Some pros file suit against UB.coms parent company, TCOOP is set to start, and Phil Galfond and Daniel Negreanu blog. Its all in todays edition of the PTP Hit and Run.
Legal matters:Some poker pros, including Dustin neverwin Woolf, are filing a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) lawsuit against Excapsa Software, the parent company of UB.com, in the United States. Get the details here, and you can see the court filing here.
Also, Ira Rubin, one of the people arrested in relation to the Black Friday online poker indictments of last year, has pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him in court. Rubin, who was a payment processor linked to many online poker sites, faces up to two years in prison.
TCOOP: The Turbo Championship of Online Poker is getting started this week. PokerStars talked to some of their pros for this blog post about TCOOP. Learn more about the tournament series, the schedule, etc. here.
In other PokerStars news, they are meeting with a panel of players to discuss changes to the VIP structure at the online poker site. More on that here.
Quick hitters: A statement at PokerNews.com confirms that PokerStars CEO is stepping down. Phil Galfond wrote a long blog post about some changes hed like to see in online poker. Check it out here. Wicked Chops Poker found some photos of Bianca Rojas-Latraverse, the ex-girlfriend of former WSOP main event champ Jonathan Duhamel who was arrested in connection with the robbery and assault of Duhamel. A look back at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, by the numbers. Daniel Negreanu blogs about winning BLUFF readers choice awards, among other things. The latest Sunday Million at PokerStars:
Dont hold your breath waiting for Rounders 2. Melanie Weisner joined the pro team at Lock Poker. Card Player runs down the best nicknames of poker hands.
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