Daily Poker News & Updates – Page №159
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Exclusive Interview with Daniel Negreanu, 2006 WSOP | Poker News July 30, 2006
Daniel Negreanu gets pumped up for the Main Event by watching “Rocky” movies – all five of them. His dream is to play heads-up for the title against Phil Ivey…
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21-Year-Old Jeff Madsen Wins 2nd WSOP Bracelet in a Week July 23, 2006
The unthinkable happened on Saturday when 21-year-old Jeff Madsen won his second gold bracelet within a week. Even more remarkable is the fact that Madsen turned 21 just six weeks…
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Phil Gordon: One of the Good Guys of Poker July 20, 2006
Phil Gordon, perhaps best known to the general public as former co-host of the televised “Celebrity Poker Showdown” alongside actor Dave Foley, has come to this World Series of Poker…
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The Gentle Giant – An Interview with Erik Seidel at 2006 WSOP July 19, 2006
Erik Seidel started out as a backgammon player and turned to poker while trading stock for Paine Weber on Wall Street in the mid-1980s. For years, he worked the stock…
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Chatting with James Woods at the 2006 World Series of Poker July 17, 2006
Today was a good day for James Woods. Earning himself a seat in Day 2 of the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout and his first ever WSOP cash, Woods rolled over…
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Chip Reese: ‘I Will Celebrate By Sleeping’ July 15, 2006
Chip Reese is the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion. This extremely competitive event turned out to be a three-day poker marathon that not only tested the players’ poker skills but their stamina…
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Shying Away from the Spotlight, It’s Eric Froehlich July 9, 2006
Not only is big money at stake at this year’s WSOP, big egos are at stake as well. But despite all the larger-than-life characters making names for themselves here at…
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Everybody Wants to Outplay Mike Matusow: ‘The Mouth’ Never Shuts Up July 7, 2006
Mike Matusow‘s nickname is “The Mouth,” and he’s got a lot to say. About how he played world champion Joe Hachem “like a fiddle,” but still lost $75,000 in one…
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Phil Hellmuth: I Don’t Want to be ‘The Poker Brat’ at the 2006 WSOP July 1, 2006
Phil Hellmuth Jr. is in the hunt for golden WSOP bracelets, and he wants them badly. He turns down golf games with big time celebrities. He spends less time with…
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Andy Beal loses $16.6 million to Phil Ivey and “The Corporation” February 28, 2006
Billionaire banker Andy Beal and pro player Phil Ivey have concluded their super high-stakes heads-up Limit Texas Hold’em battle at the Wynn Las Vegas. According to reports, Ivey championed Beal…
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www.pokerlistings.com and Pacific Poker $10,500 Raffle Winners! February 13, 2006
www.pokerlistings.com and Pacific Poker have awarded 301 lucky raffle winners with a total of $10,500 in cash prizes, it was recently announced.
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Video poker case may end in settlement February 24, 2005
The multimillion-dollar lawsuit against video-poker supplier Clarence “Bucky” Jernigan is nearing an end after establishing that his computerized poker machines raked in more than $4 million in their last three…
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Texas Hold ‘Em Popular poker game raises the stakes February 17, 2005
Eyes on the table and makes a wager. One by one, five other players do the same.