Daniel Negreanu to face Brain Hastings in online match?

Daniel Negreanu wrote in his latest blog posting that he is considering playing Brian “$tinger 88″ Hastings in an online match worth $200,000.
According to his blog:
This guy Stinger, a guy I’ve played no limit hold’em with in the past said that he might be willing   …full article

Jamie Gold videographer to release “negative” footage

Rae Valentine, the videographer who captured Jamie Gold’s life on film before, during and after his World Series of Poker main event victory in 2006, has said he is auctioning of all of his footage of the controversial bracelet winner.
According to wickedchopspoker.com, Valentine will sell   …full article

Creepy Negreanu blog post: “I literally want to eat people’s brains”

The newest entry on Daniel Negreanu’s blog is entitled “Eating Brain.” And it doesn’t get less creepy after that.
The posting talks about his preparation for the European Poker Tour Grand Final, which is currently taking place. But it quickly takes a turn into the strange   …full article

2+2/neverwin drama, ratcheted up a notch

The ongoing feud between twoplustwo.com and and neverwinpoker.com is pretty entertaining if you’re into online poker.
2+2’s Mason Malmuth has now gone on record as saying neverwin is a “ticking time bomb” and “damaging to the poker industry,” according to neverwin. Previously, Malmuth has banned 2+2   …full article

2+2/neverwin drama continues with latest banning

Gary Wise, a respected poker player and writer, was banned by twoplustwo.com in a move that is apparently an offshoot of earlier drama.
Last month, neverwinpoker.com’s Bryan Micon was banned for speaking his mind at 2+2. If you didn’t follow the episode, here’s that story in   …full article

Rumors swirling that WSOP main event final table will be delayed, broadcast almost live

The final table of this year’s World Series of Poker main event may be broadcast nearly live and may be delayed by several months to accommodate television, according to rumors circulating on the internet.
Under the plan, wickedchopspoker.com says the final table would be aired on   …full article

High-stakes poker player linked to NY prostitution ring?

The New York Daily News says a “well-known, high-stakes” poker player utilized the services of Kristin Davis, who has been linked to former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Davis allegedly ran a number of high-end prostitution rings and is currently being held on money laundering   …full article

High stakes no limit drama - MezmerizePLZ and ADZ124

There’s a bit of a buzz building over at 2+2 regarding the unfolding confrontation between two fairly well-known high stakes online players, MezmerizePLZ and ADZ124. At the center of the controversy is a 32k debt MezmerizePLZ says he’s owed - but more disturbing to   …full article

‘60 Minutes’ may do Absolute Poker scandal story

Nat Arem, one of the people who investigated and uncovered the Absolute Poker superuser scandal, wrote on his blog that “60 Minutes” may be doing a story on online poker and AP.
While the story is far from a sure thing, Arem believes the show is   …full article

Sklansky drama update

The dramatics surrounding the situation involving Sklansky, Hawbaker et al continues, fueled by increasingly aggressive actions taken by 2+2 to suppress the story and corresponding reactions from other poker sites, most notably NeverWin Poker. For what it’s worth Sklansky has apparently been soft-banned by   …full article

Justin Bonomo: Men Nguyen cheating in live tournament events

Professional poker player Justin Bonomo called out Men “The Master” Nguyen in a blog post today, accusing the well-known tournament player of cheating in various events. Similar accusations have been raised against Men in the past, and are primarily centered around charges of chip   …full article

2+2 bans Micon, apparently moves to suppress Sklansky / Sue issue

According to an item published by Micon over at NeverWin, 2+2 is apparently moving aggressively to suppress any further discussion of the recent drama surrounding Sklansky, Hawbaker, and Sklansky’s … uh, roommate? … Sue.
An excerpt from the post / rant:
You can’t help but laugh at   …full article

Jonathan ‘Fiery Justice’ Little fired by Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker made the somewhat surprising announcement today that they were firing one of their sponsored pros. The player in question: Jonathan ‘Fiery Justice’ Little, who was signed by the site only a few months ago.
According to a statement released by Full Tilt,   …full article

Hawbaker, Sklanskly, slightly autistic Sue

The ongoing drama involving Brandi Hawbaker and 2+2 honcho David Sklansky took a turn for the weirder this week when Sklansky, apparently acting preemptively in the face of threats from Hawbaker, issued a long, entirely bizarre thread on 2+2.
A summary wouldn’t begin to do it   …full article

Speculation continues regarding the identity of seda1

Seda1, the mysterious online poker player who has been battling it out with Phil Ivey in the largest cash games online lately at Full Tilt Poker, has finally been identified - at least that’s the speculation coming out of Poker King and 2+2 recently.
PK ran   …full article

PokerScout: DoingPoker utilizing bots to boost traffic?

Popular player traffic reporting site PokerScout ran a piece earlier this week about their suspicions regarding the use of bots at online poker room Doing Poker.
Doing Poker is a new room that is not part of a network.
PokerScout was careful to note that the suspicions   …full article

Jennicide: Posing in Playboy allowed a platform for me

In a recent interview with sheknows.com, poker player Jennifer ‘Jennicide’ Leigh talked about her ascent in the poker community, her not-so-secret gamer nerd roots, and what it was like to pose for Playboy.
Jennicide’s Playboy spread is schedule for May 2008 release.
Excerpt from the sheknows interview:
SK:   …full article

World Poker Tour downsizing live schedule?

Pokerati is reporting that the World Poker Tour live tournament schedule, set to be released next week, will feature significantly fewer tournaments than 2007’s schedule.
The tournament rumored to be cut are primarily Las Vegas stops.
Excerpt from Pokerati:

Jennicide Playboy spread scheduled for May 2008

Wicked Chops is reporting that the long-rumored Playboy spread featuring poker player Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh is finally scheduled for release and should hit stands in May of 2008.
Official, apparently infrequently updated, Jennicide site here.
Wicked Chops story here. Excerpt:
Word on the street is that   …full article

Sheikhan uninvited from LAPD poker tournament

Shahram ‘Sheiky’ Sheikhan won’t be appearing as planned at an upcoming LAPD charity poker event, according to a story published today by PokerHelper.com. Sheikhan, whose possible deportation from the US due to past charges of sexual misconduct made news a few months ago, has   …full article

Brandi Hawbaker allegedly stars in adult video

We first heard it from the folks over at Wicked Chops poker, who picked it up (apparently) from a 2+2 thread that has now been deleted. If you’re unfamiliar with who Brandi is, any of the numerous links below (some of which link to   …full article

Betfair demands return of computer-glitch payouts

The Telegraph published a story following the “Ocean’s 14″-style payout error last month in which a glitch in Betfair’s system led to a few hours of some players getting more money in their accounts than they ought to. Betfair appears to be putting the onus   …full article

MTV True Life looking to profile online poker players

‘True Life’, the MTV documentary series that generally focuses on youth sub and co-cultures, is looking for an online poker player to round out the cast of an upcoming episode.
The poker player selected will be featured in an installment focused on people who lead “double   …full article

Daniel Negreanu: JJProdigy “may grow up someday”

Daniel Negreanu concluded a recent blog post about cheater JJ Prodigy by saying, “It is a real shame that the poker world hasn’t advanced enough so that we can keep a kid like that from playing in live events. It’s a shame that we can’t   …full article

Brian Townsend loses bet, must work 20 hours at McDonalds

A job at McDonalds is a bit of a rite of passage for many American teenagers, which over the years has earned it the archetypal status of ‘crappy job.’ That status was likely what motivated high-stakes cash pros Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend and Brian Hastings   …full article

Shane Warne joins 888.com, plays in Aussie Millions, sends texts

Shane Warne got in trouble from his seat at the Aussie Millions when he sent a text message. He received a five-minute suspension as a result, but the real consequence of his misguided messaging was the reemergence of gossip concerning the last time he got   …full article

Latest “Brandi Hawbaker did something or other” drama breaks

Alleged poker player Brandi Hawbaker is back making quasi-poker news. To be honest, we’re not even sure what the particulars are this time around, nor do we much care, but it seems to be generating a lot of interest in some corners, so we   …full article

Dani ‘Ansky’ Stern publishes call to action regarding integrity and poker

Well known high-stakes pro Dani ‘Ansky’ Stern published an open letter on major online poker forums today where he challenged those responsible for the image of the game to take a stand against threats to the public perception of poker’s integrity.
The letter, which   …full article

New ‘Superuser’ allegations raised, this time against Ultimate Bet poker

Right on the heels of the release of the KGC report detailing the involvement of Absolute Poker in the largest reported cheating scandal in online poker history, a new set of allegations is making the rounds at the major online poker forums. This time,   …full article

Absolute Poker’s owner’s owner tied too closely to Kahnawake?

Pokerati reported today that Chuck Barnett, one of the Board of Supervisors for the Kahnawake Territory, has confirmed that Joe Norton is the owner of Absolute Poker. Ownership of Absolute Poker has been a tangled web.
Lou Kreiger received a call-in on his podcast show, Keep   …full article

Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Field gives live interview to Poker News

Online poker phenom and controversial figure Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Field made his first live tournament appearance at the Aussie Millions this week, and PokerNews was there to grab a brief interview with Field.

The video interview lasts about three minutes and essentially allows Field to rehash the   …full article

Pokerati: PokerBowl money problems

Dan Michalski over at Pokerati wrote about the inaugural PokerBowl and some apparent ongoing financial problems today. Excerpt:
I guess maybe we shouldn’t be surprised when a tournament that relies on too many freerolls and forgets to take any juice runs into a financial clusterflubbing.   …full article

High Stakes DB releases list of biggest online poker winners and losers

High stakes online poker tracking site HighStakesdb.com released an interesting set of year-end lists earlier this week that offer a (partial) glimpse into the winners and losers in the nosebleed games online. While it’s tough for anyone to provide complete coverage of the games,   …full article

Tony G responds to controversy surrounding T6 Poker

Professional poker player Tony ‘Tony G’ Guoga responded today on his blog to charges, raised on various poker forums, against online poker room T6 Poker. Guoga recently signed a one-year deal to endorse the room.
Questions about the credibility of T6 were first raised by   …full article

Poker Stars: Josh “JJProdigy” Field not welcome at PCA

Controversial online poker whiz kid Josh “JJProdigy” Field will apparently have to delay his live tournament debut for a week or two. Field, who became notorious for admitted multi-accounting and various other offenses committed while he was racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars   …full article

Josh “JJProdigy” Field offers apology to online poker community

Josh Field, better known to the online poker world as “JJProdigy”, posted an apology of sorts on several major online poker forums this weekend, just days before he is set to make his live poker debut at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
“JJProdigy” is one of   …full article

Poker Stars considering cash-game freezeouts with hole card exposed replay

PokerStars is apparently considering introducing what would be a unique play format in the world of online poker - a higher-stakes cash game freezeout that would possibly involve some of their sponsored pros and be replayed after the match with all hole cards exposed.
A PokerStars   …full article

Poker News releases interview with Sorel Mizzi and Chris Vaughn

PokerNews.com published an interview today featuring the two names at the heart of the latest online poker cheating scandal - Chris Vaughn, who recently had his Full Tilt Million Guarantee win revoked by Full Tilt, and Sorel Mizzi, the player that took over Vaughn’s account   …full article

Poker Stars clears Chris Vaughn of any wrongdoing in Sunday Million win

Chris Vaughn, who made online poker headlines twice in the last few weeks, once for winning both the Full Tilt Million Guarantee and the Poker Stars Sunday Million in October and then again for having his Full Tilt win revoked when Full Tilt security concluded   …full article

Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi responds to Full Tilt Poker cheating charges

Well-known online poker tournament player Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi responded today to charges that he has been banned from Full Tilt Poker for taking over another user’s account during the end stages of the Full Tilt Million Dollar Guarantee on October 21st, 2007.
The account in question:   …full article

Reserve not met on Daniel Negreanu’s WSOP truck

Daniel Negreanu auctioned off the truck he won for being 2004’s World Series of Poker Player of the Year, but nobody came. Well, that’s not true. According to the eBay stats counter, 11,678 checked it out, and 23 people bid, but the reserve wasn’t met.
The   …full article

Full Tilt Poker apparently confirms handoff charges against BluffMagCV

Full Tilt has allegedly confirmed charges, first raised publicly in a thread over at 2+2, that ‘BluffMagCV’, winner of the October 21st ‘One Million Guarantee’ tournament on FTP, handed over his account to another player during the late stages of the tournament.
BluffMagCV is the screen   …full article

New Cardrunners promo: Get mentored by Taylor ‘Green Plastic’ Caby

Online poker training site Cardrunners.com announced a new promotion this week, and while we’d usually pass on these items, this one’s unique enough that it deserves a mention. Two applicants from the Cardrunners community will be chosen for a private mentoring arrangement with high-stakes   …full article

High-stakes pro Bryce Paradis calling it quits

Well known online high-stakes limit player Bryce Paradis announced in his blog over at StoxPoker yesterday that he was calling it a day and liquidating his online poker bankroll with the intent of no longer playing poker as a source of income. Paradis, who   …full article

Daniel Negreanu getting divorced

In his blog over at Full Contact Poker, well-known poker player Daniel Negreanu announced to his readers yesterday that he and his wife of nearly two years have decided to part amicably. According to Negreanu, the decision was mutual and required no involvement from   …full article

MTV looking to feature online poker players in upcoming edition of ‘True Life’

If you’re an online poker player between the ages of 18 and 28 and you’re looking to showcase your degeneracy for a national audience, MTV has your ticket. The entertainment channel is currently recruiting online poker players for roles in a future episode of   …full article

Nat Arem offers analysis of Absolute Poker situation following his trip to Costa Rica

In his blog (at natarem.com) PokerDb founder Nat Arem, who was instrumental in uncovering the truth behind the recent Absolute poker cheating scandal, has been offering an interesting first-hand account of the trip he took at the end of October to the Absolute offices down   …full article

Brandon Adams: Hope I die before I get old

In an article that is in many ways a companion piece to the Kenny Tran-instigated controversy regarding the relative skill levels of live and online no limit players, well-known cash pro Brandon Adams offers a surprisingly fatalistic assessment of what he terms the ‘life cycle’   …full article

Kenny Tran: Internet pros not in the top 20 high stakes NLHE cash players

High stakes cash pro Kenny Tran, best known to many for his deep run in last year’s WSOP main event, has a surprisingly low opinion of online high stakes cash game players.
At least that’s what he told David Sklansky, who started a rapidly growing thread   …full article

Online poker rumor mill turns on Ultimate Bet - allegations raised in thread in Pocket Fives

A poster on popular online poker forum PocketFives who claimed to be providing inside information during the recent Absolute Poker scandal issued a new string of allegations today, this time directed against Absolute sister site Ultimate Bet.
Brett Jungblut, who posts as ‘gank’ on Pocket Fives   …full article

Calvin Ayre takes aim at Forbes

While it wasn’t a ‘patent-trolls’ level rant, Bodog founder Calvin Ayre fired off a couple of choice shots at Forbes Magazine, and reporter Matt Miller in particular, in a blog post today on calvinayrelife.com.
The post is apparently a response, of sorts, to Ayre’s omission from   …full article

Scott Matusow clarifies odd blog post regarding his brother Mike

A couple of days ago, we reported on an odd post over at the Matusow Truth blog, a site run by Mike’s brother Scott. The post, which was noted by Bill Rini and yanked in short order, was a scathing indictment of Mike.   …full article

Lars Luzak identified as 20 year old Finnish player

High Stakes News is confirming rumors that well-known high stakes player LarsLuzak, a regular at the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker, is Sami Kelopuro, a 20-year old from Finland (pictured to the right).
HSN bases the confirmation on Kelopuro’s blog (which is in Finnish).   …full article

Odd post on Mike Matusow’s brother’s blog

Bill Rini uncovered this little nugget, so full credit to him.
Readers of the Matusow Truth blog, a site maintained by Mike’s brother Scott, were greeted with an odd post late last week. The post, which has since been pulled but can be accessed if   …full article

Update: Absolute Poker admits to security breach

In the wake of increasing criticism and mounting evidence, Absolute Poker yesterday admitted to players that there had, in fact, been a security breach at their room which allowed certain players to gain access to information not available to all players.
The background of this scandal,   …full article

Update: Absolute Poker issues formal response to cheating allegations

Absolute Poker has issued a formal response to the latest round of accusations that the security of their room had been compromised by an individual or group of individuals. Notable aspects of the response include the fact that it addresses the allegations concerning former   …full article

Update: Evidence of cheating at Absolute Poker reaches tipping point

While a definitive conclusion on allegations of cheating at Absolute Poker will be nearly impossible without some sort of admission from the company itself, the general consensus of the online poker community, based on an increasingly substantial body of mounting evidence, is that Absolute Poker   …full article

PokerStars disqualifies winner of WCOOP Main Event

After days of intense speculation regarding impropriety at the final table of the World Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars has confirmed today that main event winner TheV0id was in fact in breach of Poker Star’s terms of service, and has been disqualified and stripped of   …full article

Update: Additional evidence uncovered in Absolute Poker cheating scandal

Allegations regarding cheating at Absolute Poker, which ran rampant a few weeks ago before dying down, have resurfaced this weekend with the apparent revelation of new evidence that, if validated, makes a fairly damning case against the integrity of the room.
The evidence in question was   …full article

Update: Impropriety at the final table of the WCOOP Main Event

Rumors regarding the possibility of multi-accounting on the part of WCOOP Main Event winner theV0id have calmed since the initial fury following the closing of the WCOOP, but, according to an official comment from PokerStars, investigations regarding the WCOOP Main Event are still underway.
There’s no   …full article

World Championship of Online Poker: Rumors of impropriety at the main event final table

It’s becoming almost a knee-jerk response of the online poker community to crank up the rumor-mill after a major online tournament event or series, and it appears that the wake of the World Championship of Online Poker at Poker Stars won’t be any exception, as   …full article

Frank comments on gambling study bill

“What’s to study? Whether or not I should be able to make my own bet with my own money?”
Though Representative Barney Frank has signed on to support the proposed bill calling for a year-long study of online gaming to be conducted by the National Academy   …full article

Update: Micon now only stuck 9.5k to his faux baller buddy

The Bryan Micon / Justin Smith saga continues to amble toward some kind of conclusion, with the latest update on NeverWinPoker coming from Micon himself, who posted the following news earlier this morning:
druff is right, got $1.5k back and met Bizmanager @ Bellagio.
$2.5k down, $9.5k   …full article

Poker pro Andy Bloch has his AIM account hacked

According to a post on his blog, well-known professional gambler Andy Bloch was recently the victim of hacking. Bloch, known to many as a member of the MIT blackjack team and part of Full Tilt Poker’s roster of pros, had this to say about   …full article

Bryan Micon from NeverWinPoker rolled for 12k

Bryan Micon, best known to a good chunk of the online poker world as one of the people behind NeverWinPoker.com, is currently embroiled in an increasingly hilarious standoff with one Justin Smith over a debt totaling $12,000 in U.S. American dollars.
The original circumstances of Micon   …full article

Steven Levitt comments on Absolute Poker and his anti-fraud work with another online poker room

Steven Levitt, the economist probably best-known as the co-author of the popular book Freakonomics, mentioned today in his blog on the NY Times website that he’s contracted with an online poker room to help them develop tools that will catch cheaters.
The comment comes at the   …full article

Poker pro Shahram “Shawn” Sheikhan faces deportation to Iran

It’s too bad Mike Matusow is busy trying to win the Borgata Open, because we’d sure like to hear a quip or two from him regarding the legal predicament currently facing his sorta-nemesis Shahram “Shawn” Sheikhan.
Sheikhan, who is from Iran but has lived in the   …full article

TonyG and Townsend clash in high stakes cash game

The Full Tilt Poker Blog is reporting an interesting confrontation between normally soft-spoken high stakes pro Brian Townsend and normally anything-but-soft-anything pro Tony G.
The jabbering took place during the million dollar cash game that Full tilt is currently producing for airing at a future date.   …full article

Online high stakes pro Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend back in the black

After a few months of a terrible downswing and mounting questions, both from himself and from observers, about his willingness and ability to continue to compete at the highest levels of online cash poker, Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend seems to have found a solution: a new   …full article

Update: Absolute Poker responds to charges of suspicious play

Absolute Poker has finally issued a formal statement on the charges, first raised in a thread at 2+2 yesterday, that certain high-limit players had compromised the security at Absolute Poker and were able to view some or all information of opponent’s cards and community cards.
Our   …full article

Lazer Wager.com launches, execs scrutinized

The weekend launch of a new online gambling group managed by some impressively experienced gambling executives brought in from top gaming brands like Nine.com and Evolution Software will be closely watched to see if their checkered history will follow them.
The five executives at Lazer Wager.com,   …full article

Rumors continue to circulate regarding suspicious play at Absolute Poker

Conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen in the online poker community, but a recent press against Absolute Poker led by several high limit players and a couple of moderators at 2+2 has grabbed the attention of several people who would normally dismiss ‘online poker   …full article

Negreanu vs internet poker, continued

Daniel Negreanu continues to dip his toes in the high stakes NL pool over at PokerStars, and the results so far seem to support his early conclusion that the top players there aren’t worth getting too excited about. While anything can obviously happen in   …full article

Slapfight: APerfectGent and Malicous222 start another silly online poker rivalry

Two of the better-known high stakes online players, APerfectGent (YourTimeisUp) and Malicous222, are hurling insults, e-bravado and challenges back and forth in a Pocket 5s thread that seems to be careening to some sort of ill-advised long-term high stakes showdown.
The thread is pretty incomprehensible   …full article

Pamela Anderson apparently (insert some relationship type here) to / with (insert some poker player here)

The rumor circulating on the pokernet (and the mainstream gossipnet) today is that famous-for-a-variety-of-filmed-talents celebrity Pamela Anderson is moving toward marriage, or something, number three - and this time it’s with a poker player.
The ID of the player isn’t clear at this point, but the   …full article

Annette_15 now 19, playing live for BetFair

Annette Obrestad, the teen player who claims to have climbed to the top of the online gambling world without ever having put a deposit into her account, has signed on with Betfair. Obrestad is focusing more and more on her live game, and is currently   …full article

Should WSOPE bracelets be counted as ‘full’ World Series of Poker titles?

With the first World Series of Poker Europe underway and two bracelets handed out so far, the inevitable discussion regarding the ‘meaning’ of those titles has already gotten underway.
While Harrah’s is certainly pushing for the titles to be seen with the same stature as those   …full article

Newsflash: Negreanu thinks he’s a pretty good poker player

As slapfights go, this one’s especially tame and 7 year oldish, but it’s a slapfight nonetheless: keep an eye on a brewing rivalry between actually-well-known pro Daniel Negreanu and only-faux-well-know-on-the-intertube pros.
Negreanu has apparently been turning a bit more of his attention to online poker lately,   …full article

Poker training site Cardrunners hints at massive changes to come

In a 2+2 thread that started off dealing with the exit of JMan from Cardrunners, CR owner Taylor Caby made a couple of comments that seemed to promise massive changes at Cardrunners in the immediate future.
One Caby post that defended CR’s ability to hang on   …full article

Newsflash: online poker players can’t dance (or control themselves like normal human beings in public)

These are the kinds of things that make me feel SO good about what I do for a living. Check out the video where Hevad ‘RaiNKhAN’ Khan makes whoever recorded the song behind it seem like a genius by comparison:

Phil Galfond apparently done at poker training site Cardrunners

Phil Galfond, also known as Jman, is apparently no longer going to be affiliated with online poker training site CardRunners - at least not in terms of producing new videos.
In his blog on CardRunners, Galfond (who has produced several popular NLHE cash videos for CardRunners),   …full article

CryMeaRiver8 on Full Tilt Poker: new account for Patrik Antonius

While there’s no official confirmation on Antonius’s blog, it’s increasingly being speculated that CryMeaRiver8, a relative newcomer to the high stakes games on Full Tilt is actually the new screen name for Patrik Antonius.
PokerKing points out that Antonius’s old screen name, Luigi66369, has been absent   …full article

Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend quitting poker?

It’s pure speculation on several levels, but that’s why it’s in gossip - there’s more than a few signs that Townsend may be heading for an extended break from poker.
The well-know high stakes no limit player, who has had a well-publicized downswing over the last   …full article

KFC hires poker players to sell chicken

In a move that makes so much sense it makes you wonder how it took so long to happen, Kentucky Fried Chicken has announced that they have hired Gavin Smith to endorse their chicken.
Smith will be featured in commercials (along with David Williams   …full article

Dutch Boyd And Lessons In Mental Illness

As a former intern of a non profit agency associated with the awareness of mental illness, I understand the hardships of those who cope with disease on a daily basis. For many it is a 24 hour struggle for survival that can be extremely painfull   …full article

Carmen Electra Strip Poker Invitational Just Announced

Already making waves with her strip poker DVD, buxom Playboy Playmate Carmen Electra will host a Strip Poker Invitational to be held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas according to tourneyblog.com. The sinfully competitive event will benefit the Primo Center for   …full article

Jean Robert Bellande Makes Jump To Reality TV

As if the successful primetime show “Survivor” couldn’t get even more annoying along comes poker professional/night club magnate Jean Robert Bellande to make matters worse. The egotistical Bellande will appear in the shows 15th season which was filmed on location in China. The premiere will   …full article

Townsend admits to playing on multiple accounts - will rooms respond?

In the wake of the recent crackdown by Full Tilt and PokerStars on players holding multiple accounts, it seems a little surprising that a top player would admit to using multiple accounts in his blog, but that’s exactly what top online NL player Brian ’sbrugby’   …full article

PokerStars Sunday Millions ‘cheaters’ identified as Flyndra, Ambi

The identity of the players disqualified from the PokerStars Sunday Millions final table on 8/12 is being reported today on several forums and websites, including 2+2, Pocket 5’s and PokerKing.com, and while there’s been no official word from PokerStars on the matter, it appears that   …full article

PokerStars apparently disqualifying a Sunday Millions final table finisher

PokerKing is reporting today that PokerStars has apparently disqualified one of the players who made it to the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million on 8/12. While the identity of the player hasn’t been released yet, it’s probably only a matter of time   …full article

Impact of multi-accounting crackdown continues to spread

The multi-accounting crackdown started this week by major online poker rooms PokerStars and Full Tilt continues to have a major impact on the pokernet today, as more accounts are being locked and the drama concerning connections between accounts continues to unfold.
Yesterday, news broke that due   …full article

Multi-accounting crackdown hits NeverWin, YourTimeisUp and several top online pros

News of a massive crackdown on individuals using multiple accounts on major poker rooms such as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker is spreading rapidly across the pokernet today, with some very well-known names such as NeverWin and YourTimeisUp at the top of the ban lists.
News   …full article

Self-published BetonSports ‘tell all’ book released

If you’ve ever wondered what life was like on the inside of an online gaming company in the early, heady days of the market, before MoneyMaker won the WSOP, before the UIGEA brought the US poker frenzy down to earth, you might be interested in   …full article

The downswing continues for Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend

Rags to riches and … back to rags? While it’s unlikely that high-stakes online pro Brian Townsend will be in the literal poorhouse anytime soon, the onlinepokernet is abuzz with stories of his rapid bankroll descent.
Towsend, who made a reputation as one of the   …full article

Phil Laak murder-for-hire saga apparently wrapped up (for now)

Bill Rini is reporting in his blog today that the bizarre saga involving Phil Laak, a Thailand tour operator, an ‘import-export’ business and an alleged murder-for-hire plot has reached some sort of conclusion (if that’s the word) as Tom Grant, the man who accused Phil   …full article

Possible Playboy appearance for Jennicide

PokerKing.com is reporting today that the rumors circulating online regarding the imminent appearance of popular online poker player Jennifer ‘Jennicide’ Leigh in a Playboy spread are reaching a point where they’re hard to ignore.
While there’s no confirmation from Leigh or Playboy at this point, the   …full article