That’s essentially what a company called Tabcorp alledgely offered potential rival Clubs Victoria to not bid on a lucrative poker machine agreement in Australia. Tabcorp and a company called Tatts Group have a duopoly in Victoria right now, essentially owning the poker machine market.
Apparently once Tabcorp heard about Clubs Victoria and their plans to compete in the poker machines market the Tabcorp Managing Director, Elmer Funke Kupper made the “offer” by asking that: “[Clubs Victoria] refrain from participating in any bidding process for gaming licences; and issue a press release by 4pm that day [March 12] stating that the plaintiff [Clubs Victoria] supported the current gaming licence structure and that there should be no changes”
When cornered amid the allegations, officials from Tabcorp said it’s all a big misunderstanding (it always is) and that the 20 million dollar offer was a sponsorship deal. So that’s why you call bribery in Australia now? Regardless, the matter is now before the courts in Australia and if found guilty, Tabcorp stands to lose much more than their strangle hold on the poker machine market.
One player at the PokerStars APPT is probably regretting partying too hard the night before the big event. He spent most of the day at the poker table passed out with his head down, occassionally getting up to glance at his cards.
At one point it got so bad that he actually started puking in his own hat at the poker table.
Even tournament director, Danny Macdonough had some fun with poor guy. He announced over the mic, “This is an official warning for a chucker on table nine. This is not cricket. On the next chuck he gets a round.”
Here is a video with Terrence “Not Johnny” Chan talking about the incident:
Our favorite magician turned creepy-guy extraordinaire, Antonio Esfandiari has perhaps returned to his roots as a second rate magician. According to his website, which hasn’t been updated since January 1, 2008, he has simply vanished. With no notable finishes at any major events this year, perhaps his absence has gone unnoticed by most. However, we do want to shed light on this possible missing person case to ensure that the “magic” comes back!
According to his own website:
“Did you know that he busted out of the Big One at the 2004 WSOP in the first few hours of play? Can you imagine that Antonio — magic though he may be — loses more tournaments than he wins? Of course he does. Everybody does!”
Everybody does! Except the players that actually WIN big tournaments like the WPT Championship and the WSOP such as Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu.
Perhaps this string of losses is why Antonio has gone into hiding, reportedly to develop a new magic show with retired legends Siegfried and Roy. When asked for a comment, the White Tiger that bit and nearly killed Roy simply squatted and peed on this reporters shoe. Others have said off the record that since Antonio is clearly a closet homosexual, he’s a perfect fit to take over for the still injured Roy. Officials at the Mirage Casino in Vegas also declined to comment on this story.
Others are reporting that he has been seen recently participating at the Gumball 3000 Race. According to Wikipedia, Antonio is one of the celebrities involved in the race across California then eventually over to Asia. We will continue to track this developing story and bring you the news as it breaks.
For now, here is the start of the Gumball 3000 in California:
We came across this news story today where a guy actually sits down at a poker table in a casino and attempts to place a bet with weed. He literally pulls out the baggy and places it on the table. Wait it gets better. The guy then decides that he has bet to much weed and pulls it back only to spread the buds out on the felt. Of course the casino calls the cops.
Here is the video:
Gus Hansen, the self-proclaimed “ladies man”, was recently interviewed by pokernews.com. In the interview he provides some tips on how to pick up women in Vegas. I guess it doesn’t hurt that he has such a good reputation in the poker world.
According to Gus, one of the best pick up lines is “Where are you from?”, since most people in Vegas, aren’t actually from Vegas.
Here is the video:
It’s too bad Gus doesn’t apply these techniques to better looking women, rather than the ladies with “questionable employment” that have been stalking him at the WSOP:
That’s essentially what a company called Tabcorp alledgely offered potential rival Clubs Victoria to not bid on a lucrative poker machine agreement in Australia. Tabcorp and a company called Tatts Group have a duopoly in Victoria right now, essentially owning the poker machine market.
Beloved magician and card player remains missing
