Tzvetkoff to Appear at Upcoming Black Friday Trial
According to TheAustralian.com, the 29-year-old Tzvetkoff will "come out of hiding" next month for the trial and his documents are the centerpiece of the DOJ's case. Originally accused of stealing over...
View ArticleMonster Pot Recap: Ilari_FIN Smokes Isildur1 for $91k
The railbirds always flock to the tables when the two aggressive Nordic pros face off and last night was no exception as they played a combined total of over 5,000 hands at the $100/$200 PLO tables. At...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily 3-Bet: Negreanu Ban, ZOOM Boom, ElkY Helivac
Like Airwolf, but with poker nerds flying it. Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Daniel Negreanu getting banned from the 2+2...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gavin Griffin: A Matter of Pride and Necessity
As far as poker pedigree goes, it doesn't get much higher than Griffin. Griffin is a Triple Crown winner with over $4.6 million in career live tournament earnings and a former member of Team PokerStars...
View ArticleU.K. Tax Change Could Affect Poker Operators
Online betting, likely including online poker, will be taxed according to where the person makes the wager instead of where the gambling site is operated. The tax is set to be implemented by December...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily 3-Bet: Birdguts Punked, Dial-a-Benza, FTP Relaunch?
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find the WSOP media team giving Gavin Smith the gears, AJ Benza getting back on the poker fan radar...
View Articlebwin.Party Releases iPad Poker App
With full 1042 x 768 resolution, the new iPad client is based on the same mobile interface that bwin.Party introduced for the iPhone in January and for Android in July. “The Bwin iPad poker app extends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spindler Soars: Top 10 Weekly Winners/Losers
The current EPT London champion recorded 13,839 hands and picked up $389k in profit. Spindler may not have the same presence as players like Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily 3-Bet: Doyle Sours, Deadwood Flowers, New Micros!
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Doyle Brunson taking the ban hammer to his Twitter haters, the town of Deadwood reviving itself...
View ArticleFreeroll Spotlight: $40k in bwin Contenders Series
How you can get a ticket to one of them is simply by earning bwin market points through real-money games and tournaments. The more points you earn each month, the fatter the freeroll you can play the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poker’s In & Out List: Griffin a Hero, 2+2 = Zero
We’re all jacked up on expired poker energy drinks we obtained at the 2009 WSOP and ready to lay waste to the entire poker world so buckle your seatbelts it could be a wild ride. If you’re looking for...
View ArticleTapie in Dublin, Takeover “Done Deal” According to P5s
The source, unnamed but reportedly “very well connected within the online and live poker communities,” told PocketFives on Sunday that the Bernard Tapie Group and Full Tilt Poker are still “finalizing...
View ArticlePreliminary SCOOP 2012 Schedule Released
The 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker will begin May 6 this year and offer 38 events each in low, medium and high buy-in ranges. All told 114 tournaments will be played out across...
View ArticleSahamies Snaps Cold Streak, Wins $143k
Prior to last night the embattled Finnish pro had been bleeding cash at a disturbing rate in 2012 and was down $1.2 million on PokerStars. Sahamies fought back last night and through 981 hands of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Scoop: Russia Takes Two out of Three
By the end of the day Russia had locked up wins in two of the day's three biggest events. PokerStars boasted two $1 million guarantees yesterday, as tens of thousands of online poker players logged on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily 3-Bet: Norway Flees, Next Annette, Poker > USC
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find 1,000 poker-playing Norwegians fleeing en masse to Ireland, a new contender for the next, great...
View ArticleIlari Sahamies Stays Hot, Wins $380k
The previous night Sahamies won $143k, which means the Finnish pro is up over half a million dollars in the last 48 hours. Sahamies rattled off 1,495 hands on PokerStars last night. He played mixture...
View ArticleElie, Campos Plead Guilty to Black Friday Charge
Elie, 32, agreed with US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, upon prompting, that his actions in processing payments for the poker sites was “wrong” and that he was pleading guilty for that reason. Elie was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily 3-Bet: Gus v durrrr, FTP Report, Racener Movie?
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Gus Hansen and Tom Dwan pushing big chips around in Macau again, an independent report on Full...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Champ Chouity Stacked at EPT Campione
Chouity, who won the PokerStars EPT Grand Final in 2010, finished the day with 165,800, roughly 10,000 shy of Andreoni’s total from Day 1A. Chouity will enter Day 2 third overall behind Andreoni and...
View Article