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Whats Been Happening At The WSOP 2014

The 45th Annual World Series of Poker for 2014 tournament started on May 27th and has been rolling along nicely without really catching fire in the imagination of the poker world.  The first thing that made big news was Vanessa Selbst becoming the first female to win 3 bracelet at the WSOP. This also put he into the […]

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Full Tilt Affiliate’s Get Stuffed!

As you may know, life is very difficult at the moment. The economy is nearly anaemic, jobs are hard to come by, business is struggling and some are failing and going bankrupt. So when you here of a take over of a very successful company and the bills are not going to be honoured then you […]

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Money Flying Around

With money flying around over ‘Black Friday’ (when the FBI shut down 3 major online poker rooms in May 2011), and money laundering charges are being settled ($731m has been agreed so far between the US Justice department and Pokerstars and Full Tilt), it is finally good to see that the US is getting the […]

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When Is A Ponzi Scheme Not A Ponzi Scheme?

The fall out from Full Tilt Poker continues and now includes the arrest of Raymond Bitar, the CEO for Tiltware the company behind Full Tilt Poker. Mr Bitar is accused of running a ponzi scheme in which new investors/players pay money so that the existing investors/players can get paid. With these types of schemes the […]

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What Happens Now?

The trial involving the people who are accused of facilitating payments to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker in their online poker business has begun. John Campos and Chad Elie are up before the beak with Chad Elie now requesting a plea bargain to help reduce his sentence. Chad Elie will now get between 6 and 12 […]

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