As a result of yesterday's indictment of Full Tilt Poker's founder Raymond Bitar and CEO Nelson Burtnick (as well as founders of PokerStars and Absolute Poker), Full Tilt's Onyx Cup, its prestigious poker event, has been rumored to be cancelled.
Chris Moneymaker playing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event
This year's 42nd annual World Series of Poker will feature a few heads-up freerolls that have never been done in WSOP history: rematches from previous WSOPs.
On Thursday, June 2 beginning at noon, three rematches will take place: Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha (from 2003), Johnny Chan vs. Phil Hellmuth (from 1989), and two mystery champions (voted on by fans).
Over 50 million people play Zynga poker every day, with over 215 million playing every month.
That's a lot of poker players, and you know Zynga is just waiting for the day when online poker becomes legal in the U.S.
So far though, you can play for free via Facebook or other social networks.
And if you're in Las Vegas this weekend, you can attend Zynga's very first Poker Con.
Aria Poker Room
The ARIA poker room has some of the best comps in town, with $2 per hour and $3 per hour from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
But in addition to that, play 5 hours a day and you’ll be able to stay in the fancy rooms for only $99 from Sunday-Thursday and $139 for Friday-Saturday (plus taxes and resort fees).
Even better, it isn’t just cash games. Just play in a $125 or greater tournament each day and show your receipt, and you’ll also get the discount -- even if you don't last 5 hours.
Sadly, when we stopped by Gold Coast’s poker room over the weekend, we found the above sign.
We enjoyed the rollicking poker room at Gold Coast, full of action-oriented locals in limit games this side of the California card barns.
That was when the poker room was near the back of the casino near the steakhouse.
Then it renovated and was moved toward the front, to the south of TGI Fridays.
Competing with the tail end of the Caesars Winter Poker Classic, the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza is running now through Feb. 24.
Four times a year, this tournament is one of the best in Las Vegas. We think it's second to the World Series of Poker, in terms of the players it draws, the types of tournaments, the structure, and just how well run the whole thing is.
Events range from $220 super satellites to $340-$550 buy-ins to no-limit hold'em, to the $5,000 main event beginning Feb. 20.
November final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event
Now's the time to start training and getting your body used to Red Bulls, because...
The new World Series of Poker schedule is here! (And you only have 126 days to prepare.)
Beginning May 31 and running through July 19 (with the Main Event on July 7), there will be 58 events (one more than last year) which will make it the largest WSOP in its 42 years.
Two men have been exploiting a bug in video poker machines that took them from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas. Crossing state lines makes it a federal crime, and because of that they’re up for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
The criminal complaint (PDF published here on Wired.com’s site) states that John Kane and Andre Nestor “knowingly and intentionally defrauded gaming machines” to the tune of $429,000 over 60-some wins, all within a couple months in 2009.
Yep, the M Resort is the only casino in town that will reward poker play with not just bottles of wine but other gifts as well.
These are the same gifts that you'll see M slot players walking around the casino with, only you won't be expected to lose as much, as you'll just need to put in a couple hours of poker. What's more, you'll still earn your $1/hour poker comps.
Full Tilt has given an advance warning that they plan to increase the point cost of their Full Tilt Store merchandise beginning Jan. 10, 2011.
Well, that’s how we read between the lines.
Because beginning today through Jan. 9, they’re offering bribes if you spend your points.
7,500 to 14,999 points will get you a free Step 1 ticket (valued at $3.30, or 50 points).
15,000 to 39,999 points will get you a free Step 2 ticket (valued at $8.70, or 1,950 points).
