Darvin Moon and what to expect from the champ moving forward.

   

• Jeffrey Pollack Out as World Series of Poker Commissioner

  November 13, 2009,

  Only days after the World Series of Poker crowned its newest champion, Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack has resigned from his post effective immediately. Initially reported on by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Pollack said in an interview with Howard...

   

• More PokerStars $2k Freerolls for PokerNews Players

  November 13, 2009,

  PokerNews players can look forward to another packed month of PokerStars $2,000 Cash Freerolls as we come close to bidding farewell to 2009.

   

• Online Poker: Full Tilt XIV in Full Swing

  November 13, 2009,

  Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series returned last week with its 14th installment. Seventeen tournaments are on record and over $10 million in prize-pool money has been on the line. The biggest individual piece so far has gone to "OmadJoped"...

   

• The Nightly Turbo: Palms Poker Problems, Newest Face of Shodown, and More

  November 12, 2009,

  If you want to save time by getting the day's top poker news stories all in one place, you've come to the right spot. The Nightly Turbo is all about saving you time, and time saved means more time at the tables. In Case You Missed It

   

• World Series of Poker: Sit-Down With WSOP Champion Joe Cada, Part 1

  November 12, 2009,

  If you haven't heard by now, you're living under a rock. Joe Cada, a PokerStars sponsored pro is the newest World Series of Poker Main Event champion. PokerNews caught up with the new champ at the Palazzo suites inside the Rio to talk about his...

   

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