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ACR DoS Attacks Create Huge Overlay for Million Dollar Sundays: CEO Explains
In conjunction with the start of the new NFL season, Americas Cardroom hosted yet another Million Dollar Sundays event. But Internet menaces had other plans.
A series of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks Sunday morning prevented many from entering the 3 pm EST tournament, thus creating a huge overlay that will result in a $300,000 loss, admits Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy. The attackers were demanding a large sum of money to be paid in Bitcoin, Nagy confirmed. Mr. Nagy was appearing on Twitch live Sunday afternoon to discuss. You can watch below.
Norway to Host First Legal Poker Event: 2016 Norwegian Championship
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – Global Poker Tours Ltd, an Amaya Inc (TSX: AYA; Nasdaq: AYA) brand and the world’s largest live poker operator, today announced the first ever legal live poker event to be held in Norway. The 2016 Norwegian Championships will host five regional championships around the country before embarking on the nation’s capital, Oslo, for the Championship Main Event.
New York Internet Poker Proposal Divides Gambling Industry
ALBANY, N.Y. (Associated Press) - Talk of allowing Internet poker in New York has divided the gambling industry, with some companies telling state lawmakers Wednesday that it would increase government revenue while others warned it could undermine existing casinos and racetracks.
Amaya Enters U.S. Daily Fantasy Sports Market by Launching StarsDraft by PokerStars
Austin, TX - Amaya Inc., (Nasdaq: AYA, TSX: AYA) (“Amaya”), a leading consumer technology company and owner of PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, today announced the launch of StarsDraft by PokerStars, a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) website, ahead of the start of the NFL season. Amaya acquired Austin-based DFS site Victiv.com in August and its management team, led by CEO Matthew Primeaux, has re-branded the site and integrated it into the PokerStars platform.
Evil Poker Players Part I: The Annie Duke Edition
Welcome to our new series here at Gambling911.com, a combined effort between two of Gambling911.com’s intrepid reporters, Thomas Somach and Jagajeet Chiba. Great minds don’t always think alike, however. Our first selection for the series, Annie Duke, had Somach and Chiba butting heads a bit. Be sure to check out our "Evil Poker Players" sponsor AmericasCardroom and learn how to enter to win a guaranteed piece of a sweet $5 million
2015 King’s Cup Main event Winner Declared: Jindrich Springl Lifts Trophy
The PokerStars.net King's Cup trophy will stay on the home soil as Jindrich Springl from a small town Unhost beat a 493-entry field to seize the title. Along with the silverware, the 26-year-old Czech scooped €22,920. All eight finalists agreed on a deal prior to the final table kick off with €6k left for the eventual winner and another €4k and €2k for the second and third place finishers.
The newly crowned champion was dealt pocket aces several times on the final table and the card distribution paid off with Sprigl's career's best result.
King’s Cup Main Event 2015 Final Table Set
Eight players bagged their chips after Day 2 of the PokerStars.net King's Cup Main Event to set the Final Table. Seven countries will be represented tomorrow with a Dutch flag waving on top of the chip counts as Danny van der Meer emerged as a leader with 2,770,000 chips. Belgium's Pascal Masset follows in second place, bagging 2,435,000. Jindrich Springl is the only player representing the home country, the Czech is currently sitting in third place with 2,020,000.
Regnhard Hermansen Leading at 2015 King’s Cup Main Event After Day 1a
Regnhard Hermansen is leading the PokerStars.net King's Cup Main Event after Day 1a. The Dane bagged 162,000 chips to top 83-entry field (created by 78 unique players plus 5 re-entries).
November Nine Player Joshua Beckley to Live Stream All 5 Million Dollar Sunday Events
Poker players looking to catch a glimpse of a member of the November Nine in action don’t have to wait for the world’s richest poker tournament final table to resume this fall.
WSOP final table player Joshua Beckley is slated to play in Americas Cardroom’s Million Dollar Sunday on September 13th and will be streaming his live play on Twitch.
Americas Cardroom More Million Dollar Sundays Coming September 13
We’ve told you about Americas Cardroom’s Million Dollar Sundays. You know, those $1,000,000 GTD tourneys that have shaken things up in the poker industry.
Next Million Dollar Sunday coming September 13th
Americas Cardroom’s Million Dollar Sundays is coming up again! The popular $1,000,000 GTD tourneys have reccently shaken things up in the poker industry.
Americas Cardroom has had three of them already this year with the next one on Sunday, September 13th, followed by four more in October (4th, 11th, 18th, 25th). They call this the $5 Million GTD Promo as that’s the minimum amount of money that will be awarded.
Battle for Bwin.party Continues With 888 Upping Its Bid
Online gambling firm 888 Holdings Plc (888.L) stepped up the battle for Bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc (BPTY.L) on Tuesday, submitting a revised takeover proposal as it looks to see off rival interest from GVC Holdings Plc (GVC.L).
Italian pro Mustapha Kanit Wins EPT12 Barcelona €10k High Roller
Italian pro Mustapha Kanit is the newly crowned EPT12 Barcelona €10k High Roller champion - although he didn't even have to beat all of his opponents. After Swedish player Niklas Astedt's exit in fourth place, the remaining three players paused the clock to discuss a deal. They sealed the deal pretty quickly, and in spectacular fashion. Kanit chopped all the money with Nick Petrangelo and Kully Sidhu, and that was that for the record-breaking 506-entry €10k High Roller.
John Juanda Wins EPT12 Barcelona Main Event for €1,022,593
A sensational start to EPT Season 12 ended tonight at Casino Barcelona with the crowning of top pro John Juanda after he won the biggest EPT Main Event ever held for €1,022,593.
With 1,694 players, including a record 502 online qualifiers, the €5,300 EPT12 Barcelona Main Event not only dwarfed last year’s 1,496 Main Event players but became the biggest EPT ever held, beating the Season 7 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas which drew 1,560 players.
Aliaksei Boika on Top After Day 2 of EPT12 Barcelona €10k High Roller
The record-breaking EPT12 Barcelona €10k High Roller is down to 30 players after Day 2.
Denys Shafikov Leads for EPT12 Barcelona Main Event Final Day
There's already been a Ukrainian chip leader during the EPT12 Barcelona Main Event when Oleksii Khoroshenin took the lead after Day 3.
Despite him falling today, the yellow-and-blue flag is waving on top again. Khoroshenin's fellow countryman Denys Shafikov will enter the Final Day with the biggest stack after bagging 17,515,000 chips tonight. The 36-year-old is mainly a cash game player and prior to the Main Event, his live tournament winnings amounted to only $23,826. Making the final table of the biggest ever EPT, he is already guaranteed at least €104,800.
€947,300 for Winner of Biggest Ever EPT Barcelona €10K High Roller
Since the €10k High Roller first appeared on the EPT Barcelona schedule in Season 7, its popularity has been growing every single year.
Inevitably, the record books had to be re-written yet again this season with a 506-entry field. This comprised 401 unique players and 105 re-entries (setting a new record for both).
Such a large field obviously brings with it a massive prize pool and 71 players will share the €4,908,200 in payouts. The champion will eventually bank €947,300 along with the coveted title.
Oleksii Khoroshenin Tops Day 3 of the EPT12 Barcelona Main Event
The EPT Main Event hadn't seen a Ukrainian lifting up the trophy until March 2014 when Oleksii Khoroshenin seized the title at EPT10 Vienna.
The 29-year-old is now leading the record-breaking EPT Barcelona Main Event, bagging 1,708,000 chips at the end of Day 3. Khoroshenin has been playing the tour since Season 8. That win in Austria earned him €578,392, but he almost beat it during the $25k High Roller at the PCA 2015, finishing third for $629,460. Khoroshenin currently lies in fifth place on the Ukrainian all-time money list with more than $1.8m in live tournament winnings.
Man Faces Up to 25 Years in Attempted Murder of 83-Year-Old During Poker Game
A Syracuse man, Charquan Edwards, 23, is facing trial in the attempted murder of an 83-year-old man (unidentified to the media) after losing nearly $10,000 during a high stakes poker game.
After leaving on two occasions to go home and retrieve more money, Edwards returned for a third occasion, this time with a gun. He shot twice at the ceiling before the two men began fighting.
Ivey Accuses Borgata of Plying Gamblers With Free Booze Served by Sexy Servers
(Associated Press) — A professional gambler accused of cheating an Atlantic City casino out of $9.6 million by seeking an unfair edge at cards says the casino has its own method of gaining an advantage: plying gamblers with free booze served by flirty, scantily clad waitresses.
Martin Finger Wins EPT Barcelona €25K High Roller 2015, Banks €865,900
A three-handed battle in the €25k High Roller had to be deferred on Wednesday when it reached 5am. At the time, Martin Finger had the chip lead ahead of Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and Mark Teltscher. Martin Finger won't care much about the unforeseen delay however as hegot the job done this afternoon for a first prize of €865,000.
Bwin.party Asks GVC for Best Offer: Prepared to Dump 888
Reuters is reporting that key aspects of GVC’s proposal to buy publicly traded online gambling firm Bwin.party for approximately 1 billion pound ($1.55 billion) have been met.
Nick Petrangelo Leads for Day 3 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event
American pro Nick Petrangelo is leading the EPT12 Barcelona Main Event in to Day 3. He bagged 570,000 to top the 343 survivors.
Petrangelo has been excelling on the live scene recently, especially this year. He took down the $5k NL Turbo for $113,853 at the PCA and also finished sixth in the $25k High Roller there to add another $301,500 to his Bahamas haul. Petrangelo then brought headed to the inaugural EPT Malta Festival where he made final tables in both the €25k and €10k High Roller events for a combined €344,900.
Americas Cardroom’s $150,000 Freebuy Super Series II is Here
San Jose, Costa Rica - America has always been known as the land of the free, but this takes things to a whole new level.
Liv Boeree Makes Deep Run at EPT Barcelona €25K High Roller
A deep run in one-day High Rollers is not for the faint-hearted, but if simply making a final table earns you north of €100k, then 15 hours of work suddenly seems alright.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree, Martin Finger and Mark Teltscher kept going until 5am when casino regulations meant bagging up and arranging another time to play down to a winner. The three former EPT champions will resume their battle for another major EPT trophy (and first prize of €865,900) at 4pm on Thursday. All are guaranteed at least €391,000.
More Records Broken in Barcelona as EPT Main Event Sees 1214 Competing Tuesday
Day 1b of any EPT Main Event is usually bigger than the previous flight but, with 1,214 players competing today, Barcelona has far exceeded expectations.
It's been the strongest starting day in the EPT history, making it the biggest EPT Main Event ever, and already beating PCA 2011 by more than 100 entrants. So far, the new record stands at 1,673, but late registration stays open until tomorrow's restart at noon.
There were 716 Day 1b survivors who will come back for Day 2, joining the 273 players who bagged their chips on Day 1a.
Local Business Owner Earns $118k on HPT Poker Tournament
Kansas City, MO Coming into the Heartland Poker Tour Final Table Monday afternoon, Greg Jennings knew he'd have to outlast some of the most accomplished players the tour has ever seen to take home the Title.
At the end of the day, it was Jennings' solid play and relentless aggression that led him to victory. The business owner from Overland Park, Kansas walked away from Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City with $118,560 and the HPT champion's bracelet.
2015 Coco Poker Open at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Unveiled
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - The Coco Poker Open will begin an 11-day run at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Thursday, September 24.
The Coco Poker Open will feature a $2,500 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed, No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack event, October 1-4. It will offer 25,000 in starting chips.
Preceding the $1 million guaranteed event will be a $250,000 guaranteed No Limit Hold’em event, September 24-27, with a $350 buy-in.
EPT12 Barcelona Poker Festival Kicks Off With 459 Players
The flagship event of the EPT12 Barcelona Poker Festival kicked off today as 459 players took part in the €5,300 Main Event on Day 1a.
Imad Derwiche collected 170,000 to seize the lead tonight - certainly a better day for him than Sunday when he fell just two places shy of the money in the €50k Super High Roller. Derwiche last caught our attention on the final day of the EPT11 Grand Final when he was runner-up to Charlie Carrel in the €25k High Roller, taking €750,000 for second place.
Sylvain Loosli Wins EPT Barcelona €50K Super High Roller for €1,224,000
A stunning comeback reaped massive dividends for French pro Sylvain Loosli tonight when he became the EPT12 Barcelona €50k Super High Roller champion - for a hefty €1,224,000 first prize.
When play reached seven-handed (from a record-breaking field of 99 entries), almost nobody would have bet on the Frenchman who - at one point - was down to less than four big blinds. All-in preflop, and just one card away from elimination, he spiked what he needed on the river, made a double through EPT Player of the Year Dzmitry Urbanovich and survived.
