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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.
Taj Mahal, Ultimate Poker Rake in Just $26K for Month of July
Harsh reality is setting in for some online gambling firms currently operating out of New Jersey.
Sites overall accounted for $10.07 million during July with $7.92 million going towards casino games such as blackjack and slots and the rest towards online poker.
GBGA Takes Legal Action to Challenge 'Illegal' British Gambling Law
The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association {GBGA) has filed a legal challenge against a law introducing a new gambling licensing regime in the UK.
The GBGA argues that the new regime, introduced through the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 and also the guidance and policies of the Gambling Commission of Great Britain, is “unlawful, because it is an illegitimate, disproportionate and discriminatory interference with the right to free movement of services guaranteed by Article 56 TFEU, and is irrational.”
€1,016,700 Will Go to Winner of #EPT100 €50K Super High Roller
The winner of the #EPT100 €50k Super High Roller stands to receive €1,016,700 from the €3,697,155 prize pool. Eleven players will get paid. The event attracted a total of 77 entries - 58 unique players with 19 re-entries.
There were 53 players at the start of Day 2 include two brand new entries from Pratyush Buddiga and Alec Torelli.
Americas Cardroom Expands Satellite Schedule for Winning Millions
It turns out there are a million ways to get into Winning Millions – at least it’s starting to look like it.
Real Money Online Poker in California to Launch Next Week
Forget that another year has come and gone without passage of online poker legislation in the state of California. Don’t tell that to the Santa Ysabel Gaming Commission, which plans to turn its free-to-play online poker site into one where customers can play for real money some time between August 26 and 28.
EPT100: Estrellas Breaks PokerStars Record: €50K Kicks Off Monday
Estrellas Barcelona Main Event is the Largest Unique Field in PokerStars History
Amaya Gaming Releases 2nd Q Financial Results on Heels of PokerStars Acquisition
Amaya Gaming on Friday released their 2nd quarter results following the company’s acquisition of the world’s largest real money online poker company, PokerStars.com.
SECOND QUARTER AND SUBSEQUENT HIGHLIGHTS
The Worst Reaction to Winning $15 Million: Dan Colman Video Goes Viral
How would you react if you just won a cool $15 million?
One of the worst reactions to winning $15 million has just gone viral and it occurred at last month’s World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop where Dan Colman walked off with the big prize.
From PokerStrategy.com:
Newsweek Cover Story: Child Playing Online Poker and Dealing Parents a Bad Hand
This week’s cover story in Newsweek Magazine features a young boy holding a deck of cards with the caption “How Washington Opened the Floodgates to Online Gambling”.
The article headline itself goes a bit further with the headline: “How Washington Opened the Floodgates to Online Poker, Dealing Parents a Bad Hand”.
Chile recibe este 20 de Agosto 2014 al Latin Poker Series
Latin Poker Series continúa llevando sus eventos multi-locación a diferentes ciudades en Latinoamérica. El famoso LPS Millions II arrancó hace pocas semanas y dió a jugadores de Panamá, Colombia, Perú y República Dominicana la oportunidad de avanzar al día 2 en el main event de $1,000,000 garantizados. Ahora Chile también tendrá su oportunidad durante el 2do torneo principal del LPS con buy-in de $1,000+$100.
Poker Pros Dropping Like Flies as Sites Scale Down: UltimatePoker, PokerStars
UltimatePoker.com is the latest online poker site to slash its professional poker team, this time in half.
Gone are Phil Collins (no relation to the famous singer), Jeremy Ausmus, Lauren Kling and William Reynolds.
2012 One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari and Jason Somerville remained on the Ultimate Poker roster.
The news comes as PokerStars has begun to shrink its Latin American pro roster.
Full Tilt Poker Pros Could Recover From ‘Black Friday’ Losses
Claims Administrator, the Garden City Group, has announced that former pros of the online poker site Full Tilt Poker could qualify to receive payments due following that company’s abrupt April 2011 exit from the US market.
The company shut its doors soon after but was eventually resurrected by PokerStars, which entered into an agreement with US authorities to facilitate payment to players affected by the closure.
Borgata’s $9.6 million Lawsuit Against Phil Ivey May Take a Year to be Heard
A $9.6 million claim filed against big name poker pro Phil Ivey will likely be delayed at least another year.
Ivey is being used by Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel and Casino over an alleged playing card scam. The suit is claiming fraudulent winnings during a series of visits to the casino in 2012.
PokerFuse.com was able to obtain the court schedule for this matter with hearings to be held right up to July 2015:
Award-Winning EPTlive is Back With Webcast Kicking Off in Barcelona Aug 19
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – The award-winning EPTLive webcast kicks off August 19 with coverage from the historic #EPT100 event in Barcelona.
Coco Poker Open at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Sept 25 to Oct 6
COCONUT CREEK, Fla - The Coco Poker Open will begin a 12-day run at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Thursday, September 25, at 7 p.m. in the Pavilion.
The $1 million guaranteed Coco Poker Open Championship, October 2-6, will feature three starting days, 30,000 in chips, and follows the popular structure from Seminole Casino Coconut Creek’s February tournament series.
Online Gambling: ‘Unrealistic for Congress to Put the Internet Back in a Bottle’
Tom Russell, director of the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection, tells Vegas Inc., “It’s really unrealistic for Congress to step into the role of, for all intents and purposes, trying to put the Internet back in a bottle".
World Poker Tour® Strengthens Partnership With Global Poker Index
Los Angeles, CA - World Poker Tour® announced today that the Season XIII WPT® Player of the Year award will be powered by the Global Poker Index™. Also, for the first time ever, the Player of the Year race will include not only the WPT Main Tour, but WPT500, WPTDeepStacks, and WPT National and Regional Events as well.
Steven Segal to Star in Poker Movie ‘Gutshot Straight': Watch the Trailer
Hollywood actor Steven Segal is set to star in a new poker flick called “Gutshot Straight”, due to be released September 1, 2014.
The film is directed by Justin Steele and also stars George Eads, best known for his work on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. Eads will be executive producing the project as well.
Bill to Legalize Online Poker in California is Dead in the Water for 2014
One of two bills introduced to legalize online poker in California has been pronounced dead for this year.
Democratic state Senator, Lou Correa of Santa Ana, a co-sponsor of the bill, said it needed to be shelved as there was not enough time left in the legislative session to get it for a vote.
Think the US Congress is bad taking off the entire month of August and a portion of September?
The California legislature not only takes off in August, they take off the rest of the year.
Seminole Hard Rock Joins Forces With PokerStars
The Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida has partnered with the largest online poker room PokerStars for its Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (SHRPOC) series.
PokerStars players now have the opportunity to buy into the SHRPOC Main Event via their online account.
The Hard Rock event runs from August 14 thru September 3 and features a $10 million guaranteed event and a $100,000 Super High Roller event.
The entire Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship 2014 schedule appears below.
SBOBet.com Center of Paul Phua World Cup Betting Probe: Not Guilty Pleas Entered
Poker pro Paul Phua and his son Darren appeared in a federal court on Tuesday to answer to charges they ran an illegal gambling business out of the $25k a night Caesars Palace villas via the popular Asian handicapping betting site SBOBet.com. Phua and six others are set to be arraigned on August 7. The father-son-tandem may be deported back to their native Malaysia. Both men pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
Michigan Man Turns $360 into $137k on HPT
Mt. Pleasant, MI - After getting a taste of the spotlight during Heartland Poker Tour's November visit to Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, John Drikakis returned over the weekend to improve on his sixth-place finish. The shipping and receiving clerk from Battle Creek, Michigan shipped the win after investing just $360 in the tournament. For the victory, Drikakis received $137,014.
BetOnline, Tiger Gaming Awarding Packages for 2014 Battle of Malta Guaranteed €500,000
BetOnline.ag and Tiger Gaming have announced they are awarding players packages for the Battle of Malta Guaranteed €500,000 Main Event.
Amaya Gaming Completes Acquisition of PokerStars
MONTREAL - Amaya Gaming Group Inc. (TSX: AYA) ("Amaya" or the "Corporation") announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of privately held Oldford Group Limited ("Oldford Group"), the parent company of Isle of Man-headquartered Rational Group Ltd.
Borgata Posts Quarterly Loss for Online Poker in New Jersey
The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, partnered with bwin.party, has posted a quarterly operating loss of $1.8 million for the period of June 30.
It did, however, reach a “key milestone” by breaking even during the month of July.
The Borgata and bwin.party were widely seen as having gotten off to the strongest start in the newly opened New Jersey online gambling market through aggressive ad campaigns. Ongoing payment processing issues, particularly with a high credit card decline rate, have stymied growth since that time.
‘Do Nothing Congress’ Wants to Try to Do Something: Ban Online Gambling Via Holder
A handful of US Senators wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking for his support of their bill to reinstate a federal ban on Internet gambling.
WSOP Agonizing Defeat Caught on ESPN
ESPN has begun airing segments of the 2014 World Series of Poker, which concluded earlier in the month with the determination of the Final Nine to be held in November.
One of the more agonizing defeats was filmed featuring Connor Drinan, who was eliminated in the $1 million buy-in tournament Big One for One Drop.
New Record Set for Biggest Poker Event Held Outside America
Record-breaking Beijing Millions Main Event features 2,732-entrant field to become the biggest live poker tournament ever held outside of USA
BEIJING, CHINA – The inaugural PokerStars.net sponsored 2014 Beijing Millions concluded this past Sunday set a new record for the biggest live poker tournament outside the USA. The event was won by China's Chen Qin (秦辰).
Latin Poker Series Launches New Website With Player of Year Reward
San Jose, Costa Rica - The Latin Poker Series today announced the launch of its brand new website, along with more reasons to play in LPS events in 2014. Coupled with a revamped online portal, the Latin American tournament circuit organization has unveiled two new LPS leaderboards to keep track of player performance, including one that awards an LPS Tour Pass to the top point earner.
Sentencing of Greenville Man Highlights South Carolina Zero Tolerance of Bookies, Gambling
The conviction and subsequent sentencing of a Greenville, South Carolina man this week charged with illegal gambling highlights that state’s policy towards eradicating the activity whether it be in the form of bookmaking, poker or video gaming machines.
