Posts Tagged ‘Poker Gossip’

Will Michael Phelps Join UB.com?

There is speculation that ace swimmer Michael Phelps may soon become a brand ambassador for UB.com and the reason for this speculation is that Phelps has started figuring a lot in Phil Hellmuth’s Tweets. Hellmuth even has a special name for Phelps, which is MP3. The Tweets do not directly state anything about Phelps joining [...]

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Sorel Mizzi Cheating Scandal – Mizzi Explains All

Sorel Mizzi, a well known poker professional, seems to have got his name tangled up in yet another alleged poker cheating scandal. The source of this alleged plot is an IM chat between Sorel Mizzi and Steve “thorladen” Weinstein posted on the TwoPlusTwo forum, where Mizzi (if the chat is indeed his) appears to be [...]

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PokerStars Defends Negreanu’s Insult of Annie Duke?

After Daniel Negreanu called Annie Duke a “F**king C**t” in an interview, there has been a lot of backlash for Negreanu and support for Ms. Duke. The incident has been discussed by several poker news websites, podcasts and poker shows like This Week in Poker, all of whom agree that Negreanu had indeed overstepped the [...]

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UB Women in the News

Two female brand ambassadors associated with the online poker room UB.com have been in the news this week. Both are completely different from each other, have different roles to play and have been in the news for completely different reasons.
Trishelle Cannatella is the poker babe face of UB.com. Known as a “hot tub three-way specialist” [...]

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The Kid Abuses Annie Duke

Daniel Negreanu, known as “The Kid”, has always had strong views and has never shied of expressing them. Some time back he referred to some poker players as cheaters. But he has never, till now, crossed the limits of propriety in addressing his fellow poker professionals no matter how much he hates them. In an [...]

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Negreanu Calls Ms. Duke an “F***ing C***” in Interview

Daniel Negreanu shocked the poker community with his comments about Annie Duke, when he called her a “F***ing C***” in a public interview. Although Duke has been known to have occasionally rubbed people the wrong way on account of her strong personality and has been the subject of criticism by many, Negreanu’s choice of words [...]

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Seven Year Old Poker Prodigy Visits WSOP in Vegas

Alexa Fisher, may look like an ordinary little girl, but is in fact a poker professional in the making. Her favorite game is Omaha and when asked to choose between Disneyland and the World Series of Poker, this seven year old opted to visit the WSOP events in Vegas! So far, she has defeated Annie [...]

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Christian Slater to Star in Poker Movie Called “Guns, Girls and Gambling”

Christian Slater, the heartthrob actor best known for his performance in movies like Broken Arrow, Untamed Heart, Bed of Roses and Interview with the Vampire, will now be taking on a poker movie, much to the delight of poker enthusiasts and Slater fans everywhere.
This poker movie scheduled to be released next year, will be called [...]

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Jennifer Harman in Hall of Fame

In April 2010 the process of selecting appropriate women associated with poker for the Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) had begun. The selection is over and three women will be inducted into this august group on September 3 in a glittering ceremony at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.
The first of the [...]

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The Unabomber in Major Accident

It was not too long ago that the professional poker player Phil “The Unibomber” Laak broke the world record for endurance poker. His endurance skills will now come into play again because he was just involved in a major accident. The Unabomber had to be hospitalized with lacerations to his right eye and broken bones.
It [...]

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