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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.
Poker Pro Brian Hastings Wins WSOP Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Brian Hastings continues to add both to his reputation and legacy.
The high-stakes cash game player from Hanover Township, PA won the 2015 Seven-Card Stud World Championship, widely-recognized as such because it’s the highest buy-in tournament of this form of poker held each year. Not coincidentally, Seven-Card Stud has been a staple of home games in the northeastern United States, where Hastings first developed his poker roots, for many decades.
Doh! Christian Pham Accidentally Registers at Wrong WSOP Event, Wins Bracelet
Christian Pham walked away the winner at this year’s World Series of Poker No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event but as it turns out….Pham was playing in the wrong event.
Pennsylvania One Step Closer to Legalizing Internet Poker
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with 1.2 million members nationwide and more than 25,000 PPA advocates in Pennsylvania, today applauded the state’s Senate for introducing SB 900, legislation which would allow the licensing and regulation of online poker for state residents.
Phil Hellmuth Win His Record 14th World Series of Poker Bracelet
As of Monday evening, the master Phil Hellmuth was among the remaining six still in the $10,000 Razz Championship. And yes, Hellmuth does walk away with his record 14th WSOP bracelet.
Ken Lambert Jr. Takes Over at Heartland Poker Tour
Fargo, ND - Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) welcomes Ken Lambert Jr. as the new Director of Operations. Lambert brings to the tour more than 20 years of experience managing table games and poker operations at various locations across the country.
"Becoming part of the HPT team is one of the most exciting things I've done in my career," said Lambert.
Phil Hellmuth Guns for Record 14th WSOP Bracelet
Poker phenom Phil Hellmuth is looking to win his 14th World Series of Poker bracelet as he was among 12 players who survived Day 2 of the $10,000 Razz Championship.
Adam Owen sits at the top of the chip counts after bagging 591,000 and Thomas Keller is just behind him with 535,000. Hellmuth finished the day third in chips.
35 Americas Cardroom Players to Take Part in World Series of Poker Main Event
San Jose, Costa Rica – The Rio might want to reconsider renaming their All-American Bar and Grille to Americas Cardroom Bar and Grille. Americas Cardroom today announced that 35 online poker players have won $12,500 packages through WSOP satellites online.
William Kakon Wins $1500 Buy-In Limit Hold’em Championship at WSOP
Miami Real Estate Broker Closes the Deal and Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet, which Pays a $196,055 Commission
Kakon Believed to be the First Moroccan-Born WSOP Champion in History
MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET CHAMPION
Name: William Kakon Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco
Age: 38 Current Residence: Miami, FL (USA)
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Profession: Real Estate Broker / Healthcare Business
Number of WSOP Cashes: 7
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 2
Cord Garcia Wins 2015 Colossus and Makes His First Tweet
Winning the first ever WSOP Colossus event and its $638,880 prize is reason alone to open a Twitter account.
Cord Garcia’s first tweet Wednesday night: “Hello Twitter! #myfirsttweet I won the #Colossus”
He even knew how to use the hashtags properly.
FBI Ruse Case Against Poker Pro Paul Phua Dismissed
LAS VEGAS — (Associated Press) - A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a criminal case Monday against a wealthy Malaysian gambler who was arrested last year after FBI agents impersonated Internet repair technicians to get a peek at what he was doing in suites at a Las Vegas Strip resort.
Records Shattered With First Ever WSOP Colossus Event: 22,374 Entrants
When records get broken, it’s usually by small margins. Progress rarely comes in leaps and bounds. Instead, most advances are incremental, tiny even. We don’t see the beanstalk grow or the flower bloom. But they do grow.
NJ Online Gambling Finally Starting to Take Off a Bit After Slow Start
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Internet gambling is off to a slow start in the United States, with banks hesitant to handle credit card payments for online bets and some politicians and casino moguls pushing to ban it, but there remains potential for great growth, participants in a major gambling conference agreed Wednesday.
Despite the nascent industry's many challenges, including illegal offshore websites that casinos admit are easier to use, gradual improvements are happening, they said.
Prosecutors Mulling Appeal in Paul Phua FBI Ruse Case
Prosecutors on Friday missed a date to decide whether to appeal a federal judge's crippling decision tossing out evidence collected by FBI agents who posed as Internet repairmen during a Las Vegas Strip illegal bookmaking investigation.
Jackpot Poker Tournaments Now Part of Sit & Crush at Americas Cardroom
San Jose, Costa Rica – Talk about the perfect pair. Americas Cardroom announced this week that Jackpot Poker now contributes to Sit & Crush.
Daily Fantasy Sports Marries Poker at the WSOP in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Two of the most popular forms of wagering in America--poker and daily fantasy sports--for the first time ever are being combined into one event at the World Series of Poker.
According to a WSOP spokesman, a daily fantasy sports-themed poker tournament will be one of the events at the 46th annual WSOP, which got underway this week in Sin City.
California One Step Closer to Having Legal Online Poker: Time Not on Industry’s Side
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday cleared A.B. 431, a bill to legalize and regulate online poker in the state.
While this is the closest any measure has come to the legalization stage, the Poker Players Alliance acknowledged there is still a long way to go.
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Releases Schedules for Macau Poker Cup, More
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has unveiled the schedules for the two remaining stops at the ‘PokerStars LIVE Macau’ poker room for Season 9.
MACAU POKER CUP
PokerStars Parent Company Amaya to Begin Trading on Nasdaq
(Reuters) - Amaya Inc, the owner of online gambling sites PokerStars and Full Tilt, said on Wednesday its shares will begin trading on the Nasdaq on June 8 after getting exchange approval.
The world's largest publicly traded online gaming company, now in the running to buy London-listed online gambling company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc, disclosed in March it sought a Nasdaq listing to broaden its shareholder base outside its Canadian home market.
Cristiano Ronaldo Joins PokerStars – Will Act as Brand Ambassador
MONTREAL, Canada –Portuguese football/soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Team PokerStars as a brand ambassador and will promote the game and the brand in global marketing campaigns, PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (TSX:AYA) brand, announced today.
The World Series of Jackpots Provide Americas Cardroom Players With Expressway to World Series of Poker
San Jose, Costa Rica – May 26, 2015 – New York to Las Vegas in under 7 minutes? It's possible with the World Series of Jackpots. Americas Cardroom today announced new Jackpot Pokertournaments that award players who hit the Sit & Go jackpot with $12,500 WSOP prizepackages featuring the $10,000 Main Event buy-in, and money for travel and accommodations.
G911 Responds to Haley Hintze Hit Piece: Calls Her Out on Past Dealings
Gambling 911 owner and publisher Chris Costigan has responded to a personal attack made by a poker news website that blames him in part for the fiasco involving Lock Poker, an online poker site that went out of business and stiffed its customers out of their winnings.
Abbas Pahlewani Leads Eureka Hamburg High Roller After Day 1
Abbas Pahlewani is leading the record-breaking Eureka Hamburg €2k High Roller after Day 1. There were 81 participants, making it the biggest stand-alone Eureka High Roller. Eleven players will share the prizes of a €157,140 prize pool with the eventual winner taking €43,210.
Swedish Media Goes Gaga Over Gambling911 Jacobson Scoop
Aftonbladet, one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, celebrated this weekend following news that its native son, Martin Jacobson, will be taking part in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Imad Fakhro Gets Over 200K Mark at Eureka Hamburg Main Event
Imad Fakhro bagged 206,600 to finish Day 1b of the €1,100 Eureka 5 Hamburg Main Event in chip lead. Although the German couldn't match Day 1a leader Kadir Uzunoglu, he was the only player in today's 111-entry field who managed to get over the 200k mark. The German wasn't comfortable to reveal any information about himself, being shy even to pose during the chip leader photo shooting.
$100K Jackpot Hits Friday at Americas Cardroom
San Jose, Costa Rica – Talk about an incredible start to the Memorial Day Weekend. Three online poker players who created their poker accounts this month at Americas Cardroom are collectively $100,000 richer after popping the biggest possible Jackpot Poker pot on Friday morning.
G911 World Exclusive: Martin Jacboson Will Defend WSOP Main Event Title
LONDON -- 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson of Sweden will be at this year's WSOP to defend his title, Gambling 911 can reveal in a world exclusive report!
Reigning WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson Back to Defend Title? G911 Knows
The big question on everybody’s mind heading into this year’s World Series of Poker, will the reigning 2014 WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson be back to defend his title?
Gambling911.com knows the answer to this question as our own Thomas Somach just finished interviewing him.
Viktor Blom Joins Twitch Revolution: Will Represent Unibet
One of the bigger names in online poker, Viktor Blom, revealed this week that he will be the latest poker celebrity to join what is being called the Twitch Revolution.
The Swedish poker phenom is set to take to Twitch for the first time ever at 11:00 BST on Wednesday, May 27 for a 10-hour long session at Unibet's cash tables.
2015 WSOP Gets Underway Next Week With Plenty of Changes
LAS VEGAS -- The 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) gets underway May 27 here and there are lots of changes in store for the 46th annual event, which is to be held at the historic Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, just off the famed Vegas Strip.
Bertrand ‘Elkypoker’ Grospellier a Twitch Sensation: Won’t Retire From Poker
Poker pro Bertrand “Elkypoker” Grospellier this weekend competed in the SCOOP 2015 $2K buy-in, finishing in 6th place. Ultimately it was Jason Mercier who won the online tournament event, racking up a cool $178,457.
The real story here appears to have been the more than 16000 Internet users who logged on to watch Grospellier’s Twitch feed.
