The man who walked away with $1.5 million after an armed robbery of the Bellagio in Las Vegas was arrested on Wednesday night in Sin City, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. The mystery man is Anthony Michael Carleo, the 29 year old son of Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge George Assad. According to… Read more »
If you’re a fan of the popular Merge Gaming Network site Carbon Poker, then circle March 1st on your calendars. On that date, according to information released to affiliates on Wednesday, “Carbon Poker will go live with a brand new site, look, and logo.” The room will be formally changing out all of its banner… Read more »
Coming up later this month, Phil Hellmuth will lend his talents to co-host a charity poker tournament in Las Vegas benefiting the Starkey Hearing Foundation. The Raise Your Hand for Africa event will take place on February 18th and 19th at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas. Hellmuth will join two professional football players,… Read more »
It’s hard to believe that we’ve already hit the second month of 2011, but with the turning of the calendar comes the fun of seeing what promotions online poker rooms have to offer. Cake Poker recently announced its February promotions, which include one geared toward cash game players and one for tournament aficionados. The first… Read more »
This week, “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” welcomes one of the top up-and-coming females in the poker world, Lauren Kling. She’s fresh off a runner-up finish to Kristin Bihr in a $1,000 Ladies Event held during the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) for $18,000 and has been a force to be reckoned with online. UB.com… Read more »
CardRunners features Verneer who shows off 50nl 6max games in this training video. Here’s the official teaser: Verneer kicks off the week with a detailed look at 20 select hands from a recent 6-max 50NLHE Rush session. What makes this video so special? Each hand happened inside 40-minutes and features a 3-bet pot. Find out… Read more »
Dusty “Leatherass9” Schmidt is one of the real success stories of online poker. He’s the “Average Joe” who started playing micro-stakes games and eventually turned that into millions of dollars and a sponsorship deal with PokerStars. In his first book, “Treat Your Poker Like a Business,” Schmidt revealed some of the secrets to becoming an… Read more »
Last week, the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee passed S 254, a bill that would change the state’s laws regarding private home poker games. The current law, which was enacted in 1802, made any game involving cards or dice – such as poker, Yahtzee, or even Monopoly – a game of chance and illegal under… Read more »
The halfway point of the 2010-2011 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season has arrived and poker players from around the United States have converged on Tunica, Mississippi for a three-week stop at Harrah’s Tunica. Running from January 27th to February 14th, WSOPC Tunica will feature 54 events, including 10 ring events. Last weekend saw… Read more »
Last week, Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin inked a two-year extension with the USA-friendly site UB.com. Baldwin had originally signed a one-year deal and told Poker News Daily that the recent turnover at Team UB hasn’t been disconcerting: “It keeps you on your toes, but it’s been exciting. We’re not just talking about moving the brand in… Read more »
This week host Jon Friedberg is joined by Lauren Kling on The Showdown. Lauren Kling got off to a good start in 2011 by finishing in second place in the ladies event at the PCA. She said, ”The weather was bad and it was an impulse decision to play it and I ended up getting… Read more »
There’s big news coming from the Merge Gaming Network site Lock Poker. Eric “Rizen” Lynch has been promoted to Poker Room Manager of the popular site, which first gained a foothold in the industry by hosting the Bluff Online Poker Challenge in early 2009. Lynch is one of the veterans of the poker world. He… Read more »
