Random Poker News

Assorted news items from the world of poker. I had a hard time classifying some of these articles, which is why I created this section.

Armed Robbery at EPT Berlin

At 2:10 pm local time (Berlin) earlier today, there was a somewhat cryptic posting on Pokerstarsblog.com: "OK, there's been a bit of an incident here - and t...

NAPT Venetian $25k Bounty Shootout Starting Tables Announced

The starting tables of the $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout at the NAPT Venetian were finalized earlier tonight during a draw party. The event will get u...

Ivey Reportedly Loses Big Super Bowl Bet, A New "durrrr" Blog Entry and More

There are a few things that we know about Phil Ivey, such as: 1. He is a really good poker player. 2. He is unbelievably rich. 3. He really likes to gamb...

Hoyt Wins, T.J. Cloutier Will Get His Bracelet Back and More

1. Hoyt Corkins Wins 2010 Southern Poker Championship. Hoyt Corkins must really, really like playing in World Poker Tour events. Just a few minutes ago,...

Phil Ivey #1 on All Time Money List

With his $600,000 AUD ($538,890 USD) cash in the $100,000 Challenge at the 2010 Aussie Millions, Phil Ivey has now moved into the #1 spot on the all time tourna...

News Update: Cole South, Gus Hansen, Aussie Millions and More

1. Cole South. According to HighstakesDB.com, Cole South has won the largest pot of the year so far on Full Tilt Poker. The $601,882 pot was contested betwe...

Phil Ivey Gets Divorced

According to TMZ.com (link below), Phil Ivey and his former wife Luciaetta have filed for and received a divorce. The article says that "Ivey and Luciaetta ...

Pokerstars Now Officially Owns Pokerpages.com

Earlier this year, Pokerpages.com announced with "sadness and regret" that they would be closing Pokerpages and "all of its related services" on October 31st, 2...

Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Files Suit Against Dutch Boyd

According to an article in the Las Vegas Sun (link below), Two Plus Two Publishing LLC has filed suit against a couple of people, one of which is Russ "Dutch" B...

Done Deal: World Poker Tour Purchased by PartyGaming Subsidiary

Despite a last minute proposal from Mandalay Media, WPTE (WPT Enterprises Inc.) shareholders have agreed to sell the company's World Poker Tour assets to Peerle...

The Bidding War for the World Poker Tour Continues

Just when it seemed certain that Peerless Media Limited (a subsidiary of PartyGaming) was going to walk away with the World Poker Tour, another company pops up ...

Mike Sexton To Be Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame, Vanessa Rousso Won't Be Co-Hosting HSP

According to LVRJ.com (link below), Mike Sexton will be the lone 2009 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame in November. Sexton was the only person out of a ...

Luke "__FullFlush1__" Schwartz Continues His War of Words With Tom "durrrr" Dwan

Pokerlistings.com recently interviewed the infamous Luke Schwartz, aka "__FullFlush1__" on Full Tilt Poker, and the result was yet another tirade against Tom "d...

Phil Hellmuth Arrives at the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

Phil Hellmuth, known for his extravagant entrances into major poker tournaments, arrived at the World Series of Poker Europe earlier today dressed as an emperor...

Poker Lawsuits Galore

A new week is upon us, and two new poker-related lawsuits have been filed. The first lawsuit has to do with the brand-new "Face the Ace" show that has been ...

A Busy Month Approaches For the Poker World

Aside from a "martonas" inspired burst of activity on Full Tilt Poker a few weeks ago, the poker world has been pretty quiet since the World Series of Poker cam...

PartyGaming Swoops In To Purchase The World Poker Tour

The mystery bidder has been revealed. Late last week, WPT Enterprises Inc., the parent company of the World Poker Tour, announced that they had received an "...

The World Poker Tour Is Sold

The end of an era. On July 28th, WPT Enterprises (the World Poker Tour) entered into an agreement to sell "substantially all of the Company's operating asset...

Justin "BoostedJ" Smith Blows Knee Out During Celebration at Bellagio Cup V

It's not very often that a player suffers a crippling injury during the final table of a major poker tournament. However, that's exactly what happened at the...

Full Tilt Poker Banned By The UFC?

When Full Tilt Poker logos started popping up everywhere at UFC events, nobody was really surprised. Poker and mixed martial arts are both male-dominated act...

Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko vs Phil Hellmuth = Epic Hellmuth Tilt Session

Matt Hawrilenko (aka "Hoss_TBF") is, without a doubt, one of the top Limit Hold'em players in the world. You would have a hard time finding any high-stakes Limi...

Phil Galfond vs Barack Obama?

BlueFirePoker.com, an online poker training site that is led by Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, made headlines today when they issued a million dollar poker challe...

Theo Jorgensen Defeats Gus Hansen In Epic Boxing Match

In what was perhaps the worst boxing match that I've ever seen in my life, Theo Jorgensen defeated Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen via decision. The fight just w...

"durrrr" Challenge Set To Begin This Week

Patrik Antonius will be the first to battle Tom Dwan in the "durrrr" challenge, and the two players are expected to begin the challenge later this week. Tom ...

Clonie Gowen Files Amended Complaint In Full Tilt Poker Dispute

Was Clonie Gowen stiffed out of her rightful 1% stake in Full Tilt Poker and all of its associated companies? The increasingly nasty legal dispute between Go...

Phil Ivey Betting A Million Dollars On The Super Bowl

PokerRoad.com has a weekly show on their site called "Tuesdays With Ivey". This show is a phone conversation between Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey that norm...

Phil Galfond: Gus Hansen "A Good Player In A Game of World Class Players"

Our friends at the Hardcore Poker Show on Sirius 98 recently conducted an interview with Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, and were kind enough to send us an audiocl...

Pokerstars Continues To Grow Despite Global Recession

When the global economic crisis started to set in last year, many people began to fret about the impact on the online poker industry. The industry had survived ...

David Benyamine, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius All Accept The "durrrr" Challenge

A few days ago, Tom Dwan set the online poker message boards ablaze when he issued the million dollar "durrrr" challenge. The challenge was simple - "durrrr"...

Doyle Brunson Classic Numbers Way Down From Last Year

The economic meltdown appears to have had an impact on the turnout for the "Doyle Brunson Classic". Last year, 626 players took part in the tournament, makin...

High Stakes Action in December, Jeezy vs KG, LAPT Nuevo Vallarta

Bunch of interesting news items over the past couple of days, so here they are .. also, Kevin Garnett vs "Young Jeezy" in an epic high-stakes poker battle.. ...

Di "Urindanger" Dang Wins the Largest Ever Online Poker Hand

This weekend has seen some of the craziest action in the history of online high-stakes poker. The record for the largest ever online poker cash game pot has ...

World Poker Tour's Stock Continues to Crater

The World Poker Tour and Fox Sports Net jointly announced on Tuesday morning that they had officially launched their new television series, ClubWPT.com. Investo...

PokerNews Strategy Finally Launches

Pokernews officially launched their entry into the increasingly crowded instructional poker video niche on Thursday, as the company unveiled their new product "...

Partygaming's Stock Hits All-Time Low

Many North American and European publicly traded stocks have been hammered over the past couple of months, and PartyGaming is no different. The stock of PartyGa...

Excalibur Poker Room Switching Completely to Electronic Poker Tables

The poker room of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will be completely electronic by this Friday.

The casino announced that they shut down ...

Roy "The Oracle" Winston Loses His Cool

A few days ago, Roy "The Oracle" Winston made a post on his Cardplayer.com blog titled "Change of Plans".

In the posting, Winston talked about playi...

Flipping Is All the Rage on Full Tilt Poker These Days

What do you do when you're an online poker player with a multi-million dollar bankroll and a sick urge to gamble? You hop onto Full Tilt Poker and "flip" in the...

Pokerstars Permanently Increasing Guarantees On a Number of Tournaments

Pokerstars will be permanently increasing the guarantees for a number of their tournaments starting next week.

If you pull up...

Betting Odds Released for World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table

If you've got an inkling as to who you think is going to take down the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event in November, here's your chance to make some money ...

Dutch Boyd Is Looking for a New Backer

In his most recent blog posting titled "Hungry Horse ISO Stable", Dutch Boyd says that he is looking for a new backer.

If you were wondering why you...

Patrik Antonius Is Pissed And Wants Everyone To Know Why

Patrik Antonius is normally emotionless and extremely laid-back.

Recently Antonius had a run-in with the assistant golf pro at the Wynn Golf Club, a...

World Poker Tour (WPTE) Now Trading For 89 Cents Per Share

The publicly traded stock of the World Poker Tour continues to crash. On Tuesday, WPTE closed at 89 cents per share, meaning that the company now has a valuatio...

British Poker Player Suffers Ultimate Bad Beat; Plunges to His Death After Losing Poker Game

The Telegraph is reporting that young Mark Day, all of 20 years old, plunged to his death after losing a poker game with some of his closest friends.

Phil Ivey Bet Two Million Dollars on the Lakers?

Phil Ivey has a love of high-stakes gambling. He'll bet on pretty much anything. If he's playing in a high-stakes cash game, then he is almost certainly betting...

Rizen To UB, World Poker Tour Deadline, WSOP and More

We've been away for the past couple of days, so we thought that we would recap some of the more interesting stories that surfaced while we were away.

Michael Binger and Roy Winston Offering Coaching Services to One "Lucky" 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table Participant

I came across an interesting article tonight while I was surfing through Google News.

Michael Binger and Roy Winston, a coup...

Bodoglife Releases 2008 World Series of Poker Betting Odds

Bodoglife.com have released some interesting betting odds and prop bets for the 2008 World Series of Poker.

In past years, Bod...

Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu vs Brian "$tinger 88" Hastings?

It seems as though there might be an online match in the works between Daniel Negreanu and Brian Hastings.

The two sides have ...

Note to Self: Don't Play in Any Home Games in Palatka, Florida

In February, there was a particularly gruesome triple murder that took place in a home poker game in Palatka, Florida.

Apparen...

Doyle Brunson Issues Patrik Antonius a $100,000 Per Hole Golf Challenge

Doyle Brunson seems to be a tad pissed off these days.

In case you haven't heard, Doyle Brunson and Patrik An...

Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis Back at It Again

After a one month absence, Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis is back at it again, playing well above his bankroll and drawing a throng of onlookers.

Joe Hachem Nearly Gets Into a Rumble at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo

Things were progressively smoothly at the EPT Grand Final today until a fight almost took place between "Team Pokerstars Pro" Joe Hachem and T6 Poker player Woo...

A Busy Summer Lies Ahead for Patrik Antonius

It seems like everyone wants to make a wager with Patrik Antonius these days.

Not only is Antonius planning on playing a "fair...

Daniel Negreanu: "I'm In That Killer Mindset, Like I Literally Want to Eat People's Brains"

Wow! In his latest blog posting on his site, entitled "Eating Brain", Daniel Negreanu begins by talking about how prepared he is for both the EPT Grand Final (c...

World Poker Tour's Stock (WPTE) Dying a Slow and Painful Death

Can anything resuscitate the rapidly withering stock of the World Poker Tour?

The stock, WPTE (listed on the Nasdaq), is curren...

Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh's Playboy Spread Released to the Public

The online poker community is abuzz today after the release of the May 2008 issue of Playboy. This issue has a multi-page spread featuring Jennifer "Jennicide" ...

"Well-Known" High Stakes Poker Star Allegedly Used High-End Prostitution Ring

The New York Daily News (link below) have published an article in which they claim a "well-known, high-stakes" poker star utilized the services of Kristin Davis...

Weekend Notes - Absolute, More FTP/Cardrunners, etc.

I'm tired tonight and don't really want to flesh out an entire article tonight on any of the topics that I wanted to talk about, so instead I am just going to r...

Full Tilt Poker Makes Policy Change After Inking Deal with Cardrunners

The Cardrunners - Full Tilt Poker deal that was announced a few days ago has generated a great deal of buzz within the online poker community. The deal, whic...

Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh To Appear in May Edition of Playboy

There have been rumors swirling around for eons that Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh was going to be appearing on the pages of Playboy magazine. We first wrote about...

Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis is Back

When the story last left off, Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis had just made a blog posting on his site entitled "IN BAD SHAPE", where he lamented that he had just dusted...

Florida Man Kills Three After Being "Cheated" In "High Stakes" Poker Game

You may want to think twice before inviting Duane Crittenden II to your home game. The 28 year old Florida man was arrested over the weekend after stabbing a...

American Poker Player Robbed Outside of Hotel at Aussie Millions

This story should serve as a cautionary tale for any poker players who are thinking about carrying a large amount of cash on them, especially in unfamiliar terr...

2008 PCA Numbers Up over 21% From Last Year

I guess we can't really be surprised that the overall numbers for the 2008 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure are up over 21% from last year, considering how fast P...

David "The Dragon" Pham Wins Cardplayer POY Race

David "The Dragon" Pham turned in a remarkably consistent 2007 en route to being named Cardplayer's Player of the Year. This isn't the first time that he has wo...

Calvin Ayre to Scott Lewis: I Want To Hit You

Calvin Ayre, founder of "Bodog", has issued this statement to 1st Tech's Scott Lewis: I want to smash your face. Repeatedly. Don't know what we are talking a...

Dutch Boyd Lets His Domain Name Expire

You can call Dutch Boyd all sorts of different things. Brilliant. Strange. Conflicted. Charismatic. His story is one of incredible highs and monumental lows. He...

Shawn Sheikhan Facing Possible Deportation to Iran

Shawn Sheikhan, often seen on Poker After Dark or reruns of the World Series of Poker, is facing possible deportation to his birthplace of Iran. This stems from...

APerfectGent and Malicous222 Locked in a War of Words and Money

APerfectGent, aka "YourTimeisUp", is a JJProdigy disciple who tears up the upper limit cash games, SNG's and tournaments on various sites (at least those sites ...

RealPokerTraining.com Hires Chad Batista as an Instructor

A pretty impressive hire by the group that runs Realpokertraining.com, as they manged to land Chad "LilHoldem954" Batista on their team. I am pretty sure that C...

Daniel Negreanu Turned Down The Chance to Be on Survivor

Back in early May, we reported that...

Richard "Quiet Lion" Brodie Allowed to Play at the World Series of Poker After All

It seems as though the public outcry worked. Just a short while after being banned from the World Series of Poker and any Harrah's properties, Richard Brodie...

Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh to Play the 2007 World Series of Poker in Her Lingerie

The online message boards are buzzing about a recent interview that Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh did, in which she stated that she would be playing the 2007 World...

Google Trends Says: Expect a Hot Summer for Poker

Consider this a ru...

Jennicide Does FHM

jennifer leigh aka jennicide poses for FHM

Actionjeff Responds to Our Article Re: Sunday Millions

For some background on this story, please cl...

Jill Rockcastle Admits to Killing William Gustafik

If you have been following along with this story, you know that William Gustafik was found stabbed to death in his Panorama Towers apartment building. You know ...

Jeff Madsen and Trishelle From Real World An Item?

Holla balla? Never Win Poker, announced on a Neverwinpoker radio show on Saturday night that he is get...

Lee Jones To No Longer Be Pokerstars Manager

There have been a lot of rumors swirling around the Net about the fate of Lee Jones at Pokerstars. Was he leaving the company entirely? Was he staying? Would...

Fossilman Hacked!

If you happened to be on Pokerstars today (Sunday, March 18th), and happened to be watching the high level SNG's on Stars, you may have noticed something pec...

LOL Donkaments

Background:

A bunch of posters on 2+2 pooled their money together, and agreed to donate $10,000 to charity if Barry Greenstein would utter the word "l...

Bluff Magazine to Acquire Thepokerdb.com

Other sites may try and emulate what thepokerdb.com does, but no site comes even close. You will often times be playing in a tournament, and one player will ...

Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer Are at War

In recent days, comments have been made by each of these high profile players against the other, and the comments have sparked a larger war of words between the...

Dallas Police And Swat Team Bust Underground Card Room

First, Washington State just recently made playing poker and gambling online a Class C felony. Then, word comes out of Dallas that this past weekend, an undergr...