Thursday, 2 October 2014
Hedge fund manager turned high stakes regular Dan Shak will have more time focus on his hold'em game if US regulators have their way.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller runner-up in its sights. Shak faces fines a life ban from trading after being accused of violating a previous two-year ban.According to the CFTC, the 55-year-old was involved in “the exact type of commodity futures trading that he agreed to be banned from trading … (and) Unless restrained and enjoined by this court, Shak is likely to continue to engage in the acts and practices.”Shak's legal team gave short shrift to the latest developments. Attorney David Kovel told Reuters, “It’s shocking that the CFTC will devote this kind of resources at such a minor technical infraction. We also dispute the CFTC’s allegation that he did not disclose the violation to the CFTC.”Shak has career poker earnings of over $7m and is a regular in high stakes events around the world.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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