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| Would You Play on a Re-Launched Full Tilt Poker? Many in the online poker industry believe it's not a matter of if, but when Full Tilt Poker will rise from the ashes and re-launch under the direction of Groupe Bernard Tapie or another investor. With a deal reportedly in the works, posters on PocketFives have been busy debating whether they would placate the new Full Tilt, or avoid it like the plague, in a Poker Sites thread. On this holiday ... |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Apr 7th, 2012 | 60 |
| Brunson Says Lederer Claims He "Didn't Know" About Full Tilt's Financial Problems In a recent blog post on his website, Doyle Brunson (pictured) seemingly came to the defense of the figures allegedly involved with the downfall of Full Tilt Poker. On Monday, Brunson used his official blog to offer his opinions on the Full Tilt Poker fiasco and included inside knowledge he had regarding the situation. |
Join Date: Oct 5th, 2006 |
Feb 22nd, 2012 | 52 |
| The Sickest Day Ever? Sunday might go down as one of the sickest days in the history of online poker. We're not exaggerating, either. Scott stpauli111 Hall (pictured) took down four tournaments on PokerStars in a single day, and these weren't small potatoes either. He trumped the fields of the Sunday Supersonic and Bigger $162 for $42,000 apiece. Hall also took down the $50 Rebuy and $200 Rebuy on PokerStars for ... |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Apr 30th, 2012 | 44 |
| How I Made My First Million from Poker This month on the PocketFives Podcast, front man Tri Nguyen (pictured) brings us an inside look at his brand new book, “How I Made My First Million from Poker,” which features a foreword by Barry Greenstein. The book will hit in a couple of weeks on December 15th, has a list price of $117, and Ngueyn is offering it for $87.30. Plus, if you use the code “P5” at checkout, you’ll get ... |
Join Date: Jan 17th, 2005 |
Nov 29th, 2011 | 43 |
| Major Media Outlets Lend Credence to Full Tilt, PokerStars Rumors As the poker industry continues to buzz about rumors of discussions between Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, the mainstream media has cast its gaze in the direction of online poker. The Wall Street Journal’s Alexandra Berzon, who has reported at length on the Black Friday indictments since last year, reported early Wednesday morning that PokerStars is in discussions with the DOJ to not only ... |
Join Date: Oct 5th, 2006 |
Apr 25th, 2012 | 35 |
| PokerTracker, Poker Players Lash Out at Bodog Going Anonymous Unfolding on Wednesday on PocketFives was word that Bodog had removed screen names and player notes from its tables. According to a statement posted on Pokerfuse on Wednesday, Bodog officials remarked, “This feature stops poker pros accessing any data on how you play your game via the use of HUDs and other data mining sites like PokerTableRatings and SharkScope. This is totally unique to the ... |
Join Date: Jan 17th, 2005 |
Dec 1st, 2011 | 34 |
| Absolute Poker, UB Players Could Be Repaid 15 to 20 Cents on the Dollar Two reliable sources close to Absolute Poker and UB have indicated that players owed money from the two CEREUS Network sites could be repaid 15 to 20 cents on the dollar. This amount would be paid out over time, although the specifics of how and when refunds would be processed are not yet known. You’ll recall that in late October, Absolute Poker and UB’s parent company, Blanca Games, ... |
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Dec 21st, 2011 | 32 |
| M Resort President Opposes Online Poker: "We're Pushing This Way Too Far" You’ll recall that last month, Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson came out against the expansion of poker online, telling the Las Vegas Review-Journal “that he doesn't believe technology can prevent underage gamblers from betting online, and that he is ‘morally opposed’ to internet gaming.” The news nearly resulted in a boycott of the Venetian and Palazzo, both owned by ... |
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Jan 6th, 2012 | 32 |
| PPA: Mitt Romney Has it Wrong in Opposing Online Poker If you haven’t heard by now, Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney (pictured) told a Las Vegas television station that he does not support legalized online poker in the United States “because of the social costs and people's addictive gambling habits.” As you’d expect, a major Presidential candidate coming out against our industry in a public forum did not sit well with the ... |
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Feb 4th, 2012 | 32 |
| Tapie Lawyer: Full Tilt is in Worse Financial Condition than We Anticipated In recent days, much has been made about the nearly $17 million allegedly owed to Full Tilt Poker from a handful of brand name pros, including Phil Ivey, Layne Flack, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, and Mike Matusow. |
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Feb 8th, 2012 | 31 |
| Negreanu to Lederer, Bitar, Ferguson: "You Belong in Prison" In a video blog posted on Wednesday, PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu (pictured) lit into Full Tilt Poker’s Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, and Chris Ferguson. The four-minute rant began with the following, directed at Lederer, “If you’re listening or watching this, I don’t think I would have any problem with someone who had $15,000 of their hard earned money on your site come up to you and ... |
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Feb 16th, 2012 | 31 |
| Rumor: PokerStars Buys Full Tilt, GBT Says Statement Coming Shortly In breaking news Tuesday morning, rumors are swirling around the internet that PokerStars has bought Full Tilt for what is rumored to be $750 million. Chili Poker CEO Alex Dreyfus posted on Twitter on Tuesday, "PokerStars buys Full Tilt for a consideration of $750M, including settlement with DOJ and full balances of players ($330M). I'm impressed." |
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Apr 24th, 2012 | 31 |
| Arrests Made in Robbery of Jonathan Duhamel A 20-year-old woman, a 22-year-old-man, and a 26-year-old man were arrested and charged in last week’s robbery of 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (pictured) in his Montreal home. According to the Montreal Gazette, a fourth person was being questioned by police, while the three already in custody were charged with a potpourri of crimes, including breaking and ... |
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Dec 29th, 2011 | 28 |
| U.K. Private Equity Firm Reportedly Interested in Buying Full Tilt Software According to a report that surfaced on Tuesday in the iGamingPost, a private equity firm from the United Kingdom is interested in acquiring Full Tilt Poker's software with the intent of reselling it to another party. The unconfirmed offer is supposedly in the neighborhood of $30 million to $35 million and would only be considered should the ongoing acquisition of Full Tilt by Groupe Bernard ... |
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Mar 7th, 2012 | 28 |
| Signs Full Tilt Could Be Ramping Up for a Re-Launch or Repayment While there has been no formal announcement that the long-rumored deal between the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie and the shuttered Full Tilt Poker has been completed, there are indications that Full Tilt could be opening its doors again, potentially within the next few weeks, or paying back players in the near future. |
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Apr 4th, 2012 | 27 |
| wackyJaxon Wins PocketFives Open It seems rigged. In fact, it reminds me of an episode of “The Office” where Jim Halpert awarded himself Employee of the Month and, when the rest of the staff cried foul, awarded it to his wife. Of course, Dwight Schrute was behind it all along. On Thursday, PocketFives staff member wackyJaxon (pictured) took down the PocketFives Open, which attracted 106 players and was held for the first ... |
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Feb 23rd, 2012 | 26 |
| How Did You Get Your Online Poker Name? When we interview members of the online poker community for feature articles, one of the questions we usually ask is, "How did you get your online poker screen name'" Is it a nickname your friends call you' Or is there something more behind it' We dug up a Poker Community thread from late last year in order to take a look at how some names you know and love in the online poker community came to ... |
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Mar 13th, 2012 | 26 |
| PokerStars VIP Changes Lead to Virtual Riots, Sinking Cash Game Traffic As the calendar turns from December to January, people around the world are filled with optimism. The new year is viewed as a clean slate, an opportunity to make the year the best one yet. Many of us stick to our resolutions for a while – eating healthy, quitting smoking, working harder, etc. – but as the weeks go on, it gets harder to stay committed and it’s back to the same old, same ... |
Join Date: Jan 10th, 2012 |
Jan 10th, 2012 | 25 |
| Matt Glantz: Inevitable that Tapie Will Be Backing Out of Full Tilt Deal On Friday, poker pro Matt Glantz (pictured) closed out the week by giving his take on the proposed asset acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by Groupe Bernard Tapie. Glantz’ blog has received a hefty amount of feedback and, needless to say, its contents are far from rosy. |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Feb 25th, 2012 | 25 |
| Nanonoko Sets Guinness Record for Most Poker Hands in Eight Hours So far, it’s been the year of the online poker player at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, or PCA as it’s commonly called. You’ll recall that last week, Team PokerStars Online’s Viktor Isildur1 Blom, sporting a new hairdo, took down the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller event for $1.2 million. For Blom, the tournament marked his first major live win and ensured that his fame ... |
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Jan 9th, 2012 | 24 |
| Laurent Tapie: 19 Pros Owe Full Tilt Poker $16.5 Million In recent days, PokerStrategy reported that several well-known pros owe Full Tilt Poker sizable sums of money, a situation that if unresolved could potentially kill the deal that would see Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) purchase the assets of the beleaguered site. According to a report from iGamingFrance, GBT Managing Director Laurent Tapie has confirmed that the debt amounts to $16.5 million and is ... |
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Feb 7th, 2012 | 24 |
| Ray Bitar: "I Would like to Offer My Sincere Apology" On Tuesday, Poker Strategy released an interview with embattled Full Tilt Poker executive Ray Bitar (pictured), who was one of 11 people indicted on Black Friday nearly a year ago. Bitar has been largely off the grid, but told Poker Strategy readers, "I would like to offer my sincere apology to all who have been affected by these events and to clarify that my silence was not an attempt to 'hide' ... |
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Mar 7th, 2012 | 24 |
| What are the Best Online Poker Computers? In a thread from earlier this year we found interesting, posters on PocketFives bantered back and forth about the best PCs to use for online poker. How much memory do you need' How much processing power do you need' What if you're on a budget' With computers coming in a limitless number of shapes and sizes, finding the ideal one for your online poker experience can be quite daunting. To help you ... |
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Mar 19th, 2012 | 24 |
| Analysis of Alleged Full Tilt Buyout by PokerStars For months and months, poker players everywhere have been frustrated by numerous news bits about the possible impending sale of Full Tilt Poker. With hundreds of millions in player balances dangling in the wind, the anxiety over this story has clearly been justified. Today, it appears we have received some real news: PokerStars is apparently purchasing Full Tilt Poker for $750 million and will ... |
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Apr 24th, 2012 | 24 |
| Lock Acquires Assets of Cake Poker Network, Launches Revolution Gaming PocketFives can confirm that Lock Poker has acquired "selected" assets of the Cake Poker Network and will re-brand the latter Revolution Gaming. The software update containing the change will go live on May 31st. A press release sent by Lock Poker on Monday declared, "Lock is in the process of acquiring assets from Cake and will be re-branding the Cake Network to launch Revolution Gaming, ... |
Join Date: Dec 29th, 2011 |
May 7th, 2012 | 24 |
| Isildur1 Wins Back-to-Back SCOOP Championships For the poker industry, this is one of the special times of the year. PokerStars has once again rolled out its Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), offering $30 million in guaranteed prize pools. A few days into the tournament schedule, one of the most notable names in online poker has already solidified his place in the history of the SCOOP. |
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May 9th, 2012 | 24 |
| Jonathan Duhamel's WSOP Main Event Bracelet Stolen in Home Invasion On Wednesday, a thread in the Poker Community forum here on PocketFives centered on 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (pictured), a PokerStars pro, being a victim of a nasty home invasion in Montreal, Canada. According to the Canadian Press, “two men forced their way into a Boucherville borough home Wednesday morning. [Police] would not confirm the name of the ... |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Dec 22nd, 2011 | 23 |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Says He Favors Internet Gambling Bill On Wednesday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (pictured), who previously vetoed a bill that would have launched the first intrastate online poker market in the U.S., clarified his stance on the issue. Christie told , “Folks should know I favor it, I want to do it… I think being able to have this be an Atlantic City-centric thing is something that makes sense to me. And given the Justice ... |
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Jan 5th, 2012 | 23 |
| MIT Offering College Course on Poker Bots Remember when you were in grade school and a couple times a year, the teacher let you play games for an entire class period' Wouldn’t it be grand if that happened at an institute of higher learning' This month, CardRunners instructor Will TheDreamer Ma is teaching a course on poker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is a second-year PhD student. |
Join Date: Jan 10th, 2012 |
Jan 24th, 2012 | 23 |
| JLizard Joins PocketFives Training Staff Brand new to the PocketFives Training team is Walt JLizard Wright (pictured), a Costa Rican resident who has been a member of the PocketFives community for the last six years. Wright has laid claim to an amazing half-dozen Triple Crowns, good for the fifth most in the history of PocketFives, and amassed over $2.5 million in tracked cashes, including nearly $900,000 on PokerStars alone. |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
May 19th, 2012 | 23 |
| New PocketFives League on HogWild Poker - Win an iPad 2 If you haven’t already heard, HogWild Poker is launching an online league for PocketFives members, and they’re giving an iPad 2 to the winner of the February series. Four free league games are scheduled every Tuesday in February at 9 pm ET. And they’re all open to PocketFives members from the United States since the site isn’t rake-based: |
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Feb 5th, 2012 | 22 |
| LAC Takeaways: Compacts Will Be the Future of U.S. Online Poker Held in recent days were the London Affiliate Conference and ICE, which brought together members of the internet gambling and online poker industries. Many of the online poker sites that PocketFives works with were in attendance, as was PokerTracker’s Steven McLoughlin, who gave us his takeaways from this major industry event. McLoughlin broke down the sale of Full Tilt Poker, talked about the ... |
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Feb 13th, 2012 | 22 |
| PokerStars Stays Mum on Full Tilt Acquisition Rumors With rumors swirling that PokerStars had reportedly purchased Full Tilt Poker, settled with the U.S. Department of Justice on its Black Friday charges, and provided for the repayment of players for a total sum of $750 million, the world's largest online poker site stayed quiet on Tuesday. In a post on the PokerStars Blog entitled "PokerStars' Statement Regarding Settlement Discussions," the ... |
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Apr 24th, 2012 | 22 |
| Jonathan Duhamel: Robbers Tied Me Up, Beat Me, Threatened to Kill Me According to a post on the PokerStars Blog, 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (pictured), who was the first Canadian WSOP Main Event winner ever, said that the robbers who entered his home on Wednesday “tied me up and beat me, hitting me in the face and all over my body before leaving my house.” The items stolen included his WSOP Main Event bracelet and a Rolex ... |
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Dec 26th, 2011 | 21 |
| The Tebow Effect: What Poker Players Can Learn from Tim Tebow In the sports world, Tim Tebow has been the topic of the year. Without him, one wonders what ESPN and sports talk radio would have found to fill the time. He is a phenomenon, a combination of belief, determination, luck, perseverance, work ethic, and the right attitude. |
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Jan 13th, 2012 | 21 |
| UB: "Discussions with DOJ are Nearing Resolution" It's been eerily quiet on the Absolute Poker and UB fronts. Like Full Tilt, UB and Absolute Poker officials have been relatively silent in updating the general public about the status of their funds, which have been frozen on the CEREUS Network rooms since Black Friday last April. A year later, discussions between the CEREUS Network sites and the U.S. Department of Justice could soon be coming ... |
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Apr 11th, 2012 | 21 |
| WSOP Loosening Stance on Table Chatter, Player Celebration In a conference call with members of the media on Tuesday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials outlined major changes to the rules regarding table chatter and player celebration. The WSOP crew pointed out several times that, due in part to imposed restrictions, players had been forced into silence the table, not able to discuss a hand in progress or get excited about a win. |
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May 8th, 2012 | 21 |
| Introducing the U.S.-Facing FaceUp Gaming You may have noticed ads at the top of PocketFives for FaceUp Gaming, which happily takes U.S. users from 36 states. FaceUp Gaming isn't a rake-based site. Instead, you can take advantage of the site's monthly subscription, which runs an affordable $24.95 per month. There's also a completely free sign-up option if you'd rather not spend any cash, as well as a two-week free trial. |
Join Date: Dec 29th, 2011 |
May 18th, 2012 | 21 |
| Financial Details of Phil Ivey's Divorce Surface According to an article that appeared on Monday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, financial details surrounding poker pro Phil Ivey’s (pictured) divorce have emerged. The deal, which has been discussed at length in the poker community, reportedly included the following: “Phil Ivey's ex-wife received a purse collection worth more than $1.2 million, jewelry valued at more than $1 million, and ... |
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Dec 20th, 2011 | 20 |
| Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown Separate In relationship news to begin 2012, Team PokerStars pro Vanessa Rousso and 2006 Player of the Year Chad Brown (pictured), have announced their separation after slightly more than two years of marriage. |
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Jan 11th, 2012 | 20 |
| Tapie Lawyer: GBT is Committed to Making Full Tilt Deal Work There has been a lot of speculation in recent days about the status of Groupe Bernard Tapie’s acquisition of Full Tilt Poker. The troubled online poker room, which had its license revoked last September and faces allegations of its executives running a Ponzi scheme, is in the midst of a complicated asset transaction that has dragged on. We’re now nearly a year removed from Black Friday, and ... |
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Feb 29th, 2012 | 20 |
| Daniel Negreanu: TwoPlusTwo Has Taken a North Korean-Like Approach Three days ago, poker pro Daniel Negreanu (pictured) posted a link to his "Weekly Rant" on TwoPlusTwo and, in the culmination of a series of events, was temporarily banned. Since then, he has been quite vocal on Twitter about his expulsion, commenting at one point, "Their banning process is arbitrary and I was clearly treated differently because I am a higher profile poster who they assume has ... |
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Mar 24th, 2012 | 20 |
| Don't Limp in Poker The topic for last week’s column was by request, but writing it got my mind turning and led to a lot of other ideas. Some of those will pop up down the road, but I closed my previous column with my two-word strategy tip for beginners: “Don’t Limp.” There is a lot of value in that little tidbit, but in poker, you should always understand why you are doing something instead of taking ... |
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May 4th, 2012 | 20 |
| AGA, PPA Encourage Federal Online Poker After Wire Act Clarification Christmas came a little early for online poker players this year. On Friday, just two days before Santa delivers presents around the world on some sort of magical sleigh, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an opinion letter stating that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting. Seemingly, internet poker and state lotteries, among other activities, are clear of the 1961 law. Following the ... |
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Dec 23rd, 2011 | 19 |
| NigDawG Wins PocketFives Triple Crown So far, the month of December has brought five new Triple Crown winners. The award requires a player to win three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings within a seven-day period. Post-Black Friday, the award has been a rarity, so we sat down with one of its newest recipients, Christopher NigDawG Brammer (pictured). The top-ranked ... |
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Dec 27th, 2011 | 19 |
| Source: Laurent Tapie Moved to Dublin, Acquisition a "Done Deal" According to a source close to PocketFives, Group Bernard Tapie Managing Director Laurent Tapie (pictured), who is overseeing the much-anticipated acquisition of Full Tilt Poker, has moved to Dublin, Ireland. The significance' Dublin is the site of the headquarters of Full Tilt Poker's parent company, Pocket Kings, and according to our source, Tapie is working in Dublin several days per week ... |
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Mar 24th, 2012 | 19 |
| White House Responds to Calls for Legalized Online Poker We admit we were surprised that the White House responded to pleas from the online poker community for legalization and regulation of our industry in the United States. In the past, poker players had vocally taken to social media like Facebook and Twitter to fire off questions and suggestions about the issue. In recent days, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese responded ... |
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May 20th, 2012 | 19 |
| New Obstacles Emerge in Full Tilt Poker, Groupe Bernard Tapie Deal According to an article posted on Subject: Poker on Wednesday, $14.3 million allegedly owed to Full Tilt Poker front man Chris Ferguson could be the latest obstacle in a deal to transfer the assets of the dormant online poker room to Groupe Bernard Tapie. While PocketFives was unable to verify the contents of the story as of press time, Subject: Poker revealed that Ferguson transferred about $60 ... |
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Jan 26th, 2012 | 18 |
| Everleaf Gets Cease and Desist Letter from Homeland Security, Pulls Out of U.S. In breaking news, the Everleaf Gaming Network has received a cease and desist letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The letter contained a warning to stop taking real money action from U.S. players “or the directors and owners of the network would be subject to legal proceedings,” according to an e-mail from Minted Poker officials received by PocketFives on Thursday around ... |
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Feb 10th, 2012 | 18 |
| Luck of the Irish: EMSGAWA9 Cracks Top 100 in P5s Rankings When the latest calculation of the PocketFives Online Poker Player Rankings took place on Wednesday, Ireland's Jono EMSGAWA9 Crute (pictured) popped up at #96. It marked his first appearance in the top 100 worldwide and came in part due to having the 90th best Sliding PLB tally in the shire. He just topped $1 million in tracked cashes and sat down with PocketFives to celebrate his big ... |
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Apr 21st, 2012 | 18 |
| Poker Hand Analysis with Assassinato and andressoprano What follows is a unique conversation between PocketFives Training instructor Alex Assassinato Fitzgerald (pictured) and Andres andressoprano Pereyra about a hand that came up at a No Limit Hold'em tournament table. You can learn from pros like Fitzgerald by visiting PocketFives Training. Top-level MTT training starts at just $30 per month. |
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May 17th, 2012 | 18 |
| Jonathan Duhamel's Ex-Girlfriend Denied Bail for Role in Home Invasion Bianca Rojas-Latraverse (pictured), an ex-girlfriend of 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel, was one of two individuals denied bail for their roles in robbing the poker pro just a few days before Christmas. Duhamel was allegedly assaulted during the incident and landed in a hospital for a brief period of time. According to the Vancouver Sun, Rojas-Latraverse and John ... |
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Jan 12th, 2012 | 17 |
| Get More Out of Poker Live games are much more enjoyable to me than online games. Driving to games, getting there early, having to wait, getting into a game that is full and not being able to get a seat for hours, and the sometimes brutally slow pace of play are all among the negatives of playing live poker. For me, that is all made up for by the social aspect of the game that is lost online. |
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Jan 27th, 2012 | 17 |
| Phil Ivey Wins Aussie Millions Super High Roller Event Sixteen players entered the AUD $250,000 Super High Roller Event at the 2012 Aussie Millions. The field was chalk full of brand name poker pros, including the likes of Jason treysfull21 Mercier and Tom durrrr Dwan, but in the end, Phil Ivey (pictured) emerged victorious and collected a top prize of AUD $2 million (USD $2.1 million). Three players finished in the money and Ivey won his first ... |
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Jan 28th, 2012 | 17 |
| Brazilian Poker Players, Unite! On March 25th, Sao Paulo's dowghsantos took second in the PokerStars Sunday 500, banking nearly 100,000 Brazilian Real, or $54,000. He just earned his $500,000 cash badge and is one of the most jubilant interviewees we've ever featured in a front page article. Well, if you were an up-and-coming poker player who has made two Sunday 500 final tables in a half-year, you'd be fired up too. |
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Apr 3rd, 2012 | 17 |
| Act Like You've Been There Before During the first level of a $300 buy-in tournament, a guy wins an all-in and celebrates like he just doubled up with four people left in the WSOP Main Event. It seems all too common in poker, and many other competitive activities, for massive overreaction to events that don’t warrant that sort of emotion. |
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Apr 6th, 2012 | 17 |
| GBT Funds New Full Tilt Poker Company According to Pokerfuse and posters on TwoPlusTwo, Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) could be breathing life into a brand new Full Tilt Poker company. In an article published on Tuesday, Pokerfuse noted, "Laurent Tapie has recently been appointed the director and secretary of a new Irish registered company: New Full Tilt Limited. The company was originally incorporated on February 14th, 2012 with a ... |
Join Date: Dec 29th, 2011 |
Apr 17th, 2012 | 17 |
| Poker Industry Insiders Comment on U.S. Impact of PokerStars, Full Tilt Deal An update from Wicked Chops Poker on Friday noted that the rumored sale of the dormant Full Tilt Poker to the world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, may be signed off on as early as next week. There's a rumored price tag of $750 million, which reportedly includes paying back Full Tilt's players and settling the site's issues with the U.S. Government. Therefore, the question becomes, ... |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Apr 27th, 2012 | 17 |
| Minimize Your Losses in Poker You just can't make a hand. Your nut flush draw never connects. An open-ender and the board pairs. Lots of small pairs that you get to see a flop with and not a set in hours. You bought into a $2/$5 blind No Limit Hold'em game for $500 and are down to your last $220 without ever really winning a hand. Frustration level: high. Quality of your play: probably not nearly as high as your ... |
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Jan 20th, 2012 | 16 |
| mementmori Wins EPT Copenhagen Main Event He has eight online poker Triple Crowns to his credit, the third most among members of PocketFives. He was once ranked as high as #2 worldwide and has an outstanding $4.6 million in tracked cashes in online poker MTTs. So what do you give a guy who has everything' How about a victory in the Main Event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour’s stop in Copenhagen' That’s exactly what happened to ... |
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Feb 27th, 2012 | 16 |
| Bodog Brand Departs U.S. Market, Replaced by Bovada In a move that took place today, the Bodog brand officially left the U.S. market. In its place is Bovada, which does business on the website bovada.lv and is owned and operated by Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, the company that had marketed Bodog in the United States since 2006. |
Join Date: May 1st, 2006 |
Dec 14th, 2011 | 15 |
| Introducing LivePoker4U - Live Dealer, Real Cards You may have noticed ads on the top of PocketFives for a new site called LivePoker4U. A live dealer will be shuffling and dealing real cards on a real table at LivePoker4U, which currently operates these unique tables between 15:00 UTC and 23:00 UTC. Eli Elezra serves as the main face of LivePoker4U and the site is offering 100% rakeback until mid-January as it begins to gain traction. |
Join Date: Jan 17th, 2005 |
Dec 17th, 2011 | 15 |
| Could Facebook Reach $100 Billion in Revenue with Legalized Internet Gaming? The monstrous social networking site Facebook could be motivated to push for legalized and regulated internet gambling in the United States. According to a Business Insider article published earlier this week, Facebook could reach $100 billion in revenue if it can dip into the internet gambling pool. Last year, the company only logged $4 billion in revenue, so it has a long way to go to reach 25 ... |
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Jan 26th, 2012 | 15 |
| World Series of Poker Changes November Nine In breaking news from Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment officials have decided to do away with the World Series of Poker November Nine. What its replacement will be – if anything – remains to be seen, but WSOP officials posted on Twitter on Tuesday, “A few hints on WSOP schedule coming tomorrow... you won't find the November Nine returning.” The 43rd annual World Series of Poker dates ... |
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Jan 31st, 2012 | 15 |
| Phil Ivey Returns to Live Poker, Busts on Day 2 of APPT Macau It had to be a surreal sight for a group of poker hopefuls at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event. On Wednesday, which was Day 1A of the tournament, Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey (pictured), whose home site is in the midst of trying to repay players following Black Friday, made his return. Text found on the PokerStars Blog explained everyone’s shock: “There really isn't a ... |
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Nov 25th, 2011 | 14 |
| Department of Justice: Wire Act Only Applies to Sports Betting In an opinion handed down in September, but not made public until two days before Christmas, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Virginia Seitz found that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting. Many in the industry, including state and Federal lawmakers, have been awaiting word on the applicability of the Wire Act as it relates to online poker. Now, we apparently have our answer. |
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Dec 23rd, 2011 | 14 |
| shfourshank Records Back-to-Back Triple Crowns The month of February was mighty kind to Espen shfourshank Sorlie (pictured), who brought home a pair of Triple Crowns to his home nation of Norway. His first came after winning the PokerStars.fr Minuit Express for $3,100, a $50 buy-in tournament on Ongame for $3,200, and the PartyPoker $10,000 Guaranteed Speed for $4,900. The three wins combined for 388 PLB Points and while most players would ... |
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Mar 3rd, 2012 | 14 |
| New Full Tilt Lawsuit Levied Against Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson According to eGamingReview (EGR), Nick Hammer, Robin Hougdahl, Steve Segal, and Todd tbt4653 Terry have filed a new lawsuit against Full Tilt front men Howard Lederer (pictured) and Chris Ferguson. Both pros have already been accused of running a "global Ponzi scheme" by the U.S. Department of Justice, and the latest legal claim charges them with "conversion and of exercising 'unlawful dominion ... |
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Apr 13th, 2012 | 14 |
| Amarillo Slim Enters Hospice Care, Poker Players React On Monday around 9:00pm ET, Kevin kevmath Mathers posted on Twitter that the health of poker legend Amarillo Slim (pictured) was fading: "Reading reports that Amarillo Slim is in a hospice in Amarillo, Texas and is doubtful to make it through the night." PocketFives confirmed the news on Tuesday with World Series of Poker Media Director Nolan Dalla, who was in St. Louis, Missouri for a Circuit ... |
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Apr 17th, 2012 | 14 |
| The Big Dog Continues to Growl There’s something to be said for longevity in poker. Our industry is arguably one of the toughest on the body and mind, making any player who can continue to find success day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year somewhat of an enigma. Take Canada’s Casey bigdogpckt5s Jarzabek (pictured), who has been a member of PocketFives since 2006 and just passed $4.4 ... |
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Dec 7th, 2011 | 13 |
| Nevada Online Poker Regulations Approved, Sites Could Launch in 2012 On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved regulations that could launch the first intrastate online poker market in 2012. The Wall Street Journal was among several mainstream outlets to report the news on Thursday, noting that it was a watershed moment for online poker supporters in the United States: “The new rules are the first comprehensive regulatory standards drawn up for online ... |
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Dec 22nd, 2011 | 13 |
| And the First Triple Crown of 2012 Goes To The very first online poker Triple Crown of 2012 went to the nation of Australia, as Trent Ahurazor Jones (pictured) took down three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the Poker Player Rankings in a week. In actuality, Jones needed all of two days to accomplish the feat, as he won the PartyPoker $10 Rebuy and a $100 tournament on bwin on the same day for a combined ... |
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Jan 13th, 2012 | 13 |
| LiroLa Final Tables Sunday Majors on Back-to-Back Weekends On January 15th and 22nd, Rafael Monteiro (pictured), better known as LiroLa on PocketFives, recorded final tables in Sunday Majors on back-to-back weekends. One of them was even for a win to boot. On January 15th, Monteiro and 3,600 other poker players entered the weekly PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up and vied for a $734,000 prize pool. When the smoke cleared, Monteiro took third place, the highest ... |
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Feb 2nd, 2012 | 13 |
| U.S. Homeland Security Seizes Bodog.com In breaking news on Monday night in the United States, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has seized the domain name. Trying to access now yields the all-too-familiar Department of Justice and U.S. Homeland Security emblems. As an update, on Tuesday, Federal investigators indicted Bodog founder Calvin Ayre. |
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Feb 27th, 2012 | 13 |
| And the Grammy Goes To... Last month, Graeme Grammy Robertson (pictured) came away with the win in the PokerStars Sunday Storm. He immediately took to the Poker Community forum here at PocketFives to post a thread entitled “Just binked the Sunday Storm.” After several congratulatory comments, Robertson wrote, “$25,000. I’m still shaking.” Shaking, indeed. In order to collect said $25,000 following a chop, ... |
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Mar 1st, 2012 | 13 |
| Jennifer Tilly, Online Poker to Invade The Simpsons As the poker world waits on pins and needles for this week's expected finalization of the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by Groupe Bernard Tapie, we thought we'd lighten the mood and write an article about an upcoming episode of the hit FOX television series "The Simpsons." What's so buzz-worthy' According to Entertainment Weekly, poker pro Jennifer Tilly is slated to appear in an upcoming ... |
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Mar 19th, 2012 | 13 |
| Russell Carson (rdcrsn) Wins Fourth Triple Crown Only seven players have ever amassed more than four Triple Crowns here on PocketFives. Doing so is no easy feat, as a person needs to win three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the PocketFives Poker Rankings in the same seven-day period. PocketFives Training instructor Russell rdcrsn Carson (pictured) recently grabbed Triple Crown #4 and could soon join that elite ... |
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Apr 20th, 2012 | 13 |
| Poker Community Reacts to PokerStars Rumored Purchase of Full Tilt This has certainly been an interesting day for online poker players around the world. With information and rumors about the possibility of PokerStars buying Full Tilt Poker flying around the internet, players are still trying to wrap their heads around the “whats,” "whens,” and “whys” of it all. |
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Apr 24th, 2012 | 13 |
| Poker Players May Boycott Venetian Following Sheldon Adelson Comments If you haven’t heard by now, Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson (pictured) fired a shot across the bow of the internet gambling industry earlier this month, telling Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and the American Gaming Association (AGA) “that he doesn't believe technology can prevent underage gamblers from betting online, and that he is ‘morally opposed’ to internet gaming,” according ... |
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Dec 14th, 2011 | 12 |
| Tiffany Michelle to Appear on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America If you’ve been waiting to watch a professional poker player return to the set of a reality television show, look no further than Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America.” PocketFives has learned that Tiffany Michelle (pictured), who formerly competed on the CBS Emmy Award winning series “The Amazing Race,” will join the cast of “Worst Cooks in America,” which begins its third ... |
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Jan 10th, 2012 | 12 |
| 2012 WSOP Schedule Released, November Nine Moved to October The 2012 World Series of Poker schedule was released on Wednesday and features 61 gold bracelet events, three more than were handed out in 2011 in Las Vegas. 2012 will be the 43rd running of the tournament series, which will once again emanate from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. In order to accommodate the 2012 Presidential election, the WSOP Main Event November Nine will be pushed forward ... |
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Feb 1st, 2012 | 12 |
| Netherlands Supreme Court Rules Online Gambling Ban Justified To all of you Dutch readers who have been hoping that your country would officially legalize and regulate online poker – keep hoping. The Netherlands Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a nationwide ban of online gambling “is not contrary to European law on free movement of services.” Not only will online poker remain illegal, but also additional steps will be taken to block online gaming ... |
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Feb 28th, 2012 | 12 |
| "All In: The Poker Movie" Opens March 23rd, Packed with Quality Interviews On April 24th, "All-In: The Poker Movie" will be released across the United States digitally via outlets like Amazon and iTunes. Prior to its digital release, American poker fans can catch the documentary about the growth of the game of poker, and its recent crackdown from the Department of Justice, as part of a 40-city theatrical release starting on March 23rd. |
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Mar 12th, 2012 | 12 |
| GBT Acquisition of Full Tilt Poker to Be Completed Next Week? On Wednesday, eGamingReview, or EGR as it's commonly called in the internet gambling world, published an article claiming, "Groupe Bernard Tapie is expected to complete its acquisition of Full Tilt Poker before the end of next week." The two parties have been negotiating an asset sale since the end of 2011, using the U.S. Department of Justice as a middleman, and have largely stayed mute. Now, ... |
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Mar 14th, 2012 | 12 |
| That's So Sick One of the perks of watching televised poker is getting to hear the phrase "so sick" multiple times. Whether stemming from a bad beat, a tough decision, or a well-timed call, "so sick" is used relentlessly on poker TV shows. For PocketFives member sosick, who hails from Poland, "so sick" is a way of life. He goes by Pawel in the real world and won last week's PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for ... |
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Apr 23rd, 2012 | 12 |
| Lock Poker May Purchase Cake Poker Network, Press Release Coming Rumors circulating around the online poker world on Sunday have the Merge Gaming Network site Lock Poker acquiring the Cake Poker Network. When asked whether there was any truth behind the rumors, a Lock Poker representative told PocketFives on Sunday, "I cannot comment right now, but I can say that we will be putting an official press release out this week." PocketFives has learned that the ... |
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May 6th, 2012 | 12 |
| Isildur1 Wins PokerStars SCOOP $215 NLHE Event If the rest of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) lives up to its beginning, we are in for a rousing month. PocketFivers already finished 2-3-4 in the low-stakes edition of the opening event on Monday. Then, Brazil's Alexandre Allingomes Gomes won the high-stakes installment of Event #1. |
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May 8th, 2012 | 12 |
| Senate Indian Affairs Committee Deletes Poker Facebook Posts, Bans Players In his Daily Action Plan here on PocketFives, Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Vice President of Player Relations Rich TheEngineer Muny revealed that pro-online poker comments had been deleted from the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs' Facebook page. Moreover, those who championed the legalization and regulation of online poker in the United States were banned from the Committee's wall. |
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May 14th, 2012 | 12 |
| Heads-Up with Viktor Blom (Isildur1): SCOOP, WSOP, Cash Games One of the major headlines of the ongoing PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is the solid play of Viktor Isildur1 Blom (pictured). The cash game guru won two tournaments in the first three SCOOP events, taking down a $215 No Limit Hold'em event and a $530 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em event. He's finished in the top 100 in three other SCOOP contests and solidified his name as ... |
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May 15th, 2012 | 12 |
| Masakik86 Wins PocketFives Triple Crown Members of went five months this year without recording a Triple Crown. The award requires a person to win three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the Online Poker Rankings in the same seven-day period. With the shutdown of Full Tilt, the industry lost a major tournament site and so the number of Triple Crowns went the way of the dodo. On November 7th, Canada’s ... |
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Nov 27th, 2011 | 11 |
| Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Matt! Matt! Matt! Matt mjw006 Wakeman (pictured) is in the midst of a heated audition to be the next member of PokerStars’ Team Online Australia. It’s not an easy task, either. He must prove his worth to the world’s largest online poker room, which might be a little easier when you take into account that he’s the #2 Aussie in the PocketFives Sliding PLB. Wakeman has over $700,000 in tracked cashes to his ... |
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Dec 3rd, 2011 | 11 |
| Heads-Up with Griffin Benger (Flush_Entity) On December 20th, Griffin Flush_Entity Benger (pictured), the top player in the Poker Rankings, took down the PartyPoker $10,000 Guaranteed for $3,300. Three days later, he emerged victorious in two contests on the Ongame Network site Betfair for over $12,000 total. On December 24th, his very first Triple Crown was complete after Benger won the PokerStars $12,000 Guaranteed for $5,200. For good ... |
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Dec 28th, 2011 | 11 |
| New Jersey Could Vote On Intrastate Internet Gambling Next Week An aggressive push by Nevada to introduce intrastate online poker has had a rippling effect on the other side of the United States. According to the Press of Atlantic City and sources close to PocketFives, New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak (pictured) is making a last-minute attempt to legalize intrastate internet gambling before the current legislative session expires next week. In the ... |
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Jan 3rd, 2012 | 11 |
| Canadian Lawmakers "Have Bigger Fish to Fry" than Online Poker Players The governments of some countries do whatever they can to prevent their citizens from playing poker on the internet. Others, such as France and Italy, ring-fence their residents. Meanwhile, Canada sits and watches its online poker players happily clicking away on the virtual flop, turn, and river. The country has become a haven for many professional American online poker players wanting to ... |
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Mar 6th, 2012 | 11 |
| mtstackin88 Wins bwin ChampionChip Over the weekend, the $500 buy-in bwin ChampionChip attracted a crowd of 1,143 players. Among those who entered was Joey Spanne (pictured), a U.S. transplant now living in Costa Rica known to you and me as mtstackin88. Spanne took in nearly $100,000 for his outright win, which could move him higher than his current mark at #19 in the PocketFives Worldwide Poker Rankings. On Tuesday, PocketFives ... |
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Mar 13th, 2012 | 11 |
| PokerStars Cash Game Traffic Rockets with Zoom Poker For those who may have taken a break from online poker for the last few days, we'll tell you that Zoom Poker is PokerStars' answer to the late Full Tilt Poker's Rush Poker. In this rapid-fire ring game, players choose a game type (currently No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha) and stakes (currently only micro-stakes). Then, they are seated at a random table. As soon as a player's hand is ... |
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Mar 20th, 2012 | 11 |
| Poland's Slayer_pol Wins Second Triple Crown On March 14th, Poland's Slayer_pol took down a $109 buy-in tournament on 888 Poker. While the cash itself was good for $2,400, it also meant his second online poker Triple Crown. In the previous week, he had taken down three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the PocketFives Poker Rankings and earned yet another award. He's at #180 worldwide and sits at #2 in the ... |
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Mar 24th, 2012 | 11 |
| AGCC Report on Full Tilt: "Example of Regulation Working as it Should" A report by former British Gambling Commission Chairman Peter Dean evaluating the actions of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) surrounding Full Tilt was released on Monday. Despite players in the United States being separated from their funds for a year, Dean concluded, "Deplorable as the episode covered in this review has been, it is nevertheless an example of regulation working ... |
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Mar 27th, 2012 | 11 |
| Illinois Online Lottery Sales Exceed $15,000 on First Day Back in December, just two days before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Justice responded to an inquiry from the Illinois and New York lotteries as to whether selling tickets online would violate the Wire Act of 1961. PocketFives was one of the first sites to report on the historic DOJ interpretation, which said that the 1961 law applies to online sports betting only. |
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Mar 29th, 2012 | 11 |
| Epic Poker League Parent Reports $8 Million in Liabilities In a bankruptcy filing published by CardPlayer on Thursday, Federated Sports and Gaming, the parent company of the Epic Poker League, reported nearly $8 million in liabilities. The "Statement of Financial Affairs" was issued to the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland - Southern Division and entered the books on April 3rd. |
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Apr 6th, 2012 | 11 |
