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Maxim Names Tiffany Michelle, Vanessa Rousso As Hottest Women In Poker

The world of poker is dominated by men for the most part, but there are women who have made their mark on the felt.

ESPN March Poker Player Rankings Released

Tuesday, ESPN.com released the March version of “The Nuts” , its ranking of the top ten poker players in the world.  The list does not simply rank the best living players, but rather aims to determine who is currently playing the best poker.  All variations of poker are considered – live and online, tournaments and cash games.  Poker News Daily’s own Dan Cypra is one of the members of the voting panel, along with ESPN.com writers Gary Wise , Andrew Feldman, and Bernard Lee (also a PND contributor), Bluff magazine’s editor-in-chief Lance Bradley and senior writer Jessica Welman, PokerNews.com editor-in-chief Matthew Parvis and tournament reporter Don Peters, and Poker Road’s Court Harrington. This is the fourth month for “The Nuts,” and for the fourth month, the seemingly peerless Phil Ivey sits atop the rankings.  He did not have any significant live poker tournament success in February, but his cash game prowess is still second to none.  While the rankings are a measure of who is the best “right now,” the panel’s focus is not so narrow as to limit evaluation to just a single month.  Ivey gets credit for his outstanding results in the months leading up to the most recent vote. Jason Mercier , one of the best players that the general poker public may have never heard of, moved up one spot to number two.  In February, the Floridian made the quarterfinals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship and placed third in the WPT L.A

Florida Resident Arrested for Serving as Online Poker Payment Processor

A German national residing in Naples, Florida was arrested last month for running online gambling payment processing businesses out of his home. According to the criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 29-year old Michael Olaf Schuett “did knowingly conduct, control, manage, supervise, direct and own an unlicensed money transmitting business.” In fact, Schuett owns hundreds of business, nine of which are tied to payment processing. Those nine are MCM Capital Management Corp , MI Global Inc., South Naples Escrow Co., Southwest Florida Payroll Co., Woodhouse Systems, Mathew’s Trade Corp., and Internet Payment Services Group Inc.

Eugene Katchalov Leads WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star After Day 1B

A total of 196 players took to the felts in San Jose, California for Day 1B of the World Poker Tour ’s ( WPT ) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. Eugene Katchalov came out on top after the second starting day, earning a $10,000 cash bonus. Katchalov finished with 131,500 chips, which will be the third largest stack after the survivors of Day 1A and Day 1B are combined for Day 2

EPT Berlin Robbery: Kevin MacPhee Appears on Early Show

The weekend robbery of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event has garnered headlines around the world.

Annie Duke Breaks Down National Heads-Up Poker Championship Win

Over the weekend, UB.com pro and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke became the first female winner ever of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship , which will air next month on NBC. Duke sat down to discuss her monumental win.

Greg “FBT” Mueller, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Among WPT Bay 101 Day 1A Leaders

Two players on recent hot streaks are among the chip leaders after Day 1A of the World Poker Tour ’s ( WPT ) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. A total of 17 marked bounties took to the field on Day 1A, with 25 more expected today. Greg “FBT” Mueller won two bracelets during the 2009 World Series of Poker ( WSOP ), coming out on top in the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Hold’em for $460,000 and a $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout for another $195,000.

Face the Ace Lawsuit Dismissed in Nevada’s Eighth District Court

On Monday, Poker News Daily learned that the Eighth District Court in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit filed by Brandon McSmith , who claimed ownership of the idea for the NBC poker game show “ Face the Ace .” McSmith can now file an appeal or seek the intervention of a federal court.

High Stakes Poker: $1 Million Vegetarian Prop Bet Agreed To

Large pots were few and far between on Sunday night’s episode of the GSN series “ High Stakes Poker .” Instead, a vegetarian prop bet between Full Tilt Poker pros Phil Ivey and Tom “ durrrr ” Dwan took center stage.

Berlin Poker Robbery Committed by Small-Time Crooks

In an article authored by the German news outlet Spiegel , Police Chief Rainer Wendt labeled the four armed gunmen who plundered the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Berlin over the weekend “small-time crooks.” New details on the buzz worthy event have dribbled in since the incident took place on Saturday afternoon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the German metropolis. Text found on the PokerStars Blog shed light on the weaponry used in the high-stakes heist, which has captured worldwide headlines: “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 tournament’s organizers added that the amount of cash removed was “substantially less” than numbers circulating cyberspace

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