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Negreanu’s PokerStars Account Hacked

February 8, 2012

Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu tweeted a couple days ago: “Important: Do NOT send me any emails the account appears to have been hacked. Just landed in LA nice news.”

The hacker not only hacked Negreanu’s account, but also got into his PokerStars account and played at the high-stakes tables with Negreanu’s money. He discovered that his accounts were high-jacked on his way back to LA from Australia after playing in the Aussie Millions.

The perpetrator logged into the KidPoker PokerStars account and found $100K sitting in the account. Four hundred hands later at the $100/$200 NL tables, $46K of Negreanu’s money was lost.

Other players on PokerStars actually suspected something wasn’t right when KidPoker wasn’t playing in his typical style and started discussing the inconsistent play on TwoPlusTwo, suggesting that maybe Negreanu was just hung over. Later Negreanu posted on the online poker forum, “Some of you NVGtards really thought that was me??? Man HSP has really done wonders for my image ”

PokerStars has vowed to return the money to Negreanu’s account.

Written by Maria · Filed Under Poker News 

What’s Really Holding Up the Full Tilt Takeover?

February 6, 2012

As the Full Tilt Poker buyout by Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) gets closer and closer to being finalized, more little details keep popping up that may or may not be affecting the deal. Some believe that Chris “Jesus” Ferguson may be standing in the way of the Full Tilt restoration. According to reports, after Black Friday went down last April, Ferguson pumped $14.3 million into the company in hopes to help prevent the company from going under. He also had an ulterior motive, though. He thought that by “investing” in Full Tilt Poker, he would have some stake in the company once it got back on its feet.

Ferguson, who has received about $60 million from the company since 2007 as co-owner, viewed his $14.3 million investment in the company post-Black Friday as a “good will” gesture, hoping to secure his place in the company once it became stable again. However, the problem lies within the negotiations made with the US Department of Justice that state no former Full Tilt board members can return to the company as part owner once the GBT takeover is successful.

While there is no solid proof that this hiccup is holding up the takeover, many in the online poker community are speaking out against Ferguson, calling him selfish and hypocritical. They believe he’s part responsible for the situation Full Tilt is in and now wants to impede former Full Tilt Poker players from getting their account refunds and Full Tilt Poker from going online again.

On the other hand, Benham Dayanim, GBT attorney, claims that the debts of some very high-profile high-stakes poker players are what’s really holding things up. According to Dayanim, players including Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow, and Erick Lindgren owe somewhere between $10 and $20 million to the company. These debts were recently discovered when GBT conducted a full investigation of the financial status of Full Tilt.

Dayanim said to Gaming Intelligence, “The diligence has revealed that the financial position is worse than we had anticipated. We do not want to litigate a whole bunch of individual cases against professionals post-acquisition so we are trying to negotiate but we have not been making a lot of progress.

“This is not the only issue that is holding up the sale but it is a significant one. The company has greater liabilities — excluding player liabilities — than we had hoped. The forfeiture would extinguish any U.S. claims to the assets but they do not necessarily extinguish creditor claims in other countries.”

In spite of these concerns and other liabilities, they still seem confident that the deal between Full Tilt Poker and the DOJ will be resolved by the end of February.

Written by Marcus · Filed Under Poker News 

2012 WSOP Schedule Released

February 2, 2012

The 2012 World Series of Poker schedule was released yesterday with some major changes to what we’ve been used to over the past few years. Instead of playing out the tournament in November, as has been the case since 2008, the tournament will wrap up in the last week of October due to the presidential election. The final table will again be carried out at the Penn & Teller Theater, and is anticipated to again be covered live on ESPN and ESPN 2.

The Main Event will also be scrunched up, shaving three days off the preliminaries in order to accommodate more players, reduce the cost of stay, and cut down on down time between play. The WSOP statement has made it clear that the structure will remain in fact remain intact.

The 43rd annual WSOP will begin on May 27, 2012, and the first open event will take place on Memorial Day, the 28th—a $1,500 NLH tourney. This year’s series will encompass 61 events and will wrap up on July 16th. Again, it will take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas and will be covered exclusively on ESPN.

Jack Effel, WSOP tournament director, says, “This year’s WSOP schedule is very exciting. We’re introducing some fantastic new events, while bringing back many successful stalwarts that our players love. We will expand our footprint this year to include extra tables dedicated to cash games, as well as plenty of satellite and single-day tournament space, so players will have an easy time finding a desirable game without ever having to leave the Rio Convention Center.”

Also, 100 tables will be added to the tournament area making it even bigger than ever before.

There will be five new major events including the $1,000,000-million buy-in event, Big One For ONE DROP for which 11.1% of the buy-in will go to onedrop.org.

Written by Bea · Filed Under Poker News 

February 2012 PartyPoker Bonus Code

February 1, 2012

February is a great month to register a new player account at PartyPoker because they are now offering a 100% poker bonus worth up to $/£/€500. That means, whatever amount you deposit as a new depositor, PartyPoker will match up to $/£/€500. To claim this poker bonus at PartyPoker, use PartyPoker Bonus Code 500PS you make your first deposit. Once you’ve successfully made a deposit, just start playing real money poker online at PartyPoker to earn PartyPoints. You can earn these points by playing cash games and tournaments. PartyPoints are awarded at the rate of 2 points per each dollar you pay in tourney fees and for each dollar you pay into the pot at any real money cash game. If your deposit is in US dollars, you will have to earn 6 times your bonus value in points; if you deposit in Euros, you will need 8 times your bonus value; and if you deposit in Sterling, you will need 9 times.
As points stack up, you will start to earn your bonus in 10 equal installments that will automatically be deposited into your player account. You will have 60 days to clear your full bonus amount.

Beginning on February 1st and running through February 28th, the Card Rush promo will give out 1.8 million prize cards to PartyPoker players. There’s enough to go around, so that everyone can win instant cash this month. To earn a Card Rush card, collect 15 points. Each card will reward you with a prize, which can be anything from cash to freeroll entries to Card Rush Race points. The more race points you earn, the higher you’ll go up on the Card Rush Race leader board. Rank 1 will earn you a $9,000 cash payout!

Your first card will come at just 5 points, so there’s no excuse to not go collect one now, and you can earn up to 50 cards per day. It’s quite addictive.

Written by Johnny · Filed Under Promotions 

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