It's been a busy week in poker, with Annie Duke winning the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship this past weekend, and a major robbery taking place at the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin. Both topics were on the minds of our readers, and we...
On Tuesday morning, another 196 players bought into the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star, creating a field 332 players strong. Among the Day 1b starters were 25 namesake “Shooting Star” bounty players whose knockouts were worth $5,000...
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The PartyPoker Women's World Open IV has just confirmed a few players, the Ladbrokes Poker Team has just signed its newest member, and more, all in tonight's Nightly Turbo.
Full Tilt Poker hosted some huge action this weekend, largely driven by the presence of everyone’s favorite online poker punching bag “Isildur1.” There were epic heads-up matches, swingy six-max games, and as many as eight tables of $300/$600...
The unique format of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star makes it stand out from the tournament crowd during this blossoming springtime poker season. Day 1a of the $10,000-buy-in event ran on Monday, and the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose...
Patrik Antonius capped off a miserable day at the online tables with another losing session in the "durrrr" Challenge, his tenth in their last eleven meetings. Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan met for only a bit over an hour and 364 hands, but the...
Mainstream media coverage of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act introduced in the Senate two weeks ago often didn't even mention the bill's clause to license and regulate Internet poker.
This might seem like a slight to the...
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In tonight's Nightly Turbo, we'll be reminding you that the MiniFTOPS is around the corner, talking about Negreanu's latest blog post, and more.
While you've been doing work at the poker tables, others have been busy at the boardroom table. Good thing PokerNews is skilled at multi-tabling. We'll get you up to speed on what's new in the gaming business. This week, a new casino opened as...
Another Sunday on the virtual felt is in the books as the major online poker sites ran their standard Sunday tournaments. The PokerStars Sunday Million had over 10,000 entrants again, four of whom emerged six figures richer. The biggest win went...
After three long days, the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship has concluded with Annie Duke taking down the coveted title and $500,000.
Annie Duke didn't have an easy road to the winner's circle of the 2010 National Heads-Up Championship. Over...
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After an unusual Day 4 at PokerStars.net EPT Berlin, things returned to normal for the final table. Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee earned the inaugural EPT Berlin title and €1,000,000. MacPhee began the day with the chip lead, but to secure the win...
There was a robbery at the EPT Berlin, the SCOOP schedule was revised, and more this week in the world of poker. Find out all about it in the Weekly Turbo.
Day 4 of PokerStars.net EPT Berlin was not your average day on the tournament circuit. The top 24 players in the €5,000 main event returned to battle down to the final table of eight. They were down to 20 players when things took a turn for the...
The 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin came to an abrupt halt in the action around 2:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when a group of armed men raided the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin where the tournament is being held. The men were after money and no...
64 players took the stage on friday at the sixth-annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace, but only 32 will return to play again tomorrow.
It was a generally subdued day here in the tournament room, with very few...
Day 3 at PokerStars.net EPT Berlin saw 124 players whittled to just 24 in nine hours. By the end of the day, Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee had maneuvered to the front of the pack. Macphee, a 29-year old from Coeur d'Alene...