The 9 finalists and their chip counts are as follows:

Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
David ‘Chino’ Rheem - 10,230,000
Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000

The overall prizepool for this tournament is a staggering $64,333,600 in which 6,844 players paid a buy-in fee of $10,000 each.

The final table payouts are as follows:

1. $9,119,517
2. $5,790,024
3. $4,503,352
4. $3,763,515
5. $3,088,012
6. $2,412,510
7. $1,769,174
8. $1,286,672
9. $900,670

However we all know, whoever takes that number 1 spot will ear a lot more than that with the media and sponsorships which will be knocking their door down almost instantly after the tournament is won!

He overcame the final table which held players such as fellow Full Tilt Poker professional Erik Seidel and entered the final heads-up play with a 3:1 chip lead ratio over his opponent Casey Kastle. His aggressive heads-up style allowed him to take down all but 3 hands of the 19 that we’re dealt between the two which ultimately gave him his first career bracelet.

Kläser’s win makes him one of the youngest WSOP bracelet winners recorded to date.

Below is the top 10 finishes in this tournament:

1. Martin Klaser ($216,249)
2. Casey Kastle ($137,985)
3. Michael Fetter ($83,538)
4. Erik Seidel ($68,304)
5. Jon Maren ($56,019)
6. Chad Burum ($44,226)
7. Joseph Haddad ($34,398)
8. Larry Wright ($27,027)
9. Tom Chambers ($19,656)
10. Daniel Klein ($12,285)

It was brought to everyone’s attention via the 2+2 Forums whereby a user first got sight of this when a player named ‘PotRipper’ went on a 20 minute run of not folding a hand pre-flop.

As more discussion arose over this matter, players started asking AbsolutePoker for full player hand histories so they could look into it all with a little more detail. This then spurred another event in that the email sent from AbsolutePoker exposed more information than it should have done! It included IP addresses, hole cards for every player and user details of every player at the table whether it be playing or watching.

Initially AbsolutePoker denied all allegations of this but then retracted that and since have paid back any players losses who were involved around the matter in question.

Well last week The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) fined AbsolutePoker $500,000 and will perform random unannounced audits at the poker sites expense over the next two years. for this mishap and then went on to say that the site had now fixed the security breach however they asked the online poker room to place a “security deposit” with the Commission in case it needed to investigate them again.

However going over the recent audit, there still seems to be unanswered questions such as:

· How much money was caught up in all this

· When did it start

· How long did it go on for

· How did it happen

· How widespread was it

Was this fair?! What do you think should have been done about the matter?!

In mid-December all 16 of the country’s legislatures voted to approve the new online betting laws which they negotiated after the ruling in 2006 where the Federal Courts stated the former law was unconsitutional. This new law is geared towards the monopoly the current governement has in how thier state lottery is runned.

The legislatures have heard plenty of criticism from Internet betting companies such as Bwin Interactive Entertainment, due to the newly appointed stance the governement is taking on internet gaming within the country. The new guidelines allow the state to order ISP providers to place a complete block on web sites promoting any illegal activity or who are opertating an illegal betting operation. They will also order banks to refuse money transfers to and from customers. Advertsing gaming will no longer be acceptable on the Internet or television, however it can be approached through other forms of media so long as it is an informative piece and not attempting to “lure” players.

The new law clearly outlines the definition of online gambling in germany as;

” Placing a bet from German territory over the Web with a company based outside of Germany”

Point Spread has been viglantly attempting to collect the money on the player’s behalf and was able to do so with two accounts however at this point in time all communications with Playsafe Holdings have ceased.

Initially back in March of this year Playsafe Holdings AS owed one licensee $16,518.00 in rake alone and poker players of the actual licensee the amount of $55,314.17. They also continued to run the licensee’s poker room after the room was supposed to be closed. The licensee at the time did not know anything of this. Playsafe also stopped sending reports once they closed off all access to the admin panel from the licensee.

Players and affiliates are taking caution at the moment untill further details develop and it is advised that players not use this network until such time as the issues with Playsafe Holdings is resolved.

Within 24 hours of the agreed compensation package the US has stated that certain areas of the agreement were not black and white and thus clarrified items as to what they will be offering. The proposed postal services is one of the these areas. Currently the United States Postal Service has already allowed foriegn markets to handle overseas mail for the last 20 years. With this new compensation plan, the EU has only made these services legal and binding and nothing will change from the current status as it is. This means that domestic delivery and storage at ports and airports would remain closed.

An official added that this had “real value” and the EU agreed. “It gives the sector legal certainty. There is real value in binding the commitments,” said the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson.

A USTR official said it was “a rebalancing of legal commitments”. Nao Matsukata continued with “If they have agreed legally binding commitments that must have the approval of Congress as they do not have fast-track authority. I would expect to see congressional leaders taking a look at this,” he said. His firm works for a financial services company with interest in the case.

Thats Gambling News

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