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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.
Heartland Poker Tour Schedules Record Year
Nationally-Televised Event Announced at Indigo Sky Casino in October
Gus Hansen Approaching $10 Million Lifetime Losses on Full Tilt Poker
Gus Hansen is nearing the $10 million mark in poker, but unfortunately he’s in negative territory.
Data goes back to 2007. Full Tilt Poker was shut down for nearly 9 months this past year.
From CardPlayer.com:
Chris Moneymaker Back on Top
Former World Champion Chris Moneymaker last night won the €1,100 8-Game for €12,000 and a lovely shiny PokerStars trophy. Okay, it's not the $2,500,000 that he won back in 2003, nor is it going to boost his $3,488,787 in live winnings radically, but a win's a win.
Moneymaker, whose WSOP win is partly credited with kicking off the online poker revolution, topped a 1-2-3 podium finish for Team PokerStars Pro beating Matthias De Meulder and Chad Brown to the trophy.
Large Number of Skrill Payouts for Lock Poker Players Thursday: CEO Speaks
Good news for Lock Poker players following quite a bit of anxiety in recent weeks as several customers outside the US have reported receipt of Skrill payouts, some of which were several thousand dollars, others of which were requested only within the past two weeks.
Daniel Healey Wins First US Legal Real Money Online at Ultimate Poker
Flagship $10,000 Sunday Tournament featured 200 players on Sunday, May 5
LAS VEGAS, NV – On Sunday, May 5, amateur poker player Daniel Healey of Las Vegas, NV came in first place at Ultimate Poker’s first $10,000 Sunday Tournament at UltimatePoker.com, making history as the winner of the first legal, real money online poker tournament to be held in the United States.
The historic $10,000 Sunday Tournament capped at 200 players, with Healey taking home a first place prize of $4,173.
Lock Poker Clarifies P2P Transfer Withdrawal Policy
Curacao May 9th, 2013
Through a detailed investigation over the past few weeks the Lock security team uncovered a large group of persons that were abusing the P2P transfer policy and creating a large network of mule accounts to move and withdraw funds without any play at all taking place.
Win Big with the 100 Billion Hands Celebration at PokerStars
Yesterday morning if you just so happened to be passing by a certain €10k tournament in Monaco you would have seen a big booming presentation. Was it a trailer for this year's summer blockbuster? No, but it certainly could have been mistaken as such.
It was an explosive teaser about the upcoming 100 Billion Hands Celebrate PokerStars are giving away a whole load of stuff up to and including hand #100,000,000,000.
Gambling911.com Exclusive: Lock CEO to Address Player Concerns
Lock Poker Founder and CEO Jennifer Larson has agreed to a sit down interview with Gambling911.com to address recent player concerns revolving around its new player-to-player transfer policy and payment processing issues.
Various media outlets and posting forums have expressed concerns over the solvency of Lock in recent weeks. Larson insists her company is in top financial standing and hopes to have payment processing issues resolved in the coming weeks.
In a precursor to the upcoming interview, Ms. Larson elaborated on the player-to-player transfer controversy.
Two Players in Race to Become First PokerStars ‘Triple COOP’ Winner
ONCHAN, ISLE OF MAN – The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker 2013 festival gets under way on May 12 with two players on the brink of a poker first. Alex ‘AlexKP’ Petersen and Jonathan ‘MONSTER_DONG’ Karamalikis both have WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) and TCOOP (Turbo Championship of Online Poker) titles to their names, but will be gunning to become the first player to win the PokerStars ‘Triple COOP’ by taking down a SCOOP event in May.
Queen’s Speech: ‘All UK Gambling Companies Must Have License’
Online gambling companies will not be able to advertise their products in the UK without the proper license.
The Queen’s Speech outlined the new requirements.
Chris Moorman, Paul Volpe Removed From Lock Poker Site
Lock Poker pros Chris Moorman and Paul Volpe both announced they will not be renewing their endorsement contracts for the site.
TEAM POKERSTARS PRO JOHNNY LODDEN LEADS FOR DAY 3 OF EPT GRAND FINAL
Google Glass to be Banned From Caesar’s Casino
Google Glass, a wearable computer with a head-mounted display that can take pictures and videos, will not be permitted in Caesar’s Palace Casino.
A Caesar’s Palace representative released the following statement:
Poker Pro Phil Ivey Sues London Casino to Recoup Funds
Won of poker’s most successful players, Phil Ivey, is suing London’s Crockford’s Casino after they refused to pay him £7.8m of winnings.
The Genting-owned casino claimed back in October that they were in the midst of conducting an investigation into Ivey’s two-day winning streak playing Punto Banco, a skill-free variant of baccarat.
EPT Grand Final 2013 Winner to Get €1,224,000
The winner of this season's PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final will be taking home a massive €1,224,000 first prize, as well as a stunning watch worth more than €5,000 from luxury Swiss brand Slyde, the Official Watch Sponsor for EPT9 Main Events. There were 531 players from 55 countries at this season's Grand Final creating a €5,310,000 prize pool. 80 places will get paid.
Victor Sbrissa Leads Going into Day 2 of EPT Grand Final
LAPT Sao Paolo champion Victor Sbrissa is chip leader at the end of Day 1b of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final today with 224,800.
The 24-year-old from Sao Paolo, one of ten Brazilians competing here, had an emotional victory in his home city just over a week ago when he took down the LAPT Main Event for $250,000, beating a 753-strong field - and a final table that included Team PokerStars Pros Leo Fernandez and Andre Akkari.
Lock Poker Pro Told by Angry Customer His Baby Should Have Been Stillborn
Some customers of Lock Poker angry over a new player-to-player transfer policy have resorted to attacks on the company’s elite pros including the likes of Melanie Weisner and Annette Obrestad.
One individual, according to Lock Pro Matt Stout, even resorted to telling another pro that he wished his baby would have been stillborn.
EPT Grand Final 2013 Day 1 Ends With Poker Pro Dan Smith Leading
EPT Barcelona Super High Roller champion Dan Smith is leading the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final at the end of Day 1a. Smith won €962,925 for his SHR victory in Barcelona last August. He also won three €5k events at last season's Grand Final as well as the €5k NL event in Prague this season.
Court Order Blocks Sale of Atlantic Club Casino to PokerStars
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Associated Press) -- The behind-the-scenes battle between an Internet poker giant and the struggling Atlantic City casino it wants to buy burst into the open Monday, with a court order, accusations of bad faith, and the revelation of an eye-poppingly low sale price.
EPT Grand Final Monaco Kicks Off
The highly anticipated EPT Grand Final was set to begin Monday at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Casino Resort in Monaco.
The event will run May 6 thru May 15.
Buy-ins will range as low as €220 to as high as €100,000.
PokerStars EPT 10 Season Schedule Unveiled
MONTE CARLO, MONACO – PokerStars, the world’s largest poker site, announced the European Poker Tour Season 10 schedule today, with a total of eight events, starting with the ever-popular EPT Barcelona opening event scheduled to take place from August 28 to September 7.
Casinos Brace for Internet Gambling
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — With legal gambling now moving beyond the casinos and onto the Internet, the industry is bracing for the most far-reaching changes in its history.
A Las Vegas firm, Ultimate Gaming, on Tuesday became the first in the U.S. to offer online poker, restricting it, for now, to players in Nevada. New Jersey and Delaware also have legalized gambling over the Internet and expect to begin offering such bets by the end of this year.
Lock Poker Payment Processor: ‘Things Will Get Better Soon’
Lock customers in Europe and the rest of the world outside the US have wondered why payouts might be slower than the industry average, a la Skrill and Neteller.
A customer representative routinely posts on the TwoPlusTwo.com forum that “rest of the world payment processing is adversely affected by Lock’s willingness to accept US customers”.
We know Lock well and we know they are not going anywhere any time soon BUT…. the whole payment processing puzzle still has us (and many others) a bit baffled.
First Real Money US Online Poker Room UltimatePoker.com Averaging 100 Players
With all the talk of the first ever real money online poker room launching within the United States, we now have a clearer picture of just how many people are beginning to play.
Heading into the weekend, Station Casinos backed UltimatePoker.com was seeing approximately 100 players on average in a day with peak real money players at just over 200, according to PokerScout.com.
Backpack Controversy Emerges as World Series of Poker Considers Door Check
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, World Series of Poker organizers have confirmed they are, at the very least, studying the issue as to whether backpacks should be checked at the door.
Jack Effle of the WSOP tweeted:
We are looking into the concern
Needless-to-say, a number of other poker pros chimed in.
BJ Nemeth wrote:
Lock Poker Addresses New Player to Player Transfer Policy, Looks to Stamp Out Fraud
Lock Poker recently came under fire for cracking down on some player to player transfers. The problem, according to Lock, some players are abusing the process.
PokerStars Guangdong Asia Millions to be One of Biggest Poker Tournaments Ever
Macau, China will play host to this year’s PokerStars Guangdong Asia Millions, a HKD $1 million buy-in tournament set to attract over 100 players with a likely prize pool to be over USD $10 million
It is currently being billed as the biggest poker tournament ever held outside of the World Series of Poker in terms of prize pool, and the largest ever high-roller event by number of players.
Breaking News: PokerStars Attempts to Salvage Atlantic Club Deal
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey — (Associated Press) - The British parent company of the PokerStars website says it still wants to buy an Atlantic City casino, even though a deal to obtain it fell through on Wednesday.
The Rational Group said Thursday night it wants to try to save its deal to purchase The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel. The casino said Wednesday the purchase deal was dead, but declined to say why.
Eric Hollreiser, a spokesman for the Isle Of Man-based company, said it had expected the closing deadline for the sale to be extended.
With Casinos Coming Online in US Lawyers Plot Gambling Addiction Suits
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - States and casinos racing to legalize online gaming may find some unwelcome visitors on their websites: product liability lawyers.
A group of 10 lawyers and academics with experience in prior liability cases met in Indianapolis in mid-April to discuss whether a lawsuit claiming online gaming further promotes gambling addiction has a shot at winning.
Lindsay Lohan Joins Poker Pro Eric Lingren at Morningside Rehab
So, it seems the “winner” of the Lindsay Lohan rehab is Morningside Recovery Center in Newport Beach, which media has widely reported is the center she will be checking in to today as part of her court-mandated 90 day rehab program.
