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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

Keven Stammen Wins the WPT Championship 2014

There are few soft spots in a field as talented as the 328 that entered the World Poker Tour World Championship sponsored by partypoker at the Borgata Hotel and Casino, and so it is fitting that there were no soft spots at the final table of six.

 

The table included Keven Stammen, Byron Kaverman, Tony Dunst, Ryan D'Angelo, Curt Kohlberg, and Abe Korotki, and in the end a large starting stack proved to be the difference in a relatively even collection of top poker talent.

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/27/2014

Daniel Coleman Wins €100K Super High Roller at EPT 10 Grand Final

WCOOP Heads-Up champion Daniel "mrGR33N13" Colman has won the €100k Super High Roller for €1,539,300. The 23-year-old American, currently living in Rio, Brazil, beat high stakes online cash games pro Dan “jungleman12“ Cates after a one-hour heads-up battle. As well as his cash prize, Colman also receives a stunning bracelet worth €10,000 from Shamballa Jewels, the Official Braclet Sponsor of EPT Season 10 Super High Roller events. The tournament attracted a record-breaking 50 players which, with 12 re-entries, created a €6,015,240 prize pool.

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/26/2014

Macau Regulars Dominate in Super High Roller Final 2014

Seven Macau high-stakes cash game players came to compete in this year’s €100k Super High Roller - and three of them have made the final. They include chip leader Rono Lo (aka Lo Shing Fung) who has 4,558,000, some distance ahead of Germany’s sensational Ole Schemion who has 2,818,000. Lo’s friends Richard Yong and Paul Phua will also be back in the Salles des Etoiles at 1pm tomorrow, having outlasted 42 of the entrants (so far) and now all guaranteed at least €241,000.

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/25/2014

Fit News Exposes Lindsey Graham, Nikki Haley Online Gambling Agenda

FitNews.com, a site that purports to expose the “unfair” and “unbalanced” in South Carolina politics, has blasted Republican Senator Lindsey Graham along with Governor Nikki Haley for their sponsorship of a bill to prohibit online gambling at the federal level.  This is an excellent piece exposing what really lies behind their efforts.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/25/2014

Miles Austin Now Ranks Among Top Athletes to Become Celebrity Poker Players

Two big names were out of the 2014 WPT World Championship Thursday.  Dallas Cowboys player Miles Austin and World Series of Poker bracelet record holder Phil Hellmuth were ousted after going deep into the remaining 42 players.  Austin did outlast Hellmuth for the recod.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/24/2014

NFL Player Miles Austin, Phil Hellmuth Going Deep at 2014 WPT World Championship

Day 2 has come to a close at the WPT World Championship, sponsored by partypoker, and 68 players have survived from the 200 that started the day.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/24/2014

Art Dealer Tied to Russian Mob Run Gambling Ring Case Blames His Dad for Woes

Playboy art dealer Hillel “Helly” Nahmad is blaming his dear ‘ol dad for his gambling problems.  Nahmad was one of 30 charged for running high stakes poker games with ties to the Russian Mafia.  He has since plead guilty to a lesser charge and is due to be sentenced in Manhattan on April 30.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/24/2014

PokerStars and Top Tribe Agree to Offer Online Poker in California

Sacramento, CA - The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California’s (and the world’s) three largest card clubs – the Commerce Club, the Hawaiian Gardens Casino and the Bicycle Casino – and The Rational Group, which owns and operates PokerStars, announced today that once California enacts legislation authorizing intrastate online poker, PokerStars will serve as the subcontractor providing the online poker platform and related services for a real-money online poker website to be licensed, owned and operated by an entity owned by the Tribe and the card clubs. 

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/23/2014

Marc Pincus Steps Down From All Operational Roles at Zynga

The social gaming giant Zynga founder Marc Pincus has stepped down from all operational roles saying ““Ultimately a Ship Is Better With One Captain”.

The announcement was made on Wednesday. Pincus will assume the role of company Chairperson.

Pincus stepped down from his CEO position last year.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Apr/23/2014

WPT World Championship Atlantic City 2014 Numbers Are In: $1.3 Mil to the Champ

328 entries, $4,852,400 in prize money, to 36 spots will pay cash and $1,310,146 goes to the winner of this year’s WPT World Championship currently taking place in Atlantic City after 11 years in Las Vegas.  The event is expected to provide the struggling seaside gambling resort with a significant economic jolt.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/23/2014

Lobbyists Are Big (and Only) Winners Thus Far in US Online Gambling Battle

States like New Jersey are not yet seeing the promised revenue numbers for their fledgling Internet gambling sector even though growth appears inevitable.  Likewise, the sites themselves are not exactly going gangbusters (not even NJ market leader PartyPoker). But alas, there is one group benefiting big time from the efforts to both legalize and prevent online gambling from taking shape in the US:  The lobbyists.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/23/2014

Is New Jersey Online Gambling Site Virgin Casino Free $50 for Real?

A number of our readers were wondering if the New Jersey online gambling site VirginCasino.com was really offering a FREE $50 in cash to new signups.  The answer to this question is a resounding YES with a big BUT… this works like a refill bonus, hence the ‘Up to $50 Bonus Cash’.  So opening your account with $5 won't result in VirginCasino giving you $50.

Submitted by Payton on, Apr/23/2014

Australian Poker Tournaments Drawing in Tourists

During the past decades, Australian Poker matches have made an indelible mark in the world of poker. Throughout the past few years, these poker tournaments have positioned Australian Poker in the limelight; gaining attention and attracting poker pros and vacationers around the globe.

Submitted by Payton on, Apr/23/2014

It’s Do or Die in California Online Poker Push With Hearing Scheduled Wednesday

33 experts were scheduled to testify Wednesday (April 23, 2014) regarding the viability of legalized online poker in California.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Apr/22/2014

Dreyfus on iGaming: ‘Not About Whether You Are Going to Eat Someone or Be Eaten’

Alexandre Dreyfus, founder of Chili Poker and now the head of the Global Poker Index, is celebrating his 10th year in online gambling and Gambling911.com would like to take this time to congratulate him as this is no small feat.  After all we have seen countless numbers of "executives" come and go during this time.

Prior to ten years ago, the Frenchman had never bet online.  One could argue he is among the industry’s most successful businesspeople and certainly a pioneer when it comes to online poker.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/22/2014

New Milwaukee Bucks Owner ‘Close Friend” to Alleged Russian Mobster

The Milwaukee Bucks are being sold and one of the new owners enjoys a “close friendship” to with a 27-year-old Russian who was among the 34 people charged nearly a year ago today in connection to a high-stakes poker game at the Carlyle Hotel and in Hollywood with alleged mob ties.  One of those arrested operated an art gallery within the hotel.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Apr/21/2014

World Poker Tour Championship Event Gets Underway in Atlantic City

(Associated Press) - After 11 years in Las Vegas, the championship event of the World Poker Tour is underway in Atlantic City.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Apr/21/2014

Another Victory for Victoria Coren: Becomes First Ever Poker Player to Win EPT Title

Victoria Coren has just accomplished an amazing feat as she becomes the first ever poker player to win two European Poker Tour titles.

During her poker career, Coren has amassed $2,146,562.  The UK player has three wins under her belt and 26 cashes.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/21/2014

Ole Schemion wins EPT10 SanRemo €10K for €265,000

German pro Ole Schemion has won the EPT Sanremo €10,300 High Roller for €265,000, a SLYDE watch – and a virtually unassailable lead in the race to become EPT 10 Player of the Year.

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/20/2014

Daniel Negreanu Comes to Poker Player’s Defense in Ivey-Gate Borgata Card Scandal

Outspoken poker pro Daniel Negreanu has come out in support of fellow pro Phil Ivey after the Borgata Casino filed a $9.8 million suit against the so-called “Tiger Woods of Poker”.

It wasn’t the game of poker that landed Ivey in hot water with the Borgata however.  Instead is was a series of baccarat games Ivey partook in that has the casino crying foul.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/19/2014

Poker Millionaire Antonio Esfandiari Found Begging for Money at Las Vegas Airport

Winner of the 2012 One Drop and its $18 million grand prize, a now penny-less and hungry Antonio Esfandiari had to resort to begging for money at the Las Vegas Airport in order to buy lunch.

There was a time when homeless people ran amuck in airports prior to 9-11.  No reports of Esfandiari rummaging through the garbage at least

But alas, we’re happy to report that Esfandiari is not homeless. It’s just that the poker pro arrived at Las Vegas’s McCarran Airport without any cash or credit cards in his wallet.  We've all done that.  NOT!!!!!

He Tweeted:

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Apr/18/2014

Borgata, Phil Ivy Remain Mum Over Cheating Allegations, Lawsuit

Neither the Borgata Casino or poker pro Phil Ivey have commented on a lawsuit filed by the property last week accusing Ivey of cheating at their baccarat table.

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And the Borgata won’t be commenting any time soon.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/18/2014

Bwin.Party Shares Up Nearly 2 Percent on News of Potential Shakeup

Bwin.Party shares were up 1.97% (124.00) Thursday following news that activist investor Jason Ader looked to shake things up on the board.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Apr/17/2014

Unibet Pulls Out of Russia One Month After Being Placed on Black List

Malta-based Unibet has opted to cease taking new Russian poker players and online gamblers one month after the company was placed on a country “black list”.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/17/2014

More Full Tilt Poker Payments Coming by End of May

Another 1000 US-based customers are set to receive payments from Full Tilt Poker by the end of May.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/17/2014

Jason Ader Activist Investor Taking on Bwin

New York based hedge-fund investor, Jason Ader, well-known t o Gambling911 readers from his earlier victory over IGT was featured in the worldwide media today for his announcement that he intends to propose for election four new independent Directors to the Board of BPTY at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of BPTY. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Apr/17/2014

‘I Bought Out of No Sex Bet After 9 Days’ Says One Drop Champ Antonio Esfandiari

2012 World Series of Poker One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari recently sat down with PokerStrategy.com to discuss the upcoming $1 million buy-in One Drop.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Apr/16/2014

The Atlantic: Where The Card Sharks Feed

The Atlantic has a very well written article published overnight Wednesday that discusses how poker “fish” have migrated to land-based casinos ever since a handful of top online poker sites exited the US market back in 2011.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Apr/16/2014

Atlantic City Casino Suffers Fake Chip Scam in Poker Tournament

A casino in New Jersey has been at the heart of a scandal that saw them host a poker tournament to only have to suspend the action following the discovery of fake chips that had been introduced into the tournament by one participant.

With one player of a 2,100 strong player field thought to have been feeding fake chips into the tournament, the casino decided that they needed to suspend play pending an investigation as the man from North Carolina is questioned over his role within the deception.

Submitted by Payton on, Apr/16/2014

EPT SanRemo Poker Tournament Winner to Get €476,100

The prize pool for this season’s EPT Sanremo Main Event prize pool has now been announced and it’s a €476,100 prize for the winner – along with a trophy and stunning watch worth more than €5,000 from luxury Swiss brand SLYDE, the Official Watch Sponsor for EPT Season 10 Main Events. There were 556 players creating a €2,480,872 prize pool with 79 players paid.

Submitted by Press Release on, Apr/16/2014

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