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Online Poker Championship Player Sues Full Tilt
The world of the Online Poker Championship basically fell apart, when the poker site with the highest liquidity - Globally - was shut down by the United States Department of Justice on Friday the 15th of April. This was Poker Stars. At the same time, the DoJ also seized the domains of Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. However, both Full Tilt and Poker Stars have many UK and European facing players also, plus the fact that at the time many US online poker players had millions in funds tied up in their online accounts. The sites were given no notice that their domains would be seized, so, everyone was taken unawares.
The basic gist of it is that Poker Stars and Full Tilt negotiated with the DoJ to open their doors for business again; only to offer pay-for-play games to their UK and European facing members. US members would be allowed access to their accounts but no payments would be accepted and only withdrawals could be made. Poker Stars have honored this arrangement, Full Tilt has not, and now the online poker championship player - Phil Ivey is suing the site.
He is not only an online poker championship player; he is one of the team leaders at Full Tilt, and the holder of no less than eight World Series of Poker bracelets. This man is a BIG poker deal!
According to Full Tilt, they are attempting to make financial restitution to members, but have done nothing to prove this and no members have been refunded. Phil Ivey has filed suit online, not only because he believes that his massive reputation in this industry has been dragged through the mud by the actions of Full Tilt; but also because he believes that fellow members of the site have been treated shabbily.
Up until now, all online poker championship players associated with the site have held their peace and not spoken. This is apparently due to their contractual obligations as sponsored professional players representing Full Tilt poker. Phil Ivey says he has broken his silence because of the fact that Full Tilt is not communicating with members, and he feels both embarrassed and disappointed based on this inactive stance his principals have taken. He also expressed regret about speaking up, but felt that it was necessary. He said that he "could no longer remain silent while so many players suffer economic harm."
There thousands of members who cannot get their money out of Full Tilt, and are also therefore unable to take part in the 2011 WSOP event. Ivey is showing solidarity with his brother and sister online poker championship players, and will also not be taking part in the WSOP events this year. He also said that he would do everything he possibly can to ensure a solution to the problem of unsettled player accounts. He believes that these are the people (Full Tilt customers) who have supported him through his career and refuses to accept that they have been treated so poorly by the site. In the meantime Poker Stars continues to offers services to UK and European players and is also processing withdrawals to US players.
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| Poker Player celebrates 103rd Birthday |
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Friday, 24 February 2012 |
Andy Amatrudo has just turned 103 years old and celebrated his birthday on the Trump Taj Mahal's poker floor. “The Taj Mahal to me is my second home,” said Andy. “I’ve lived next door and I’m here every day, seven days a week.”“I was scared because he’s been playing for a long time and he’s a very good player too,” said Mark Fast. “When he raises he’s got the goods.”“If he’s missing they’ll call him up and they’ll call us and say ‘hey, where’s Andy?’” said Tom Gitto, director of the Taj Mahal Poker Operations. “Everybody starts looking for that red flag on his scooter to come scooting in the room.” |
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| Evolution of poker |
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Friday, 03 June 2011 |
There are many speculations about the origins of the poker game and there and there are several games that can be considered as the forerunner of poker. No matter where it exactly hails from, it is sure that poker flourished in the United States of the19th century. Jonathan Green was the first to mention the game in his writings under the name ‘poker’. He described set of 20 card with only the five highest card of every card deck. The game was played by two to five players who each received five cards. Poker was at that time enormously popular on the Mississippi river boats. Over the years, Poker news business has seen a huge development. At first the deck was increased from 20 to 32 cards and nowadays the game is played with a complete deck of cards, except for the two jokers. Initially poker was mainly a game for the upper crust of society, but soon found its way to all layers of the population. The online gaming-hype has boasted the number of poker player with millions. The game has become so popular that it is subordinate to heavy gambling laws in several countries. |
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| Selection of ongoing poker games at any time |
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Wednesday, 08 December 2010 |
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| Merger between two Microgaming Casino |
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Monday, 11 October 2010 |
Two operators of gambling online which use a Micro gaming software, Diamondbet and Tell Gaming, have merged and assumed the identity of Diamond bet, their CEO Alexander Stevendahl announced this week. Services of casino, poker and bet sports remain unchanged, and the website of Diamond bet will now display the bet regarding the football of Liga of Tell Gaming. This service gives players the opportunity to create a personal football league to compete against friends, family and colleagues. Each participant can select the eleven players of the English Premier League which form its dream team for only one euro, with points awarded according to the results of the games of the season. A lot of merges will come soon in the industry of poker and casino because the market is becoming very competitive and if some of them want to survive, they have to merge and become stronger to the competitor. |
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| Fine of $250 000 |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
A casino in Las Vegas has to pay the sum of $ 250,000 (or 162.127 pounds) for allowing a player to dance on a gaming table while other customers were playing. Caesars Palace and the Nevada regulators have accused the casino of not protecting the game and its customers. The player was dancing on a baccarat table and placing at the same time his bets while a game was in progress. The Gaming Control Board said that the security of the Caesars would be able to stop the behaviour of the player before in such a way. For nearly 45 minutes, the player didn’t stop jumping on the table and began to dance and gamble at the same time while other players were desperate to play baccarat. A fine was therefore sent to the casino for the injury. It is an atypical situation that you couldn’t expect anywhere else than USA. |
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| Learn how to play poker on Riva Poker's website |
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Thuesday, 18 May 2010 |
Riva Poker is the new standard in online poker. This poker club, owned by the much renowned Casino Riva, offers online gambling rooms of great quality as well as a poker School that will help you learn how to play online poker easily and quickly. Discover the rules of the most famous poker variations, the rankings of the cards and the poker hands, have a look at the glossary of online poker and practice your game for free taking part in the many freeroll tournaments organised on the website. |
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| EPT Prague: The coronation goes to Jan Skampa |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
Anthony “Tallix” Roux could not save the honour of France which lost 6 players during a disastrous previous day. He could not do more than the fourth place at the final table of the European Poker Tour in Prague. |
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