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Some Books Still Offering Line on Nebraska Penn State Game Despite Turmoil (Video)

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Thu, 11/10/2011 - 11:20

FireJoePaterno.Info Website Gets Its Wish Fast

Ronn Torossian, the CEO of 5W Public Relations, a Top 25 PR Agency, and author of best-selling PR book “For Immediate Release” has launched www.firejoepaterno.info an information site dedicated to calling for Penn State to immediately fire Penn State.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Thu, 11/10/2011 - 00:23

Fast Folding Not a Violation of 70 Billionth Hand Promotion Says PokerStars

Following a controversy that surrounded the PokerStars 70 billionth hand promotion, the online poker site was forced to issue a statement insisting there were no rules broken.

Players insisted that “collusion” had occurred as the individual awarded with the 70 billionth hand had been soft-folding his cards over the previous fifteen minutes with a partner.

From PokerNewsReport.com:

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 11/08/2011 - 16:46

Poker Player Accused of Installing Trojan on Two Computers to See Hole Cards

A German poker player is being accused of installing a Trojan virus on at least two computers of fellow players, one Swiss and one Austrian.

From High Stakes DB:

The Swiss had lost $350,000 and the Austrian $40,000 to the German cheater who is now living in England.

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:36

iPoker Network Bot or Not?

The iPoker Network found itself embroiled in a bit of a quagmire this past week after a customer service client informed players they were playing against the dreaded bots (robots), those nasty little computer generated mechanisms that tend to be smarter than the average online poker player.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sat, 10/08/2011 - 10:32

Bodog Claims PokerScout Tried Extorting Company Out of One Million Dollars

The CalvinAyre.com website on Tuesday reported that PokerScout.com founder Dan Stewart attempted to blackmail Bodog Poker. Pay $1 million or remain on the PokerScout.com website, the CalvinAyre.com website alleges.

The news portal making the allegations is owned by Calvin Ayre, who just happens to be the founder of Bodog.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/27/2011 - 15:23

Barney Franks Wants to Give Full Tilt Poker Monies Back to Players

Sickened by news that surfaced this week that Full Tilt Poker executives squandered millions of dollars of players funds, Representative Barney Frank said he would like to return funds he received from the company back to players.

The Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts has backed measures to legalize online poker in recent years. Frank admits to receiving $18,600 from the board members of Full Tilt Poker since 2007 and another $14,000 from the Poker Players Alliance, a group largely funded by the board members.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 09/22/2011 - 18:38

Full Tilt Family Affair: Scott Lederer Ran Full Tilt Poker Store

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:24

Registered Sex Offender Michael Divita Creeps Out Hardended Listeners of Quadjacks

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Thu, 09/15/2011 - 21:46

Michael Divita Denies Child Molestation Accusations: Listeners React

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Wed, 09/14/2011 - 22:26

Registered “Sex Offender” Michael J. DiVita Denies Voluntary Withdraw from Epic Poker League

Submitted by Ace King on, Wed, 09/14/2011 - 14:42

888Poker Sponsored Pro Darren Woods Accused of Collusion

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 09/12/2011 - 20:40

Latest Online Gambling X Files: TopBet.com Website Looks A Lot Like Defunct BetED.com

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:35

Since When Did The Epic Poker League Suddenly Become The Moral Police

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sat, 09/10/2011 - 21:12

Poker Pro Matt Glantz Not a Jumper: Allen Bari Is

Submitted by Payton on, Sat, 09/10/2011 - 11:35

Exposed: Epic Poker League Bans Registered Sex Offender from Main Event

A man who won a $20,000 seat at the Epic Poker League Main Event has been refunded his money and banned from playing after it was learned he was a registered sex offender.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Thu, 09/08/2011 - 19:40

A-Rod Spotted at High Stakes Poker Game Last Week: Seen at Mohegan Sun

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 08/22/2011 - 10:25

Poker Accusations Unfair Claims A-Rod

Yankees player Alex Rodriguez, affectionately known as A-Rod, called allegations that he participated in high stakes underground poker games “unfair and inaccurate”.

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Sat, 08/20/2011 - 21:43

David Chino Rheem has Been Placed on Probation by Epic Poker League

In more late Friday breaking news, David Chino Rheem has been placed on probation by the Epic Poker League after becoming that tournament’s first ever winner.

Rheem has been implicated in an online poker cheating scandal.

Rheem, a 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event finalist, is being accused of having scammed fellow poker pro Will Molson for $40,000.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 08/19/2011 - 19:28

Lock Poker Threatens Potential Legal Action Against Jose Macedo

Lock Poker Consultant Eric “Rizen” Lynch announced Thursday that the popular online poker room could pursue legal action against its former pro Jose Macedo.

Submitted by Ace King on, Thu, 08/18/2011 - 22:04

Poker Pro Dan Cates First Interview Was All a Lie: Granted Second One

Submitted by Ace King on, Wed, 08/17/2011 - 13:06

Jose Macedo Will Be Back Playing Online Post-Cheating Scandal

Submitted by Ace King on, Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:43

David Rheem SCUM Scandal May Give Epic Poker League Black Eye

News that poker pro David Rheem became the Epic Poker League’s first ever Main Event winner might not have been the type of press the fledgling tournament was looking for.

After Russ Hamilton, Jose “Girah” Macedo and Howard Lederer, Rheem might just be the most hated poker player out there right now. In fact, Rheem is making a run to top last week’s most hated, Macedo.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sun, 08/14/2011 - 10:51

Chino Rheem Wins First Ever Epic Poker League Tournament After Welching Controversy

Chino Rheem, who made it to the 2009 World Series of Poker final table, has won the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event.

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Sat, 08/13/2011 - 13:29

European Poker Tour Prize Pool Coverup: Players Allegedly Shorted

Submitted by Ace King on, Fri, 08/12/2011 - 13:26

Haseeb Qureshi Responds Following Cheating Scandal

After CardRunners.com released talented poker coach Haseeb Qureshi from his duties this week, Qureshi took to his blog to explain his transgressions.

The poker instructor was found to be using the account of a notorious cheat, Jose “Girah” Macedo as was pro Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. Macedo admitted to cheating players out of a five-figure amount from his Lock Poker account (Lock has since locked it and booted Macedo).

Submitted by Ace King on, Thu, 08/11/2011 - 10:33