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Episode 365: Lost in the Shuffle with Shawn Farquhar and Jon Ornoy
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Magician Shawn Farquhar and filmmaker Jon Ornoy join Carlos and Andrew to discuss their forthcoming documentary. Lost in the Shuffle is a film about the history of playing cards and the magicians who employ them. You can support the kickstarter and watch
Episode 41: That’s So Gareth!
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Gareth Chantler talks about Norwegian family politics and covering tournaments for the PokerStars Blog. He also joins in discussions of the ethics of accepting an unsolicited chip dump, playing second pair in a limped pot, and playing Kings when an Ace flops, … Read full post
Podcast Episode 17 Featuring Ryan Hall
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Ryan Hall has a full-time job teaching high school in Ontario, but that hasn’t stopped him from staying on top of the MTT world for six years and counting. Ryan has amassed more than $2 million in online winnings and an FTOPS … Read full post
Rats Flee Sinking Ship
From Annie Duke’s website:
… Read full postIt’s bittersweet, but I’ve decided to leave UB.
I have nothing but positive things to say about UB and my experiences with the brand, management team, and dedicated employees who work hard every day to deliver a terrific online poker experience for players like
Rizen Leaving UB
Not that it’s really any of my business, but I knew Eric a bit a few years ago and was very surprised/worried, in light of the recent cheating at Ultimate Bet, when I heard that he was joining up with them. So it was with considerable relief that I … Read full post
UB Scandal is Front Page News in Canada
The Ultimate Bet cheating scandal made the front page of Canada’s National Press today. Citing the investigative work of 2+2’ers such as Cornell Fiji (Steven Ware), the article does a very nice job of explaining simply and concisely what happened and how without blowing the issue out of proportion or … Read full post
60 Minutes Considering Absolute Poker Story
Nat Arem, who was instrumental in exposing and investigating the Absolute Poker cheating scandal, reports that he was contacted by a 60 Minutes producer and a Washington Post reporter interested in doing a story on the incident:
… Read full postA few weeks ago, I was contacted by 60 Minutes in
Absolute Poker Statement
As most of you probably know by now, there have been very credible allegations of cheating on a site called Absolute Poker. Many of the most reliable players in the highest stakes games online are taking these accusations seriously, and Nat Arem in particular has done some amazing investigative work … Read full post
WCOOP Winner Disqualified
Word on the street is that TheVOid, winner of over $2 million in the WCOOP main event, has been disqualified for entering more than one account in the event in violation of Poker Stars’ Terms and Conditions. The prize money is being reallocated so that all the other winners are … Read full post