Epic Poker League: $8 Million in Liabilities, $37,000 in Income
Another round of financial revelations concerning the Epic Poker League and its parent, Federated Sports and Gaming has recently been released, courtesy of CardPlayer, and the news this time is more of...
View ArticlePinnacle Acquires Epic Assets, Other Creditors Left Dry
The two-day auction over the almost-bare bones of the rotting Epic Poker League carcass wrapped up yesterday, with the winner of both halves being the same: Pinnacle Entertainment, owner of a handful...
View ArticleA Flawed PPA Might Just Not Be Better Than None
It’d be great, wouldn’t it, if the Poker Players Alliance wasn’t so partisan? One of the failures of the organization to date has been to target its lobbying efforts at both sides of the aisle, instead...
View ArticleThe Shaming of the Pros: Player Gets Tossed for Razzing Annie Duke at NH Tourney
Here’s an oddball tale from an oddball source, Bryan Micon over at DonkDown.com. (Always remember that DD is an NSFW site, friends.) In this thread, Micon relates the recent tale of a poster called...
View ArticlePhil Hellmuth Bust-ing Out All Over
Have you seen the photo of Phil Hellmuth’s lifelike bronze bust? The piece, a commissioned work by sculptor Jon Hair, sort of has to be seen to be appreciated. So, here ’tis: That’s just… odd…...
View Article2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship Field Announced
With barely a week before play begins, NBC has finally released its 64-player lineup for the 2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship, to be played at Caesars palace January 24-26 and aired on Sundays...
View ArticleGreg Raymer Takes Leave of Absence from PPA Board
Former WSOP main event Greg Raymer, a/k/a the Fossilman, has taken a leave of absence from the board of directors of the Poker Players Alliance effective immediately. The move comes in direct response...
View ArticleSeriously, Annie? Duke Lectures Business Fanboys on Decision-making Expertise
Revisionist history continues to abound this week, courtesy of a Philadelphia Business Journal piece written by Sonja Sherwood, a fannish recounting of Annie Duke’s latest gig, which appears to be...
View ArticlePhil Hellmuth, Annie Duke Launch Spin Control Campaigns After Release of UB...
Former UltimateBet owners and spokesplayers Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke are back in the news again, this time releasing separate statements last week regarding the decade-old cheating at UltimateBet....
View ArticleGetting Chino’d Again? Chino Rheem, Erick Lindgren Bad-Debt Sagas March On
Chino Rheem and Erick Lindgren have been back in the news again in recent days, both with lingering issues revolving around the mountains of bad debt they’ve left littered throughout the poker world in...
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