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Phil Ivey wins $540k in 24 Hours

 The best player in the world wins half a million dollars in a day playing PLO and FLO8

Phil Ivey has continued to dominate the poker world with his amazing performance on the online felt. After a dark start in 2013, Ivey was the biggest winner of the day, finishing with a profit of $244k after some action in the PLO and FLO8 Heads-Up tables at Full Tilt Poker, where he plays as “Polarizing”.
To start the day, Ivey found some action against KPR16, but ended up losing $17k to him. Afterwards, Ivey managed to extract $19k against NiklasReinecker in a short $500/$1000 No Limit Hold’Em CAP session.
Some hours later, Ivey clashed heads with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in a $500/$1000 PLO CAP game, where he was able to take a profit of $90k out of another very short session.
Even with his success in a relatively short time, players began to commented on the relatively short duration of matches. Ivey has been known to be a bit more discerning in his game selection recently and it has brought the ire of top players like Fixed Limit Omaha Eight Specialist SallyWoo.
Polarizing: quit when u want
Polarizing: i may play 2 min
SallyWoo: nah, u too nitty
Polarizing: ha
SallyWoo: we play another time
Polarizing: play 8 games
SallyWoo: well when i played u lhe u said play other games, i moved to 08, now here u wont really givve action, so ill move to another game will it happen again at plo?
SallyWoo: will you quit me at horse if i play that? or can we battle?
SallyWoo: like in future
Polarizing: what are u talking about
Polarizing: i have no idea what your talking about
Polarizing: u have issues
SallyWoo: issues?
Polarizing: i will play i just quit when i want
Polarizing: simple as that
SallyWoo: u lose 2bb and quit 9 out of 10 times and i have issues gotcha
Polarizing: ha
After a brief tense chat, Ivey returned to the felt to face high stakes regular KPR16. Ivey profitted a total of $161k in this battle, ending Phil's day with a total profit of $244k.
Apart from Ivey, the day had two other six-figure winners: Sanlker won $211k, and Trueteller, acPokerStars’ regular, won almost $138k playing $200/$400 No Limit Hold’Em 6max.
Ivey and KPR16 played again the following morning, where Ivey destroyed his opponent, winning almost $300k in a couple of hours. With this session, Phil ended a 24-hour period with winning of $540k.
Given his recent success, it looks like it is just a matter of time for Ivey to recover the 2 million dollars he lost since new year.
Author: Ekaterina
29 . 03 . 2013 y.
Lucille Cailly Joins Team Ivey

 There's been a lot of news coming out of the Phil Ivey camp today. First, he won nearly $750,000 in 48 hours online, and then Nevada Court ruled against his ex-wife in her divorce case petition. The third piece of news comes from IveyPoker as they have announced a new addition to Team Ivey in the form of Lucille Cailly.

The addition of Cailly to Team Ivey brings the roster up to 32 players, including Mr. Ivey himself, the eight-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner. Cailly brings greater than $1.5 million in live tournament earnings to the squad, the bulk of which came from her runner-up finish to Mohsin Charania in the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final Main Event where she won €1.05 million.
"I am really happy and honored to join such a great team, and I can't wait until IveyPoker launches," said Cailly in the press release. "I hope I can offer the community as much as it gave me. A très bientôt!"
Outside of her big score in Monte Carlo, Cailly has two WSOP cashes and one World Poker Tour cash. Both of her WSOP cashes were worth nearly $4,000 while her WPT cash was worth over $12,000.
Author: Ekaterina
29 . 03 . 2013 y.
Raymer Carries On Post-Arrest, Likes Wil Wheaton

 It's pretty safe to say the past couple of weeks have not been the best for Greg Raymer.

His arrest on prostitution charges blew up on worldwide news feeds, making him a target for plenty of nasty jokes, and the damage to his family may or may not be irreparable.
Still, in the less-than-traditional poker world, the consequences may not be so far reaching. By the looks of things he hasn’t lost any sponsors and, in the grand scheme, he's also received a lot of support from a lot of fans and fellow players.
Despite the public embarrassment Raymer is keeping his head up and carrying on with his poker career, as he very well should, and went online last night to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) for fans at poker forum FlopTurnRiver.
He couldn't answer much about his arrest but he did delve into a lot of candid and interesting topics including his work with the PPA, his stance on gay marriage and who he'd have at his ideal poker game.
Author: Ekaterina
28 . 03 . 2013 y.
AdamEvePoker Suspends Payments

 Alleged payment delays at Revolution Gaming have forced Adameve to suspend all poker withdrawals according to a notice on their main site. Poker is still being played, but management plans to segregate its players from the rest of the network on April 2.

AdamevePoker is promising players that they will be paid: “We assure everybody who will be affected by this very uneasy decision that all poker related withdrawals will be processed as soon as network covers all due settlements with AdamevePoker.”
Earlier this month AdamevePoker management announced plans for the suspension of withdrawals after they publicly outed the network for falling behind on its reconciliation payments to the site.
AdamevePoker, operates an independent cashier and until recently, players have expected cashouts to be processed in 1-3 business days. But processing times have ground to a halt as a result of trouble with payments from the network.
Poker forums have been full of complaints about payment delays at Revolution Gaming. The network is one of few that continue to accept US players, but the cash out delays have impacted players worldwide.
The notice also explains that players will be segregated from the main Revolution Gaming player pool as of April 2. The implication is that poker will continue to be played with existing account balances, but that liquidity will collapse to include only players registered with AdamevePoker.
Assuming that Adameve’s continuing casino operations demonstrate that the company plans to remain in business and has the capital to do so, poker players are vulnerable to the single risk that Revolution is going to make the expected payments.
Should it be unable to do so, AdamevePoker has not yet announced what its plans will be and whether it is capable of reimbursing its poker customers from its own resources.
The home page message ends with an apology: “Adameve apologies [sic] for any inconvenience caused by above move. All our poker players and partners can rest assured that Adameve and Revolution Network are doing its best to resolve this situation ASAP.”
Author: Ekaterina
28 . 03 . 2013 y.
Gutshot Poker Under New Management

 The beleaguered online poker site Gutshot Poker, related to the historic UK poker room of the same name, has reemerged under new management in a last-ditch move to keep the site alive, while presenting harsh play-through terms to the site’s existing player base if they wish to reclaim previous account balances.

The latest version of the site, with its online home at gutshot.com, shows it to be operated by Goalgaming Ltd., a British concern. A recent email posted on the Hendon Mob forum claims the site has been purchased by the Betsnetwork Group, and will be operated via the Goalgaming entity.
According to the e-mail sent to former Gutshot players, the brand will launch on three separate poker networks—Revolution, Ongame and Play2B—and will soon after add casino games and sportsbetting.
The former Gutshot players are faced with severe terms if they wish to attempt to retrieve their existing balances. According to the emails, players must generate rake for the new site via continuing play, and will be credited with only 50% rakeback toward their own balances.
The players have also been issued an April 7 deadline to reactive their accounts with Goalgaming. After that date, previous account balances will not be honored.
Goalgaming is registered to Francesco Merighi. Several Merighi family members are already engaged in the operation of small online gambling sites, including Red Hot Poker and Devilfish Poker, and Francesco himself is the founder and CEO of the Play2B Network.
The one-way terms of the deal appear to confirm that no player funds remain in the previous Martin-led Gutshot operation, though the latest move continues an attempt to wrest brand-recognition value from the Gutshot name.
Author: Ekaterina
27 . 03 . 2013 y.
Washington Online Poker Initiatives Finalized

 A pair of related pro-online poker voter initiatives has received final language approval from the state of Washington.

The measures are designed to authorize the play of real-money internet poker and remove Washington State’s existing law that makes the playing of online poker a felony.
According to Curtis Woodard, the organizer of a group planning a petition drive supporting the proposals, the state has also assigned official numbers to the pair. This prepares them for voter participation after official ballot titles and summaries are created in the next week.
The measure that seeks to authorize and regulate online poker in Washington (I-582) would require approved operators to have a physical presence in the state, though not necessarily a brick-and-mortar casino. The separate proposal to remove the current criminal penalties (I-583) is a fallback position in case I-582 does not pan out.
As Woodard noted to pokerfuse, “Adoption of I-582 would make I-583 moot.”
Woodard also reiterated the group’s plans for pushing the proposals.
“These are initiatives to the legislature,” he said, “which means our goal is to get the 2014 legislature to adopt one of these measures, or adopt their own measure on this issue. Failing that, we then have a shot at the polls in November ’14.
“While we are gathering signatures, we will also be seeking allies in the legislature who could themselves introduce these measures in the nest session, should we fail to collect the required number of signatures.”
Those interested in following the progress of this grassroots effort can visit the group’s site at waipokernow.com. Volunteers will be able to download and print copies of the petition to circulate for signatures.
“We will have it available through a printer with many outlets in the state as well, to make it easy for volunteers,” Woodward indicated.
The final versions of both I-582 and I-583 can be found on the state’s Elections & Voting web site.
Woodward announced the creation of the two ballot initiatives designed to improve the legal landscape of poker in Washington earlier this month following a recent legislative proposal to decriminalize online poker that failed in February for lack of political support.
Author: Ekaterina
27 . 03 . 2013 y.
Phil Hellmuth Makes An Interesting Appreance at Tournament

 The 13-time WSOP bracelet winner, who is known for his infamous table talk, has decided to introduce a new side of his "Poker Brat" personality. Even tough it looked like the memorable times were gone, the Poker Brat made his entrance to the World Poker Tour Venecia Grand Prix wearing a combination of clothes of the famous “Phantom of the Opera” and “Severus Snape”, dark wizard from Harry Potter saga. The appearance of Hellmuth has attracted questions of a possible prop bet loss or some form of statement.

The WPT event is currently being held in Venecia and will be completed on the 31st of March.
Unluckily for him, magic abilities came for Hellmuth along with his costume. He made his whole stack dissapear very quickly!
Author: Ekaterina
27 . 03 . 2013 y.
Electronic Gambling Device Ban Passes Florida House

 The quick passage by the Florida House of Representatives of a measure designed to rid the state of gambling-parlor “internet cafes” has caused concern among the state’s online poker players, worried that the legislation’s language, in addition to the targeting of the internet cafes, will also result in a legal ban on online poker.

HB 155, the latest Florida House version of the bill, passed easily on Friday by a 108-7 vote. A similar bill, SB 1030, is currently under review by the Florida Senate Rules Committee, but is expected to receive similar rapid approval once it reaches the Senate floor.
The concern, first raised by Martin Shapiro on poker forum 2+2, is the broad definition of “slot machine or device.” In conjunction with other parts of the bill, these definitions appear to have the effect of defining all manner of devices and all games involving elements of chance—including skill-based ones—as part of the “slot machine” definition.
In addition, the bill attempts to define every possible avenue through which value can be transmitted: money, credit, allowance, etc. The bill’s inclusion of the word “information” in this category even stretches the value definition beyond physical items, in an attempt to short-circuit previous legal end runs by the internet cafes using electronic codes for access and credit.
Whether other businesses with the potential to be adversely affected by the scope of Florida’s internet-cafe measure push for changes in the law before its passage remains to be seen.
The bills’ hasty push through the legislative process comes as a reaction to a major political scandal and the recent resignation of Florida Lieutenant Governor Jenny Carroll, who was questioned in connection with the operations of Allied Veterans of the World. Authorities allege Allied Veterans of the World, which operated about 50 of the internet cafes, illegally diverted funds from the cafes without making the proper charitable donations as required under Florida law.
Nearly 60 people were arrested in the Allied crackdown, which is alleged to have redirected for other uses as much as $300 million in misappropriated funds. Carroll was not among those indicted in the sweep.
Also up for debate is whether the law, if passed, would have any actual effect on Florida’s online poker landscape. Given the bill’s clear focus on slot machine-type devices and uses, online poker sites serving Florida may see little reason to change their ways, though if online slots are also offered, they may rethink the equation.
 
Author: Ekaterina
26 . 03 . 2013 y.
Illinois Governor: Online Poker Too New

 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn may favor some form of gambling expansion, but he seems firm in his stance against online poker.

Earlier this month, an Illinois senate committee approved a broad gambling expansion bill that included regulation of online gambling, including poker.
Quinn had rebuffed attempts to invite more gambling in Illinois, but said he could favor the latest legislation if it addresses issues such as corruption.
Now lawmakers may also have to scratch online gambling from the bill. Quinn told an NPR reporter in the state’s capital that he thinks the idea is just too new.
“I think that’s problematic,” he said in the NPR report. “It’s a brand new idea and there hasn’t been much review on that at all. Anytime you have something brand new it shouldn’t just be thrown into a bill at the last minute.”
Last year, a bill that would have legalized online poker in the Land of Lincoln failed before it even reached the governor’s desk.
That could be a major blow to the liquidity of online poker, as Illinois has a population of more than 13 million. While Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey have legalized Internet poker, those states must forge a compact for interstate poker in order to potentially reach as many players as in Illinois alone.
Lawmakers included a ban on campaign contributions from the gambling industry and earmarked funds for education in attempt to appease the governor, but it may not be enough for Quinn.
Author: Ekaterina
26 . 03 . 2013 y.
Bitcoin Poker Room SealsWithClubs Suffers DDOS Attack

 A tech team at bitcoin-fueled, US-facing SealsWithClubs is working to restore the site after an attack shut it down for nearly two days, according to Seals pro Bryan Micon.

Micon told pokerfuse that “no accounts have been compromised. It’s not a hack, it’s a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service).” The site should be operational again within a matter of hours according to Micon.
SealsWithClubs tweeted Friday that “The Team is working around the clock. We are moving to a state of the art datacenter with super DDoS protection.”
A DDoS uses multiple systems, usually computers compromised by malware, to flood a single system with network traffic. This overloads it with incoming connections and takes it offline.
“It was a large DDoS, very sophisticated and quite powerful enough to knock everything off, get an IP blackholed, all that good stuff,” Micon said. “We have quickly, in the middle of the weekend, changed datacenters and have a new, beefier setup with all of our data in tact and a sick DDoS protection layer.”
That should prevent a similar attack from happening in the future.
SealsWithClubs is the most notable Bitcoin-only, US-facing poker site self-described as the “Wild West of online poker.” other rooms such as Switch Poker and most recently WinPoker have added Bitcoin transaction options.
During peak hours, SealsWithClubs.eu hosts upwards of 400 players connected to the site with about 180 in cash games, Micon said. The site averages about 100 players in cash games.
Micon boasted that the site offers the industry’s lowest rake, instant transfers and withdrawals that average about four hours.
Author: Ekaterina
25 . 03 . 2013 y.
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