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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.
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.
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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.
Amaya, 888 Holdings Battle it Out for Bwin.Party: $1.5 Billion on the Line
Amaya Gaming, the parent company of PokerStars, jumped into the bidding war for struggling online gambling firm Bwin.Party.
Struggling as it may, Bwin.party remains one of the most sought after betting companies in the world.
Rival GVC announced its intention to bid for Bwin.party last week.
RAWA Author Lindsey Graham ‘99.9 Percent Sure’ He Will Run for President
The co-author of legislation that would ultimately ban most forms of online gambling in the U.S., South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, plans to announce whether he intends to run for President of the United States on June 1.
Graham, a Republican, says he is “99.9 percent sure” he will run for President.
‘Balding’ Tiger Woods Beats Mark Cuban at Poker
Tiger Woods has taken time off from golf this week. On Friday, he opted for a night of poker with none other than Dallas Mavs billionaire owner Mark Cuban.
It was all for a good cause. Woods was hosting Tiger Jam out in Las Vegas to benefit the Tiger Woods Foundation.
It was Tiger who came out on top against Cuban, in case you were wondering.
Beatty: Sports Betting is a Game of Skill Like Daily Fantasy Sports
Bill “Dangerfield” Beatty, a stand up comedian who writes for the gaming news site CalvinAyre.com, this week brings up an interesting point: Essentially, if daily fantasy sports and online poker are really “games of skill”, how can sports betting not be?
FBI Re-Files ‘Ruse’ Case Against Poker Pro Paul Phua: Add Conspiracy Charge
LAS VEGAS (Associated Press) -- Federal prosecutors in Nevada have added a conspiracy allegation and re-filed Internet bookmaking charges against a Malaysian businessman who won a recent court ruling that his rights were violated in an FBI search of his Las Vegas Strip hotel suite.
Amaya Quarterly Results Boosted by PokerStars Acquisition
(Reuters) - Canadian gaming company Amaya Inc, the owner of online gambling sites PokerStars and Full Tilt, reported a massive jump in revenue and an adjusted profit on Thursday, on the back of its pivot to focus on the burgeoning online gambling market.
Montreal-based Amaya, which transformed itself in 2014 after it acquired PokerStars and Full Tilt through a $4.9 billion buyout of Rational Group, has been selling or spinning off its non-core assets over the last few months.
$115K Sunday Special in Danger of Capping at Americas Cardroom
San Jose, Costa Rica – It's not every day that a U.S. online poker site sends out a warning about one of its tournaments, but the very nature of The Sunday Special at Americas Cardroom calls for drastic measures. Americas Cardroom today announced that the $115,000 Sunday Special will not see its guarantee increase by $5k for the first time since launching at the beginning of this year.
Poker Pro Jason Mercier Wins Two Titles in Three Days
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has won two Spring Championship of Online Poker titles in the first three days of the festival on PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. brand.
Phil Gordon on Tom Brady: ‘I Know He Cheats at Blackjack Too, He’s a Card Counter’
In a shocking tweet made by the host of Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown”, Phil Gordon alleges that New England Patriot starting quarterback Tom Brady routinely cheats at blackjack while playing in casinos.
From Phil Gordon:
Hey, I know for sure #TomBrady "cheats" at Blackjack -- he's a card counter (I taught him). About the same advantage gain - 1-2%?
