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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.

Online Poker Film ‘Runner, Runner’ Bombs at the Box Office

The Ben Afleck-Justin Timberlake film about online poker, “Runner, Runner”, has bombed at the box office.

The film, which was widely panned by critics, finished third behind “Gravity” and “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” (there was a number one?).

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Oct/07/2013

PokerStars to Welcome Players to Isle of Man for First UKIPT Festival

Players to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse behind the world’s leading online gaming company while competing for £500,000 guaranteed Main Event prize pool

ONCHAN, Isle of Man – PokerStars today announced an exciting series of events beginning October 30 as part of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) visiting the Isle of Man, bringing hundreds of poker players to the home of its corporate headquarters. 

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/07/2013

EPT London £50K Super High Roller Final Table Determined: Finger Leads

Final table chip counts 
Martin Finger, 4,770,000 
Johannes Strassmann, 2,215,000 
Bill Perkins, 2,060,000 
David Benefield, 1,320,000 
Christoph Vogelsang, 1,220,000 
Timothy Adams, 1,140,000 
Tobias Reinkemeier, 850,000 
Patrik Antonius, 750,000

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/06/2013

Somach Exclusive: McDonald’s Hamburgers and an Illegal San Francisco Online Poker Room

Over the past five years, more than a dozen online poker rooms that allowed Americans to play Internet poker for cash have been busted by the U.S. Justice Department. Websites were shut down, website owners and operators were arrested and millions of dollars were seized. Party Poker, Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet were among the sites targeted by the Feds.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Oct/05/2013

European Poker Tour Prague Schedule 2013 to be Unveiled

Event Will be a 47-event schedule that features EPT-run cash games for the first time 

ONCHAN, Isle of Man – The European Poker Tour today released the schedule for the forthcoming EPT10 Prague Poker Festival in December and announced that Main Event qualifiers will start tomorrow (Saturday October 5).  

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/04/2013

Henri Balcazar Wins Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event

Ontario Man Wins Record-Breaking Main Event At Montreal Festival

Montreal, Canada – Henri Balcazar is the inaugural Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event champion, taking home C$194,044 for being the last player standing in a record-breaking field.

After just three hands of heads-up play, the 32-year-old from Kitchener, Ontario hoisted the trophy, beating local player Eric Despres to the top spot.

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/04/2013

Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation Blasts AGA for Hypocrisy re ‘Runner, Runner’

The Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation has come out swinging against the Nevada lobbying group, American Gaming Association (AGA), for its advertisements suggesting the new film “Runner, Runner” is a cautionary tale depicting the ills of an unregulated online gambling industry.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Oct/04/2013

PokerStars to Construct $10 Million Poker Room at Resorts Atlantic City

The world’s largest real money online poker company, PokerStars, plans to develop a $10 million poker room inside Resorts Atlantic City.

Stars entered into a partnership with Resorts this summer to host an online poker site for New Jersey residents.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Oct/03/2013

Over $1.25 Million in Guaranteed Prize Pools Up for Grabs at WPT Regional Series

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Time to tune-up the poker strategies for the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open returning November 13 – December 2, 2013. During this World Poker Tour® (WPT®) Regional event, players can win their share of over $1,250,000 in guaranteed prize pools in a challenging 20-event series that will take place in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/03/2013

‘Runner, Runner’ May Have You Running Out of Theatre Before Film Ends

As first reported by Gambling911.com last week, initial reviews for the online gambling themed film “Runner, Runner” were not especially good.  The film continues to be widely panned by critics.

“’Runner, Runner’ Stumbles, Stumbles” reads the headline from the Orange County Register

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Oct/03/2013

Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event 2013 Final Table Determined

Day 4 of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event saw 25 players return and in just six hours the final table of nine was found.

The unfortunate player to bubble the final table was Jeremie Trepanier. Trepanier took the defeat with a smile and left the tournament in an agonizing 10th place (C$21,121).

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/03/2013

Poker Pro Jonathan Duhamel Gets Beaten Up by Another Woman (Video)

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel is preparing to take on fellow Full Tilt Poker sponsored female pro Danielle Andersen in Canadian Football League drills at the Alouettes practice field.

It certainly wouldn’t be the first time Canadian Duhamel has been tackled and beaten by a woman.

Submitted by Ace King on, Oct/02/2013

Chris Moorman First Poker Player to Pass $10 Mil Mark Online in Tournaments

Chris Moorman is the first poker player to reach the $10 million mark in online tournaments.

The breakdown according to PokerUpdate.com is mighty impressive:

Submitted by Ace King on, Oct/02/2013

23500 Petitions Received for Full Tilt Poker Remission Process

Claims administration firm, Garden City Group (GCG), has completed the remission process for payments to Full Tilt Poker players. 

It was reported yesterday (October 1, 2013) that some 1.4 million emails have been received from those still owed money from Full Tilt Poker.  23,500 petitions were also processed.

Full Tilt Poker abruptly exited the US market on April 15, 2011 following a series of indictments.  Last year, the US Government settled with the company and began the process of determining payout distributions.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Oct/02/2013

Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event Attracts Record Field

Montreal, Canada –– The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event has set a new Canadian attendance record for number of entrants in a tournament with a buy-in of C$1,000 or higher. The festival’s headline event has surpassed the C$1 million guarantee by a long shot, attracting 1,625 entrants to create a total prize pool of C$1,576,250.

The winner will walk away from Playground Poker Club with C$260,582 and the Main Event title.

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/01/2013

Brad Albrinck Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Cincinnati 2013

Brad Albrinck has won the 2013 World Series of Poker Circuit Cincinnati and the $221,994 prize that goes along with it.

Prior to this win, the local Cincinnati player had amassed just over $60,000 on the live circuit with three cashouts.

David Kash finished 2nd with $136,863. 

Submitted by Ace King on, Oct/01/2013

Americas Cardroom Unleashes Revamped 2-Week Beast Promotion

San Jose, Costa Rica – Forget poker point races. Americas Cardroom has unleashed an all-out points war. The US-friendly online poker site has officially taken the wraps off a brand new Beast competition. Beginning today, the new progressive points competition will be a 2-week contest. The former monthly race will now reset on the 16th and final day of the month rewarding players twice every month.

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/01/2013

Thunder Valley Champ Banks $180K

Lincoln, CA - There are few second chances in life, but Mel Weiner got one Monday at Heartland Poker Tour’s televised Final Table.  Just one week after his third-place finish at HPT’s stop at The Commerce Casino, the real estate investor from Calabasas, California found himself playing heads up for over $180k at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.  Surviving through a massive field over two days of play and a Final Table that stretched into Tuesday, just one opponent stood between him and the championship title.  Michael Rosenbach, a pro player from Berkeley, Ca

Submitted by Press Release on, Oct/01/2013

Poker Face: Vanessa Rousso The Next Lady Gaga (Video)

Poker pro Vanessa Rousso is going from poker to pop it appears.  One of the game’s top female players and a PokerStars.com pro (not to mention a big Gambling911.com fan favorite), Rousso recently expressed her love for music and her desire to enter the recording industry.

“Why not check out taking online classes in music?” Rousso said in a recent interview.  “I did my research and found out that Berkley was the best school for contemporary music.

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Sep/30/2013

PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker 2013 Prize Pool Surpasses $62 million

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker 2013 concludes later today with the $5,200 No Limit Hold’em Main Event and $215 No Limit Hold’em [8-Max] tournaments playing to a finish.

Submitted by Press Release on, Sep/30/2013

Explosive Revelations in Nuke Boss Gambling Probe

A vice admiral and the second in command of the US nuke program at the United States Strategic Command outside of Omaha, Nebraska, has been suspended for his alleged role in a counterfeit casino chip probe.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/29/2013

Ladbrokes Chief Head on Chopping Block: Shares Plunge 10 Per Cent

Ladbrokes shares fell nearly 10 per cent Thursday amidst news the UK’s second largest bookmaker’s operating profit would come nowhere near that of last year’s numbers.

Forecasts now call for between £10million to £14million this year compared with market forecasts of £27.5million.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/26/2013

2013 Poker Hall of Fame Inductee Finalists Revealed

The 2013 Poker Hall of Fame finalists have been announced.

They are, in alphabetical order: Chris Bjorin, Humberto Brenes, David Chiu, Thor Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Tom McEvoy, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen and Huckleberry Seed.

Six of these finalists were nominated last year.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/26/2013

‘Runner, Runner’ Reviews Are All In: ‘Uncompelling, Sketchy, Charmless, Limp’

The reviews are in for the online gambling thriller “Runner, Runner” and they aren’t very good.  In fact, to date, just 20 percent of critics at movie review aggregator site RottenTomatoes.com have given the film a thumb’s up.  Audience reviews were equally as harsh, though somewhat limited.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/26/2013

AGA Uses ‘Runner, Runner’ Film to Highlight Ills of Current Online Gambling Sector

Executives with the American Gaming Association (AGA) want everyone to know that today’s online gambling industry is unregulated with shady operators who offer paybacks to corrupt Banana republic politicians and routinely throw deadbeat gamblers into alligator infested waters.

BetOnline

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, Sep/25/2013

US Online Gamblers Spent US$2.6 Billion in 2012

WASHINGTON—(AFP) - Americans spent US$2.6 billion on gambling websites in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday by the casino industry as it renewed a push for Congress to regulate online betting.

The American Gaming Association, which released the study, said it highlights the need for federal legislation to end the state of “ambiguity” on Internet wagering.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Sep/25/2013

European Poker Tour Horror Stories Emerge as More Laptops Potentially Hacked

After two weeks of initial reports that laptops had been compromised during this year’s EPT Barcelona event, more poker players have come forward to reveal they, too, were apparent victims of hackings during additional stops of the prestigious European Poker Tour.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/25/2013

Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Gears Up to Go Live

Montreal, Canada - The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival is expected to be one of the largest poker events ever to be held on Canadian soil.

Submitted by Press Release on, Sep/25/2013

The Beast Doubles Payout Frequency at Americas Cardroom

It looks like The Beast might need a bigger cage. Leading online poker site Americas Cardroom today announced that beginning October 1st, The Beast progressive points race is moving from a monthly race to a twice-monthly event.

Submitted by Press Release on, Sep/24/2013

Daniel Negreanu Won’t Shut His Trap Over ‘First Card Off’ Rule (Video)

One of poker’s most outspoken pros, Canadian Daniel Negreanu, continues to rant on regarding the new “first card off” rule that had him throwing a temper tantrum two weeks ago

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/24/2013

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