Casinos
October 15th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThe Cercle Cadet Poker club in Paris’ Rue Cadet was raided by French police on Tuesday morning, following a yearlong investigation into alleged extortion by organized gangs, embezzlement, money-laundering, and criminal...
Players
October 13th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunGeorge Danzer won his third World Series of Poker bracelet of 2014 at the WSOP-Asia-Pacific Poker series, taking down the A$5,000 ($4,385) Eight-Game Mixed tournament in Australia to win A$84,600 ($74,200). The win makes Danzer...
Players
October 12th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunJeff Lisandro capped a busy week at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) by taking down his sixth WSOP bracelet. Lisandro, one of the legends of Australian poker, earned his latest triumph by taking down the A$1,650...
Casinos
October 8th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPhil Ivey suffered a major loss in court on Tuesday, as a London judge ruled that his use of edge sorting techniques to win at baccarat constituted cheating. The case involved whether Ivey, who sought to force Crockfords Casino...
Financial
October 6th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunTwo poker players from California are fighting a legal battle against Iowa police, saying that troopers with the Iowa State Patrol illegally took over $100,000 from them after a routine traffic stop. The case is similar to others...
Poker
October 2nd, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPreet Bharara, the incumbent Attorney for the Southern District of New York, may be looking at a shot at the top law post in the land: US Attorney General. Reports suggest that Bharara, who initiated the Black Friday indictments...
Financial
September 29th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunUltimate Poker is now facing questions about its future, following an exit from the New Jersey online poker market last week. While the company still operates a fairly successful site in Nevada, recent departures from the company...
Players
September 27th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPokerStars and other online poker sites have been dropping their sponsored pros like a bad habit lately. Recently, we’ve reported on 888 parting ways with JC Tran, Ultimate Poker trimming its roster, and PokerStars ending a...
Players
September 24th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunTom Dwan’s fabled “durrrr” Challenge was once the talk of the online poker world. Designed to generate some high-stakes action at a time when Tom “durrrr” Dwan was an unstoppable force, the heads-up...
Legal
September 23rd, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunBertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is one of many poker pros whose entire lives will be impacted when the new UK gambling laws come into effect on October 1. And players aren’t the only ones who will have some...
