Doyle Brunson Looks for Next Member of Elite Poker Team
To build his team of elite poker players, Doyle Brunson isn’t straying far from home to source the talent. The world’s biggest poker legend will be playing at $5/10 and $10/20 cash game tables every Monday through Friday at DoylesRoom.com along with Chris Moorman, Mike Caro and other pros in order to meet new poker players and hopefully find the next member for his elite team of young poker pros. Stated Doyle Brunson, "There’s been big interest from folks out there interested in becoming part of The Brunson 10. While I play frequently in tournaments and cash games at my poker room, I thought having a specific block of time would be a real good way for me to get the best players to the tables and get to know them on a personal level while we play some cards. (Read the full post about ‘Doyle Brunson Looks for Next Member of Elite Poker Team’…)
New software to detect blackjack card counters
A 22-year-old computer graduate from the University of Dundee, Kris Zutis, has developed a computer system for detecting card counters and pinpointing dealer errors. The system uses complex algorithms to analyse information captured by cameras set up in casinos, and started as a final year project in Zutis’s Applied Computing degree, in which he worked closely with staff from Dundee’s Gala Casino.
The system is already attracting worldwide attention, and was featured in the latest edition of the prestigious New Scientist magazine.
Zutis has been invited to showcase his system at the International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS), in Belgium this week, and has prepared a paper entitled ‘Who’s Counting?: Real-Time Blackjack Monitoring for Card Counting Detection’.
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Three million French citizens use offshore betting sites
The French National Assembly debate taking place this week on the coming liberalisation of the hitherto monopolised gambling market has continued to grab the mainstream press headlines.
Moves to open the market under strictly regulated conditions to privately owned websites offering gambling action on poker, soccer and horse racing were introduced to the Assembly on Wednesday.
Reuters reported that an estimated 3 million French residents illegally use gambling websites based abroad, and quoted French Budget Minister Eric Woerth as saying: “We have chosen a middle way which I think is just and efficient, a controlled opening up of the market.
“I want to put an end to these parallel universes.
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Phil Hellmuth vs. Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker record bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth is not exactly happy with the tournament these days or the folks who run it, Harrah’s. Hellmuth spoke to French media about how Harrah’s new online poker website could damage the WSOP. The site will not be available to US customers at the onset. Harrah’s announced a partnership agreement with the strong European brand, 888.com earlier last month. Pokerati had this to say about the concerns raised by Hellmuth. "Beyond his repeated request for more food and cheaper rooms (previously Hellmuth was seeking "free"), he actually raises some good points, which seem to tie in with his November Nine coaching client’s WSOP beefs. &qu (Read the full post about ‘Phil Hellmuth vs. Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker’…)
Pitbull Poker Owners Arrested
If you have been following Gambling911.com over the last 24 hours, you would know that the online poker room Pitbull Poker had shut its doors with what appears to be zero intention of paying either customers or players. Over the summer, many in the online poker community suspected Pitbull of engaging in "cheating" schemes, accusations the ownership flatly denied. But a review of who was behind Pitbull seemed to suggest something wasn’t quite right with the organization. In 2000, Federico Schiavio, a high level IT employee of Binions, registered the domain wsop.com and began developing custom poker software to launch a poker site on this domain
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Lucky Dog: Doyle Brunson Down But Not Out
Poker icon and, more importantly, friend of Gambling911.com, Doyle Brunson had dropped out of the top 10 at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe by late afternoon, though he was far from out. Brunson was still among the top 30 chip leaders. He had lost a good 3700 at the time this article was going to press. We’ve pulled out all the stops to bestow good luck upon Doyle, including Fido the Cheerleading pooch. If he doesn’t get back into the thick of things, we may have to resort to bringing out Cake Girl. Regular readers of Gambling911.com know who we’re referring to. Daniel Negreanu, who performed well at last year’s WSOPE event, had climbed the chip leader chart to the 19th position. A n (Read the full post about ‘Lucky Dog: Doyle Brunson Down But Not Out’…)
Tournament: WCOOP 2009 wrap-up
There wasn’t a single TV camera at one of the world’s largest poker tournaments this year. Though you could still watch live coverage with commentary, you’d be hard-pressed to point out any familiar faces. That’s because the action took place entirely online. For the last two weeks, things have been hectic over at PokerStars‘ virtual lobby with 43,973 players logging on to compete in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker.
The tournament ran from September 3 through September 21 and featured 45 events with guarantees ranging from $100,000 up to $10,000,000 for the Main Event. Living up to its “world” designation, 140 countries were represented with champions hailing from at least 12. The
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Ron Wyden Pulls Online Gambling Bill
The Congressman giveth and the Congressman taketh away. Such is the case with a bill that survived nearly 6 days before it was yanked on Wednesday. That bill, brought forth by Senator Ron Wyden (D – Ore.) would have legalized and taxed online gambling to help pay for healthcare reform. Gambling911.com reported on the newly proposed bill that morning after it was quietly introduced during the weekend. Now it’s been withdrawn. In a statement to The Hill, Wyden’s communications director said Wyden did not want to introduce another controversial issue into the healthcare debate, and would pull his amendment from consideration. "The last thing Sen. Wyd (Read the full post about ‘Ron Wyden Pulls Online Gambling Bill’…)
First Golden Ticket Winner Interview
We are both proud and happy to finally present to you the winner of the first of three Golden Tickets. His name is Manuel L. and resides in Germany. His seat in the final stage of the Grand Slam of Slots is now secured, and we wish him the best of luck in the finals. Read the full interview with Manuel L. and find out his plan of attack in the final round of the world’s largest online slots tournament ever. CT10: How excited are you right now? Manuel: Not very, to be honest. CT10: What is your strategy for the final event? Manuel: I don’t have a strategy, because I just started playing in casinos a couple of month ago. I’ll just try my best. I’ll wait in the background and then I’ll attack! CT10: What is your favorite casino game? (Read the full post about ‘First Golden Ticket Winner Interview’…)
