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Howard Lederer has agreed with the United States government on a settlement of the civil case against him, putting to rest one of the last remaining loose ends of the 2011 Black Friday debacle. The Stipulation and Order of Settlement was filed Tuesday in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New… Read more »
Professional poker player Dutch Boyd needs some Christmas present money and he’s hoping a poker fan might be able to help him out with the cash. Cue eBay. Boyd has put one of his tournament bracelets up for sale on the popular internet auction website, with the closing date of the sale set for December… Read more »
Online gambling firm 888 Holdings has inked a deal with Facebook to offer real money gambling on the world’s largest social network platform, becoming the second company to do so. The venture will be operated by 888 subsidiary Mytopia and will start with games such as bingo, slots, and casino games offered only to residents… Read more »
The Fox Poker Club, a poker fixture in London, suddenly shut its doors this week, leaving its members bewildered and disappointed. On its website, the Fox Poker Club posted the following brief announcement: It is with regret that Genting UK Plc today announces that the Fox Poker Club will cease operation. The Management and Staff… Read more »
For years, online poker players have joked about wanting the ability to multi-table at a live casino. Joke no more, my friends, that ability is now yours. The Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas launched a new form of poker Wednesday called Multi Action Poker, giving players the ability to participate in two games… Read more »
The poker world lost a great friend Monday. Lou Krieger, renowned poker author and ambassador, passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family posted a brief message on his Facebook page: It is my deepest regret to inform you that early this morning Lou’s fight against cancer ended. He fought courageously to the… Read more »
Danish news magazine Ekstra Bladet (ekstrabladet.dk) has reported that popular Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen was shot in a home robbery Sunday night. He is in stable condition in the hospital, fortunately only shot in the leg. The attack occurred at about 10:00pm Sunday, December 2nd, as three men forced their way into Jorgensen’s home… Read more »
Greg Raymer is not exactly one to seek the spotlight. He tweets, but never anything controversial. He speaks out on occasion, but typically on behalf of poker and the Poker Players Alliance when trying to get online poker legalized and regulated in the U.S. Sometimes, though, it’s tough to not to step the fore. Winning… Read more »
Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson announced Tuesday via Twitter that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Brunson has expressed confidence that everything will be just fine. Early yesterday afternoon, the ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner relayed the news to his friends and fans via his oft-used Twitter account, writing: “It was malignant.… Read more »
There was recently a slight to-do in the poker community about the popular site PokerStrategy.com supposedly reporting mostly negative news about Full Tilt Poker, which will re-launch tomorrow. Some people believe it is because PokerStars, Full Tilt’s new owner, ended all rakeback deals and thus cost PokerStrategy and other large affiliates a significant chunk of… Read more »
While the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is cause for celebration in Las Vegas this week, the story is much different for another poker hotbed in United States. Atlantic City, New Jersey has been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, displacing residents, destroying the famous Boardwalk, and forcing all twelve of its casinos… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table just hours away and baseball’s World Series ending last night, the spotlight of the sports world is shining squarely on poker for the next two days as nine players have their sights set on the more than $8.5 million first prize. One of this… Read more »
Sometimes in life we are given a gift so outside the realm of anything that we could even believe existed that upon its receipt, our hearts are overwhelmed with joy and amazement. Those who did not previously believe in a heavenly father now do and those who already did have their faith reaffirmed. A tear… Read more »
The newest Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year (POY) standings were released Wednesday and, as expected, there were no changes at the very top. Dan Smith is the leader for the eighth week in a row, with Kyle Julius still in 2nd place and losing time to catch up. Smith has 1098.79 points… Read more »
David Williams is an excellent poker player. He has been for the better part of a decade now. But this weekend he went back to a card game he played before he took up poker and found success, winning the Magic: The Gathering 2012 Grand Prix San Jose. The 32-year old Williams was part of… Read more »
Chad Elie, a former online poker payment processor and one of eleven people named in the infamous Black Friday indictment was sentenced to five months in prison Wednesday by a judge in a Manhattan federal court. Elie had previously pled guilty to a single charge of bank fraud back in March 2012. Elie served as… Read more »
It is the Democrats’ turn to take the national stage this week as they attempt to rally their base at the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. And, like the Republicans, the 2012 Democratic National Platform was published to coincide with the festivities. Unlike in the Republican National Platform, however, online poker was not attacked.… Read more »
Back in April, a group of 14 gamblers had the day of their lives: they took the Golden Nugget Atlantic City for more than $1.5 million. Fairly, without cheating. To their horror, though, they found themselves sued by the casino and were still without $1 million of their winnings. Fast forward four months and a… Read more »
Just weeks after purchasing the Global Poker Index (GPI), Pinnacle Entertainment has turned around and flipped it to Zokay Entertainment, a gaming company created by former ChiliGaming CEO Alex Dreyfus. The GPI ranks the top 300 live poker tournament players in the world, adjusted weekly. Pinnacle, which owns several casinos in the United States, purchased… Read more »
Online poker players, don’t get excited just yet. Don’t start running around the neighborhood yelling about how your “One time” has finally come in. Ok, fine, get a little excited. For the first time, Facebook is offering a game in which players can wager real money, not simply things like in-game currency or Facebook credits.… Read more »
Poker players at a Tennessee poker outlet learned their fate this week as Chattanooga District Attorney Neal Pinkston held hearings regarding charges against those patrons. 41 players gathered in front of Pinkston on Thursday as a result of a raid by Chattanooga police in June. Back on June 7, the Chattanooga Police Department raided an… Read more »
It is the news that the poker community has been waiting to hear for well over a year now. After several false starts, the United States Department of Justice and PokerStars have announced a settlement of the civil claims by the federal government against the number one online poker site in the industry. As a… Read more »
Pinnacle Entertainment, owner of the Heartland Poker Tour, reported positive second quarter financial results Wednesday, sparking a jump in the company’s stock price. Revenue increased $8.9 million to $298.3 million, a 3.1 percent lift from the second quarter of 2011. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), was even more impressive, soaring… Read more »
Brent Beckley, co-founder of Absolute Poker, was sentenced to 14 months in prison Monday. Beckley was one of 11 people named in the federal indictments unsealed on April 15, 2011, better known in the poker community as “Black Friday.” In December, Beckley pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud, one of nine… Read more »
A group of more than 70 Tennessee poker players have filed a class action lawsuit against the Chattanooga Billiard Club (CBC) and its owner Phil Windham for allegedly cancelling an annual poker tournament for which the players qualified. In the Complaint, filed by attorney Hoyt Samples, the plaintiffs explain that the CBC hosted a free… Read more »
