Another Harvard Blog

Every casino whether it is online or in a city, contains the database of its players which mainly includes the balance of the players, their names, their withdraw amount in a particular time, telephone number and the address of that player. Obviously this information must be kept confidential by all poker websites. Few days ago the information of thousands of players was leaked publicly. There are many suspects but no one can yet tell who really did this. The two websites from which all the poker players information was breached were 888 and Full Tilt Poker which are considered the top 2 websites in the poker world. Both the websites are not accepting that there was really a breach but every action will be taken according to law and the company’s compliance with proper rules and regulations. One thing which we can see from this whole case is that the information was obtained by AustralianGambling.com.au from Ryan Clegg who sells the data of thousands of poker players to different companies for just few thousands dollars. It is said that he once sold 40,000 people database to a company for $8,000. It is said that there are many sellers who gather private information about poker players and sell the information to the highest bidder. Clegg explained everything to the court and he also mentioned the name of some websites to whom he sold the private data of poker players. You can also read the whole Clegg’s sales pitch email giving out the selling price of the information database of players over the Internet. The case is still going on but no one is able to hear any solid comments from those two major websites. Obviously this matter cannot be ignored and the websites have to give some explanation that how the breach happened and were the sites really involved in it? Although none of the information of the players contained the bank information or any kind of credit card information but there is a huge possibility that if no action is taken against this breach then it might get worse in the future.

Boyer also said that the HARRAH academy clearly mentioned Boyer as an Academy graduate and also “The quickest way to get WSOP Bracelet”. Although the advertisement was published at just one place which is the Bluff magazine. There is no doubt that the magazine is very famous and is enough to spread the news. The reason why Boyer took so much serious action against the academy is because they made an advertisement containing a photo of Boyer.

According to the Gambling Law of Ohio, there is nothing wrong in having private poker games unless the owner is taking a cut or is charging a fee to the winners. That was the reason why the owner took this robbery matter to the court and the Ohio Law is also taking serious action against it because if nothing is done to stop these kinds of different robberies then it is very much possible that every casino owner or game owner will be scared while opening up a casino. The investigation of this case is still on going but till now none of the robbers is arrested. To find the exact location where this poker game was held, you can check out the Google maps or visit some poker news website which is giving the picture of the location with the detailed robbery issue.

Unexpected things are happening these days in the gambling world. As we all know that the Chicago Main Event was going on from many days. No one was expecting that Dan Livingston will win the tournament. He was just an ordinary player and was considered just an average player like others. This one tournament really turned out to be a fortune for Livingston. Livingston was not at all planning to enter into the tournament but luckily he changed his mind and decided to pay the $5000 buy-in. This was the biggest tournament of Livingston ever. When he survived for two weeks in the tournament, he was really surprised. When the end days of the tournament came near, Livingston was having just few chips in his poker and then suddenly the time changed. On the final table Livingston was having 900,000 chips and just after few minutes he was holding 2,000,000 chips which were more than 1/4 of the total chips on the table. That was the moment when Livingston thought that he could really win the tournament. Tom Floros was giving the real tough time to Livingston throughout the tournament. It was not too long before we could hear the news that Livingston has won the tournament. Totally unexpected victory. All the good poker players were shunted out before the final table and the final table was full of the players which no one was expecting to see. This win no doubt increased the confidence of this young player and it is said that he is now focusing on winning the 2010 WSOP which will be full of best poker players from all over the world. The prize money Livingston got from this tournament was near to $300,000 and the second position poker player, Tom Floros won around $200,00 in cash. This young kid is full of talent and it is expected that he will be the future Phil Ivey of poker. This was his first tournament and you can see how well he performed. Just imagine what will be his future performance if his debut was so perfect.

People who are really crazy about poker always wait for the final stats of every week or at least for every month. This October was full of fun and entertainment and we were able to see so much unexpected wins and losses. As we all know that the last Sunday of October just passed yesterday. Although every sunday of October was really entertaining but there was something really special about this day. This Sunday was not only special because it was the last Sunday of October but we were also able to see a very nice match.

The Full Tilt Guarantee $750,000 turned out really well for just one of the 4500 players who participated in this tournament. Kirbynator was the only survivor at the end of the day. He was able to win a huge amount of cash from just one game. He earned a total of $142,722 which is no doubt a huge sum of money for just one person. Similar cases happened in other games too. However, another tournament which was totally different and went really tough till the end was the PokerStars Sunday Million. The buy-in was the same as you always see in the PokerStars game that is $200+15. There were a total of 8,242 Entrants in this game. The total prize pool was of more than $1.4 million. The biggest earner on this Sunday was the grifo173 who won more than $240,000. Although the players who got low positions like 21st or 22nd were still able to make more than $3,000. You can check the full stats of this game over any poker news website over the internet.

About 5 major games were held on this Sunday and Kirbynator and grifo173 were the only two players who were able to make such a big amount of money. Obviously there is no doubt in that they are very good poker players but beating thousands of players and reaching the final is surely not at all an easy task. Those two players are the real champions of this gambling world.

Almost every person who walks into a Casino comes outside with at least few hundred dollars of profit. It is recommended not to walk out with the cash because it can be dangerous. There are many casinos who offer you alternatives in which you can get your money directly deposited to you bank account. Although there is nothing wrong walking out of the casino having a lot of cash in your pocket but this thing can be really dangerous. Most of the casino robbery cases in which the players were robbed happened at night when the players were leaving for their home.

Watching two good wrestlers fighting is surely a perfect scene. The same case is in Poker, Full Tilt and PokerStars faced each other few days ago. This act of these two big companies attracted millions of audience from all over the world. This was a very nicely organized battle with perfect hosts and full arrangement for the audience. As we know that both the PokerStars and Full Tilt have the best poker players in the world. On one hand Full Tilt has Phil Ivey and on the other hand, PokerStars is proud to have Daniel Negreanu as its player. When it came to the hosts then there was a slight difference because Face The Ace contained two hosts while PokerStars Million challenge contained only one host that is Chris Rose. Seeing the first time, this looked very complicated as there were many rules involved in it. This battle was not just to prove that who is the best but it was also to help the good poker players like Phil Ivey to get the media exposure which is surely what they deserve. The results of this battle were very much expected and most of the people said that PokerStars Million Dollar challenge will win and this is what happened. PokerStars was declared the winner of the battle. This battle was really new to many poker fans as they never saw such thing before. Seeing something different happening in the poker world surely feels very good. Poker fans were also able to see their all favorite players gathered at one place. If you want to get the full stats about the battle and how many contestants were there in the game then simply look for it over any news website. There is nothing wrong in organizing these kind of battles at least twice a year. This will keep the enthusiastic fans happy as well as will be a very good source of entertainment for everyone. Another reason why this show went so popular is because both the programs (Full Tilt and PokerStars) are the biggest programs in the poker world which are trusted by everyone.

Today On Oct 23, Australian Productivity Commission issued a draft report in which it supported the online gambling. More than 260 organizations including the iBus sent the request to the Productivity Commission to legalize online gambling and they were very happy after seeing the wonderful results in the form of draft. However, there is still a small problem. All the actions taken by the Productivity Commission of Australia are very seriously taken by the Australian Government in most of the cases.

The points written by PC in the Draft were a little bit strict but they were worth to be accepted by the poker organizations as every organization wanted the unbanning of online gambling so they had to accept the points. Everyone is now waiting for the action and response from the Australian Government which will be obviously the final decision and no one will be able to protest against it.

The new PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge was aired on TV on this Sunday. This program is considered the highest-rated poker program of 2009. We were able to see many interesting scenes during the whole Sunday. The first scene begun when Luna played against Jayde Nicole who is a very famous celebrity specially because he does a TV show The Hills. Jayde was successful in winning a ticket for the trip to the Bahamas and finally flew away.
After giving tough time to Jayde, Luna headed for the next round which was even more interesting as she had to face the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker. There is no doubt that Chris is the best poker player in both US and Europe and defeating him is not at all an easy task or you can call it Impossible. But things didn’t turn out very well in the favor of Chris. Chris tried to applied his every method to win the game but was all in vain in front of the tricky Luna. Then came the real test of Luna when John Trapp decided to try his luck by placing $100,000. Seeing this, Luna decided to leave the table with $25,000 as to pay the debts and take care of the children. Other big players which participated in this poker challenge included six time pro bowler and NFL champion Jerome Bettis. Jerome being famous for his one awesome quality was still unable to beat the Nguyen.
It is expected that a lot more people will be joining this poker challenge next year and try their luck or win with the skills. Obviously every challenge or a tournament always contains good poker players but that doesn’t mean that people stop participating in the tournament. Luna was able to defeat the best poker players of the world. You can visit the PokerStars website to get more detailed information and get the latest stats of this Poker Challenge. This million dollar challenge has really attracted thousands of people from all over the world. Watch the program over your TV and enjoy the game.

Online Gambling sites, just like city Casinos are the places where players can come, join and earn some cash. Recently, there were some discussions going on within the Government regarding Online Gambling Ban. However, after seeing no hope of the lifting up of the ban people are now starting their protests in different forms. Many writers and editors of the newspapers have given their different views on this matter. Media is also giving this event a full coverage with different talk shows on this matter.
But the biggest protest we can see till now is a very good column written by one of the editors of LA Times. This article explains everything in itself. Hitzik, the editor who wrote this fact gave very solid arguments. He covered both the Chaos and Double Standards in his article. The most solid point which Hitzik mentioned was that there are many online games which do not involve skill but still they are not banned. Poker, no doubt is a game of skills but being part of the gambling games it was banned for no solid reason.
Hitzik said that it is impossible to stop the players from playing online poker. The only difference which we can see now is that the game is no more legally acceptable but people will go the illegal way as they will be left with no choice. He also stated that the banning of online gambling is not only going to affect the owners and the players but state is also going to lose billions of dollars as tax revenue. Another solid point which must be considered is that why the gambling was banned only online? the city casinos are still enjoying the huge amount of money.

Many other newspapers are printing the same article written by Hitzik. This article obviously reveals everything so it must get the media coverage. Obviously, there are going to be many interviews from which Hitzik have to pass. You can read the full article on the LA Times website or just open any other news website to get the full details. This article surely deserves a full read.