Scandals

Dan Shak Faces Lifetime Trading Ban

Dan Shak, the poker player, hedge fund manager and commodities trader, is facing a lifetime trading ban from the commodities regulator (CTFC). Shak, 55, from Las Vegas, landed himself in hot water after ignoring a previous ban...

Phil Ivey to Talk Edge Sorting on 60 Minutes Sports

Phil Ivey will appear on the Tuesday, October 7 edition of 60 Minutes Sports on Showtime to talk about his life and the recent lawsuits that surround his edge sorting techniques in high-stakes baccarat games. The interview marks...

Poker Prosecutor Preet Bharara Now US AG Contender

Preet Bharara, the incumbent Attorney for the Southern District of New York, may be looking at a shot at the top law post in the land: US Attorney General. Reports suggest that Bharara, who initiated the Black Friday indictments...

Matt Savage Receives Epic Poker League Settlement

Matt Savage, the acclaimed poker tournament director who has played an important role in most major poker tours and festivals at one time or another, announced on Twitter last week that he had received a settlement check from the...

Poker Pro Achilleas Kallakis Faces $5.3M Fine or Imprisonment

Achilleas Kallakis, the convicted poker player imprisoned for perpetrating a $760 million property fraud, has been ordered to repay just £3.25 million ($5.3 million) of his ill-gotten gains. Kallakis, a familiar face on UK...

Daniel Cates Blasts Tom Dwan and “durrrr” Challenge

Tom Dwan’s fabled “durrrr” Challenge was once the talk of the online poker world. Designed to generate some high-stakes action at a time when Tom “durrrr” Dwan was an unstoppable force, the heads-up...

Everleaf Director Charged with Misappropriating Player Funds

Everleaf Poker hasn’t been in business for over a year now, but there’s still some punishment to be dealt out to those in charge of the failed online gambling firm. And now, one of the directors of Everleaf Gaming has...

Gus Hansen Misses Full Tilt Match Against Viktor Blom

Gus Hansen is a man who is seemingly afraid of nothing when it comes to online poker. However, after missing a much-publicized Full Tilt heads-up match last Sunday, the Dane’s mettle was called into question. Despite being...

Aviation Club de France Raided by Cops, Owner Arrested

The Aviation Club de France (ACF) in Paris has been raided by police, and its owner Marcel Francisci arrested along with 11 others, the French press has reported. Officers of the Races and Games Division of the National Judicial...

Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow Twitter Battle Over Prop Bet Payout

Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow and other top-tier poker pros are considered big name players, for sure: perhaps not on the level of a Daniel Negreanu or a Phil Ivey, but certainly in the public eye nonetheless. Even many casual fans...