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 place.

Well, after a few more hours from the initial breaking of the story - and some extra digging by the media staff over at PokerNews.com, it looks as if we finally have an answer:

She’s suing Full Tilt Poker for $40,000,000 over a breach of contract!

Gowen alleges that when she signed on as a Full Tilt pro back in 2004, she was promised a 1% ownership of the company. She went on to sport FTP gear around the tournament circuit, appeared in television commercials and promotional ads, and essentially did her part in promoting the Online Poker mega-brand as best she could - for no added compensation beyond her supposed 1% stake in the company.

It looks as if Full Tilt ‘Red Pro’ Clonie Gowen has filed a lawsuit in a Las Vegas court against her own employers over at FTP!

22-year old Peter Eastgate enjoyed the spoils of his tremendous victory this past weekend, as he triumphed over Russian counterpart Ivan Demidov in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Eastgate not only won the $9M+ 1st place prize, but in the process also became the youngest Main Event champion in World Series of Poker history, beating out Phil Hellmuth’s long-standing record!

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This is a relatively short story I’ve chosen to make even shorter…because I can!

If you want to listen to LIVE audio of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, click the link below:

The Microgaming Network, one of the biggest and most popular gambling networks in the world, has announced this week its ceasing its operations in the United States!