http://www.pokernewsguru.com Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anurag Dikshit, the man behind PartyGaming and it's existing software platform, is paying a hefty price this week in order to avoid prison time for violating the 1961 Wire Act. How hefty you might ask yourself? Try $300,000,000 healthy - and no, the added zeros in that figure are not typos. Dikshit, who ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/partygaming-founder-pays-for-freedom/450 The 2008 World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Championship Main Event television final table is finally set after 5 grueling days of play.  Nearly 500 players poined up the $15,000+ buyin for this tournament, and for the players who went out on the bubble and for those who made it to play ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/2008-wpt-5-diamond-final-table-set-at-bellagio/444 The holiday season is finally upon us here at the Guru's home, and despite it not being Christmas just yet we've still found a way to give back to our loyal readers and visitors regardless. Our partner site over at Poker Strategy Forums will be holding FOUR special tournaments all this ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-press-releases/money-added-tourneys-at-pokerstars/362 My good buddy that runs our partner site over at Poker Strategy Forums has released an EXCLUSIVE video of Russ Hamilton talking about the scandal surrounding him and his involvement with the AP/UB cheating that went down early last year and spilled over into the latter part of 2008. You will ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-press-releases/exclusive-russ-hamilton-interview-post-ub-scandal/355 In a buzz that has been hitting the internet poker forums pretty hard, it looks as if online poker legend Cliff Josephy was released by his former employers over at Ultimate Bet this week.  The man known as "JohnnyBax" on the virtual felt confirmed in a post over at the ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/cliff-johnnybax-josephy-released-by-ultimate-bet/347 The 2008 PokerStars APPT Syndey has gotten underway over at Star City in Australia.  The Main Event will feature well over the 561 players that showed up for last year's Main Event, and with 4 days of intense poker ahead of this year's field, it will undoubtedly have its fair ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/tournament-recaps/2008-pokerstars-appt-syndey/336 This past Sunday, the AP/UB scandal that rocked the online poker community just over a year ago was finally being exposed thanks to a controversial piece that was being aired by CBS producers on the popular television show "60 Minutes." The video can be seen below and is definitely worth ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/online-poker-scandal-exposed-on-cbs-60-minutes/326 The Guru recently came across a pretty cool online poker portal that really appreciated all aspects related to poker - this portal was none other than PokerSense.com. Noobs and veteran gamblers alike will find the layout and navigation of PokerSense very attractive and simple to get around. You can see at ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-press-releases/pokersense-com-analysis/307 As some of my readers have already seen, I posted a story on a pending lawsuit that was filed by Clonie Gowen's attorneys in a Las Vegas court yesterday.  At the time of the posting, it was unknown why she was bringing her former employers to court in the first ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/update-clonie-gowen-suing-full-tilt-poker-for-40-million/301 In a story that was recently broken by close sources near the degenerate-filled forums at Neverwin Poker, it looks as if Full Tilt Poker pro Clonie Gowen is pursuing a lawsuit against her employers over at FTP. WSOP bracelet winner and fellow NWP'er Todd Witteles, also known online as "DanDruff," posted ... http://www.pokernewsguru.com/poker-news/red-pro-clonie-gowen-suing-full-tilt-poker/287