Editor's Letter
From the Editor
Online Poker in the U.S.: A New Era Has Begun – or Has It?
On April 30th, a new website, Ultimate Poker, dealt the first hand of licensed and regulated real-money poker on the Internet in the history of the United States. Notice I did not say the first hand of “legal” poker, for most objective experts still believe that no law on the books has ever banned online poker in the U.S. [more…]
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Annie Duke: ‘I Never Used Tool That Gave Me Access to Hole Cards’
May 21, 2013
Poker pro and former UB.com representative/owner Annie Duke released a statement on her Facebook page over the weekend insisting she never used a tool that allowed her to see other players hole cards while online.
Secret recordings scraped from the hard drive of UB.com insider cheat Russ Hamilton indicate that Duke obtained a copy of a tool that allows someone to cheat or see hole cards. One of the tournaments for which she had access to this tool (known as AuditMonster) was won by her then boyfriend (a poker novice), who took home a prize of over $200,000. [more]
Skrill Unauthorized Logins Have Online Gamblers Worried
May 21, 2013
A spate of reported unauthorized Skrill logins have the online gambling community on edge.
Skrill, formerly known as Moneybookers, is a popular money transfer platform for those gamblers living outside the United States. It is similar to PayPal.
Attempts to compromise customer accounts have occurred over the past two weeks, according to reports.
One customer claims that $12,000 had been stolen from his account. Around a dozen other individuals reported compromises since that time. [more]
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Annie Duke: ‘I Never Used Tool That Gave Me Access to Hole Cards’May 21, 2013
Poker pro and former UB.com representative/owner Annie Duke released a statement on her Facebook page over the weekend insisting she never used a tool that allowed her to see other players hole cards while online.
Secret recordings scraped from the hard drive of UB.com insider cheat Russ Hamilton indicate that Duke obtained a copy of a tool that allows someone to cheat or see hole cards. One of the tournaments for which she had access to this tool (known as AuditMonster) was won by her then boyfriend (a poker novice), who took home a prize of over $200,000. [more]
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Skrill Unauthorized Logins Have Online Gamblers Worried
May 21, 2013
A spate of reported unauthorized Skrill logins have the online gambling community on edge.
Skrill, formerly known as Moneybookers, is a popular money transfer platform for those gamblers living outside the United States. It is similar to PayPal.
Attempts to compromise customer accounts have occurred over the past two weeks, according to reports.
One customer claims that $12,000 had been stolen from his account. Around a dozen other individuals reported compromises since that time. [more]
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888 Holdings PLC selects Kambi Sports Solutions for its 888sport offering
May 20, 2013
Kambi Sports Solutions is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to deliver a fully managed Sportsbook solution to 888, under the www.888sport.com brand. The agreement will enable 888 to offer a significantly upgraded sports betting experience to its customer base in addition to facilitating expansion of its business into target regulated markets. As part of the agreement, Kambi will add UK horse racing to its product portfolio, both through online and mobile channels. [more]
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Want to Buy Jamie Gold’s WSOP Bracelet?
May 19, 2013
Want to buy Jamie Gold’s (pictured) World Series of Poker bracelet? You can! Heritage Auctions will auction off the bracelet and a commemorative watch in July. Gold’s bracelet could carry significant weight given that it came as a result of defeating the largest Main Event field in WSOP history at nearly 8,800 players. Gold earned $12 million for the victory back in 2006 and is still third on the all-time WSOP money list behind Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth. [more]
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World Series of Poker coming to Cincinnati
May 19, 2013
The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati has been named the third stop in this year’s 22-city World Series of Poker season.
The 10th annual competition will come to the Queen City Sept. 19-30 with the main event running the last three days. Buy-ins for the series range from $365 to $1,675.
The top 100 players from the circuit tour who qualify via exemptions or at-large bids will free-roll into the World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship – including two players from the Horseshoe in Cincinnati. [more]
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