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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.

November Niner William Tonking Gives Self ‘Punchers Chance’ to Win WSOP Title

The University of South Carolina is known for producing football players, not poker players.

Grid stars such as George Rogers, Sterling Sharpe and most recently, Jadeveon Clowney, have made it to the NFL after first starring at the Columbia, South Carolina-based university known as "the other USC."

But all that's now changed.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Aug/26/2014

Dreyfus: Poker is Mainstream, Legitimate and Bankable

10 years after the first boom, Poker has now reached 100 million fans and grown to become an almost $4 billion industry around the world. Last year, for the first time, more than $1 Billion was spent on buy-ins by live players in poker tournaments aggregated by the Global Poker Index (GPI) across 94 countries.

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/26/2014

Dan Colman, Olivier Busquet: Poker’s Hottest Bromance

We’ve been reading a great deal about Dan Colman of late along with his protégé and mentor Olivier Busquet.

There is certainly good reason for this.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/25/2014

Bram Haenraets Leads 25 Remaining Players at EPT100 Barcelona Main Event

Dutch PokerStars qualifier Bram Haenraets, who is playing his first live tournament, is chip leader going in to Day 5 of the record-breaking #EPT100 Barcelona Main Event. The 30-year-old from Amsterdam - who won his seat in a €82 satellite on PokerStars - has 4,395,000.

There are 25 players left from the 102 who started Day 3 today. The overall field was a staggering 1496 players from 71 countries, a record for EPT events in Europe (beating the 1,240-strong EPT6 Sanremo won by Liv Boeree).

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/25/2014

Watch EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event Live

The EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event can be watched live courtesy of PokerStars.com.

More play commences on Tuesday with the Final Table to begin play on Wednesday.

EPT 11 Barcelona set records over the past week with 1496 Players taking part (beating the previous record of the 1,240-strong EPT6).  The winner will receive €1,261,000.

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/25/2014

Van der Sloot Threatens to Kill Warden, Gets Transferred to Remote Prison

A Dutchman accused of killing 21-year-old Peruvian student Stephany Flores has been moved to a remote penitentiary after authorities claim he threatened to kill the warden of the prison where he is serving 28 years.

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Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/25/2014

Did Daniel Negreanu Once Slap Phil Ivey in Drunken Stupor?

“You would be nothing without me,” poker pro Daniel Negreanu allegedly told fellow pro Phil Ivey at a poker tournament some years ago.


MAC compatibility on Americas Cardroom Coming October

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/25/2014

NY Post Goes Inside the Sleazy World of Online Poker

The poker community received a jolt from the New York Post Monday morning after they published a story featuring the headline “Inside the Sleazy World of Online Poker”. 

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/25/2014

Jason Mercier Once Stabbed in the Back – Almost Died: Reveals Scar for First Time

While attending this week’s EPT Barcelona events, poker pro Jason Mercier spoke to PokerStars TV and was candid in recounting the time he nearly died outside an Italian nightclub following a brutal and -what he says - was an unprevoked stabbing.  The attacked occurred right after his first European Poker Tour win in 2008 at San Remo.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/24/2014

50-Year-Old Andrei Konopelko Leads Pack at EPT 100 Barcelona Main Event

Belarus PokerStars qualifier Andrei Konopelko is chip leader going in to Day 4 of the record-breaking #EPT100 Barcelona Main Event. The 50-year-old from Minsk - who won his seat in a €530 satellite on PokerStars - has 1,451,000.

There are 102 players left from the 292 who started Day 3 today. The overall field was a staggering 1496 players from 71 countries, a record for EPT events in Europe (beating the 1,240-strong EPT6 Sanremo won by Liv Boeree).

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/24/2014

Meet Double Bubble Boy Poker Pro Randal Flowers

Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Or does it?

Don’t tell this to poker pro Mark Randall Flowers, winner of more than $2.1 million in live tournaments to date.

He somehow managed to bubble both the EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event, meaning he was the last person to bust before guaranteed cashes to all those remaining.

But Flowers hardly seemed phased when asked by PokerNews.com how much more pain he could take.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/24/2014

Vojtech Ruzicka Leads Record-Breaking EPT100 Barcelona Main Event

Czech pro Vojtech Ruzicka is chip leader going in to Day 3 of the record-breaking #EPT100 Barcelona Main Event. There are 292 players left from the 906 who started Day 2 today. The overall field was a staggering 1496 players from 71 countries, a record for EPT events in Europe (beating the 1,240-strong EPT6 Sanremo won by Liv Boeree).

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/23/2014

PokerStars Says ‘No’ to ‘Free Gaza’ and Other Political Messages

Following the EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High-Roller event of this past week in which WSOP One Drop winner Dan Colman wore a “Free Palestine” shirt and his backer Olivier Busquet wore a “Save Gaza” shirt, PokerStars has put an end to so-called political statement apparel during tournament play.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/23/2014

Dan Bilzerian Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS Only as He Can

Poker playboy Dan Bilzerian is the latest to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and it wouldn’t be Bilzerian without a bunch of scantily clad women to surround him. 

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Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/23/2014

Michael Mizrachi Remains Secretive About EPT Barcelona Strategy

Michael Mizrachi, one of the biggest names in poker today, had been the chip leader at this week’s EPT Barcelona but has lost some steam on Saturday. By day’s end he had dropped to under 20th in terms of chip count.

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/23/2014

Poker Pros ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - Hellmuth, Bilzerian: Pam Anderson Says ‘No’

Some of the best known poker pros have begun to take part in the uber viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge including the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, and poker playboy Dan Bilzerian, an Internet sensation himself.

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/23/2014

Kid Poker Daniel Negreanu Talks $25-$50 Online Challenge

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu responds to the recent Twitter debate about whether or not he's able to beat $25/$50 on PokerStars in this interview with PokerNews.com.

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/23/2014

MLB Betting Lines – Free Pick: Brewers are 10-1 in Peralta's last 11 Home Starts

We got slaughtered yesterday after a few nice days, going 0-2.  Gambling911.com is 15-12 with its August Baseball picks.  Let’s try to rebound today.  Picks appear below the day’s top trends.

Pitching

San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum is 1-5 when starting against Washington with an ERA of 6.08 and a WHIP of 1.590.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Aug/23/2014

EPT100 Barcelona Breaks Records With 1496 Players; €1,261,000 Grand Prize

There were a staggering 1496 players from 71 countries competing at #EPT100 Barcelona, the historic 100th EPT Main Event and the debut event of Season 11. This is a record for EPT events in Europe (beating the 1,240-strong EPT6 Sanremo won by Liv Boeree) and follows the record-breaking €1,100 Estrellas Main Event which had 2,560 entries. Day 1b yesterday, which had 1010 entries, was also the biggest start day for any EPT, including the PCA.

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/23/2014

Did Poker Pro Daniel Cates Hire Hitman to Try and Off Noah Boeken?

Poker pro Daniel Cates engaged in an online chat with fellow pro Noah Boeken whereby he suggested the hiring of a hitman

The threat came moments after Cates accused Boeken of account sharing with Finland pro Patrik Antonius.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/21/2014

Michael Mizrachi Leads at EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is leading the 270 players remaining at the end of Day 1a of the EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event. The 2010 WSOP finalist has 186,600.

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/21/2014

Matias Ruzzi Wins #EPT100 Estrellas Barcelona Main Event for €198,55

Argentina’s Matias Ruzzi has beaten a staggering 2,560-strong field to take down the €1,100 Estrellas Main Event for €198,550. The event was the largest live freeze-out tournament in PokerStars history with a prize pool of €2,483,200 and 383 players paid.

Ruzzi, 28, has now exactly doubled his lifetime tournament winnings and jumps from ninth to fourth in Argentina’s all-time money list at $USD 526,326. However, a deal made when there were four players in the final means that runner-up Vladislav Donchev from Russia takes home a significantly bigger pay-out of €278,500.

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/21/2014

November Nine Member Martin Jacobson Likes his Chances to Win WSOP Main Event

This is the first in a series of Gambling911.com interviews with the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table members--the so-called "November Nine." Interviews with other "November Nine" members will run periodically until the WSOP Main Event resumes in three months.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Aug/20/2014

Taj Mahal, Ultimate Poker Rake in Just $26K for Month of July

Harsh reality is setting in for some online gambling firms currently operating out of New Jersey.

Sites overall accounted for $10.07 million during July with  $7.92 million going towards casino games such as blackjack and slots and the rest towards online poker.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/19/2014

GBGA Takes Legal Action to Challenge 'Illegal' British Gambling Law

The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association {GBGA) has filed a legal challenge against a law introducing a new gambling licensing regime in the UK.

The GBGA argues that the new regime, introduced through the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 and also the guidance and policies of the Gambling Commission of Great Britain, is “unlawful, because it is an illegitimate, disproportionate and discriminatory interference with the right to free movement of services guaranteed by Article 56 TFEU, and is irrational.”

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/19/2014

€1,016,700 Will Go to Winner of #EPT100 €50K Super High Roller

The winner of the #EPT100 €50k Super High Roller stands to receive €1,016,700 from the €3,697,155 prize pool. Eleven players will get paid. The event attracted a total of 77 entries - 58 unique players with 19 re-entries.

There were 53 players at the start of Day 2 include two brand new entries from Pratyush Buddiga and Alec Torelli.

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/19/2014

Americas Cardroom Expands Satellite Schedule for Winning Millions

It turns out there are a million ways to get into Winning Millions – at least it’s starting to look like it.

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/18/2014

Real Money Online Poker in California to Launch Next Week

Forget that another year has come and gone without passage of online poker legislation in the state of California.  Don’t tell that to the Santa Ysabel Gaming Commission, which plans to turn its free-to-play online poker site into one where customers can play for real money some time between August 26 and 28.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/18/2014

EPT100: Estrellas Breaks PokerStars Record: €50K Kicks Off Monday

Estrellas Barcelona Main Event is the Largest Unique Field in PokerStars History

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/17/2014

Amaya Gaming Releases 2nd Q Financial Results on Heels of PokerStars Acquisition

Amaya Gaming on Friday released their 2nd quarter results following the company’s acquisition of the world’s largest real money online poker company, PokerStars.com.

SECOND QUARTER AND SUBSEQUENT HIGHLIGHTS

Submitted by Press Release on, Aug/15/2014

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