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Jungleman and Dogishead Interviewed on Girah Scandal

August 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM |

Bluff Magazine has interviewed the two high stakes players who seem to have the most suspicious relationship with the scammer José ‘Girah’ Macedo. Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates and Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi were asked a couple of more or less pressing questions and here are some of their answers.

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Conspiracy Theories about the Girah Scandal

August 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM |

It would seem that Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi is gradually becoming the top suspect to be behind the Macedo (Girah) Scandal as forum members and known poker celebrities assume that he is deeply involved in the case. At the very least, he used the Portuguese midstakes pro’s account for multi-accounting.

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Jose Macedo Busted for Scamming His Students

August 8, 2011 at 5:51 PM |

The 18 years old Jose Macedo, the Portuguese Poker Prodigy as he is much better known, confessed that he cheated his coached students during a teamviewer session. He won over $30,000 from them, which he promised to pay back, plus he would give a $30,000 compensation per player. Lock Poker has cut his sponsorship, and he is also out of PokerStrategy's coach team.

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Huck Seed Wins over $670,000 Playing Video Poker

August 5, 2011 at 6:56 PM |

Four times WSOP champion Huck Seed attacked one of the video poker machines at the Aria. He hit a royal flush for $670,655.

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Galfond Joins Cole South - Moves to Canada

July 26, 2011 at 2:15 PM |

Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond, one of the most popular online poker players and instructors, cash game specialist thought it was time to get back to his beloved online poker; according to his recent tweet, he moved to Canada to be able to play.

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Phil Hellmuth Forgets 2011 WSOP Main Event

July 12, 2011 at 4:51 PM |

The unluckiest man at this year's WSOP, the 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth almost overslept his second day at the Main Event. He didn't realize that he was scheduled to play for the day. However, a friend is always on guard.

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Phil Hellmuth Running for WSOP Player of the Year Title

July 8, 2011 at 3:18 PM |

As we reported yesterday, Phil Hellmuth finished second after Brian Rast at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. This has been his 3rd WSOP heads-up this year, where he lost. However, he still has the chance to become the best player of the WSOP.

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Nominations Are Open for 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees

July 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM |

This is the third time Harrah’s Entertainment picks inductees for the annual Poker Hall of Fame based on an open nomination process.

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Tobey 'Spiderman' Maguire Sued for Illegal Poker

June 23, 2011 at 6:18 PM |

Tobey Maguire was sued by hedge fund manager Bradley Ruderman for playing in an illegal poker game. Ruderman wants his $311,200 back, which he lost to Maguire. Ruderman plans to tie other celebrities to his complaint.

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Patrik Antonius Wins Tennis Prop Bet Against Brandon Adams

June 14, 2011 at 7:07 AM |

As the two players agreed in January, Brandon Adams and Patrik Antonius indeed played their prop bet tennis match in Las Vegas. Brandon Adams didn't have a chance of winning, Antonius defeated him 6-0, 6-1.

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WSOP – Asian Beauty Earns Record Winning

June 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM |

Maria Ho earned $540,000 with her second finish in the $5,000 NLHE Event of this year’s World Series of Poker; this is the greatest amount ever to be won by a female at a world championship.

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Andrew Robl Criticizes Ivey’s Statement

June 6, 2011 at 10:14 AM |

Online poker pro Andrew ’Good2CU’ Robl posted on his blog he considers Phil Ivey’s statement to be “solely self-serving” and that he was deeply disappointed in Ivey, who is one of his personal heroes.

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Full Tilt Poker Strikes Back

June 2, 2011 at 9:05 AM |

Full Tilt Poker issued a statement written in a rather firm voice in which they react to Phil Ivey’s announcement of late, published via the pro’s Facebook page. They believe Ivey cares only about his own financial interest and deliberately hinders paying US players.

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Till Full Tilt Do Us Apart

June 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM |

Phil Ivey announced via Facebook that he was deeply disappointed in Full Tilt Poker for failing to initiate cash outs for their US players. The eight-time WSOP champion sued the room and does not play in this year’s championship.

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Dwan Not Available - Macedo Wants to Play with Blom Instead

May 30, 2011 at 10:26 AM |

Since the Black Friday of poker makes the durrrr challenge 3 impossible, Jose 'Girah' Macedo would challenge Isildur1 to a heads-up game, possibly as the next installment of the SuperStar Showdown.