Poker’s In and Out List: durrrr Speaks, Bharara Reeks
December 27, 2011
US Attorney Preet Bharara: Out
The US Attorney in charge of the case against the big three online poker rooms, and the civil complaint that now includes Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst, has earned himself the number one spot on our Out List this week.
That’s thanks to calling Full Tilt Poker a “global Ponzi scheme”. Either Preet Bharara, a US Attorney, doesn’t understand the basic mechanics of a Ponzi scheme or he made a conscious decision to mislead the public and inflame the situation.
It’s unclear which is the scarier option.
Tony G: Out
Tony G must have been feeling left out with all the attention going to Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and the Full Tilt fiasco because he seems to have lost it.
He released this video of himself wearing a baby costume, challenging Phil Hellmuth to some sort of €1 million heads-up challenge. While the challenge is interesting, this video is very confusing, and very creepy.
And in true Tony G style he has to have some sort of paid model sitting beside him pretending to be “hanging out”. She does not look comfortable with what’s going on.
People Who Already Busted the WCOOP Main Event: Out
The $5,200 main event of the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker began today and a few big name players wasted no time dusting off their $5k buy-in.
Daniel Negreanu hit a big bump early, getting aces cracked, and went out with A-K all-in preflop against pocket jacks. Negreanu flopped trip kings but couldn’t dodge a jack on the river.
Anders “Donald” Berg, Noah “Exclusive” Boeken, Ivan Demidov and Chad Brown were also all busted by the time this article was published.
With late registration still open now we don’t have the final numbers but there’s already $8 million in the prize pool.
Article Source: Pokerlistings.com
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