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Questions persist about Phil Hellmuth’s Knowledge of UB Cheating Scandal

Nearly two weeks after UB superuser scandal tapes were released, people are still talking about the matter. And one of the biggest questions on the poker world’s mind is exactly how deep Phil Hellmuth’s involvement goes. The tapes practically absolved Hellmuth from directly knowing about Russ Hamilton’s massive cheating. And when the tapes came out, [...]

Jamie Gold selling WSOP Bracelet

Just two months after 2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang had his gold bracelet seized by the IRS, 2006 Main Event winner Jamie Gold is selling his WSOP bracelet. Gold’s bracelet and Corum poker watch will be auctioned off online through Heritage Auctions – the self-titled “World’s Largest Collectibles Auctioneer.” People can start bidding [...]

Phil Hellmuth says he was Totally Misled by UB Poker Management

At the end of the week, we discussed how Phil Hellmuth was brought up in UB Poker audio tapes that confirmed “God Mode” cheating. Russ Hamilton, who admitted to cheating players out of millions of dollars in the tapes, also discussed Hellmuth. Hamilton said that Hellmuth needed to be kept in the dark about the [...]

Hellmuth, Duke mentioned in UB Superuser Scandal Tapes

Yesterday, we reported how Ultimate Poker, which is America’s first regulated poker site, dropped subcontractor Iovation. The reason why is because Iovation provided software for Ultimate Bet and their CEO, Greg Pierson, helped cover up a UB superuser scandal. All of this has become relevant again – despite happening six years ago – because of [...]

Ultimate Poker drops Scandal-Ridden Iovation

Last month, Ultimate Poker became the first site in US history to deal real money poker hands. And everything seemed to be going quite well after the successful launch…expect for the fact that they used Iovation as a subcontractor. As many people in the poker world know, Iovation eventually became the software provider for Ultimate [...]

PokerStars files Lawsuit against Atlantic Club Casino Owners

Last week, it was believed that PokerStars’ parent company, the Rational Group, had lost their chance to buy the Atlantic Club Casino. However, this might not be the case any longer because the Rational Group has filed a lawsuit with the New Jersey State Superior Court. The suit asks the Superior Court to prevent Atlantic [...]

Lock Poker Pros called out on 2p2

One story that we’ve been covering lately involves the questionable actions by Lock Poker. The US-friendly poker site has been taking forever to process player cashouts, and they’ve even been canceling withdrawals by high stakes players. Apparently, people are tired of trying to deal with Lock directly, so they’ve taken to bashing the Lock Poker [...]

Where has Dario Minieri been?

A few years ago, Dario Minieri was one of the hottest topics in poker. Not only did he earn $1,147,934 in live poker tournaments during 2008, but he also became the first person to ever buy a Porsche Cayman from PokerStars with FPPs. So now the question is, where has Minieri been lately? After all, [...]

UK High Stakes Poker Player named Fourth Biggest Philanthropist

For the past few years, Talal Shakerchi has been one of the world’s more prominent high stakes tournament players. He won the 2013 UKIPT London High Roller along with £436,330 ($656,599) and the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo along with €223,000 ($294,417). But while Shakerchi has been taking a lot of people’s money on the tables, [...]

Lock Poker cancels High Stakes Player’s Cashout

The struggles of Lock Poker are certainly nothing new to the industry. Players have been complaining about slow cashouts for months now and some are beginning to wonder about Revolution Gaming’s financial health. And now people might start to wonder even more because Lock is rejecting withdrawals from some of their high stakes players. One [...]

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