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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.
Final Table Set in €50K EPT Prague Super High Roller
World champion Martin Jacobson bubbled the €50k Super High Roller leaving just seven players to battle it out tomorrow for the trophy and €771,360 first prize.
Equity Poker Network and PokerHost Call it a Day
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles – The EquityPokerNetwork.com (“EPN”) today confirmed the end to their business relationship with online poker room, PokerHost.com (“PokerHost”), effective as of midnight on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014.
Antonin Duda Leads 57 Players Into Eureka 4 Prague Day 3
EPT9 Barcelona finalist Antonin Duda bagged 1,740,000 chips at the end of day 2 to overtake the chip lead in the Eureka 4 Prague Main Event.
Silkroad Founder Accused in Six Murder-for-Hire Plots: PokerStars to Offer Bitcoin?
With online gambling sites only now beginning to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon (quite possibly PokerStars among them), some of the earlier Bitcoin startups are currently facing scrutiny, the most notorious of them all being drug bazaar Silkroad.
And now the founder of that underground company, Ross Ulbricht, is alleged to have set up at least six murder-for-hire plots.
Ivan Sochnikov Leads EPT Prague €50K Super High Roller
Russian player Ivan Soshnikov is leading the 32 players left at the end of Day 1 of the €50 unlimited re-entry Super High Roller. A total of 41 players entered and seven fired off second bullets including Team PokerStars Pro Online’s Isaac Haxton (still in) and WCOOP ME champion Fedor Holz (no 3rd bullet, so far). Soshnikov, 24, who won the €10k High Roller event here last year, was multi-tabling both the €1,100 Eureka Main Event AND the Super High Roller until he was moved in Eureka and couldn’t find his new table.
Matt Alexander Earns 2nd Heartland Poker Tour Title in Iowa
Altoona, IA - Two friends found themselves heads up for the cash and a Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Title at a marathon Final Table from Prairie Meadows Racetrack Casino Hotel. In the end, it was Matt Alexander who bested his pal Kou Vang for the $69,043 payday.
Sources Say Boehner Gives Thumbs Down to Adelson Online Gambling Rider
With passage of a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill necessary to pass in Congress in the coming days, some media reports suggest that casino magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson intends to have his online gambling prohibition inserted as part of that “must pass” legislation.
Record 1738 Players at Eureka 4 Prague: 542 Return for Day 2
Eureka 4 Prague Main Event field attracted 1,738 players (including 8 no-shows) and as we denoted before, it smashed previous records.
The field increased by 423 players in comparison to last year's tour stop in the Czech capital, and easily surpassed Vienna's 1,432-entry field. Today's day 1b brought the biggest flight with 1,263 entries including 8 no-shows (to reach a 4-figure number for the very first time in a single day). Altogether, the season 4 counts impressive 3,662 attendants, which is 1,236 more than last in season 3 despite taking off one stop.
Art Dealer With Russian Mob Connections Helly Nahmad Out of Prison
Just five months into a thirteen month sentence, high end art dealer Helly Nahmad has been released from prison.
The New York Observer reports that Nahmad has been transferred from a New York State prison to a halfway house in the Bronx.
Poker Playboy Dan Bilzerian Reportedly Kicks Woman in Face at Nightclub
The “King of Instagram” poker pro Dan Bilzerian has been banned from a Miami Beach nightclub after allegedly kicking a woman in the face. The incident was caught on video. Claim Your FREE $250 Here (use bonus code G911).
Nets Fan, Poker Pro Says Being Tossed From Game Like ‘Being Abducted by Aliens’
Nets super fan and a former poker player, Jeffrey Vanchiro (AKA Jeffrey Gamblero), says he is recovering from a humiliating incident last week in which he was physically removed from the Madison Square Garden by security without his prosthetic leg. Vanchiro was accused of being unruly though others who were sitting nearby the super fan dispute these claims, taking to Twitter to defend him. He compared getting tossed from the arena like “being abducted by aliens”
Tomas Fara Seizes Top Spot at Eureka 4 Prague by End of Day 1A
It was a very fresh start of the EPT Prague Poker Festival; record-breaking 475 players attended day 1a of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event making it the biggest ever day 1a in tour's history (surpassing Vienna's 457 players). With almost 800 players already registered for tommorow's day 1b it might be once again time for Prague to set up the new strongest Eureka field as well as it happened in both previous years.
Chat With Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy Live Wednesday Night
Want to know anything there is to know about one of the fastest growing online poker rooms geared towards players in North America, Americas Cardroom?
ACR CEO Phil Nagy will be available Wednesday December 10 (starting between 7:30 pm and 8 pm EST) to talk about his site and the online poker industry in general. Please note that we initially published that this event would take place Tuesday night
Eureka 4 Prague Hits 475 Players on Day 1A
Final stop of the Eureka Poker Tour season 4 kicked off with a record-breaking mood here in the Hilton Prague; 475 players entered the €1,100 Main Event, making it the biggest day 1a ever held in tour's history (besting Vienna's 457-player field).
Adelson’s Quiet Attempt to Quash Online Gambling Got Too Noisy
Is it possible to spend too much money in politics and have it backfire? Sheldon Adelson is about to find out.
Slate asks the Million Dollar Question (or should we say BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION?).
Adelson, in case you didn’t know, is among the biggest GOP donors. He’s also one of the richest men in the world and doesn’t believe online gambling can coincide with his brick and mortar casinos.
Jason Mercier Wins WPT Alpha8 Event in St. Kitts for $727,500
Poker pro Jason Mercier has won the WPT Alpha8 Event in St. Kitts for a whopping $727,500.
Five Defendants to Plead Guilty in Case Tied to Poker Pro Paul Phua
(Associated Press) - Five defendants are poised to take plea deals in a federal illegal Internet gambling case in Nevada that stemmed from a disputed FBI raid last summer at high-roller suites at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
Winner of Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open Championship Announced
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Chris Bolek of Boca Raton, Fla., walked away with $480,200 after winning first place in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open $2 Million Guaranteed Championship held November 28 – December 3, 2014. Runner up Sean Winter of Jacksonville, Fla. walked away with $270,000.
Alessio Isaia Wins Sanremo Grand Final
Un giocatore Italiano, Alessio Isaia, ha vinto il primo premio di €43,000 dopo un deal a due al tavolo finale dell’IPT Sanremo Grand Final.
Isaia ha prevalso su un totale di 234 giocatori qui’ al Casino’ Municipale, dove il PokerStars.IT IPT ha generato un montepremi di €204,282.
BSOP Millions 2014: Wilson Calixto Takes Final of the Brazilian Championship
Wilson Calixto is the newest Brazilian poker millionaire. After seven days of poker festival in the Events Center of the Sheraton World Trade Center in Sao Paulo, at dawn on Thursday, the player from Brasilia won the Main Event of the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP Millions) pocketed R$ 1,05 million (approx. USD$420,000).
The last day started with 10 players and lots of action. Within half an hour the final table of 8 players was on the way. The first to say goodbye was short stacked Marcel Carli. Soon after, Adecir Cassol fell in ninth place.
Nets Super Fan, Poker Pro Tossed Out of Arena After Alleged ‘Prosthetic Leg’ Attack
One time poker pro and Nets “super fan” Jeffrey Vanchiro (AKA Jeffrey Gamblero) was carried out of Madison Square Garden Tuesday night by arena security for apparent "unruly behavior". Vanchiro’s prosthetic leg, however, appeared to have been left behind.
Poker Pro Paul Phua Denies Organized Crime Ties in World Cup Betting Probe
Attorneys for poker pro Paul Phua (real name Wei Seng Phua ) denied he has any links to a Chinese organized criminal syndicate. Phua, a wealthy Malaysian businessman, and his son Darren Phau were charged this past summer with operating a World Cup betting ring out of a Las Vegas resort. Six others were also charged for their involvement in the alleged scheme.
Americas Cardroom's $1.75 Million OSS IV is This Friday December 5
San Jose, Costa Rica – Americas Cardroom is bringing back its ultra-popular Online Super Series (OSS) for a fourth installment beginning this Friday, December 5th, and this time they will be making history. The OSS IV is a mammoth 10-day event with $1.75 million in guaranteed prize pools through 63 events, culminating with the historic $1,000,000 Winning Millions tourney on December 14th at 3:00pm ET.
Betfair Dumps Online Poker in New Jersey: Will Continue to Offer Casino Games
A second online gambling firm in New Jersey has shut down its poker room in so many weeks. Betfair follows UltimatePoker, which pulled out of the state entirely in October. Betfair has vowed to continue offering Internet casino games such as blackjack and slots.
A Betfair representative confirmed the closure of its online poker room to the website USPoker.com Tuesday morning.
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HPT Adds Grand Sierra Resort and Casino to 2015 Schedule
Reno, NV - The nationally televised Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) will add a visit to Reno/Tahoe to its 2015 nationwide tour. Grand Sierra Resort and Casino was selected to host the ten-day tournament series kicking off on January 30th. The tour stop will culminate on February 9th with a nationally-televised Final Table filmed in GSR's famed nightclub, LEX.
HPT is fresh off of a record season celebrating the tour's milestone tenth year. Over $12 million dollars was awarded in 2014 to poker enthusiasts from coast to coast.
Fraternal Order of Police Write Letter Opposing a Federal Online Gambling Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. - John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, issued the following statement in response to the National Fraternal Order of Police’s letter urging Congress to oppose a Federal ban on Internet gambling. The letter notes that, “a Federal prohibition is irresponsible and will severely hinder our efforts to combat unlawful activity on the Internet.”
Negreanu Applauds Victoria Coren Decision to Part Ways With PokerStars
Outspoken professional poker player and recent entrant into the Poker Hall of Fame, Daniel Negreanu, has applauded Victoria Coren for leaving PokerStars on what she claims to be moral grounds.
Coren parted ways with Stars last week, issuing this statement:
Former Liverpool Winger Albert Riera Denies Being Sacked Over Playing Poker
Albert Riera was absent for Udinese's match against Chievo on Nov 23 and reports quickly surfaced that the former Liverpool winger had instead opted to hang out in Slovenia and play poker. He won £3,000 for his second place finish in that game.
The 32-year-old insists it was by 'mutual consent' and for football reasons that the club ultimately sacked him this past week.
Yahoo Shuts Down Its Online Poker Room After Only One Month
Yahoo has taken the drastic step of shutting down its online poker room after launching just one month ago. The company cited security concerns in its decision. Yahoo Poker will be closed effective December 31.
PokerStars Sunday Million Now Pays $5 Million: Spin and Gos Pay $1 Million
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – A $1 million Spin & Go promotion and a Sunday Million special edition with $5 million guaranteed are the headline attractions of a December Festival that will see more than $15 million in prizes won by players, PokerStars announced today. (Players from North America prohibited – If you reside in North America go here (high rollers welcome).
