Poker
What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.
National Journal: Upping The Ante For Online Gambling
Momentum Builds In Congress For Measures That Would License -- And Tax -- The Lucrative Business Of Internet Gaming
Another Poker Tournament Busted
Another high stakes poker tournament has been busted, this time in North Carolina.
Online Poker Tournament News: Player Banks $34K on Annie Duke Bounty
Poker Conspiracy Theorists: UB.com New Owner Stuart Gordon From Mars?
New Chapter in the Tom Durrrr Dwan Online Poker Challenge
The so-called Durrrr Challenge will move to the next stage as Tom Durrrr Dwan is set to take on Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates.
Commerce Casino Comes Under Fire For Stance on Internet Poker Bill
Over 120 poker players have signed a letter of protest against the Commerce Casino for its opposition to H.R. 2267, legislation that would legalize Internet poker.
Phil Ivey Suffers Massive $786,935 Setback This Past Weekend
Online Gambling Companies Still Thrive Despite Deep Recession
Nevada Officials Worried Over Harry Reid’s Support of Online Gambling
Online Poker Tournament News: UB.com's ‘Tuesdays with Trishelle’
UB.com Online Poker Championship Series Rock Star Bounty $200K
PokerStars Women’s Poker League Could be Hurt by “C***” Defense
Poker pro Annie Duke has lashed out at PokerStars for its apparent defense of Daniel Negreanu calling her a “f***ing C***” last week during an interview.
Victory Poker Confirms Move To Cake Poker: Caging Sara Underwood
Dan Fleyshman, founder and CEO of Victory Poker confirmed to CoinFlip.com Monday that his online poker room will indeed be moving over to the Cake Poker Network.
Rumors first began surfacing over the weekend. Gambling911.com covered the story on Saturday (see Victory Poker Provides Winning Ingredient for Cake Poker).
Annie Duke Furious PokerStars Defends Negreanu “F**ing C***!” Quote
Professional poker player Annie Duke on Tuesday wrote an “open letter” to the folks at PokerStars.com, who responded to a Women’s Poker League participant voicing her opinion over the recent comments made by Daniel Negreanu towards Ms. Duke. Negreanu. In an interview conducted last week by a British poker news site, Negreanu was quoted as calling Annie a “f***ing c**t”.
Annie Duke was not exactly thrilled with what appears to be PokerStars defense of Negreanu’s quote (which appears below).
High Stakes Poker News: Cole South’s $171K Weekend
One of the more popular and successful online poker players, Cole South, walked away with $171,000 this weekend.
Online Poker Tournament News: UB.com Sending Players to Four Aces Poker Event
North America’s 3rd biggest online poker room, UB.com, has announced plans to act as head sponsor for the Four Aces Open Poker Tournament in Montreal September 10th, 2010 at the Four Aces Poker Club. Online poker players will be able to qualify for the $2500+250 buy-in No Limit Hold 'em Main Event in a series of Super Satellites that will take place between August 29th and September 5th.
Daniel Negreanu Sorry For Calling Annie Duke A “F***ing C***”
UB.com Online Poker Championship Series Continues With $583,000 Up For Grabs
UBOC 5 Day Four Recap
UB.com's Online Poker Championship Series, which guarantees over $4 Million in tournament money and competition prizes, continued on Saturday, August 21st with the fifth and sixth of the UBOC5 tournament schedule’s twenty guaranteed events, attracting hundreds of players to the tables for the $128K GTD NLH Heads Up, hosted by Annie Duke, and the No Limit Hold’em 2X (second chance) Shortstack $100K GTD.
Victory Poker Provides Winning Ingredient for Cake Poker
Poker News Daily is reporting that Victory Poker will be switching online poker networks and joining a list of rooms coming on board the Cake Poker Network.
Victory Poker is owned by the same folks who brought us the popular Who’s Your Daddy energy drink. Dan Fleyshman, who runs the company, has been boasting of a “big announcement” on his birthday next month.
