BankrollMob News: Poker, Casino, Crypto & Betting

The United Kingom & Ireland Poker Tour stopped by Isle of Man between the 1st and 4th of October. UK's Dan Stacey took home the first prize of £24,170 after just 8 hours at the final table. The runner up was Paren Arzoomanian who offered Stacey an "even chop deal" which guaranteed both players £19,000 and left £5,170 to battle for. Stacey accepted and Arzoomanian was  defeted after the +4 hour long heads-up. Arzoomanian was holding a straight in the final hand but Stacey hit his full house on the river.

Read more » Dan Stacey wins UKIPT Isle of Man

CasinoCruise announced on August 27, 2015 that Mr. Gustavsson is the latest winner of the very popular promotion Win A Dream Cruise Vacation. Mr. Gustavsson will enjoy a 10-day luxuary cruise that will take him to Italy, Greece and Turkey. Upon receiving the fantastic news Mr. Gustavsson was was ecstatic: "I cannot believe it, is this really true? I never thought that I will win the cruise. This is really great news."

The Win A Dream Cruise Vacation offer is one of the featured promotions at CasinoCruise. Players will receive a ticket to the draw with every $50 deposited on site. The promotional period began at 00:01 (GMT) on 1st August 2015 and runs to 23:59 (GMT) 30th September 2015. The destinations typically change from one draw to the next, but CasinoCruise ensures that only premium-quality vacation destinations are selected.

Click here and find out more and claim our exclusive No Deposit Bonus of 55 Free Spins at CasinoCruise!

This offer is NOT available for players residing in Turkey, Romania, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, Bulgaria, Poland, United States of America and its territories and Ukraine.
Read more » CasinoCruise: Mr. Gustavsson is the latest luxury cruise winner!

Several happy phone calls between a group of poker dealers were made early on Saturday morning when it became clear that they had won the state lottery jackpot of CAD$1 million (US$745,000).

Read more » Canadian Poker Dealers Hit Lottery Jackpot

On Wednesday, Amaya announced that its PokerStars and Full Tilt brands (currently more than 95 million registered costomers combined) had been authorised to operate in New Jersey, USA. Both sites have been "offline" in the United States for more than four years after Black Friday, so this is definitely good news to many online poker enthusiast in the state of New Jersey, where 888, partypoker and two other sites currently operate. 

Read more » USA: PokerStars & Full Tilt Soon Back In New Jersey!

On Tuesday, Aaron Mermelstein took down his second WPT title after winning the World Poker Tour Maryland Main Event! Mermelstein, who won the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in January this year, bested a field of 337 runners and a final table that included two-time WSOP bracelet winner Greg Merson to bank $250,222 and a seat into the $15,400 buy-in WPT World Championship. He is the 25th person (Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen and Season XIII Hublot WPT Player of the Year Anthony Zinno etc.) to have scored two+ WPT titles.

Read more » Aaron Mermelstein Wins His Second WPT Title Of 2015!

PokerStars' 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is over after three weeks and seventy events. The festival culminated with the $5,200 Main Event, which was played over three days for the first time in WCOOP history. The tournament ended on Tuesday night, with three players taking home over $1 million each (see payouts below) thanks to a four-handed deal.

Read more » 2015 WCOOP: Belgian Wins The Main Event For $1.3 Million!

Please be informed that Poker MIRA is hosting an exclusive Freeroll for members of BankrollMob scheduled on Wednesday the 30th of September at 18:00 GMT / 20:00 CET / 14:00 EST!

Details:
•    Name/ID: $100 Freeroll for BankrolMob
•    Prize pool: $100
•    Game: HoldEm NL
•    Requirements: Your account must be created through a BankrollMob link or bonuscode. A minimum deposit of at least $5 USD using the Promo Code: BRMFREE is required in order to participate.
Read more » Reminder: Exclusive BRM Freeroll at Poker MIRA

Pokerfest, a tournament series with 80 events and a $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool, was supposed to start yesterday, but at the end of last week Partypoker announced that they had decided to postpone Pokerfest one month (Sunday, 25th October 2015) due to some performance issues following an update of the poker software. Partypoker will add a $50,000 freeroll to the Pokerfest schedule (date and time to be announced later on) as compensation for the inconvenience caused.

"I apologise to our loyal players for having to delay this highly anticipated event. With a total prize pool of $2,500,000 up for grabs, we are not willing to take even the slightest risk with our players' experience during the 80 events that make up Pokerfest. To make-up for the inconvenience, we have added a $50,000 freeroll to the updated schedule in appreciation of our customers' loyalty."

In 2014, Argentinian poker pro Mario Javier Lopez topped a field of 609 players in the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Chile Main Event for $117,991, and on Tuesday he claimed his second LAPT title by outlasting a field 267 players in the Uruguay Main Event!

Read more » Mario Lopez Wins Second LAPT Title

Wayne Jones, 49, earned over $100,000 yearly as a steel worker, but his debts kept piling up due to a gambling problem. On Thursday, in an attempt to fix his financial situation, Jones decided to bet everything at a casino in Detroit. After losing it all, he allegedly decided to rob two persons of their belongings.

Read more » Gambling Addict Carjacked Two Women In Casino Garage

80 Pokerfest events with $2.5 million in guaranteed prize pools will be played on partypoker from 27th September through 11th October. The tournament series offers everything from a $5 re-buy event with a $10,000 guarantee to a $2,100 Super High roller event with a $150,000 guarantee.

Read more » partypoker: Pokerfest Begins On Sunday

14-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth answered questions on reddit.com over the weekend. It was a so-called ASK ME ANYTHING (AMA) interview, which made it possible for anyone to ask him anything under the sun. Here are the highlights...

Read more » Phil Hellmuth Answers Fan Questions

Jonathan Duhamel took down his third live poker tournament of the year on Sunday, September 20th. The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner overcame a field of 287 entrants over two days of play to win Borgata Poker Open Event #14: $1,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em for $70,990.

Read more » Jonathan Duhamel Wins Six-Max Event For $70,990

On Sunday, 46 players from many different countries entered the most expensive online poker tournament to date: PokerStars 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $51,000 Super High Roller!

Read more » Ben "Ben86" Tollerene Wins $51k Super High Roller

Archie Karas, the man who turned $50 into $40 million at Las Vegas casinos in the early 90s, recently became the 33rd person to be written up in Nevada's "Black Book".

Read more » Legendary Gambler Banned From Las Vegas Casinos

Despite the massive buy-in of $51,000, 46 people from all over the globe entered the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Super High Roller. The tournament, which is the biggest buy-in event in online poker history, concluded with eight players after several hours of play on Sunday.

Read more » WCOOP Super High Roller: Mike "Timex" McDonald Leads Final 8

Earlier this year we reported that Chinese celebrity Guo Meimei had been arrested for running an illegal casino operation. Meimei, who first gained notoriety in 2011 when she was rumoured to be the commercial general manager for the Chinese Red Cross and posed in pictures with expensive cars and designer bags, was facing up to 10 years in prison for her crime but got away with half of that when she received her sentence last week. In addition, she was fined 50,000 yuan (approximately $7,800).

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New Jersey resident Thom-Matthew Kho is suing Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas for more than $10,000 in damages! Kho claims that the casino took about $3,600 from him when they noticed he counted cards at a blackjack table; he was then handcuffed and taken to a private room after refusing to give the casino his identification.

Read more » Blackjack Card Counter Sues Las Vegas Casino

PokerStars Shark Cage, a televised poker competition where 3 lucky online qualifiers will compete against poker pros and celebrities for a share of a $1 million prize pool, is back with another exciting season! 

Read more » Season 2 of SHARK CAGE Begins Tomorrow

Last week the final 10 candidates for the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame were revealed on WSOP's website, and it didn't take long before everyone's favourite poker player Daniel Negreanu (inducted last year) posted a blog where he talked about PHOF's main criteria* and other things related to the matter.

Read more » Daniel Negreanu Discusses Poker Hall Of Fame

From September 22nd onwards, all players of the Microgaming Network (MPN) will be able to change their tables names every 30 days or after 1000 real money hands (whichever comes first). According to PokerFuse, the new software feature will be available sooner than that on some sites, but it will be available on all poker sites by the end of this month.

Read more » Soon Possible To Regularly Change Your Poker Alias On Microgaming Poker Sites

Poker player and Instagram phenomenon Dan Bilzerian became a taget of burglars last Friday night. According to people magazine, the burglars broke into his Hollywood Hills house by shattering a glass door in the guest bedroom next to pool.

Read more » Burglars Broke Into Bilzerian's House

PokerStars' 2015 World Championship of Online Poker ($45 million guaranteed) kicked off last Sunday and will be running until September 27. Buy-ins range from $215 to $51,000 and you'll find satellites to all 70 events from as little as $1 or a few frequent player points (FPPs).

Besides the massive prize pools that are up for grabs, PokerStars will give cash prizes to top 10 finishers in the WCOOP leaderboard. Click here to view the full schedule. Good luck! 

Nominations for the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame (established in 1979, currently 48 members) closed on Tuesday... and here are the 10 finalists: John Juanda, Carlos Mortensen, Chris Bjorin, David Chiu, Terry Rogers, Matt Savage, Bruno Fitoussi, Jennifer Harman, Max Pescatori, and David "Devilfish" Ulliott.

Read more » 'Devilfish' Amongst 10 Finalist For 2015 Poker Hall of Fame

Last week we reported about EPT Barcelona's biggest and most important events. Aside from all record-breaking tournaments, there were several interesting high stakes cash games running at Casino Barcelona during the poker festival. This might be the most intersting pot, though. On Wednesday, 27th September, Dani "Ansky" Stern wrote on 2+2 about how he was cheated out of €18k in a €100/€200 Pot Limit Omaha cash game.

Read more » Poker Pro Claims He Was Cheated Out of €18k During EPT Barcelona