May 15, 2013
Repercussions are still building from the publication on Youtube over last weekend of a damning 2008 recorded discussion between UltimateBet executives and their lawyers on the hole card cheating scandal at the now defunct online poker site. Our readers will recall that management of the unrelated Ultimate Poker site that has just launched as the […]
May 15, 2013
Although there has been no official statement from the operator, reliable reports indicate that the PlayersOnly and SportsBook poker rooms on the Merge poker network have segregated their players from the main Merge pool, presumably in an attempt to improve the “poker ecology” by encouraging more recreational player action and less “shark” activity. Initial reports […]
May 14, 2013
Lock Poker owner Jennifer Larson continued to explain her company’s position on several high-profile issues in the second part of her exclusive interview with the information site Gambling911 Monday, dealing with customer relations, professional poker players and Cyprus banking. The widely publicised departure of Lock poker pros Chris Moorman and Paul Volpe was dismissed by […]
May 13, 2013
Dublin, Ireland poker pro Steve O’Dwyer has won the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final main event for a massive Euro 1,224,000, with the action culminating in a top-talent final table. O’Dwyer, who was appearing on his fourth EPT final table in 18 months, faced a stacked field that included four Team […]
May 13, 2013
At only 25 years of age US internet and live tourney poker pro Steve “Zugwat” Silverman from Bethesda in Maryland has already racked up an impressive list of wins, with career earnings approaching a million dollars. Over the weekend he almost doubled that by taking down the Euro 25,000 High Roller event at the European […]
May 13, 2013
The much-hyped Gambling911 exclusive interview with Jennifer Larson, owner of the reportedly troubled Lock Poker enterprise, went up on the information website over the weekend, but interest was blunted by prior leaks which left little new in the way of disclosure. In summary Larson told Gambling911: * It’s impossible to assuage fears of Lock Poker’s […]
May 13, 2013
Amaya Gaming Group will extend its partnership with myBet Holding SE (formerly JAXX SE) to include Amaya’s Ongame Poker and Live Dealer on mybet websites. Amaya and myBet’s relationship spans 8 years and as a complement to their original online casino partnership, mybet has chosen to switch from iPoker to Amaya’s Ongame poker network for […]
May 13, 2013
The World Series of Poker’s most successful player, international ace Phil Hellmuth, has released a statement on his involvement with UltimateBet in the wake of the fresh disclosures on Youtube tapes of a discussion between key UltimateBet execs and lawyers Appearing in widening media ripples from its introduction on the twoplustwo poker forum, the Hellmuth […]
May 12, 2013
The idea that international poker ace Phil Ivey may be a card cheat has apparently been floated by the Crockfords poker room in London, which Ivey is currently suing for payment of millions of pounds sterling winnings Over the weekend the mainstream UK press started reporting that Crockfords has responded to Ivey’s lawsuit by claiming […]
May 12, 2013
The multi-million dollar Ultimatebet hole card cheating scandal which ten years ago started creating reams of bad industry press (see previous reports), surfaced again over the weekend with the publication of a tape purporting to record a discussion on the cheating software between lawyers and Ultimatebet executives including the now notorious Russ Hamilton The tapes, […]