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The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Poker Festival is set to become the biggest event in EPT history, with over 30 cash game tables running 24/7 and 69 tournaments over the course of 12 days (March 17-28).

Read more » EPT Malta Set To Break Records

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest. 

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 41)

Hello Yall been on a bit of a poker break these last few months, Been hectic for me at the moment trying to move and pack and clean... god i got a lot of cleaning to do. For my first post back in a while i figure ill do part 3 of tao of gus first then a wee outro.

Read more » THE TAO OF GUS (PART 3)

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 40)

In September last year, police raided Aviation Club de France, a more than hundred year old casino on one of Paris' finest addresses, and brought 12 persons into custody after allegations of breaches of employment law and money laundering.

Read more » Legendary Aviation Club de France Closed For Good

Sam Trickett, the leading tournament earner in Europe, crashed with his Ferrari F458 Spider on Sunday. Luckily, the Brit wasn't hurt in the accident. In fact, he took a picture of the car, which costs approx. £275,000, and uploaded it on twitter saying "Nooooooo! Gutted!"

Read more » Sam Trickett Crashes His Ferrari F458

There will be no $1 million buy-in tournament (Big One for One Drop) at the World Series of Poker this summer, but that doesn't mean that there won't be any other tournaments this year with massive buy-ins. On February 19th, Tom Hall, who participated in the 2014 Big One for One Drop and is a regular in Macau's biggest cash games, posted the following message on twitter.

Read more » High-Roller Tom Hall Reveals $500k Buy-In Tournament

On Monday, PokerStars began searching for the last three online qualifiers for the second season of 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!

Read more » Qualify For Shark Cage Season 2

In March 2014, poker player Mehmet Hassan was found dead in his London flat after his sister became concerned about his welfare and called the police. The police suspected that it was a premeditated burglary and it didn't take long before they arrested and charged three people (Leonie Granger, Kyrron Jackson and Nicholas Chandler) with murder, robbery and false imprisonment.

Read more » The Murder of Poker Player Mehmet Hassan: Trial Underway

In April 2012, a group of 14 gamblers won $1.5 million playing mini-baccarat at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City after noticing that the cards weren't shuffled. Once players noticed the error, they increased their bets from $10 a hand to $5,000 and won 41 straight hands before the table was closed down.

Read more » Gamblers Ordered To Return $1.5m Won Playing Mini-Baccarat

The blog section here on BankrollMob has been a bit quiet so far this year, therefore we are now looking for new bloggers who would like to earn mob points while sharing their daily adventures with +630,000 users!

Interested? Simply send an email to [email protected] with a few words about yourself - along with a complete blog post (doesn't have to be a new one) that we can review. 

On April 5, 2012, Irish rugby player Neilus Keogh was playing poker with eight people in the Sporting Emporium Casino - where he was a regular. After losing an unknown sum of money in a hand, Keogh stood up and punched another player, Michael Frisby, in the face before throwing a chair at him.

Read more » Irish Rugby Player Sacked By Club Over Poker Game Assualt

After four days of play, Anthony Zinno had outlasted a field of 419 players in the CAD $5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event (played in Toronto, Canada - sponsored by PartyPoker).

Zinno was awarded CAD $380,021 along with a $15,400 seat in the WPT Championship. This was his second WPT title, after winning the WPT Borgata Poker Open for $878,812 during Season XII. He now sits in first place with 1,587.62 points in the Season XIII WPT Player of the Year race.

Read more » Anthony Zinno Wins WPT Fallsview Poker Classic

On Monday, PokerStars announced that there will be a special edition of the Sunday Million next month to celebrate the weekly Sunday tournament's 9th anniversary. The special edition of the Sunday Million, which will be played on March 8 at 14:30 ET, will have the usual $215 buy-in but have a massive $9,000,000 prize pool!

Read more » Sunday Million With $9 Million Prize Pool!

We are very happy to announce that Full Tilt will be hosting an exclusiv Full Tilt Classic tournaments for members of BankrollMob.com. This tournament will award the top two finishers with a $100 entry ticket to the Full Tilt Classic Main Event (200,000 GTD, scheduled on Sunday the 22nd of February at 13:30 ET).

Name: BankrollMob Full Tilt Classic
Tournament ID: 287987664
Date: 18th of February
Time: 9pm CET/8pm GMT/15:00 ET
Prize: 2 x $100 tickets to main event
Buy-in: $0.92 + $0.08
Password: wtw4fw
Read more » BRM Exclusive: BankrollMob Full Tilt Classic

PokerStars' Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Perth Main Event concluded yesterday at Crown Perth in Australia. A field of 192 entrants was narrowed down to a winner, Michael Kane, after four action-packed days of poker.

Read more » ANZPT Perth: Michael Kane Wins The Main Event

On Wednesday, a Roman Catholic priest was placed on five years' probation and ordered to repay around $240,000 that he had stolen from his former workplace to fuel a gambling addiction. Rev. Stephen M. Gemme, 45, the former pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Northboro, stole the money from the church and its school over a five-year span.

Read more » Priest Stole $240,000 For Gambling

In case you missed it, PokerStars and Vanessa Rousso recently parted ways. The world's largest poker site nor the long-time American pro have mentioned anything about the split, but many believe the break up occurred at the end of January this year and that it was yet another move by new owner Amaya Gaming to cut expenses.

Read more » PokerStars And Vanessa Rousso Part Ways

Brian Altman and Mark Dube had 72% of the chips in play when the final table of the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open kicked off on Wednesday. The two Americans continued doing well on the final table and ended up playing heads-up within just a few hours. The 1-on-1 battle lasted for over two hours, with Altman being out in front the majority of the time.

Read more » Brian Altman Wins WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open ($723,008)

On Friday, a stabbing over an alleged gambling $5 debt took place in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The accused, 51-year-old Anthony Lemar Mells (picture), stabbed a man he known for several years twice in the stomach and once in the head. 

Read more » Man Stabbed His Friend Over $5 Debt

A 24-year-old man recently turned himself in two years after robbing his former employer. The crime occurred in early 2013 at the William Hill Race & Sports Book Primm Vallet Resort and Casino in Stateline, Nevada.

Read more » Man Gives Himself Up Two Years After Casino Robbery

On Saturday, Dany Parlafes from Bucharest, Romania, sat down at the final table of the EPT Deauville Main Event with 44 per cent of the chips in play. Parlafes eventually made it to heads-up against Ognyan Dimov, who brought the second largest stack to the final table.

Read more » EPT Deauville: Ognyan Dimov Wins The Main Event (€543,700)

Jack Straus created poker history when he won the 1982 World Series of Poker Main Event after being down to only one chip earlier in the tournament. The classic poker phrase "a chip and a chair" was born. There have been several incredible comebacks ever since the 1982 Main Event. In fact, one occurred only this weekend! 

Read more » EPT Deauville: Josip Simunic Wins The High Roller After Insane Comeback!

The EPT Deauville Main Event final table of six is set after four intensive days of play. Just like all previous days, Day 4 ended with a brand new chip leader. This time it was 30-year-old Dany Parlafes from Bucharest, Romania, who bagged 7,585,000 and the chip lead after an exciting day of poker. According to PokerStars Blog, Parlafes' trick to success has been.... eating hotdogs!

Read more » EPT Deauville Main Event: Romanian Leads Final Six

Day 3 saw the return of 36 players, including notables such as Kevin MacPhee, Guillaume Darcout, Benjamin Pollak, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Just as planned, the tournament director called it a day when 16 players remained on Day 3.

Read more » EPT Deauville Main Event: 16 Players Remain - Satellite Qualifier Out In Front