Monthly Archives: January 2015

Global Poker Masters Teams Announced

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has announced the countries that qualified to participate in its first ever “Global Poker Masters” (GPM) event. The founder of GPI, Alexandre Dreyfus, envisions the GPM tournament growing into an international sporting event on par with the soccer World Cup or the Olympic Games.

The idea was conceived to align with his broader vision of “sportifying” poker and broadening the game’s appeal to a wider audience. By creating a more sophisticated ranking system for players, coupled with high-profile events and international competitions, GPI hopes to show off the global appeal of the game and increase the interest of large corporate sponsors.

Forty Players Total for Event

The tournament will unfold over two days and will be held during this year’s European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Malta.

RachaelWest published National Lottery Results: Lotto Winning Numbers 7th January 2015

It’s a rollover tonight so it’s time to check your tickets to see if you’ve won the estimated A 9.5 million jackpot! There’s also A 500,000 up for grabs in tonight’s Thunderball draw. As regular players will know, to win you must match all five numbers plus the Thunderball itself.

PCA 2015 Kicks Off with Super High Roller and Prop Bets

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2015 (PCA 2015) kicked off Tuesday in a big way. Where many tournaments gradually build up to massive action, Event #1 at the PCA 2015 was certainly a spectacle, with the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament. Leading into Day 2, the Super High Roller tournament led to some record-breaking results and a […]

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Court hears arguments in Golden Nugget cards case

A state judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether 14 gamblers should keep more than $1.5 million in purported winnings after they were inadvertently dealt unshuffled cards in patterns during an hours-long baccarat session at Golden Nugget.

Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Donna Taylor must decide whether a streak of 41 winning hands dealt at a mini-baccarat table in April 2012 was legally valid. Other claims, such as an allegation that the casino discriminated against at least some of the players, all of whom are of Asian descent, when it refused to cash their chips, could go to trial.

Golden Nugget sued the players in July 2012 to recover $558,900 in chips cashed out by nine of the players and for a formal declaration absolving the casino of any responsibility to redeem the remaining $977,800 in chips. In court papers Golden Nugget said the players “became unwitting participants in an unauthorized and illegal game of chance” involving cards that were supposed to be pre-shuffled but weren’t.

At some point the players realized that cards were being dealt in predictable patterns and upped their bets, said Steven Scheinthal, an attorney for the casino, by phone Wednesday. A ruling could come by the end of January, he said.

The casino reached a confidential settlement with Gemaco Inc., the company that provided the cards, he said.

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Watch Stiverne-Wilder All Access This Weekend

ALL ACCESS: Stiverne vs. Wilder Premieres This Friday, Jan. 9 at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT During SHOWTIMEA Free Preview Weekend Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder is on a mission to hear “AND THE NEW” WBC Heavyweight World Champion when he challenges defending champ Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne on Saturday, Jan. 17, live on SHOWTIME from MGM Grand in Las Vegas.