A few days after Full Tilt Poker responded to Phil Ivey’s attack on the online poker site for not returning funds to US players, another poker pro has joined in the battle. Daniel Negreanu has come out in support for Ivey and congratulated him for standing up to Full Tilt. As a recap, Ivey said [...]
2011 World Series of Poker News Discusses Daniel Negreanu’s Fantasy Poker League Daniel Negreanu and fellow poker pro Erick Lindgren organized a $25,000 fantasy poker league for this year’s World Series of Poker. The league features a total prize pool of $375,000 for the 15-team league. The draft was held in an auction format until [...]
Professional poker players are beginning to weigh in on the lawsuit Phil Ivey filed against Tiltware (parent company of Full Tilt Poker) last week, and one of Ivey’s most prominent supporters hails from the Team PokerStars camp: Daniel Negreanu. Phil Ivey is suing Tiltware and boycotting the World Series of Poker to show solidarity [...]
RISE Poker today announced the upcoming launch of a U.S. legal, rake-free poker site where players can compete for up to $100,000 in monthly cash and prizes. RISE Poker is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. In addition to $100,000 in cash and prizes, RISE Poker members will have the opportunity to compete [...]
Dan ‘jungleman12’ Cates has spent the last few weeks considering his options in the wake of April 15th’s Black Friday indictments. While he is considering where he might move to continue his high stakes online cash game play, he has decided to give back to the poker community by giving away one $10,000 World Series [...]
Declining interest in the World Series of Poker? What world are you living in? “We couldn’t be more excited and have the focus back on the felt where it belongs,” said Jack Effel, tournament director for the 42nd annual event that started with just six players in 1970 and grew last year to more than [...]
