Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 07/18/2024 - The Main COVID Event

Topic begins at (0:01:35) mark: Scott Ball accused of stiffing popular influencers who were supposed to be paid to promote ACR.... (0:29:35): WSOP bought by GGPoker.... (0:55:45): Implosion date for Tropicana announced.... (1:04:39): Resorts World faces possible loss of license due to allowing bookies to gamble and launder money in casino.... (1:16:43): Rio is laying off 30 middle managers, plus several executives have voluntarily left.

Druff does a one-hour, one-topic radio show after being out 7 weeks with a chronic cough. The topic this week is an updated discussion about upcoming online poker site Phenom Poker, and whether you should believe any of the hype.

Topic begins at (0:26:24) mark: Druff got COVID during the Main Event... did it affect him? Did he cash?.... (1:17:34): Player has heart attack on WSOP Main Day 5, shows up anyway to play.... (1:27:40): Kristen Foxen blows likely WSOP Main final table appearance in controversial hand.... (1:54:54): Jonathan Tamayo makes weird fold with QQ to one raise, other Main Event final tablists shoot off chips in weird ways.... (2:21:20): Phil Hellmuth makes "Kung Fu Fighting" entrance, gets booed.... (2:28:13): Sean Perry goes on the offensive, calls out Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, and other past critics.... (3:20:20): Steve Jacobs, aka "stevebets", accused of stiffing famed sportsbettor "Spanky" in proxy betting deal.... (3:55:27): Jeremy Becker, Landon Tice challenge coming down to which lost the least amount.... (4:03:28): Fred Khalilian, former operator of pokertribes.com, gets light sentence in murder-for-hire plot.... (4:10:29): MGM Grand Detroit denies 6-figure jackpot to woman they claimed they banned in 2015.... (4:21:08): Mirage closes after jackpot giveaway promo.... (4:30:59): Editorial: What really happened in the Trump assassination attempt?

Topic begins at (0:13:01) mark: Druff plays 7 more WSOP events -- did it get any better?.... (0:33:56): Woman freaks out during $1500 Mixed Omaha event, gets disqualified and trespassed from Caesars properties.... (0:50:43): Brent Hart wins WSOP bracelet, accused of past scamming.... (0:55:55): Antonio Galiana wins WSOP bracelet, accused of complex scam from 2018.... (1:17:56): Winner of $1m Mysery Millions Bounty acts unexcited, and Druff might know why.... (1:28:21): Men "the Master" Nguyen accused of grabbing chips out of pot he lost.... (1:45:59): Daniel Negreanu complains about controversial ruling after player who thought he won pot mucks hand.... (1:54:55): Nitty pro poker players angle shoot late registration in order to start up to an hour after it closes.... (2:08:48): Cheater Ali Imsirovic is back at the WSOP, wearing mask to perhaps hide his identity.... (2:12:51): Druff gets in Twitter debate again about Ike Haxton and his constant N-95 mask wearing at the poker table....(3:12:08): Ladies event at Wynn finishes with embarrassing 15-way chop.... (3:21:10): Caesars-wide system outage knocks out all restaurants at Paris, people not allowed to leave due to inability to take payment.

Topic begins at (0:09:51) mark: Druff talks about his experiences playing his first 2024 WSOP event, the $1500 O8.... (0:42:20): Mike Holtz causes controversy by playing Casino Employees Event despite being pro poker player.... (0:54:57): Player shamed on social media for using GTO Wizard between hands -- is this right to do?.... (1:12:42): WSOP.com adds Michigan, creates new platform called WSOP Online, and bungles pre-registration procedure.... (1:26:59): Steve Albini, 2-time WSOP bracelet winner and semi-famous record producer, passes away abruptly at 61, but had a very dark past.... (2:14:20): High stakes Canadian pro poker player Matt Bergart killed in home invasion.... (2:19:56): 72-year-old woman claims Bally's Atlantic City cheated her out of a $2.56 million jackpot

Topic begins at (0:12:22) mark: Update: Ippei Mizuhara to make guilty plea in Shohei Ohtani gambling/theft scandal, TV series to be produced depicting the situation.... (0:44:47): Doug Polk attempts (and fails) to get Farmers Branch, TX city council to let him open a card room there.... (2:02:11): David Copperfield accused of sexual harassment, grooming.... (2:39:12): Eric Bensamochan starts new podcast.... (2:48:15): Dealers at Houston's Legends card room suspected of rigging the deck.... (2:56:59): Mirage to shut down for three years on July 17 for massive renovation into Hard Rock.... (3:25:34): Mohegan Sun leaving ill-fated partnership with Virgin Las Vegas.... (3:52:08): Some Caesars Diamond Plus members are no longer getting the promised "4 daily free drinks" benefit.

Topic begins at (0:12:44) mark: Update: Shohei Ohtain's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara federally charged with bank fraud.... (1:38:05): Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter banned from NBA after feigning illness to win "under" prop bets on himself.... (1:58:47): John Mehaffey discovers major strategy errors in articles on affiliate websites for legalized US gamlbing sites.... (2:20:54): Ground broken for project to bring high speed train between southern California and Vegas.... (2:47:32): Poker.org tweet about Bonomo interview brings out negative comments, they try to hide them, then they disable them.... (3:24:41): Druffytime Theater: What was it like growing up in LA in the '70s and '80s?.... (4:15:30): Poker Hall of Famer Crandell Addington passes away at 85.... (4:22:00): Imminent Vegas monorail closure rumor incorrectly starts due to bad reading comprehension on Twitter.... (4:30:28): Top Joy Poker Tour cancels Australia event just 8 days before it's supposed to start.... (4:37:59): Controversial Acres video poker analysis software available to casinos, giving them info about who is a good or bad player.... (4:59:26): Pokerstars, Bwin ordered to refund over $450,000 to two Netherlands players who lost when the sites weren't fully licensed there.... (5:07:05): Nick Yunis abandons big tournament stack due to unexpected birth of child.

Topic begins at (0:23:06) mark: Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani in massive controversy regarding illegal gambling payments from his account.... (1:49:29): Peter Jetten wins arbitration against Tom Dwan, then deletes tweet crowing about it.... (2:10:38): Tropicana Las Vegas closes, Druff visits and gambles during final few hours.... (2:26:02): Oakland A's will play in Sacramento for next 3 years, perhaps longer, as they wait for Vegas situation to resolve.... (2:33:12): Ryan DePaulo fired from ACR, expresses irritation about it publicly.... (2:51:22): WPT Cruise seen as success, Druff recalls iconic 2006 Party Poker cruise.... (3:34:27): Update: New info released regarding last year's MGM hack which impacted operations for weeks.... (3:44:37): Shaun Deeb's Twitter hammered by thousands of bots, with his and wife's SSNs, as possible retaliation for critical tweets.... (3:54:15): UC Berkeley professor under fire for posting, "If you want a girlfriend, get out of the Bay Area".... (4:33:09): Poker.org in controversy for the second time this year, this time inadvertently promoting a magazine by Mike Postle's friend.... (4:59:27): Las Vegas lawyer, wife shot dead by wife's former father-in-law, who was another attorney.... (5:08:57): Report: Philadelphia highway shooting, where shooter got hit by car while fleeing on foot, was a poker debt collection gone bad.... (5:15:15): Founders Card has apparently resolved its issues with Caesars, and is giving out Diamond status again.... (5:18:43): Druff plays at Fontainebleu Las Vegas, notices some recent changes to their games and point accumulation methods.... (5:31:20): Wynn Las Vegas doing status match through late May.... (5:44:20): Commerce Casino announced as location of 2024 WSOP Tournament of Champions, causing controversy.... (5:53:35): GGPoker and Russian PokerOK skin cause controversy after going to war against "stables".... (6:06:10): Twitter influencer "Vegas Starfish" steals Vegas Casino Talk content for one of her videos.

Topic begins at (0:00:00): PFA Radio finally gets monetized on YouTube.... (0:23:54): Another update on Tom Dwan controversies.... (0:52:24): New Pokernews show mangles Druff's name, debate follows regarding pronunciation.... (0:59:02): Former Clark County Congressional candidate arrested for killing a man in Resorts World in October 2023.... (1:30:34): A rash of room break-ins at new Rio Las Vegas victimize several tourists.... (1:50:44): Randy Garcia, Maurice Hawkins continue feud over Hawkins not paying longstanding debt.... (2:32:18): Founders Card, long a way to get Caesars Diamond without playing, abruptly stops that status match.... (2:58:57): WSOP.com may do away with terrible, antiquated 888 software.... (3:10:05): Man claims he was stung in the testicles by a scorpion at Venetian.... (3:21:55): Druffytime Theater: In 1991, the hottest girl in the dorms took a quick liking to Druff, but then a bizarre twist occurred.... (4:01:56): Oakland A's release weird stadium design which looks similar to famous Sydney Opera House.... (4:10:27): Fontainebleu Las Vegas is doing tier matching again -- Druff gives some tips and information to know.... (4:28:13): Interesting stats revealed by Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority regarding room occupancy and comps.

This is a special 93-minute episode of Poker Fraud Alert Radio, which was unscheduled. Druff analyzed the Pokernews interview between Chad Holloway and Tom Dwan. Druff then read tweets from Peter Jetten's Twitter AMA (ask me anything) about the situation.