All Entries Tagged With: "Poker"
UK Poker Champ Extradition Hearing Held Today, Another Delay
Westminster magistrates have postponed a ruling in today’s extradition hearing for accused murderer, Marcus Bebb-Jones, winner of the 2007 Grosvenor Grand Prix. District Judge Howard Riddle is scheduled to announce his decision in the case next month, on April 12. Bebb-Jones has been accused by US prosecutors of the 1997 killing of his American wife, [...]
High Stakes Poker Playing Conman Charged with Bank Defraudment
On March 1, 2010, Achilleas Kallakis and accomplice Alexander Williams, both 41, were each charged in a London court with defrauding Allied Irish Bank (AIB) of £56m between 2003 and 2007, as well as Bank of Scotland for £5m in 2008. Once ranked the 11th wealthiest Greek in the world – and presently ranked 3rd [...]
Senior Citizen Center Poker Game Raided and Shut Down
A group of senior citizens have been meeting every Friday for several years at the Twin Falls Senior Center in Idaho to play a little poker. The group of retirees enjoys getting together and playing cards as it is something they can do with ease. However, now the game will no longer take place as local police raided the game and shut it down.
Cardplayer Exec Jeff Schulman Finishes WSOP FT in 5th Place
Schulman, 34 year old Las Vegas native won 5th Place in the 2009 World Series of Poker cashing for $1,953,395 in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main event. Until now, Schulman was best known as the president of Card Player Media in the poker world. In his final hand of the 2009 World Series [...]
Purple Lounge is Under New Ownership
The Purple Lounge is now under new ownership and Media Corporation is the new owner. They are an AIM advertising network and online publishing company has announced that they have bought all shares of the Purple Lounge Ltd. The Purple Lounge offers online poker, table games, sports betting and other casino games. Since the Purple [...]
South Carolina Judge Rules Poker isn’t Chance
Many have asked what is becoming a tiresome question on poker. What is it, is it a game of skill or chance? Depending on where you might be you will get a different answer some say poker is a game of chance but allow other games such as Keno in land based establishments. It’s not [...]
