Prahlad Friedman Wins WPT Legends of Poker
12am Thu Aug 27th, 2009

Prahlad Friedman is the WPT's newest champion after defeating November Niner Kevin Schaffel heads up. By the fifth day of the Legends of Poker main event at the Bicycle Casino in California, the field was down to six accomplished players. Click here to catch up on all the final table action. Mike Krescanko was the first to go, earning $89,220. Sam Stein pulled out several impressive come-from-behind wins to make it to the final table, but eventually his luck ran out. He finished in fifth for $116,225.

November Niner Kevin Schaffel Leads Legends of Poker Final Table
12am Wed Aug 26th, 2009

The bagging and tagging and release signing is all over for the night at the Bicycle Casino, and the final six players and their families are clearing out. Day 4 of the WPT Legends of Poker was a long day full of interesting, baffling, and downright painful hands, and the final table promises to be just as entertaining. Read in depth coverage of Day 4 here.

ChiliPoker.com & RedStarPoker.com Join Send My Chips
12am Wed Aug 26th, 2009

Send My Chips today announced that European-based ChiliPoker.com and RedStarPoker.com have joined the growing list of online poker sites using Send My Chips to safely transfer money between online poker sites.

California's Online Poker Bill to be Delayed, Senator Warns
12am Wed Aug 26th, 2009

A bill enabling intrastate online poker in California looks unlikely to be passed during the current legislative session, as the leader of the California Senate warns that the remaining four weeks would not give the legislature sufficient time to properly examine the proposal.

PartyPoker's Peerless Media Buys World Poker Tour Assets
12am Tue Aug 25th, 2009

WPT Enterprises (WPTE) announced yesterday that they have agreed to sell their assets to a subsidiary of PartyPoker parent PartyGaming Plc, called Peerless Media Ltd. Peerless Media will pay WPTE $12.3 million and will pay WPTE an ongoing 5% participation in gaming and other revenues generated by the assets, which includes substantially all of WPTE's operating assets other than cash, investments and certain excluded assets.

Day 3 of WPT Legends of Poker Ends with Two November Niners in the Hunt
12am Tue Aug 25th, 2009

On a day when the World Poker Tour announced a high-stakes buy-out deal, players in the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event were focused on high stakes of their own. November Niner Steven Begleiter finished Day 1 as chip leader and held on to the top spot until halfway through Day 3. Fellow November 9 member Kevin Schaffel briefly held the lead, and both Begleiter and Schaffel will begin Day 4 in the top three.

Begleiter Still On Top After Day 2 of WPT Legends of Poker
12am Sun Aug 23rd, 2009

Day 2 of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event began much like it started - with Steven Begleiter in the chip lead. Begleiter, a member of the November Nine, continued to run over the field, never moving from the top spot on the leader board. Pros Prahlad Friedman, Bryan Devonshire, and James "mig.com" Mackey are also in the top ten heading into Day 3. Other poker legends who still have a shot at the final table are Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, Men Nguyen, and Allen Kessler. The end of day chip counts are available here.

Legends of Poker Begins; November Niner Ends Day 1 in the Lead
12am Sun Aug 23rd, 2009

The Legends of Poker WPT tournament at the Bicycle Casino kicked off on Saturday with more than enough big stars to justify its name. Legends such as Daniel Negreanu, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, and Scotty Nguyen joined a crowd of Internet-bred young guns on Day 1. Check out Poker Pages' coverage of Day 1 here.

M8Poker.com & EasyPlayPoker.com Join Send My Chips
12am Fri Aug 21st, 2009

Send My Chips just announced that European based poker rooms M8Poker.com and EasyPlayPoker.com have joined the growing list of online poker rooms using Send My Chips ability to carry out secure site-to-site fund transfers.

EPT Kiev Down to 32, Final Two Days to be Streamed on Poker Pages
12am Fri Aug 21st, 2009

When the original European Poker Tour Season 6 schedule was released, Moscow was to be the setting for the kickoff tourney. But due to the unfortunate handling of the poker situation in Russia, the Ukraine stepped up to the plate and the EPT headed west to Kiev.

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