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Chino Rheem Wins Epic - Will He Settle His Debts?

August 15, 2011 at 4:08 PM |

Chino Rheem has won the million-dollar first prize at the Epic Poker League. He defeated Erik Seidel heads-up. The question is: will he use this sum to pay off his debts or will he continue scamming the poker community?

Poker Players

Jungleman Admits Involvement in Macedo Scandal

August 15, 2011 at 3:22 PM |

Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates admitted in an interview made by Subject: Poker that he had played the ‘SamChauhan’, ‘Toshisan’ and ‘Girah’ accounts and participated in ghosting in cooperation with José Macedo.

Online Poker

Zynga Poker Debuts on Google Plus

August 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM |

Google Plus, the latest pretender to Facebook’s throne, has made yet another step in the competition against the social media giant. They have introduced games, undeniably an integral part of the online community experience, and hit big doing so with titles like Angry Birds and Zynga Poker.

Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu on the Epic Poker League

August 12, 2011 at 3:31 PM |

Already during the monumental Quadjacks interview we have summarised, Daniel Negreanu expressed his views on the Epic Poker League, the latest project from commissioner Annie Duke and chairman Jeffrey Pollack. In his recent blog post, the Canadian pro goes into details about his views on the EPL.

Poker Players

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.

Poker Players

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.

Poker Videos

The Big Game Season 2 Week 6 - The Final Week

August 10, 2011 at 5:11 PM |

The PokerStars Big Game has finally arrived to the last week of Season 2, and it is a great one. With Tony G, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Tilly, plus Team PokerStars Pros Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero, Joe Hachem and Daniel Negreanu to the line-up, we are in for an awesome show.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt Poker Pays License Fee, Fires Employees

August 10, 2011 at 3:39 PM |

Full Tilt Poker reportedly paid the £250,000 license fee to Alderney, which they were reluctant to do so during the July 26 hearing. They also sacked many of their U.S. employees in order to sort out the company.

Poker Tournaments

Ronny Kaiser Takes Down EPT Tallinn

August 9, 2011 at 8:43 PM |

The Swiss Ronny Kaiser managed to win the European Poker Tour (EPT) Tallinn, earning €275,000 alongside his EPT trophy. He liked the event so much that he is sure to travel to Barcelona for the next EPT.

Poker Players

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.

Poker Players

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.

Poker Rake Races

Point Poker €1,000 Exclusive August Rake Race

August 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM |

Point Poker of the Entraction Network continues to offer Rakerace.com players a €1,000 exclusive rake race in August, in addition to some marvellous central promotions and a chance to win an EMOP ticket as well.  Beside these, a €1,000 sign-up bonus and rakeback are also available at Point Poker..

Poker Tournaments

EPT 8 Tallinn: Days 1A and 1B Over

August 4, 2011 at 7:23 PM |

On 2nd August Season 8 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia. Main Event Days 1A and 1B are now over, and here is a report on the players, survivors and chipcounts.

Betfair Ends Sponsorship with FC Barcelona and Signs Brand Ambassadors

August 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM |

Online betting exchange Betfair, in a wave of thorough revision of their sport sponsorship activities, has ended its sponsorship contract with UEFA Champions League 2010/11 winner FC Barcelona and signed four sport stars for brand ambassadors. Marketing magazine reports.

Poker Interviews

The Quadjacks Grand Interview Summarized

August 3, 2011 at 10:20 PM |

The 9-hour-long Friday Night Podcast of Quadjacks saw Daniel Negreanu, Matt Savage, Mike Matusow and, for a short time, Tony G talk about the current issues in poker.