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Poker Pro Sues for Unpaid Losses at a Home Game

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:03:08 +0000

One-time WSOP bracelet winner, Francois Safieddine, is suing Sean Ahn, for a chip debt that he owed players at a home game hosted by Safieddine. He often hosts home games at his Denver residence, which is legal because Colorado law allows social gambling at home, as long as the players are friendly acquaintances, as opposed to being strangers. When friends got together at Francois’ home, they didn’t buy-in, they just grabbed some chips and made even at the end of the night. Ahn, however, found himself without the $29,000 he owed the other players after a game back in March. After three checks bounced, a letter was sent to Ahn by Safieddine demanding the money within 15 days. According to Colorado law, if a letter like this one is sent and no reply is made, the owed party can sue for 3 x the amount of the original debt. Since only $1,000 was paid, and Ahn now owes $87,000, a lawsuit has finally been filed.

Ahn, however, is nowhere to be found. His telephone numbers have been disconnected, and the lady who got his old number, but claims she doesn’t know him, says banks call for him all day. Perhaps the poker pro should call this one a gentleman’s bet and let the guy off the hook. Safeiddine’s $1.5 million poker winnings should cover Ahn’s debt to the other players, who were all supposed to be friends, right?

Andy Bloch’s Visit to UNLV

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:18:22 +0000

Andy Bloch made a visit to the University of Nevada Las Vegas last week to talk to students about his experiences with the MIT Card County Team, the movie “21,” and his new life as a poker pro. (No he wasn’t there recruiting new blackjack team members). Apparently the hand gestures the team used in the movie were not the same as reality, but many of the card counting terms used to indicate the count were accurate. He also discussed his deeply emotional reactions to certain scenes in the movie like when the lead character first arrives in Vegas. He also told a story about one of the team members stealing a shield from the Excalibur hotel to decorate his dorm room with and joked about family and friends wishing him luck on tournaments that haven’t yet aired on TV, but that he’s already played in.

Gus Hansen Making History

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:17:18 +0000

Gus Hansen, a.k.a. “The Great Dane,” is up this month with a $3.2 million winnings total for the month of October, alone. He’s made $2.7 of his winnings playing Omaha Hi/Lo and HORSE at FullTilt. He’s played 33,800+ tracked hands, which breaks down to almost $100 per hand played, making him up $2.4 million for the year. But Gus isn’t alone. Phil Ivey has racked up $2.134 million this month, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is up $1.94 million this month, and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies comes in last with a $1.06 million profit for October.

Hansen’s winnings alone has made October one of the best in FullTilt’s history, or in the history of any online poker site, for that matter.

On the other hand, the biggest loser for the month is Patrik Antonius with a $1.6 million defecit on more than 12,700 tracked hands, and lost a total of $2.23 million for the whole year in 2008.

Kenna James Working On Country-Record

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:01:15 +0000

It is not hard to imagine that a man who wears a cowboy-hat 24/7 is into country. We are not talking about Doyle Brunson but Kenna “Cowboy” James. Listen to his latest single “Dream this dream” below.

Pokerstars Announces Deal With Johnny Lodden AKA bad_ip

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:52:37 +0000

Pokerstars is announcing a sponsorship deal with Norwegian online poker legend Johnny Lodden. The terms for the deal is not clear but “bad_ip” will probably receive 100% of his staked tournament winnings.

Johnny Lodden has several deep finishes in the EPT and Pokerstars are hoping to pick him up before he gets his live poker breakthrough.

Thomas Udness, Pokerstars Marketing Director in Norway:

“We want the best players at Pokerstars and it is not a hard decision when he is available. We are waiting for his big breakthrough.”

“bad_ip” used to crush the high-limit tables at the Prima network back in 2005 but had a huge downswing and is now grinding lower stakes. He is famous for losing the biggest pot in online poker history.

Lodden will start representing Pokerstars in EPT Budapest.

Source: Nettavisen

(Picture by pokerstarsblog.com)

Biggest Poker Pot Ever Played Online

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:17:34 +0000

Di “Urindanger” Dang made online poker history Saturday night when he set the record for biggest online poker pot ever played at $723,000. It all went down on FullTilt from morning to dawn as this record was broken two times before it the current amount was set. A $610,000 pot was won last month and broken the first time by Tom “durrrr” Dwan when he took a $618,000 pot, only to lose it later to John Juanda when Juanda took a $678,000 pot from Dwan. But they weren’t through yet. Ivey took $687,000 from Juanda on the very next hand, breaking the record a second time that night.

The biggest online poker session ever played culminated when Dang set the current record amount with pocket Aces, taking the pot from Dwan with pocket Kings.

See the video of the hand replay here.

(Picture by pokerista.fi)

The Story of Ted Binion’s Death to Air as a Movie

admin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:37:24 +0000

Lifetime Television will air Ted Binion’s story Saturday Oct. 25, 2008 at 9:00 EST. The movie is called “Sex and Lies in Sin City” and portrays the true story tale of the suspicious death of Las Vegas casino heir, Ted Binion, played by Matthew Modine. Ted’s death was initially ruled an overdose, but as investigators dug deeper, they began to suspect murder. Ted’s lover, a stripper named Sandy Murphy, played by Mena Suvari, and her boyfriend were tried for Ted’s murder. What really happened is still not quite clear, after Ted’s collection of silver that was worth more than $7 million brought up more questions. Hopefully this movie will shed more light on this legendary Vegas tale.

Eli Elezra Admits to 17 FulTilt Screen Names

admin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:47:45 +0000

Eli Elezra admits to having 17 different screen names on FulTilt. Listen to the dialogue on this video. Apparently Howard Lederer looks quite surprised if you look at his reaction. Watch for Lederer’s poker face to change at the end of the video as Elezra reiterates his multiple FulTilt identities! The controversy over whether this is fair or not will ensue!

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New Poker-Themed Show at the Venetian: The Real Deal!

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:13:30 +0000

Las Vegas has a new show that is centered around poker. It’s a stage show at the Venetian offering audience members the opportunity to play with poker legends participating in a live onstage poker show. The poker celebrities are just to get the people in the door, though. The real star of the show is the actual audience. A certain technology allows audience members to sit at their seats with a touch screen computer and be dealt into the hand that is taking place onstage. They are able to see their hole cards via a camera under the on-stage table, and they are able to make bets, fold, and call from their seat in hands against players like Daniel Negreanu Phil Hellmuth. Players earn points based on how well they play their hands and are ranked on a leaderboard. Prop bets are also going on, as well as a game called “52-card pick-up” in which players can pick any 5 cards from the 52 faced down on their screen in hopes of pulling a royal flush and winning a real cash prize. Top leaderboard players win top prizes and the chance for a heads-up seat across the table from a poker legend live on stage. Vinnie Favorito hosts, keeping the audience in stitches.

MySpace Teams Up with WPT & ClubWPT.com

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:14:05 +0000

MySpace has teamed up with WPT Enterprises to create the largest online poker community. The MySpace WPT will offer content for players of all levels, including strategies, player profiles, tournament news, and video clip. This hub of MySpace will also allow poker players to interact with WPT superstars. There will also be a free poker game available, which will allow MySpacers to play against each other online in live and private tournaments.

You can also, for about $20 a month, subscribe to ClubWPT.com, where members will earn VIP rewards and have the opportunity to play and win more than $100K in cash every month. Members of this exclusive site will also be able to win WPT seats as well as spots on the new ClubTV TV series, which airs nightly on the FSN channel. ClubTV.com boasts, “No buy-ins, no deposits, no risk.” Members are also privileged to more than $3000 in Vegas discounts and special games like elimination Blackjack.

With new innovations in poker coming up almost daily, the game of poker is always changing in some way or another. This is the latest face of poker.