Archive for July, 2010

Dukes Place in Cincinnati was raided in the early hours of Sunday morning, after months of investigation revealed that it was the scene of an illegal gambling, narcotics and weapons business. Over a hundred police officers and FBI agents were involved in the raid,... 

Canadian pro Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek is currently lying atop of the Card Player ‘Online Player of the Year’ leaderboard on 7,046 points and $560,757 in winnings. Amazingly, there are other players below Jarzabek in standing but with more winnings... 

This year, tournament specialist Daniel Negreanu decided to give the online cash game scene at PokerStars his best shot. Ever up for a challenge, Negreanu knew that making the switch from tournament to high stakes cash player was no mean feat and, as he explained... 

We’ve all got steamed up after losing to one outers or been on the wrong side of a coin flip so many times on the trot that its made your toes curl. It doesn’t take long scouring the net to come upon reams of posts belonging to disgruntled poker players... 

Ron Fanelli has just confessed to murdering, chopping up and disposing of the body of Thai prostitute Pianchai Wanphen, while living in the country. In an apparent deal to avoid the death sentence, Fanelli confessed to the incident and said: “It was wrong.... 

Tom Dwan is currently up $1,844,430 against Patrik  Antonius, having played 38,974 hands over the past 18 months as part of the ‘Durrrr Challenge.’ With 50,000 hands being the finishing point for the marathon heads-up poker series, Tom Dwan has already... 

The Canadian Poker Tour (CPT) has recently announced a big increase in company revenue, as reflected by a marked increase in player tournaments registrations, as well as corporate sponsorship contracts. The CPT’s most recent tournament, ‘The Stampede... 

The US Internet Poker Bill, known as HR 2267, has been debated at a Congressional hearing this week and the proposed legislation is now due to be amended and rewritten by the House Financial Services Committee next Tuesday. The bill proposes that the U.S. government... 

In 2003, Chris Moneymaker helped spark the modern poker boom after wining the WSOP Main Event, having qualified for the $10,000 competition via a $39 PokerStars satellite tournament. That year he took away $2.5 million for his famous victory, but in the intervening... 

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is on the brink of a major assault on poker’s ‘All Time Money List,’ after qualifying for this year’s WSOP Main Event final table. The 29 year old poker pro currently lies 14th in the world, having already...