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Daniel Negreanu - Fult Tilt Poker Leaders are Scumbags (video)

Daniel Negreanu has recently launched a video blog, probably to appear on a regular basis, titled VBlog with some 'Real Talk'. Apart from tabloid-like issues like Jason Somerville's 'coming out', KidPoker also talks about the World Series and Full Tilt Poker.

As you all may well know, Daniel has a pretty harsh opinion on the Full Tilt Poker situation and how it has been handled. He goes as far as calling Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer 'absolute scumbags' (and baseball bats get mentioned once more). 
Check it out below: 
 

Sunday Million 6th Anniversary with $6 Million Guaranteed

On 11 March, 2012, the PokerStars Sunday Million turns 6. To celebrate the anniversary, the guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $6 million.

6th Anniversary Sunday Million

Arguably the most important Sunday Major from PokerStars, the Sunday Million turns 6 next month. The market leader lives up to the expectations once again as the already huge prizes grow gargantuan: the guaranteed prize pool will be $6 million instead of the usual $1 million, while the winner is in for at least $1 million.

Jungleman12 vs Andrew Feldman – New WSOP Fight on the Horizon?

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman might be the next couple of poker pros to fight in a WSOP prop bet.

Jungleman and Feldman - PS montage
Jungleman12 and Feldman on the first PS montage

Poker pros Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman are now expected to fight in one of the highlighted prop bets of this season; at least, this is what can be concluded based on recent tweets from the two high stakes players.

Shuffle Master Nearing Ongame Acquisition

Shuffle Master, a casino game developer operating in Las Vegas is reportedly in "advanced talks" in acquiring the Ongame Network, according to pokerfuse. As pokerfuse reports, Shuffle Master is in advanced talks in purchasing the Ongame Network, an online poker network that is currently the home of poker rooms like Betfair, Betsson, bwin. The news was confirmed by the Sunday times, they reported that Shuffle Master is currently in talks with bwin.party. The price of the Ongame Network is surprisingly low, only €16 million according to some predictions.

Shuffle Master

According to Roth Capital Markets' analyst Todd Eilers, it's very beneficial for Shuffle Master to purchase Ongame, because they have been concentrating on American market ever since the Wire Act prohibiting online poker in the US was proven not to affect poker, only sports betting. By this, online poker became legal in states which legalize poker. Shuffle Master is one of the 12 applicants who already applied for an operating license in the state of Nevada. The state, however has not yet announced exactly when they will assign the licenses, nor when it the poker rooms can finally start their business.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock – Matt Juttelstad Wins, Gigi Gagne Makes It to HU

Although it was definitely an option, the World Poker Tour (WPT) remains without a female champion; Gigi Gagne finished 2nd in the Seminole Hard Rock main event.

Gigi Gagne
Gigi Gagne

Gigi Gagne begin the WPT Seminole Hard Rock $3,500 main event 6-handed final table in the chiplead; her victory would have been the first in the history of the series. In the second place was Matt Juttelstad, who had been in the lead on Day 2 but was forced behind by Gagne on Day 3.

Gus Hansen’s Expensive Miss of Flight

Gus Hansen chose to play on instead of flying home and paid the price. Hansen first hit the high stakes tables in Macau in January this year and made the most of it: he is said to have piled up $3.86 million in three 24-hours long sessions. The Dane pro then headed for Melbourne, Australia for the Aussie Millions for $823,579 by finishing 3rd in the Super High Roller event.

Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen

Following his successful sessions, Hansen returned to Macau for yet another set of high stakes games; only this time, it cost him more than he had bargained for. Although exact amounts are as yet unconfirmed, the pro was relieved of a huge load of money at the StarWorld casino.

PokerStars Acquires Malta License - PokerStars.eu Coming Soon

According to an official press release issued by PokerStars, they acquired a Malta license, and will soon launch their .eu site aimed at licensed European markets. The license was granted by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta, which will enable PokerStars to enter presently closed markets in the future.

PokerStars.com

"I am pleased to announce PokerStars has secured a Malta Remote Gaming License and very soon we will launch www.PokerStars.eu, giving us the ability to provide enhanced service to players in several European markets. You'll be hearing more about our plans for Pokerstars.eu in the coming days, but its origins lie in our dedication to serving players' needs" - stated Eric Hollreiser, PokerStars' Head of Corporate Communications on PokerStarsBlog.com.

New Player of the Year Title Introduced by Global Poker Index

The Global Poker Index Player of the Year title has the potential to become the most important recognition for live poker players.

Global Poker Index

The Federated Sports & Gaming (FS+G) brought the Epic Poker League (EPL) to life exclusively for the world’s very best players. The top list was not compiled arbitrarily, however; FS+G created the Global Poker Index (GPI) that calculates the scores for the players on a mathematical basis, considering tournament field sizes, entry fees and individual results.

Nanonoko Auditions for Reality Show – Video

Multitable master Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew auditions for Capcom’s online reality show Cross Assault to be enlisted in the Street Fighter team.
 
Randy Lew
Randy 'nanonoko' Lew

PokerStars Team Pro member Lew’s latest remarkable feature was his Guinness record set during the last PCA. In an effort to set the record of the most hand played online in 8 hours with profit, he played 23,493 hands and even made a (minor) profit of $7.65.

Rest in Peace, Nikolay Evdakov!

At the age of 47, Russian poker pro Nikolay Evdakov passed away on 6 February, 2012.

Nikolay Evdakov
Nikolay Evdakov

Following a prolonged illness, former Full Tilt Poker pro Nikolay Evdakov passed away on Monday, 6 February, 2012. The sad news was first published by his loving wife, Natalya, via the cgm.ru Russian poker forum.

EPT Grand Final Returns to Monte Carlo

Even though it was held in Madrid last year, Monte Carlo will give place to the EPT Grand Final this year. The Grand Final will take place between April 23-May 1, 2012.

The biggest European poker tournament series, the European Poker Tour started out in 2004, since then they have been through 8 seasons, this year the 8th Grand Final will be held. It was organized in Monte Carlo every years except last year, when the event moved to the Casino Gran Madrid, in the heart capital of Spain.
 
EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo

Daniel Negreanu Blog Excerpts: Hacker Attack, Big Loss and Break-Up

In his latest blog entry, Daniel Negreanu tells public about the hacking of his PokerStars account, Aussie Millions and his former relationship with Hungarian beauty queen Polgár Kriszta. 
 
PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu wrote his latest blog entry on the 4th February, in which he tells about his personal life besides poker issues, namely his break-up with former girlfriend Hungarian beauty queen
 
"I definitely shouldn't be sharing this, but I can't help it, I have nothing to hide and I'm not uncomfortable in the least with sharing aspects of my personal life. I was dating Krisztina Polgar, Miss Hungary Earth 2008 up until about September of last year and she is an absolutely beautiful woman both inside and out. She treated me better than any woman ever has and I genuinely appreciated it. Things didn't work out, but I still consider her a friend and always will."

Daniel Negreanu and Kriszta Polgar
Daniel Negreanu and Kriszta Polgar
 
Of course, KidPoker also dealt with poker issues, one being the hacking of his PokerStars account. He also took time to answer the question posed by many people, concerning how it can be possible that the leading pro of PokerStars does not have an RSA token. 

Daniel Negreanu's Account Hijacked

While Canadian PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was enjoying his flight home, someone was playing from his account without his knowledge, the unknown infiltrator lost $46,000 in one session.

Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu reported on a popular poker forum that his email account and then his poker account has been hijacked, he tweeted:

"Important: Do NOT send me any emails the account appears to have been hacked. Just landed in LA nice news."

Oliver Speidel Wins Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event

Phil Ivey being eliminated on Day 5 of the Aussie Millions AS10,600 Main Event in 12th place, the Final Table saw 7 players returning for the title. Australian Oliver Speidel recorded his greatest success so far, winning the event.

On Day 6 of the Main Event, the Final Table took place, with Bjorn Li in the chiplead with 4,775,000. Renowned online pro Mohamad ‘TerrorOfSweden’ Kowssarie was also present as shortstack. The setup of the final was as follows:

Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event Final Table Stacks

Kowssarie started out well, winning several major pots and even doubling up on Li, which resulted in him becoming the chilpeader with 4,490,000. The first to be eliminated, on the other hand, was Yann Dion, followed by Li and Patrick Healy.

Chris Ferguson’s Accounts and Attacking the FTP Deal

According to Subject: Poker, Chris Ferguson has distributed close to $60 million from Full Tilt Poker’s accounts to ones held by Pocket Kings for him.

Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson

In September, 2011 the United States Department of Justice amended its civil complaint, charging the Full Tilt Poker director board – Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst, above all – with stealing around $443 million from the company’s players. They are accused of the theft of $41,856,010, $40,954,781, $25 million and $11,706,323, respectively.

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