Scandals

Players Urged to Change their Passwords Following 2+2 Hack

2+2, one of the poker community’s largest forums, has been the subject of a data breach which has resulted in user’s details being posted for sale. According to forum user and English poker pro Max Silver, the...

Poker Players Who Fell from Grace or Were Redeemed in 2016: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Sometimes All Three)

In 2016, a number of poker players were redeemed, while others took a tumble. At the World Series of Poker (WSOP), a couple of legends returned to the game, despite not exactly being welcomed back. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and...

Pennsylvania and California Online Poker Legislation in 2016: Much Ado About Nothing Being Passed

When it came to Pennsylvania and California’s online poker passage plans in 2016, hopes were high, but delivery was low. Although many around the poker community expected Pennsylvania to pass legislation long before the...

Phil Ivey Forced to Pay Borgata $10.1 Million

Phil Ivey has been ordered to repay $10.1 million to the Borgata by a US District Judge after losing his appeal against claims he cheated at baccarat. The long running battle between Ivey and New Jersey’s Borgata came to a...

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva Escapes Felony Charge from Alleged Strip Poker Game

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva has had his felony charges linked to an alleged game of strip poker reduced to a misdemeanor. Back in August, Silva was booked into jail after local police learned that he may have been involved in a...

Full Flush Poker Players Scramble, as Site Appears to Shut Down

Has Full Flush Poker closed its virtual doors? Or is it all just a temporary shutdown? These are the questions on many online poker players’ minds this week, when the site became inaccessible to customers. According to...

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva Claims Innocence in Strip Poker Trial

Stockton, California Mayor Anthony Silva has pleaded not guilty to charges of playing strip poker with a group of minors. Back at the start of August Silva was hit with a string of charges relating to an alleged game of strip...

Shane Warne and Joe Hachem See Limo Go Missing Ahead of Aussie Charity Poker Event

Shane Warne and Joe Hachem received a bad beat this week, after their limo was stolen just hours before a charity poker event they were due to attend. The two Aussie celebrities were enjoying a meal at Fisherman’s Pier...

Poker Player Arnaud Mimran Goes on Trial for €300 million Fraud

French poker player Arnaud Mirman stood in the dock of a Parisian court this week accused of orchestrating a scheme that defrauded the French government out of a “minimum” €284 million ($323 million) in taxes. He is also...

Amaya Loosely Linked to Panama Papers and British Virgin Islands Company

Amaya is one of numerous online gambling enterprises being potentially linked to suspicious companies based offshore in safe tax havens spread across the Caribbean. The so-called Panama Papers can trace at least one business in...