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Poker News Daily Shuts Down, Writers Bid Adieu

One of the well-known brands in the online poker publishing, Poker News Daily has reportedly shut down. The site’s writers Dan Katz and Earl Burton published two articles on the platform announcing the closure of the website and how they were informed about the management ‘pausing’ publishing. 

In two separate articles shared on the platform, the writers revealed their respective journeys in poker and how they landed in Poker News Daily. Check out what the writers had to say below:

Dan Katz on Poker News Daily’s closure: 

“Now, I wouldn’t say I ever “ran” PND, but the moment the site went live that year, I was the lone writer and the one in charge of deciding what was posted. Over the years, I have written for many poker news sites, some that PSO had bought, some that recruited me to provide my contributions. But for the last 19 years, through multiple ownership changes, PND has always been my home base. Those 19 years come to an end today.

Last week, management informed us that they are “pausing” posting on the company’s poker sites. They say it could ramp up again in the future, but I’m not holding my breath. Thus, it looks like this week is the end of Poker News Daily. Hopefully, the site will stay up so some evidence of our work persists, but who knows.”

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Earl Burton on Poker News Daily shutting:

“I deliberated whether I would write about the closure of our little alcove of the poker world here, Poker News Daily. I debated since we (and by “we” I mean my friend and colleague Dan Katz) were informed last week that the ownership of the site was “pausing” posting on the site and whether a farewell was necessary. Dan was the one who ushered in my farewell to you here on Poker News Daily, but not farewell as to my work.

What I do want to take the time to say is that both Dan and I have been the workhorses of PND since post-Black Friday. I was released for three months in that black time of 2011 and, as things began to settle, the then-owners brought me back for duty, and I would stand my watch…until June 13. I am sure I speak for Dan when I say I hope we entertained you, I hope sometimes we educated you, and I hope that sometimes you had a laugh off one of our jokes or were able to rail a friend.

It has been a long, strange trip for Dan and me at Poker News Daily, and as we shut off the lights – who knows…there may be a rebirth someday – I am reminded of the old line that Mike Sexton used to sign off the WPT telecasts. It might sound hokey, but…“May all your cards be live, and your pots be monsters.” Signing off…End of Watch, Poker News Daily…6/12/2024

Mahalo…”

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