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VIDEO: Final table of PokerStars Sunday Million 1.22.12

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VIDEO: Final table at PokerStars Sunday Million for 1/15/12

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VIDEO: Final table of PokerStars Sunday Million for 1/8/12

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:51:00 +0000

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VIDEO: Final table of PokerStars Sunday Million for Jan. 1, 2012

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Man leaves $10,000 in winnings at Las Vegas airport

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:25:00 +0000

According to the El Paso Times, a man left two envelopes filled with $5,000 each in the Las Vegas International Airport. A good Samaritan found the envelopes and — after seeing their contents — worked to get them returned to Ignacio Marquez, the man who'd "forgotten" them at the airport.

Either that represented 5 percent of Marquez's total winnings, or he should be dropkicked in the face. Or both.

From El Paso Times:

Just when El Pasoan Ignacio Marquez thought his luck had run out in Las Vegas, Coloradoan Mitch Gilbert became his ace in the hole.
On Dec. 6, according to a story that first aired on Denver's 9News, Marquez lost two envelopes each filled with $5,000 in cash -- his gambling winnings from Caesars Palace -- at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
Gilbert picked up the envelopes, initially not knowing exactly what was in them. Once he found out it was money, he worked tirelessly to get the money back to its owner.
He succeeded two days before Christmas.
By that time, Marquez had lost all hope, thinking his luck had run out.
"I found out on the plane. I felt real, real bad," said Marquez, 54, who declined to be photographed for security reasons. (full story)

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PokerStars goes waaaaay out there in new commercial with Nacho Barbero

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:14:00 +0000

Snakes? Check. Wolf? Yep. Alanis Morrisette's hotter, younger sister in her underwear? Check. Beating human heart? Uh huh. Poker hand somewhere? Well, one's implied anyway.

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QuadJacks takes on Full Tilt Poker pros with "We Didn't Get You Fired"

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:43:00 +0000

We hate parodies. We hate this. But we shared it anyway because we hate Full Tilt Poker more.

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Does Wire Act shift single return of U.S. online poker?

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:10:00 +0000

What exactly does the shift in position by the U.S. Department of Justice on the Wire Act mean to online poker and gambling on the Internet?

Here's some good analysis by an uninterested third party:
From Mashable.com:

Online lotteries and poker may be poised to become legal thanks to a new decision by the Justice Department reinterpreting the Wire Act of 1961.
The decision, written in September but made public last Friday, found the Act’s prohibition of wagers via telecommunications crossing state lines or international borders refers only to bets on a “sporting event or contest” and not to lottery tickets sold online. The decision doesn’t mention online poker, but some reason that the ruling will pave the way for online poker.
“The United States Department of Justice has given the online gaming community a big, big present,” Prof. I. Nelson Rose wrote on his blog, Gambling and the Law.
“If the Wire Act is limited to bets on sports events and races, what other federal anti-gambling statutes are left?” wrote Rose. “There are prohibitions on interstate lotteries, but Powerball and the other multi-state lotteries show how easily these can be gotten around, even before Congress passed an express exemption for state lotteries. And poker is not a lottery under federal law.” Rose continued that since the Wire Act refers to bets on an event, poker would be except because poker is itself the event. (full story)

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Win A Day Casino rocking some 60 percent bonuses for holiday

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:36:00 +0000

Every bonus this weekend at Win A Day Casino receives at least a 15 percent bonus with every fifth bonus getting either a 30 percent or 60 percent extra boost. Merry Bonus Christmas. (U.S. players welcome.)
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VIDEO: Micros releases The Micros Mega Trilogy

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:33:00 +0000

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Club WPT hosting Holiday $2,000 Super Stack Freeroll event

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:09:00 +0000

Club WPT is hosting a special $2,000 Super Stack event on Christmas Eve. Make sure you get in on the free cash for the holiday. Club WPT is open to U.S. players, and always will be, because it's membership based, and you don't pay per tournament.

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Switch Poker launches its Android app, includes multi-tabling

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:36:00 +0000

The leader in real-money mobile poker games, Switch Poker, has just announced the launch of its Android app onto the market. It's available for tablets as well and now includes multi-tabling functionality.

Switch Poker has been leading the innovation of this platform, recently having also adopted BitCoin as a payment option. If you're new to the site/mobile app, use bonus code "ULTIMATE" for an extra first deposit bonus when you sign up.

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VIDEO: Final Table of PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:05:00 +0000

Top prize is $2 million. Over 62,000 players paid $215 for a shot at the biggest prize pool in online poker history.

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VIDEO: PokerStars 10th Anniversary High Roller Final Table

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:44:00 +0000

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Report: $15 million in 'gambling and other debt' part of Phil Ivey divorce settlement

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:42:00 +0000

According to a story this week in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the divorce settlement between Phil Ivey and his former wife Luciaetta included the stipulation that:

As part of the divorce settlement, according to the answer, Phil Ivey accepted more than $170,000 in credit card debt and more than $15.1 million "in gambling and other debt."

That's the thing everyone in the gossip channels is focusing on. It sounds bad. But who's debt is that, exactly? Did Ivey's wife have gambling debt? And how significant a sum is that to Ivey?

Oh, and ... how is it any of this our fucking business?

But if you do care through some living-vicariously-through-other's-pain thing there's also this:

According to the answer, submitted by attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, Luciaetta Ivey received her car, her life insurance policy, 40 percent of a stock account, a down payment for a new residence, half of the proceeds from the sale of the couple's home, and 40 percent of all business interests "with the exception of Tiltware, LLC," the parent company of Phil Ivey's online sponsor, FullTilt Poker.

So Ivey got his Full Tilt equity and $15 million in debt. Salt meet wound.

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World's sexiest poker dealer?

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:20:00 +0000

"I am aware people like my picture. I am happy about this."
The World Poker Tour is taking publicity in all form these days.

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Joe Hachem leaves PokerStars

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:59:00 +0000

At the end of a five-year contact with the online poker site, Joe Hachem has parted ways with PokerStars. The 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion leaves on good terms by all accounts.

From PokerNews.com:

“It’s been a great run with PokerStars and I’m proud of my association with the people and the company,” Hachem said in a PokerStars press release. “But it’s time for me to pursue other career opportunities and it will be fun to have some down time to spend with my family. I look forward to the future with much excitement and anticipation and will always have fond memories of my time at PokerStars.”

The split seemed to be an amicable one as each side had nothing but good things to say about the other:

“Joe has been a terrific endorser for PokerStars over the years, and while we are sad to see him leave the Team we are looking forward to continuing to watch him play,” said Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications for PokerStars. “We thank him for all he’s done for our brand and for poker and we wish him all the best at the poker table and in life.” (full story)

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Jaw-dropping overlay for Pokerstars $10 million Sunday Million tournament

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:02:00 +0000

The Pokerstars Sunday Million this week — December 18 — will have a prize pool of $10 million with a guaranteed first price of $2 million in celebration of the site's 10th anniversary. As of Saturday morning in the United Kingdom, that 8,798 players had registered for the event. That represents an unbelievable overlay of more than $8 million.

This is a must-play event. You will not find better odds for your money anywhere.

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America's Cardroom hosting $50,000 tournament this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:59:00 +0000

America's Cardroom has a $50,000 tournament set this weekend to attract new business. Rock on. Here are the deats:

Just when it looked like the poker world was winding down for the holidays, Americas Cardroom is kicking things into overdrive. The US-friendly online poker room is hosting a $50,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament this Sunday, December 18th at 6pm ET and packing its schedule with low buy-in satellites to help players get into it. The $50,000 Guaranteed No Limit Hold'em tourney includes the option of one re-buy and one add-on, and costs $75+7.50 to register. On Friday, Americas Cardroom will host 13 satellites per day to help players win a seat. On Saturday December 17th and Sunday, December 18th, the day of the tournament, Americas Cardroom is packing the satellite schedule with even more qualifiers. Over the last few months, Americas Cardroom has continuously increased the guarantees of its big weekly tournaments and added even larger monthly tournaments like Sunday's big event to the mix. The online poker site attributes being able to offer more attractive guarantees to the healthy growth of their community, a sign that online poker in the United States is thriving.

"This weekend's $50,000 tournament represents a big part of our growth in 2011," stated Americas Cardroom spokesman Julius Maxwell. "We're closing out the year with some big promotions including a $65,000 Points Race and special holiday freerolls. But it's what's in store for 2012 that's really going to get players excited. Stay tuned." Full details on December 18th's $50,000 Guaranteed tournament can be found at www.AmericasCardroom.eu/

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VIDEO: Final table of Pokerstars Sunday Million 12.11.11

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:04:00 +0000

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VIDEO: Final table of Pokerstars Sunday Million 12.4.11

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:19:00 +0000

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Facebook to launch its own real money poker?

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:56:00 +0000

According to a story on eGaming Review, Facebook is in preliminary talks to introduce real money poker to the European market. If Facebook Poker becomes a reality, it would change the online landscape forever. We hate Facebook. Thus we hate this idea.

From Wicked Chops Poker:

Facebook is in exploratory talks with a number of online operators to open a real money gaming on their platform, potentially as early as the first quarter of 2012.
Talks are reported to include companies such as 888 Holdings and Gamesys. We’ve learned that the 888 talks could particularly be advanced, as those have been going on since the summer.
Current speculation is Facebook would rollout real money gaming in the U.K. first and expand throughout Europe from there. Reports are that Facebook wants to manage eight licenses in different verticals (such as poker, casino, bingo) and offer real money play and cashouts.
Interestingly, not mentioned as a partner in this is Zynga, who currently operates the largest poker room in the world. Zynga recently said they have no plans for real money gaming... (more)

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Tobey Maguire, Gabe Kaplan among those that settle in poker lawsuit, AP says

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:56:00 +0000

If you come out on the wrong side at poker, high stakes or not, it's not the classiest thing to then sue those that beat you.

Yet somehow, it sort of worked in the case of Bradley Ruderman.

According to the Associated Press, Tobey Maguire has settled his part of a lawsuit seeking to regain lost poker funds from a string of celebrity high-stakes poker games. Maguire has agreed to pay Ruderman $80,000. Gabe Kaplan settled for under $30,000. In all 22 people are named in the suit that seeks to regain some of the $30 million Ruderman allegedly lost through bad investments and a Ponzi scheme.

From PokerNews:

Earlier this year, Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire was one of 22 people sued for their winnings in a high-stakes Hollywood poker game organized by a criminal Beverly Hills hedge fund manager. On Nov. 22, Maguire reportedly agreed to an $80,000 settlement with a bankruptcy trustee who is trying to recoup more than $30 million in lost funds, the Associated Press reported on Monday.
Maguire was being sued for more than $300,000 for winnings he earned from the invitation-only games organized by businessman Bradley Ruderman, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme to pay off debts. Ruderman operated a wire-fraud and investment-adviser fraud scheme that lost investors $25 million, and then allegedly lost another $5.2 million in the high-stakes cash games trying to win the money back.
According to the Associated Press, 14 of the 22 people sued have agreed to settlements in their cases. Former High Stakes Poker host Gabe Kaplan also agreed to pay $26,900 after he was sued to try to recoup nearly $63,000 in winnings, according to the AP report. All of the money recouped will be used to repay the victims of Ruderman's Ponzi scheme. (Read more)

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VIDEO: Final table of the Pokerstars Sunday Million 11.27.11

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:27:00 +0000

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Two days left to win $250 at Win A Day Casino's November Game of the Month

noreply@blogger.com (UltimateCasinoSearch.com) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:57:00 +0000

There are only two days left to win $250 during the Win A Day's Game of the Month Fruitful 7s giveaway. U.S. players are eligible. Good luck and goodbye November.

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