It seems like Darvin Moon is the current bookies favourite to win the WSOP title, which is due to reconvene on the 7th November from Las Vegas.

Self-employed logger Moon, from Oakland in Maryland US, is currently in the lead of the other eight finalist with a 30% of total chips, giving Moon the chance to win a total prize of $8.546 million – certainly nothing to sniff at!

“Everyone at this table is way better than I am,” Moon was quoted as saying. We’re sure he’s just being modest.

Two finalists will be battling it out on November 10th. But just who will the finalists be? The bookies second favourite is Eric Buchman, who made it to 1st place at the Main Event, No Limit Hold-em of 2006, with a Prize Total of $275,000.

Third on the list of bookies favourites is Californian-born Ivey (currently labelled as one of the best poker players in the world), who managed to finish 10th in the 2003 series. Ivey has currently won a staggering $3.46 million at the series (not including this year’s main event).

One thing is for sure, we can guarantee that this year’s November 9 will be giving it all they have for the prize money. They have been sent home, in the spotlight, to prepare for the next 4 months

Though the live action was still as big as ever inside Bobby’s Room, the online games came back with a vengeance this week, as dozens of players…

National Poker Week attracted 33 State Directors from the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) plus a throng of the game’s elite to Washington, DC. In the end, over 100 meetings were held on Capitol Hill. Poker News Daily was on-hand for the festivities and reviews several of the surprises of National Poker Week.

At the recent Poker Players Alliance (PPA) charity tournament benefiting the USO of Metropolitan Washington, talk show host Montel Williams was among those in attendance. A former chip leader of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in years past, Williams has a wealth of poker experience under his belt on the world’s biggest stage.

In online poker’s version of Iron Chef, Face the Ace will premier on NBC on August 1st. The show will air in the 9:00pm to 10:00pm ET time slot and is hosted by The Sopranos’ Steve Schirripa. It features pros from Full Tilt Poker.

On Monday, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, will present its case as part of a hearing to determine whether the warrants and affidavits used to seize over $30 million in online poker player funds should be unsealed.