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5 Years or Less for Taj Majal Killing over Poker Game.

May 31, 2008

A fight broke out at the Taj Majal Casino in Atlantic City, following a disagreement at one of the casinos poker tables. Vincente Perez accused in the stabbing death of his fellow poker player, Arthur Prince, 61, of Toms River that he didn’t mean to kill his opponent. Perez, a self employed truck driver explained to the judge that he was acting only out of self defense.

The two men stepped out of the casino and entered the valet parking area of a casino parking garage. They argued, and soon became violent. According to news reports, the Perez told said Prince beat him in the face with a cane, several times. In ‘Self Defence’ Perez stabbed the other man in the back, neck and cheek.

In a plea deal the charge against Perez was dropped from Aggravated manslaughter to reckless manslaughter, a second degree crime. Additional charges including the unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose will be dropped as per the agreement.

“(Perez) had an honest, but unreasonable belief that the use of deadly force was necessary to defend himself when Prince was assaulting him with a cane,” Talasnik said. “And such conduct is described in our case law as imperfect self-defense, a form of reckless manslaughter.” - pressofatlanticcity.com

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    Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

    Cards in The Air for the Camrose County Boys and Girls Club

    May 30, 2008

    A Camrose local was named the county card shark after winning the first ever celebrity poker tournament for the Boys and Girls Club at the Camrose Resort and Casino in Canada.

    Trevor Miller entered the poker tournament to represent the county in the first ever charity tournament held to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Camrose. Among the local celeb’s in attendance were players from a local radio station (CAM-FM), Vital Effect, the local Fire Department (Camrose Fire) the police station.

    The players pitted against each other for their chosen charities, challenging the poker strategies of their opponents, until finally, councilor Miller emerged the winner.

    “I chose the Boys and Girls Club because I wanted to give the money to a local charity, keep the funds in the community,” Miller told press representatives in Canada. “It’s a very worthy cause, of course, by providing children with an outlet for activities.”

    Miller won the $500 for the Boys and Girls program in the Canadian Poker tournament which Rees James from the program said would be put to good use in the groups summer program:

    “We run the program to give youth a chance to do things they normally wouldn’t get the chance to do,” James explained. “Every summer we try to organize events and take them out on field trips out of the city.”

    So what winning strategy did Miller employ to win the game? None.

    “It’s all about luck.” Said the councilman, “I never really expected to win after being down to a chip,” he commented. “I’ve played a few games with family, but never in tournaments.”

      Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Celebrity Poker Gossip, Poker Tournament Results 

      Poker Players Alliance New Advocacy Booth Debuts at WSOP

      May 30, 2008

      Poker players and poker enthusiasts attending this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) are now able to express their love of the game to policymakers. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy organization, today unveiled its new Poker Advocacy Booth as play began at the WSOP.

      Located just outside the doors of WSOP tournament play (which takes place in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino), the Advocacy Booth provides WSOP attendees with numerous ways in which to communicate to their elected officials that poker is not a crime and their voters are paying attention.

      “We have come a long way in educating members of Congress and state elected officials that poker is a game of skill and is not a crime. Yet the threats to our right to play this great game are not going away,” said former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the PPA. “The PPA’s Poker Advocacy Booth makes it easy for poker aficionados at the WSOP to make their voices heard. We are very excited to bring our grassroots efforts to poker’s hallowed ground, and we are grateful that Harrah’s and the WSOP have provided us with premium space to get our message out to the poker community.”

      The Poker Advocacy Booth will be open every day of the 2008 WSOP. Videos and online displays will provide information on the importance of joining the PPA and an overview of the PPA’s advocacy efforts to date. Non-PPA members can also quickly join the organization at the booth.

      Members of the PPA can use the booth to send letters directly to their members of Congress and local elected officials to urge them to support legislation protecting our rights to play poker as well as send a message to these policymakers that the poker community is a large and active one. During select times the PPA Advocacy Booth will offer poker players to ability tape short video testimonials about why they love the game and why it should be protected. The PPA will post these on its website as well as share with members of Congress.

      The booth also supports PPA’s voter registration campaign, If You Play, Have a Say™. PPA members who are not currently registered to vote can stop by the booth and fill out a simple online registration form. Once it’s signed and stamped, PPA will put all the completed forms in the mail.

      “This is a one stop shop where PPA members can make a direct impact on protecting the great American pastime of poker, and I urge everyone to stop by while they are at the WSOP,” said D’Amato.

        Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

        Bluff Magazine Announces New Subscription Based Online Poker Room

        May 30, 2008

        Bluff Magazine, has announced the launch of their latest venture, promised to be a poker player please, a subscription-based online poker room, ClubBluff.com.

        “We’re thrilled to be able to give our loyal readers and poker fans across America the chance to join us at ClubBluff.com,” said Eric Morris, co-president and publisher of Bluff Magazine. “We’re proud of what Bluff Magazine has become over the past four years and have the same aspirations for ClubBluff.com.”

        Every month ClubBluff.com members can play in thousands of online poker and blackjack tournaments risk-free with no buy-ins but over $100,000 in prizes, including cash. As an added bonus of membership players will also get access to tips from professional online poker and blackjack players as well as digital access to Bluff Magazine content online.

        Players who are serious about their poker can also play to win World Series of Poker* Main Event seats, WSOP-Circuit seats, World Poker Tour World Championship seats and other great prizes. Starting June 1, 2008, players can get into the nightly $1,000 and monthly $20,000 poker tournaments.

        Players pay only $19.95 per month for complete access to the tournaments, sit-n-goes and ring games. There are no additional costs and the first two weeks are free of charge allowing poker players the opportunity to test out the software and win cash prizes.

          Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

          UltimateBet Investigation Confirms Unfair Play, Victims to Be Reimbursed

          May 30, 2008

          UltimateBet Online Poker RoomTokwiro Enterprises, parent company of the UltimateBet online poker room, has been conducting an investigation for the past three months in regards to accusations of ‘unfair play’, centered around the username “NioNio”. Yesterday, Tokwiro Enterprises released the findings of its explorative study, announcing that unfair play was in fact occurring at the UltimateBet online poker room.

          According to the report released on UltimateBet.com, a number of accounts were gaining an unfair advantage by using an unauthorized software code that enabled them to view the hole cards of other players. Apparently, the perpetrators worked for the previous owners of UltimateBet, before the company was sold to Tokwiro Enterprises in October of 2006.

          Tokwiro has stated that the company will take full responsibility for the misconduct, vowing to reimburse any player who suffered losses from the incident. It is also their main priority to “”permanently remove the ability to engage in unfair play” and to, “implement measures that prevents future incidents.”

          Tokwiro asserted that the company had no prior knowledge of the existence of a ‘software code’ before February of 2008, one month after Tokwiro was alerted to the possibility of unfair play occurring. The investigation confirmed that the unauthorized software code was “part of a legacy auditing system”, manipulated by the alleged criminals.

          The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, under which UltimateBet holds its gaming licensing, hired an independent auditing firm, Gaming Associates. The audit report revealed that the software code in question has been permanently removed from the system.

          Tokwiro Enterprises issued a statement to all members of the UltimateBet online poker room:

          “We would like to thank our customers for their patience, loyalty and support, as well as for their understanding that we are doing everything we can to correct this situation. The staff and management of UltimateBet are fully committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our players, and we want to assure customers of our unwavering resolve to monitor site security with every resource at our disposal.”

            Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under Gambling Movies, Online Gambling News 

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