The Nightly Turbo: PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV, Ladbrokes Poker’s Newest Team Member, and More
Mar 10th
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.
Annie Duke Breaks Down National Heads-Up Poker Championship Win
Mar 9th
Over the weekend, UB.com pro and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke became the first female winner ever of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship , which will air next month on NBC. Duke sat down to discuss her monumental win. Poker News Daily: Your breakthrough match came against 2007 National Heads-Up Poker Championship winner Paul Wasicka , which featured you drawing out with A-10 against pocket aces and 8-5 against pocket jacks. Talk about the roller coaster of a match. Annie Duke: I had Paul Wasicka ground down and then he doubled through me.
The Online Railbird Report: Wild Weekend for Dwan, Sahamies and Isildur1
Mar 9th
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…
PTP Hit and Run: March 9th, 2010
Mar 9th
MacPhee recounts the EPT heist, Dwan pads his lead and we finally know who to blame for Face The Ace. Find out that name and all the rest in today’s PTP HNR. Wondering who’s at fault for Face The Ace? A Nevada court has the answer: not Brandon McSmith.
MiniFTOPS XV Gets Underway on Full Tilt
Mar 9th
The latest edition of the popular Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is set to get underway this week; details, schedules and more below. If you’re not familiar, Mini-FTOPS is just what it sounds like – a scaled down version (in terms of buy ins) of the regular FTOPS
Greg “FBT” Mueller, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Among WPT Bay 101 Day 1A Leaders
Mar 9th
Two players on recent hot streaks are among the chip leaders after Day 1A of the World Poker Tour ’s ( WPT ) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. A total of 17 marked bounties took to the field on Day 1A, with 25 more expected today
Bounty Hunting at Bay 101
Mar 9th
Created by Bay 101 owner Marco Trapani 14 years ago, tournament director Matt Savage says the concept was based on the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am celebrity challenge, which draws some of the best golfers in the world, a host of celebrities and thousands spectators to the Northern California Coast about an hour from San Jose every year. Trapani’s original plan, 14 years ago, was to try and draw the world’s best rounders to a fan and player friendly $1k buy-in event in the Bay Area. When it first started, the bounties were a bunch of Trapani’s friends, but it slowly grew and when the World Poker Tour came along seven years later, Savage says they bumped up the buy-in and had a perfect fit.
World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1a: The Sharks Smell Bounty Blood
Mar 9th
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…
Face the Ace Lawsuit Dismissed in Nevada’s Eighth District Court
Mar 9th
On Monday, Poker News Daily learned that the Eighth District Court in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit filed by Brandon McSmith , who claimed ownership of the idea for the NBC poker game show “ Face the Ace .” McSmith can now file an appeal or seek the intervention of a federal court. McSmith told Poker News Daily that while he was disappointed in the decision, he’s optimistic that an appeal will be successful: “ Judge Michelle Leavitt dismissed the case on the basis that I didn’t state a claim. Leavitt has her fair share of appeals that have gone against her.” McSmith purportedly created a show dubbed “ All Star Poker Challenge ” in which five pros would take on contestants in a series of heads-up matches similar to the structure of “Face the Ace.” Each match was worth $2,000 in prize money and players who fought through all five pros would take home a trip to the World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) Main Event. On “Face the Ace,” the top prize was $1 million and only three matches were held. On why Leavitt may have dismissed his case, McSmith told Poker News Daily, “She didn’t want to listen to any of the evidence before her. Under Nevada procedures, you state a claim that’s plausible