Andrew Burnett

A poker dealer at a Florida racetrack casino has been been charged with felony fraud after being caught on CCTV stacking the deck.

It’s the one possible saving grace when you have a huge hand and bump into an even bigger one, and this week has seen two stories about poker ‘Bad Beat’ jackpots in the news.

Joe ‘Chicago Joey’ Ingram took to Twitter and unleashed an almighty attack on the latest PokerStars announcement of a $9million-added Players Championship for 2019.

Young Sydney pro picked up the $273,600 first prize and the gold ring in the WSOP Sydney $20K High Roller after an epic heads-up battle.

Belgian pro Jerome Sgorrano has just landed a big one to top off his year with a victory in the Eurasian Poker Tour Main Event in Prague for €126,500 ($148,729).

Robert Anthony ‘Tony’ Lay is suing Caesars for fraud after claiming that they banned him from all properties only after allowing him to grind his way to a seat in the WSOP Global Casino Championship.

Prague in December has long been a hotbed of poker action and despite the cold weather it proved to be a happy-hunting ground for Lebanese pro Albert Daher.

The former Sahara Casino on the Vegas strip – renamed as the SLS Las Vegas after a 2011 buyout – is “on the verge of bankruptcy”.

Toronto pro Alan ‘Ari’ Engel took down the Heartland Poker Tour’s AmeristarSC Championship Open for $162,154.

An Australian poker pro who is embroiled in an alleged $76million Ponzi scheme was attacked last month in Melbourne, suffering a fractured jaw, broken nose and damaged eardrum.

Dentale proved his poker-playing credentials yet again by taking down Venetian $500k GTD – a victory worth $185,061.

Kenny Alexander will be hoping it’s third time lucky as his company enters talks, a possible $5.24 billion merger on the discussion table.

Funds which were laundered through Guernsey totalling £9.5million ($12.8million) have just been returned to the US Government.

Chicago pro Ryan Tosoc had almost 2million reasons to be a happy man this week as he landed the WPT Five Diamond WPC Main Event title and $1,958,065.