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At a time when most of Tiger Woods‘ sponsors are getting rid of him, you can always count on a gambling company to swoop in and try and capitalize on the situation.  That is just what Irish bookmaker and online poker site Paddy Power did.  They offered Tiger a $75 Million dollar 5-year deal to become the face of their brand.

The offer was allegedly turned down by Tiger’s management company, IMG with no reasoning given.  I suspect that they probably think that having Tiger associate with a gambling site could be bad for his already destroyed image.  Is gambling really that much worse than the “I love prostitutes” image he is portraying right now?

Paddy Power is still keen to work with Tiger and released a statement saying that they will try even harder to get Woods on board.  “Paddy Power remains keen to work with Tiger Woods and will reengage with IMG,” the company said in a statement. “An enhanced offer will be made, the details of which will remain confidential.”

Though they continue to try, the key reasoning behind Tiger turning down the offer is due to his continued focus on his golf game.  If Tiger wants to remain on the PGA Tour he will have to follow its’ rules.  According to several sources there is a rule stating that players are prohibitted from promoting gambling companies, which is something Paddy Power must be aware of.

Whether this is just a big publicity stunt for the bookmaker or a serious offer is yet to be known.

This news absolutely shocked me when I heard it, so I will just post the facts as released by various sources:

Pokerstars Press Release:

“Yesterday at approximately 2.15pm, an armed robbery took place at the European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Berlin. Nobody was seriously injured. Four armed men were involved in the robbery which targeted the tournament registration desk outside the tournament area.

No shots were fired and the suspects quickly fled after a security guard intervened. The police investigation so far has shown that the suspects had a handgun and a machete. Contrary to tabloid reports, no Kalashnikov assault rifles or hand grenades were used. The suspects did not enter the tournament area and the money taken was substantially less than what has been reported.

The tournament resumed after a few hours and a police investigation is now under way. The tournament is taking place on the first floor of the Grand Hyatt Hotel at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz and is being held by SPIELBANK Berlin Casino.

The police are working closely with the EPT and SPIELBANK Berlin. Police are asking anyone who has information, video footage or photographs that might aid the investigation to contact them.”

Here is video of the robbery as it happened:

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Last night UB.com (aka the cheating poker site formerly known as Ultimate Bet) launched a new TV show called Poker2Nite.  The show is hosted by Joe Sebok and Scott Huff and is supposed to be some kind of poker talk show.  For the very first episode they brought on former real-world hot tub three-way specialist (according to her wikipedia page), Trishelle Cannatella.

The interview started off with the 3 chatting about Trishelle’s last name, then Sebok asks why she is dressed so modest.  Trishelle gets extremely “upset” and storms off the set.  While on her way out, Huff says to her, “Maybe you’d be more comfortable if we did this in a hot tub”.

After watching this video, it looks like this is purely a marketing ploy for the show considering all 3 of these characters have ties to Ultimate Bet.  As Trishelle is walking off the set the look in her face is more of a smirk then actual anger, and Sebok himself seems to have a smile on his fase as well.  Here is the video here:

Cannatanella also seems to be the latest AP/UB “hot chick” poker player as she was seen playing the WPT Celebrity Invatational sporting an [...] Continue Reading…

Ranger’s keeper Allan McGregor was recently interrogated by the police about an incident where he was left black and blue in an alleged assault.  When the police showed up at McGregor’s door he happened to be in the middle of a “serious” poker session and didn’t that get in the way of his interrogation.

The police questioned McGregor for a total of 2 hours, while all the while he continued to play at his favourite online poker site.  Which site he was playing on, and whether he cashed big has yet to be confirmed.

The fight was also rumoured to begin after another poker related incident.  Rumours state that McGregor was pestering Kellyann Heffernan (a babe at his local poker club) for a date.  He bombarded her with texts and x-rated images all in an attempt to whoo her over.  Unfortunately for him, Heffernan told media: “There’s more chance of him playing for Barcelona than hooking up with me, but he doesn’t know how to take no for an answer.”

McGregor’s interest in poker began after dating Canadian poker player, Bronwyn Campbell (shown in the picture above in Las Vegas).  McGregor isn’t the first sports celebrity to make the news around poker.  [...] Continue Reading…

Chalk this one up as an “only in America” kind of story.  Just the other day, Idaho police raided a poker game being held by a bunch of pensioners with a $20 buy-in and asked them to stop holding their game as it was “illegal” for them to do so.

The seniors, who were living at The Twin Falls Home, regularily held a poker game with about 20 people in it and a $20 buy-in for fun once a week.  The pots could reach as high as $500 which was split amongst the top 2 players.  The winners regularily donated this money to the senior center instead of blowing it on booze and drugs diapers and medication and didn’t think there was anything illegal about the game.  Unfortunately Idaho police disagreed.

According to police the seniors were violating the Idaho law that states: “risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, the operation of casino gambling including, but not limited to, blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, baccarat or keno.”

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