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Phil Ivey's Ex-Wife Gets Millions and More In Divorce Settlement

Phil Ivey had already divorced from his wife Luciaetta Ivey in 2009, but their divorce settlement is still an issue today. Luciaetta, however came out well of the situation, according to a document filed this month she received items worth millions and also an alimony of $180,000 per month.

Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta
Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta

The couple married In May 2002, but after 7 years, they filed for divorce in 2009. On 29 December 2009, the Judge Bill Gonzalez granted the divorce, both parties agreed. But Luciaetta was not satisfied with the decision, she decided to take the case to the Nevada Supreme Court and filed a petition asking the court to disqualify Gonzales on the grounds of the fairness of her divorce settlement. She did so, because according to the petiton, she learned that her ex-husband contributed $5,000 to the re-election campaign of Judge Bill Gonzalez.

According to the settlement, Ivey's wife 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."

Furthermore, as it turned out from Ivey's official reaction to the filed documents Luciaetta received a purse collection worth more than $1,2 million, jewelry worth around $1 million and an alimony of $180,000 from January 2010 to April 2011. As Phil Ivey stopped receiving funds from Full Tilt Poker after the Black Friday, the agreement stated receiving funds from Tiltware, Luciaetta Ivey's alimony "will cease."

First-Eagle Won the Biggest PokerStars Sunday Million Ever

A Canadian player, 'First-Eagle' took down the biggest PokerStars Sunday Million ever, winning an amazing $1,146,574 in the deal. The original first prize would be $2 million.

Sunday Million

Yesterday PokerStars held its biggest Sunday Million ever; the $215 buy-in big-money tournament offered a $10 million guaranteed prize pool with $2 million guaranteed for the first place. Satellites ran for as much as $1 to qualify for the event, which in the end drew 62116 players, who generated a total prize pool of $12,423,200. This is condidered the new record, as the largest participation recorded so far was the 59,128-strong field that played the event on March 6, 2011, helping to create a prize pool of close to $12,000,000, that was surpassed now. The amazing first prize was won by a relatively unknown Canadian player playing under the screen name 'First-Eagle'.

EPT Berlin Robbery Mastermind Sentenced for 6 Years in Prison

Ibrahim al Moussa, the mastermind between the EPT Berlin robbery that took place in 2010 has been sentenced to 6 years and 4 months of jail yesterday. At the 2010 EPT Berlin, 4 masked gunmen attacked the cashier and managed to escape with €245,000. Police arrested the suspects rather quickly, 6 persons were taken into custody; the 4 robbers and the two organizers, Mohammed Abou-Charka and Ibrahim al Moussa. Abou-Charka played in the tournament, to provide his associates with internal information, while al Moussa drove the vehicle they used to escape.

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Groupe Bernard Tapie and FTP Shareholders Reach Agreement

After FTP and GBT have come to an agreement, the United States Department of Justice can now acquire the assets of Full Tilt Poker so that GBT can buy it from them, completing the transfer. In addition, the DoJ is to dismiss the civil charges against the room, Subject: Poker reports.

Groupe Bernard Tapie

As reported, the DoJ and GBT stroke a deal in mid-November, eliminating the last major obstacle in the way of purchasing the poker room. In accordance with the agreement, the Department is to take possession of the FTP assets and sell it to Tapie for $80 million. The DoJ has agreed to see to the repayment of US players after that, while the Groupe recompenses non-US ones. In addition, the Department would dismiss the civil charges against the FTP companies (but not against “the individuals named in either the civil or criminal complaint,” according to Subject: Poker).

Nanonoko To Break a Guinness Record at PCA 2012

PokerStars pro Randy 'nanonoko' Lew is in a competive mood; he stated he wants to set a new Guinness World Record at the 2012 PCA. Which record to break, however, he leaves the poker community to decide. One of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2012 kicks off on 5 January. Of course nanonoko will be there, but he wants to up the ante by wanting to break a Guinness Record. However, he doesn't yet know which record he will break, he called the poker community to decide.

nanonoko
nanonoko

UB Reacts to Player Data Leak

Last week, a link was published on the 2p2 forum through which personal data of UB players were available to download. After 9 minutes, administrators removed the post but an unpredictable number of downloads could have already occurred by the time. UB now responds to the issue.

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A formerly unknown user posted in the 2p2 forum’s Cereus topic a link last week, through which UB account owners’ personal data were available to download. The list contained information on about 2 million US, 319,000 Canadian, 137,000 British and close to 1 million players from other countries. Neither password and debit/credit card information, nor UB’s twin site Absolute Poker player data have been compromised.

Isildur1 Wins 1.5 Milllion Dollars in 48 Hours

Isildur1 has returned to online poker. He won a massive $1.5 million in less than two days, becoming the centre of attention at the high stakes tables this past weekend.

On the 9th September, Isildur1 disappeared from PokerStars and only reappeared on the 9th December. We know little about the reasons for the three-month gap, but it seems it did him good, doing almost as well as he used to in the very beginning of his career. 
 
Although Viktor Blom was the biggest loser on Friday with a $119,618 loss, the machine started serious work on Saturday. The Swedish PokerStars pro won $620,598 on Saturday, but as it turned out, this was just a warm-up for Sunday. 
 
Isildur1
Isildur1 

“Tony G is Qualified” by SrslySirius

‘SrslySirius,’ the mastermind behind “Party at the DOJ,” the “F*@k You Video” and other epic poker songs, has now come up with his latest craziness, titled “Tony G is Qualified.” Yes, you have guessed, it is about probably the biggest trash talker in poker history. But enough said, let the clip speak for itself. Enjoy!

Aces Hangout – Video Chat Poker to Hit Google+

Aces Hangout is the latest poker application developed by Hettema & Bergsten for Google+. The game utilizes the Google+ Hangouts video chat to bring the experience of live poker closer to the online community.

Aces Hangout Logo

The development team of Hettema & Bergsten will soon finish their newest poker application Aces Hangout. The game will be available on Google+ and will aim at bringing the feel of a live event closer to the online players. Aces Hangout will use the Google+ Hangouts, an application that enables group video chat. Accordingly, Aces Hangout will be a video poker chat software, where you can make decisions watching and hearing your opponents.

Prague Poker Festival Is Launched – Without Jungleman12 HU

With the WPT Prague Main Event, the Prague Poker Festival kicked off yesterday, featuring a total of 18 events, including the EPT and GSOP Main Events as well. Jungleman12's HU challenge is, however, probably cancelled.

EPT Prague 2010 Winner Roberto Romanello
EPT Prague 2010 Winner Roberto Romanello

Between 1 – 12 December, the Prague Poker Festival takes place and hosts a WPT, an EPT and a GSOP Main Event. The first major tourney is the €3,500 WPT Prague, launched on Thursday, 1 December and held through 5 December. The €5,300 EPT Prague starts right after that, running 5 – 10 December. The €1,650 GSOP Prague takes place on 8 – 11 December.

Spain Legalized Online Poker

Spain legalized online poker. From 2012 on, Spanish players will be able to play in a separate market, cash game up to NL1000, tournaments up to €250 buy-in. The Spanish government accepted the legalization of online poker in Spain, therefore, another nation separates from the global poker market. Poker providers who want to offer online poker in Spain will need to acquire a license from the state and must have at least one office in the European Union and have to delegate a Spanish representative.

Online Poker Spain

Such poker providers will have to offer their services through Spanish .es poker rooms, and can advertise themselves with their local domain names. They will also have to provide free access to their servers' data to the license providers and financial institutions and pay a 25%-30% tax after their income.

Players will also face several limitations. In cash games, the highest allowed big blind will be €10, meaning poker will only be offered up to NL1000 in Spain. The maximum allowed buy in at tournaments will be €250.

PokerStars Releases Play Money Client for iOS Devices

PokerStars released it's first mobile client ever - at the moment only available to Italian players, and offers play money games only. Italians can already download it for free through iTunes.

PokerStars released two iOS applications in the past, PokerStars TV and the PokerStars Clock. Now they decided it's time to release an official client for their poker service. However, the software is very limited at the time, it is only available to the Italian market, and only offers play money ring games and tournaments.

The Italian market seems an obvious chice; according to research conducted by H2 Gambling Capital in 2010 34% of the Italian population uses a smartphone, which is a European record, and there are 1,5 mobile phones for every person in Italy, whic is again a European record.

Phil Ivey Back to Poker - APPT Macau

The best poker player on the planet, former Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey decided to return to his beloved poker tables. He is currently playing at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). Phil Ivey is considered the best poker play in the world, however, he didn't attend a live poker event since the Black Friday of poker. He issued a statement in May, in which he announced he sues FTP for not paying their customers. He also said he would not play at this year's WSOP, if the situation doesn't change. He revoked his lawsuit later, but he never attended the World Series, nor other tournaments, until now.

Ivey is currently in Macau, and reportedly plays at high stakes cash game tables. It has been rumoured that he entered the APPT Main Event as well, but many people in the Macau casinos doubt that.

Ivey at the APPT Macau
Ivey at the APPT Macau

Breaking News - DOJ and GBT Strike Deal, FTP's Future up to Shareholders

After Ray Bitar's resignation and GBT's (Groupe Bernard Tapie) settlement with the DoJ (Department of Justice), the Department of Justice finally released the details of their agreement. Only the shareholders have to agree to this, and Full Tilt's reopening alongside with all the payouts can get a green light. Subject:Poker reported that Full Tilt Poker has released a statement about their current situation.

"Full Tilt Poker is pleased that the terms of the agreement between Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) and the Department of Justice have been finalized, and that the agreement provides for GBT to repay or make whole players outside of the United States and provides a mechanism for U.S. players to get repaid. Since Black Friday, repaying customers has been FTP’s number one priority."

FTP - Bernard Tapie

Ray Bitar stated that he is extremely pleased with the efforts of the Department of Justice, and the Groupe Bernard Tapie corporation, and appreciates their continued dedication in working towards a mutually beneficial agreement that will facilitate repayment of the players.

Bitar & Co Resignation Confirmed, Green Lights for Groupe Tapie

Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst, the four main defendants of the Full Tilt Poker (FTP) scandal have declared their resignation and thus cannot be reagrded as the leaders of the poker room anymore.

As you all probably well know, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has accused Full Tilt Poker leaders with a $440 million theft. The action at law filed by the DoJ firstly accuses the above mentioned four people with the crime. They will have to face a $12million - $42 million fine. 
 
Howard Lederer and Ray Bitar
Lederer and Bitar
 
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