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Man Falls to His Death After Losing Poker Game

June 30, 2008

A British man on holiday died after falling 40 feet from a hotel during a forfeit for losing a game of poker. The man was according to news reports, Mark Day, age 20. Day reportedly plunged to his death in a freak accident on Sunday evening during a holiday with friends from University. The group was staying at the three star Majorca Beach Hotel in the resort of Magalluf.

Mark DayThe police have revealed that after he lost the game of cards he was dared to strip down and run almost naked along a hotel corridor in just his underwear and socks. But he lost his balance at the end of the hallway and smashed through a fifth story window.

Mark Day reportedly fell to the concrete below and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics shortly after 8pm. Day’s friends, Marc Smart and Steve Kimberley, both 21 years old studied with him at the University of Essex and they are currently helping the police try to piece together the events that led up to the incident.

A source said: “We’re not clear yet whether he slipped because he lost his balance as he ran with just his socks on or whether he was running too fast and couldn’t stop in time.

“But he crashed through the window and fell more than 40 feet from the corridor which was on the fifth-floor. “We believe the victim had been drinking and that may also have impaired his judgment.”

The Hotel is refusing to officially comment at this time but a hotel receptionist said, “The dead man was with two friends who are talking to the police at the moment. We don’t expect them to return to the hotel.”

Mark Day and his friends were all sharing room 519 but his two friends have now been moved to another hotel. Police have ruled out anything suspicious related to the death and an investigating judge has now taken charge of the routine investigation.

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    Written by Rebecca Rosales · Filed Under Poker News 

    German Speaking Max Poker Bonus Site Open

    June 29, 2008

    The new German speaking poker portal Max Poker Bonus was launched this month and the founders of the new site want to refrain from the common practice of promoting a myriad of poker rooms and just focus on a few. Right now they have two poker sites to promote but the intend to promote up to 10 poker rooms at any given time.

    Their policy is going to be to provide the best value for their visitors and to offer them the highest quality possible at all times.

    “While we are aware that there are already a lot of successful affiliates out there, we are confident that we can offer something unique to poker players. We want it to be a win-win situation for all involved - that’s the only way that you can do business. We want long term relations with our members as well as with the poker rooms we promote.” says co-founder Giorgio Marrale.

    They are still working on some additional features that they are working on but visitors are already impressed by what they are finding. There is the Max Poker Bonus Rechner (Calculator) that will you to see the actual bonus in any rooms so you can easily see how much of a bonus you would get with a potential deposit.

    There is also another great feature called the Turnier Liste (Tournament Listing) which is updated regularly using XML fees from their poker room partners and then is stored locally so they are in dependent from possible short term cuts of the XML feeds.

    The filter option allows you to search for tournaments that are to your liking and playing style. There is also a Poker Blog where the site owners and guest bloggers will be giving their opinions and views on various topics.

    Max Poker Bonus is definitely a site to be watched over the next few months. “There are a lot of new features waiting and we are currently negotiating with various undisclosed poker rooms in order to offer even more to our visitors. This includes more Payment Methods that will be evaluated and explained in detail as well as a membership system including a forum.” according to Kurt Jonke, the other co-founder of the brand.

      Written by Rebecca Rosales · Filed Under Online Gambling News, Poker News 

      John Bonetti 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner Passes On

      June 29, 2008

      Three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner John Bonetti has died of cancer on Saturday, June 28th in Houston, Texas. Bonetti got his first WSOP bracelet in 1990 at the No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball event, he then went on to win his second bracelet in 1993 at the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em Event.

      Pokerstars Banner Then in 1995 he won his third bracelet in the No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball event where Johnny Chan finished in second place and Doyle Brunson finished in third. Overall John Bonetti has made 20 final table appearances at the World Series of Poker.

      He would have appeared more but he didn’t begin playing poker until he was 57 unlike a lot of new players that are starting to play the moment they turn the legal age. Bonetti got his first World Series of Poker cash in 1987 and in 2001 he was introduced into the Seniors Hall of Fame.

      At that time he was reported to have played in the WSOP Championship event 16 times and he finished in the money seven times, twice coming in with a third place win. In his acceptance speech Bonetti said poker was “the greatest game in the world,” and stressed that no one is too old to ever learn the game or get better at it.

      Vince Burgio introduced Bonetti at the Seniors Hall of Fame induction ceremony and described Bonetti as being a tough, hard nosed competitor that gave no quarter and asked for no quarter. He also said that Bonetti was someone that displayed generosity and compassion for those who were less fortunate and for those that needed “a stake in a satellite or a few bucks to get home on.”

      Bonetti will be remembered for some is numerous accomplishments in poker and for being one of the game’s most abrasive and colorful players. Phil Hellmuth said that Bonetti would have been “a huge star if the cameras had come five years earlier.”

      Two time bracelet winner Mark Seif remebers Bonetti and said, “I was always so entertained by John — he always made me laugh. One time in Aruba he was firing at pot after pot after pot. I asked him why and he said, ‘Sometimes my wife likes to eat! Sometimes my wife likes to eat twice a day!” The way Bonetti said it, Seif noted, had the whole table cracking up. Seif also stated that Bonetti “… was fearless. He would play literally any two cards.”

        Written by Rebecca Rosales · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

        Underground Poker Room Busted in Mission

        June 28, 2008

        An alleged mini casino, also referred to as an underground casino or underground poker room was being run out of a Mission area home. The allegedly illegal gambling home was shut down by police Saturday not during a raid. Police received an anonymous tip and raided a poker game that was being held at 913 Keystrone Drive on Saturday night.

        Mission Police Lt. Martin Garza said that investigators found around 40 to 50 people at the location that were all gambling. All of the gamblers allegedly violated that state gambling law by paying a door fee to get inside and play Texas Hold’em for cash.

        “It makes it illegal when the house takes money and receives money at the entrance and makes money at the end of the night,” Garza said.

        Many of the said illegal gamblers have decided to become witnesses for the state and told detectives that they paid $20 to $40 dollars and sometimes up to $150 dollars to get into the home and play.

        These gamblers turned witnesses will likely not face charges but the homeowners and two others that were involved are not going to be so lucky as Garza said that they will likely face criminal charges.

        “Right now, we’re looking at bringing charges to the people that are actually responsible for promoting this type of illegal activity: gambling,” Garza said.

          Written by Rebecca Rosales · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

          OMG ClayAiken Wins PLO Event in 2008 WSOP

          June 28, 2008

          Phil Galfond who goes by the screen name OMGClayAiken when playing high stakes poker online has placed his stake in the World Series of Poker. By the time he was done he had taken out some of the biggest names in high stakes poker including Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Phill Helmuth, and Johnny Chan. In one of the hardest final tables the World Series of Poker has ever seen a ‘internet player’ walks out with $817,781 and of course the bracelet.

          Life is good for Galfond who is apart of a young group of poker players who call themselves ‘Ship it Holla Ballas’, and life is almost surely going to get better from here. In fact, this was the sixth WSOP event Galfond has placed in 2008. And poker players around the world were amazed as he took out ‘the best’ one by one. It came down to the final hand, the flop was A-Q-8, Galfond bet the flop, Hourani shoved sitting on the short stack. Hourani was ahead holding A-K-J-10 in his hand, giving him a pair of Aces with a King kicker. Galfond’s pair of Aces was dominated with only a 7 kicker.

          The turn changed everything, Galfond sucked out when a 6 hit the belt, giving Galfond two pairs, 6’s and Aces. The river was no help to Hourani, he hit the rail in second place for $493,748. Congratulations OMGClayAiken on your big win, we cant wait to see more from you.

            Written by Sara Rivers · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

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