Thursday, 17 June 2010
A Scottish court has heard how the father of a poker player with large gambling debts was shot in the head after his son couldn't repay the money he owed.
Tony Demarco was shot while standing outside the Gala Casino in Edinburgh in June 2008. Amazingly, he survived the shooting, but the motive for the attack had remained unclear until this week's trial. The court heard how his son, Antony, had taken out a series of loans to cover his online poker losses. The hitmen struck when Demarco couldn't pay back the money owed.Demarco Junior admitted ripping off two companies to the tune of £1m in an attempt to get the money to pay off the loan sharks. RBS called in the police after finding out that the father of two had abused financial contacts to make 23 fraudulent loan applications to Hitachi and Lombard. Joe Mooney, the 37-year-old's solicitor told the court, “Antony knew it was inevitable that he would be caught, but if his father was not shot he would never have had to become involved in these activities to pay back the money lenders”. Demarco junior pleaded guilty to fraud and was remanded in custody until sentencing. The gang who carried out the attack, Imran Sakur, Jamie Robertson, Craig Kelbie and Francis McGlone, received jail terms totalling 43 years in February.
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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