Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 08/24/2024 - Phenomenally Flawed

Druff does a 8-hour video show following the progress of the 2024 Presidential election. Featuring many guest co-hosts such as tradershky, Daly, tigerpiper, jpfromla, and many others!

Topic begins at (0:18:31) mark: Hustler Casino Live sexual harassment scandal leads to exit of Nick Vertucci.... (1:38:56): Veronica Brill under fire due to her close association with Nick Vertucci, Druff analyzes her contradictory and hypocritical interview with poker.org.... (2:44:40): Where does Hustler Casino Live go from here? Druff gives his take.... (3:04:52): Norman Chad riles up Twitter after he mocked Maria Konnikova's online bracelet win.... (3:29:40): WSOP $5300 NL online event gets fewer than 8 entrants, get cancelled, yet was still promoted after cancellation.... (3:39:24): Justin Bonomo paid big money to attend Democratic event and meet Bernie Sanders... and it didn't go well for him.... (3:56:37): 67-year-old Tropicana imploded on October 9, along with spectacular fireworks/drone show, but city mishandled the matter of people wanting to view it.... (4:18:24): Vegas food news: World's biggest In-N-Out to open across the street from Aria, longtime southern CA diner "Norm's" to open in Las Vegas.... (4:36:06): 43-foot-tall, naked Donald Trump sculpture erected at junction of higways 15 and 93, north of Las Vegas.... (4:45:07): Dragon Tail slot machines, accused of being ripoffs of the popular Dragon Link machines, have been forcefully removed from Nevada casinos.... (4:52:49): IRS to clamp down on people who didn't file taxes despite receiving sportsbetting W-2g forms from 2018-2020.... (5:01:23): What Would Druff Do? PFA listener texts, "Vegas hotel couldn't find my reservation when I got there!".... (5:19:10): Editorial: Does Elon Musk's new Optimus robot signal a new era of humanoid robots we always dreamed about?

Topic begins at (0:00:00) mark: PFA Radio listeners have a chance to win a free tournament ticket worth $2500.... (0:24:59): Circa Survivor NFL contest gets record 14,266 entries, then over 95% fall off within 3 weeks.... (1:04:28): MGM rumored to be analyzing slot play in order to remove offers and Noir status from advantage players.... (1:49:28): Update: Clark County official Robert Telles found guilty of murdering journalist Jeff German.... (2:16:38): Hustler Casino Live temporarily removed from YouTube for alleged terms violation.... (2:30:48): Update: All American Dave returns to social media, claims he will try to make things right for those with 2022 card balances with his company.... (2:58:24): Caesars employee tells Druff that Diamond/Laurel Lounges to return to Vegas in 2025, due to "drink abuse" under current system.... (3:16:53): Hawk Tuah girl, Hailey Welch, plays in Celebrity Poker Tour, folds two pair to single flop bet.... (3:44:38): Harrah's Resort Southern California posts tacky sign in rooms regarding charges for stolen items.... (3:54:43): Texas man accused of murdering a guy accused of cheating at a home poker game.... (4:02:34): Airline service CLEAR can get you Caesars Diamond for just $199 per year.... (4:11:51): tradershky checks in, plays a mysterious podcast where the two hosts glowingly discuss Druff.

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.