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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.
Americas Cardroom Player Turns Penny Into $1 Mil Secured Seat With Spin To Get In
Poker satellites suddenly have some new competition. Americas Cardroom has a brand new tournament entry feature called Spin To Get In that lets players win a seat in a major event without playing a single hand of poker. The slot machine-like feature invites players to spin a wheel for a chance to win a seat into a tournament for as little as $0.01.
Dmitry Ponomarev Leads EPT 11 Prague Main Event After Day 1A
Russian player Dmitry Ponomarev, who won the $2k NL event at the PCA in January, is chip leader at the end of Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT Prague Main Event with 159,800.
Balazs Botond Wins Eureka 4 Prague Title and €206,948
PokerStars player Balazs Botond came back for the Eureka 4 Prague final day as 9th in chips (out of 10 players), but he eventually remained the last man standing.
The Hungarian has won a €206,948 first prize after he made a 3-way deal with Ayman Zbib and Athanasios Xenodochidis to guarantee €186,948. Then he went on to win the remaining €20,000 left for the champ. It is Botond's biggest live cashout, surpassing the €154,000 payday for a 4th place finish in EPT8 Campione.
Poker Playboy Dan Bilzerian Arrested at LAX for Possession of Explosives
The so-called “King of Instagram” has been arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport for reportedly carrying explosives. The arrest occurred 10 pm PST Tuesday night or 1 am EST while transferring through Customs enroute from the Bahamas.
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White Potatoes In, Online Gambling and Sage-Grouse Out of Spending Bill
A “must pass” Omnibus Spending Bill is set to be sent out for a vote and should pass with flying colors. Fears among online gambling enthusiasts were that the bill would also be acting as a sort of “pork magnet”. In other words, folks in Congress had one last vehicle in which to attach their own measures, many of which are unrelated to spending per se.
Disconnects at Online Poker Rooms During Tournaments May Be DDoS Attacks
The dreaded DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service attacks may be back and affecting a number of online poker tournaments across many network sites.
Carbon Poker’s recent spate of server disruptions and disconnection issues have sparked fears of a DDOS attacker deliberately disrupting games in order to steal pots, writes Philip Conneller of CardChat.com.
Arsenal v New Castle Betting Odds
Arsenal v New Castle betting odds had Arsenal at 2/5, New Castle at 7/1 and the Draw at 7/2. 46% of the action was actually on New Castle for this Saturday matchup. All odds courtesy of Bookmaker here.
Atanas Malinov Leads at Eureka4 Prague: Down to 57 Players
There were still 57 players left on Day 3 of the biggest ever Eureka event, taking place here at the Hilton Hotel in Prague. But after eight levels, the actual composition of the final table remains unresolved until tomorrow, for ten players will return when the blinds restart at 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante).
The chip leader is PokerStars qualifier Atanas Malinov. The Bulgarian had a real rush over the second half of the day, eliminating several players and generally causing trouble for the other players with three-bets a regularity.
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.
