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Reports Claim Prominent Players Owe $18 Million to Full Tilt Poker

Reports Claim Prominent Players Owe $18 Million to Full Tilt Poker
Feb 3, 2012 by Michael Mancini
According to a report by Card Player Magazine, a group of the top professional poker players who helped promote Full Tilt Poker still owe the site and its parent companies about $18 million. Several outlets have noted that Behnam Dayanim – a layer working for Grou...

Survey Finds Enthusiasm for Regulated Online Poker in USA

Survey Finds Enthusiasm for Regulated Online Poker in USA
Feb 3, 2012 by Susan Arnold
Category: Poker Players

A recent survey by the US Gaming Survey, in conjunction with the Poker Players Alliance( PPA), found that American online poker players would overwhelmingly choose to play at regulated online poker sites should they become available, and that this poker play would have very li...

Hacker Plays High Stakes Poker with Daniel Negreanu's Bankroll

Hacker Plays High Stakes Poker with Daniel Negreanu's Bankroll
Feb 2, 2012 by Susan Arnold
Category: Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu briefly had his PokerStars account hacked this week, as an unknown person gained access to his email account and ultimately played some high stakes poker under his screen name.

The incident took place while Negreanu was traveling home from Australia, where N...

EPT Deauville Attracts Near-Record Field

EPT Deauville Attracts Near-Record Field
Feb 2, 2012 by Michael Mancini

The European Poker Tour Deauville nearly set a turnout record this week, drawing 889 players over the two starting days of the tournament.

That number was reached by having 550 players sign up for Day 1B, the second of two starting days. Combined with the 339 players who pa...

2012 World Series of Poker Schedule Released

2012 World Series of Poker Schedule Released
Feb 1, 2012 by Steven Lock
Category: WSOP

The World Series of Poker announced their 2012 schedule Wednesday, revealing a series that will have several changes from last year’s event.

The 2012 WSOP will begin on May 27, with the Main Event beginning on July 7. The Main Event actually features one of the bigger...

Some Cash Stolen From Jonathan Duhamel Recovered

Some Cash Stolen From Jonathan Duhamel Recovered
Feb 1, 2012 by Susan Arnold

Jonathan Duhamel has recovered some of the cash that was stolen from him during a home invasion, though some of the cash and other items stolen have yet to be found.

According to Montreal police, an anonymous tip was received telling officers where they could find a signifi...

Entraction Rebranded as IGT Poker Network

Entraction Rebranded as IGT Poker Network
Jan 31, 2012 by Michael Mancini
Category: Poker Sites

International Game Technology, the gaming manufacturing giant that is behind many of the most popular brick-and-mortar and online video slots, joined the online poker world last March by purchasing the Entraction Poker Network. Today, they announced a change in name to the pok...

Judge Dismisses RICO Claims in Full Tilt Class Action Lawsuit

Judge Dismisses RICO Claims in Full Tilt Class Action Lawsuit
Jan 31, 2012 by Susan Arnold

Full Tilt Poker executives and sponsored players won a legal battle Monday, as the majority of claims made in a civil lawsuit against FTP were dismissed by the judge presiding over the case.

In the class action lawsuit, which was filed last June, a group of former FTP playe...

D.C. Online Gambling Unlikely to Advance

D.C. Online Gambling Unlikely to Advance
Jan 30, 2012 by Michael Mancini

After more than a year of debate, discussions, and confusion, it’s beginning to look as though Washington D.C. is unlikely to become the first jurisdiction in the United States to approve online gambling.

This became all the more likely after a committee meeting on Fr...

Oliver Speidel Wins Aussie Millions Main Event

Oliver Speidel Wins Aussie Millions Main Event
Jan 30, 2012 by Susan Arnold
Oliver Speidel won the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, besting a final table of seven players to claim a $1.6 million first prize. The final table was played at an extremely fast pace, at least in comparison to most major live poker endings. The final table took just s...
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