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Phil Ivey Is In A Dispute With A British Casino Over A Cheating Allegation That Resulted In $12 Million In Winnings
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(Source) - What’s the best way to win a game of chance? Turn it into a game of certainty.
That, a British casino is charging, is exactly what world-renowned poker player Phil Ivey did in winning £7.6 million — about $11.9 million — in one spectacular run of punto banco, a baccarat game...
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Report: Ivey denied $11M casino payout
Professional poker player Phil Ivey won nearly $12 million last year at a London casino. However, the casino doesn't want to pay. Find out why.
'He's not a bad guy' - Molby defends €25m star Hansen called a 'loose cannon'
Chelsea star David Luiz is usually the whipping boy of choice for ex-Liverpool players, and in the past, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Hansen, Steve Nicol and Graeme Souness have all slated the 'embarrassing' and 'erratic' Brazil 'defender'. Reds hero Jan Molby has, however, broken ranks this week, and become the first Anfield legend to show some support for Luiz,...
Jan Molby raves: £20m midfield star is 'on another level'. Impossible for LFC...?
It's fair to say that Bayern Munich's recent 7-0 aggregate annihilation of Barcelona in the Champions League took many people by surprise (!) With both Barca and Real going out at the hands of Bundesliga teams, the rise of German football continues apace, and Liverpool legend Jan Molby believes two Munich players in particular deserve special praise for the magnificent Barca...
Poker Champ Greg Raymer Allegedly Went All-In On Some Prostitutes
"I will take two blumpkins, please."Hey, remember Greg Raymer, the every guy, average Joe who, along with Chris Moneymaker the year before, came out of nowhere to win the 2004 World Series Poker Main Event and helped push the classic card game to new heights of global popularity? He had a pretty sh*tty weekend.World Series of Poker champ Greg Raymer — aka the FossilMan...
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Prostitution sting nabs poker champ
Greg Raymer, a World Series of Poker champ, was arrested after allegedly responding to an ad posted by police on a website often used by male prostitutes.
Daniel Negreanu the poker mind reader
In the game of poker they often say that you play the opponent rather than playing your cards. Some professionals will even tell you that they can play a hand without even looking at their cards. Check out Daniel Negreanu in a hand against Matt Traudt. This hand isn't just a coincedence either, he does [...]
I Finally Have Phil Hellmuth's Auto!
I've posted before on my love of poker and how I would one day love to pick up autos of my favorite three players. Well, today I'm thrilled to be able to mark one of those three down as a success, as a while back I scored my first Phil Hellmuth signature for a great price, along with some trade bait from the same seller to take advantage of combined shipping discounts.Hellmuth...
Poker champ Phil Ivey reportedly denied $11.7 million payout from London Casino
By now, you would think casinos are used to paying Phil Ivey. The eight-time World Series of Poker champion has made millions of dollars throughout his gambling career, but at the moment he could be more than $10 million short.According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ivey recently won $11.7 million playing a game called Punto Blanco at Crockford’s, an upscale casino in London...
Manufacturing hands at the poker table
On slow nights at the poker table, you sometimes have to create your own luck. So begins the next chapter in our pokerblog. After a frenzied night of tending bar in one of South Tampa’s finer establishments, I walked into the Seminole Hard Rock with a little financial cushion to throw down on some No Limit [...]
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July 20, 2012
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Runner-up from WSOP assaulted outside Vegas casino
It was a really good week for Sam Trickett when he played and won $10.1 million in World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop. But, the adrenaline and glow of winnings quickly went away when he was beat up outside the casino in Vegas by six men.
The British poker player tweeted about the incident and even released a photo of the damage done to his face.
Was having a great day until...
Esfandiari wins $18M WSOP event
Antonio Esfandiari prevailed in a daylong battle against Sam Trickett at the final table and claimed poker's richest prize of $18,346,673 on Tuesday night at The Big One for One Drop.
The $1 million buy-in tournament was the first-of-its-kind World Series of Poker event.
On the 85th and final hand, Esfandiari held on to win with three fives he acquired before the turn and overcame...
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July 04, 2012
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Thomas 'Amarillo Slim' Preston dies
Thomas Austin ''Amarillo Slim'' Preston Jr., an acclaimed professional poker player who fancied himself the ''World's Greatest Gambler,'' has died.
Bunky Preston said Monday that his father died of colon cancer Sunday in hospice care in Amarillo, Texas. He was 83.
Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and was inducted into the...
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April 30, 2012
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Cleveland: The Old Boy Club by Bill Smith
The Old Boy club is alive and well in Cleveland By Bill Smith Every movie has a continuity person that is charged with insuring for example that no cell phones ring during a Civil War scene. The Browns should hire a Director of Continuity because they seem to keep changing their story to the [...]Thanks for reading. Cleveland: The Old Boy Club by Bill Smith is a post from...
World Series of Poker Champ Jonathan Duhamel Beat Up & Robbed Outside of His Home
Jonathan Duhamel has never been dealt a hand as bad as the scary home invasion he experienced recently.
Duhamel, the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, was robbed and attacked by two men at his home outside of Montreal, according to a report.
Duhamel was tied up, beaten in the face and head and told he was going to be killed, according to sportsinteraction.com. He did...
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Report: Poker champ beaten, robbed in home
Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 World Series of Poker main event champ, was tied up, beaten and robbed by two men at his Montreal home.
Friberg transferred from Seattle to Swedish club
The Seattle Sounders FC have transferred midfielder Erik Friberg back to his native Sweden and top flight club Malmo FF.
The Sounders announced the move on Monday. General manager Adrian Hanauer says Friberg is starting a family and wanted to be closer to home.
Friberg spent one season in Seattle and started 23 regular season matches. He had one goal and two assists in his one...
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December 12, 2011
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