Pokerfraudalert - Druff & Friends

(Topic begins at 0:18:58 mark): Justin Bonomo, Owais Ahmed latest victims in Venmo hackings targeting big name poker pros.... (0:48:12): Mike Postle defamation case update.... (1:06:02): A guy won $60k at MGM National Harbor, showed off, and then a girl set him up for robbery in his room.... (1:25:58): NBA Top Shot craze brings opportunity for virtually guaranteed profit, if done right.... (1:48:15): Full Tilt Poker brand finally shut down for good.... (2:00:18): Norman Chad suffering long-term COVID damage from August illness, can't do WSOP commentating.... (2:17:53): apestyles was banned from GGPoker in late 2020, now is pressuring them to bring him back.... (2:36:35): 1990s WSOP double bracelet winner charged with sending white powder to scare NY gaming officials.... (2:58:04): Charming "Pinball Museum" in Vegas almost killed by COVID, saved by over $200k in donations.... (3:22:28): Vegas Golden Knights cuts controversial partnership with a tout service.... (3:40:06): Allen Kessler calls out Prim

(Topic begins at 0:20:42 mark): Negreanu and Hellmuth will play the next high profile heads up match, but is it what it seems to be?.... (0:46:23): What Would Druff Do? PFA listener writes in about $12,000 Superbowl ticket disaster on Stubhub.... (1:40:19): Hilarious prank call to foreign "computer tech support" scammers.... (2:02:06): McCarran Airport named after former Senator Harry Reid.... (2:33:24): Update: Lee "AHoosierA" Bradbury had another court hearing involving Christopher Mitchell and frivolous restraining order.... (2:55:55): Call from "Mary", who claims Ignition froze her account due to the wrongdoing of the affiliate she signed up through.... (3:25:43): JC Pearson, Puggy's brother, has passed away at 87 -- and he was also a poker pro.... (3:52:29): Flashback: Druff tells poker player at Wynn in 2012 to sell 1000 BTC, after being asked for advice.... (4:07:03): Four Las Vegas hotels resume normal operations after previous midweek shutdown policy.... (4:17:54): Cosmopolitan hotel fire on

(Topic begins at 0:24:28 mark): The Heads Up Undercard - Landon Tice versus Bill Perkins.... (0:49:12): Terrence Chan, Mike McDonald get into Twitter battle over Pokershares bet on Tice/Perkins match.... (2:12:28): Update: Fired Bellagio dealer "Patches" lands on his feet, gets new job.... (2:25:10): The controversial desertrunner calls in.... (2:33:06): Bovada refusing to pay out any bets regarding streaker at Super Bowl.... (2:52:29): Hustler Casino owner Larry Flynt passes away at 78.... (3:25:38): Ridiculous "Mastermind of Roulette" app claims it can help you beat roulette.... (3:55:49): Caesars raising resort fees at three Vegas properties, Brandon calls into remainder of the show during this topic.... (4:43:58): Bally's "Power Poker" series flops badly with very low turnout.... (5:21:23): Virgin Hotels Las Vegas to open March 25.... (5:49:49): Update: Hawaii casino bill gets deferred.... (6:16:10): Massachusetts study of gamblers shows most don't know what they're doing.... (6:37:10): Jeanni

(Topic begins at 0:20:28 mark): Doug Polk defeats Daniel Negreanu in heads up match by fairly wide margin.... (0:48:36): Negreanu has different story about tanking strategy than people were claiming.... (1:11:23): Polk claims he will go on two podcasts, but Druff explains why PFA won't apply to be one of them.... (1:22:54): Polk says he will not do more heads up matches, citing hatred of poker.... (1:30:28): Will this match's end also mean the end of the Polk/Negreanu feud?.... (1:39:23): Chris Moneymaker signs with ACR.... (1:55:00): Veronica Brill to host "Poker After Dark".... (2:05:10): Vegas legend Tony Bennett has Alzheimer's.... (2:23:36): 888 Holdings, software provider for WSOP.com, shooting for Pennsylvania linked site by 2021 WSOP.... (2:41:56): Prizm Outlets aka Fashion Outlets mall at Primm, NV sold at auction for surprising price.... (2:58:53): Brandon "Drexel" Gerson joins the show for the remainder.... (3:16:52): Dutch Pokerstars players to get massive tax refund due to ruling....

(Topic begins at 0:18:58): Druff describes his experience with his colonoscopy, and the surprising result he got.... (0:47:23): Call with Master Scalir.... (1:08:06): Week of internet financial influence: Reddit board sends hedge funds into turmoil, Dogecoin pumped up.... (1:52:11): Doug Polk, Daniel Negreanu get into flap over limping & stalling during match.... (2:21:14): Christopher Mitchell's baccarat scam cracking as angry customers rebel.... (2:58:28): Mike Matusow accuses Scott Ball of scamming.... (3:36:39): Dan Bekavac of Midway Poker Tour plays tournament despite having recently stiffed players of $50.... (3:45:44): Update: Biological mother of kid raised by Kristin Ting, shows up on Allen Kessler's Facebook, tells her side.... (4:16:19): Wire Act re-re-interpreted by US Appeals Court -- very favorable to online poker & online casinos.... (4:32:20): Pokerstars launches in Michigan, experiences first-day fail.... (4:44:50): Gambling world figure Shane Sigsbee accuses Jon Martinelli

(Topic begins at 0:14:57 mark): Mike Postle's attorney Steven Lowe dismissed by judge as his counsel, Veronica Brill files anti-SLAPP motion..... (0:36:29): Sheldon Adelson dead at age 87.... (1:04:05): Netherlands woman releases "gender neutral playing cards".... (1:31:26): Annie Duke featured in cringey Forbes article.... (2:11:46): Daniel Negreanu goes on winning streak, then gives some back against Doug Polk.... (2:20:57): Australian sportsbettor sues site after mistaken line wins him $120k, but he doesn't get paid.... (2:33:12): Colorado officially kills $100 max bet limit, change to take place starting May 1.... (2:46:48): Degenerate NHL player Evander Kane files for bankruptcy despite signing $49 million contract in 2018.... (3:08:25): $13 million stolen by employee of South Korean casino.... (3:16:30): Popular old-school poker player Howard "Tahoe" Andrew passes away at 86.... (3:36:55): Chinese vaccine CoronaVac is only 50% effective.... (3:47:26): WHO finally investigating Wuhan for lab b

(Topic begins at 0:20:49): Check-in with Ken Scalir..... (0:36:12): Vanessa Kade under fire after tweet suggests most men in poker are degenerate losers.... (1:09:31): Prahlad Friedman's ex-wife dropping serious accusations against him on Twitter.... (1:27:54): Damian Salas wins WSOP Main heads up match, continues recent trend of older champions.... (1:47:22): Veronica Brill has retained famous first amendment lawyer Marc Randazza in Postle case.... (2:06:03): Correction: Voting system for Poker HOF wasn't quite what Druff thought, but still bad.... (2:15:25): Vegas New Years Eve celebration brings COVID case spike back to the city.... (2:30:12): Mojave Desert & Las Vegas History, Part 5: Goodsprings, Nevada.... (2:57:18): New Philadelphia-area casino springing up.... (3:25:51): What conclusions should be made from the dreadful Capitol Riots on January 6?.... (4:15:52): Twitter bans Trump, Parler banned from app stores. What does this mean?.... (5:09:35): Biden makes baffling decision regarding

(Topic begins at 0:20:37 mark): WSOP Main Event final tablist Upeshka De Silva disqualified for positive COVID test, force-finished in 9th.... (0:58:08): Matt Stout draws community's ire on Twitter for making multiaccounting accusation against De Silva.... (1:21:22): WSOP "International" Main Event winner Damian Salas couldn't get into the US to play $1 million heads up freeroll.... (1:34:53): Huck Seed elected to poker HOF.... (2:06:37): Matt the Rat calls in.... (2:16:26): Seals With Clubs loses domain and goes down due to Brexit-related oversight.... (2:48:04): PokerStars and Chris Moneymaker part company after 17 years.... (3:17:27): GGPoker introduces weird "GGCares" campaign regarding bad beats and coolers.... (3:29:44): Soccer superstar Neymar back with Pokerstars as sponsored player.... (3:39:24): Caesars Rewards member has $700 of his RCs stolen, and Caesars is avoiding reimbursing him because of internal fail.... (3:55:53): Caesars sells Caesars Southern Indiana due to requirement after me

(Topic starts at 0:15:50 mark): Druff gives his thoughts on Flight Simulator 2020.... (0:35:31): Druff's son Benjamin in a battle with Roblox game after getting hacked there.... (1:03:37): Poker player Krsitin Ting in unusual legal battle to become guardian of ex-boyfriend's son.... (1:32:41): British gambler threatens to burn down casino after massive loss.... (1:44:08): Danish poker player & hacker Peter "Zupp" Jensen sentenced to 3 years in prison for cheating.... (1:53:59): Pokerstars may owe $1.3 billion to Kentucky after dead court case revived.... (2:16:39): Randy “Nanonoko” Lew hired as ACR Security Consultant and Gameplay Expert.... (2:34:39): WARNING! Your Caesars RCs are about to expire.... (2:47:15): You can bid on blowing up old Trump AC casino.... (2:54:47): Nebraska to have casino gaming in coming year.... (3:01:11): Hawaii might finally have legalized gambling soon.... (3:14:30): Verizon involved with VR project to bring immersive sports/gambling experience to consumers.... (3:

(Topic begins at 0:19:58 mark): Update: Bart Hanson's battle with MyBookie.ag continues, and spills over to Twitter (featuring Bart call-in).... (1:01:29): Update: Aria dealer "Patches" officially fired for attacking player, posts apology on Facebook.... (1:16:52): Poker HOF nominees announced, including Isai Scheinberg.... (2:00:58): Mojave Desert and Las Vegas History, Part 4: The Colorado River and Hoover Dam.... (3:00:50): Ike Haxton calls for poker players to quit live poker until COVID vaccine widely released.... (3:31:58): Crown Casino in Australia closes poker room, possibly due to money laundering investigation.... (3:54:18): Chinese player chooses not to travel to WSOP final table in Czech Republic.... (4:07:22): Pennsylvania shuts down all casinos until at least January 4.... (4:14:02): Druff teaches you how to properly use bitcoin to gamble online.... (4:36:59): COVID numbers in US remain bad -- what is driving this?.... (5:22:08): Some California hospitals claim they have 0.0% ICU space

(Topic begins at 0:20:37 mark): Druff's attorney Eric Bensamochan comes on to talk about major developments in Mike Postle's civil case against Druff & others.... (1:22:22): Veteran poker dealer "Patches" gets in fight with unruly Aria player while dealing.... (2:03:42): Update: November ruling in 21 Blitz case goes in favor of plaintiffs.... (2:28:55): Daniel Negreanu continues getting walloped by Doug Polk, has after-game meltdown.... (2:58:28): High Stakes Poker returns for first time since 2010, featuring Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza.... (3:07:55): Palazzo to completely close hotel, while others have shut down midweek.... (3:18:34): Former PFA guest Anna Khait makes controversial speech at right wing rally.... (3:34:33): Baccarat coaching scammer Christopher Mitchell releases ridiculous video spinning tall casino tales.... (4:05:35): Mojave Desert and Las Vegas History, Part 3: The Lake Dolores Water Park in Newberry Springs.... (4:36:47): Harrah's New Orleans to become Caesars New Orleans in maj

(Topic starts at 0:31:50 mark): Dan Bilzerian signs as GGPoker ambassador, immediately gets into hot water after calling Vanessa Kade a "hoe".... (1:29:52): Update: Daily Mail claims Tony Hsieh accidentally died after passing out while doing nitrous oxide whippets.... (2:19:50): Update: Cheating Cubans CAUGHT at Dallas-area cardroom, thanks to PFA listener.... (2:28:35): 2+2 strangles own forum with obnoxious, persistent ad at bottom of screen.... (2:57:01): Former employee of armored car company pulls of $1.7 million burglary in broad daylight without using any weapons.... (3:08:57): Seth Palansky leaves WSOP for Conscious Gaming.... (4:03:22): Eric Baldwin gets stiffed by wsop.com after his satellite win doesn't match posted payout.... (4:37:39): Anna Antimony makes staking impropriety claim against former PFA guest Clayton Jiang.... (5:01:03): Pennsylvania online slots revenue dwarfs online poker revenue, making future of legalized online poker look questionable.... (5:11:17): Record COVID-19 deat

(Topic begins at 0:23:20 mark): Jeff Madsen and Bart Hanson battle on Twitter.... (0:55:18): Interview with Bart Hanson about election betting and a variety of other topics.... (2:08:22): Former Zappos CEO and downtown Vegas investor Tony Hsieh dies as a result of November 18th house fire.... (2:39:13): Nasty Venmo hack targets Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, and perhaps others.... (3:16:05): Bellagio renames famed "Bobby's Room".... (3:27:14): Doug Polk wallops Daniel Negreanu in sessions #11 and #12.... (3:43:27): Flashback: Daniel Negreanu had other high profile heads up matches back in the 2000s.... (4:19:51): Las Vegas & Mojave Desert History, Segment #2: The MGM fire of 1980.... (5:06:12): PFA member "Bincs" alleges that slot techs are "legally" rigging gas station slots in Virginia.... (5:15:20): The death of Greyhound racing in the US.... (5:46:55): Listener "Drawingdead" calls in to accuse Fox Poker of turning a blind eye to cheating.... (6:27:24): Master Scalir, Eric Ben

NOTE: Poker Fraud Alert Radio now on Google Play Podcasts, and several other platforms.... (Topic begins at 0:28:10): Interview with Amanda Stinchecum, former PFA guest, about her past life issues.... (1:59:33): Amanda describes the Texas poker scene.... (2:17:29): Ty Stewart, head of the WSOP, explains to Pokernews why Caesars decided to do second 2020 Main Event.... (2:48:24): Gamber claims Four Queens is not interested in following up on assault he experienced in elevator there.... (3:03:27): tradershky joins show. Bill Perkins in another high-profile Twitter battle, this time involving Doug Polk.... (3:27:35): Update on Negreanu/Polk heads-up match.... (3:34:43): States shutting down casinos again due to COVID.... (3:51:18): Druff describes a crazy limit holdem hand he recently played online.... (4:10:32): Update on Master Scalir's COVID-19 situation.... (4:20:48): Moderna claims its vaccine is 94.5% effective, Pfizer upgrades theirs to 95%.... (4:49:06): Major spikes throughout the US create s

(Topic begins at 0:24:36 mark): Master Scalir has COVID-19.... (0:51:31): Biden wins the election, but other Democrats didn't do so well. What does this mean?.... (1:22:31): Druff goes over his remaining bets on the House of Representatives.... (1:32:55): How will online gambling change under a Biden Administration?.... (1:41:30): WSOP announces a $10k Main Event will take place in 2020, but with some weird twists.... (2:04:37): Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk get off to an up-and-down start in their heads-up match.... (2:19:13): Vanessa Selbst makes tweet about assassinating the President.... (2:35:57): San Manuel Casino in California accidentally issues freeplay worth 100x intended value for all customers.... (3:09:34): Ryan Feldman takes new job to bring live streaming poker to Hustler Casino in Los Angeles.... (3:35:31): Ballot measures regarding gambling expansion do well in the election.... (3:52:01): DraftKings in controversy over Florida high limit bettor using proxy service to place bets on

This is the audio simulcast of the 8-hour video show we did on election day, featuring PLOL, Drexel, Dan Druff, khalwat, tradershky, Daly, matos, Jean Gluck, adamantium, sonatine, DaGreek23, and others!

(Topic starts at 0:06:13 mark): Announcement about PFA YouTube Election Show on November 3 at 3pm.... (0:40:14): Interview with Lee Bradbury (AHoosierA) about his ordeal with Christopher Mitchell's frivolous restraining order against him.... (2:29:04): Doug Polk, Daniel Negreanu set for heads up match on November 4, sidebetting is heavy.... (2:59:06): Old school poker character Sam Grizzle passes away.... (3:28:44): Interview with forum member "Kn1sh", who claims two Cubans are cheating live PLO games throughout the US.... (4:04:02): Controversial WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel in tax battle in home country of Canada, which may have major implications for other Canadian poker pros.... (4:38:38): Sheldon Adelson might sell Venetian and Palazzo.... (4:55:00): Late stat change costs DFS player almost a million dollars.... (5:02:00): DraftKings refunds sportsbettors for blown call in Penn State game.... (5:14:38): WSOP, PokerstsrsNJ, PartyPokerNJ, all have massive geolocation failure.... (5:29

(Topic starts at 0:10:07 mark): Interview with Clayton Jiang, who claims he and others got scammed for big money at a live, private poker game.... (1:24:24): BetOnline getting hammered by brutal DDoS attack or hacking, site repeatedly going down.... (1:45:40): Doug Polk goes on Twitter trolling spree.... (2:00:36): Hackers playing poker for people's stolen identities.... (2:14:16): Gambler hits amazing 20-bet parlay to turn $1 into $680k.... (2:27:30): A look at some questionable YouTube slot machine personalities.... (3:11:14): Encore Las Vegas closing midweek due to weak business.... (3:36:29): Mojave and Las Vegas History - The Story Behind Zzyzx Road.... (3:55:06): YouTuber Tom Nash claims Dan Bilzerian and his company IGNITE are nearing bankruptcy.... (4:16:31): Twitter deletes tweet from Trump adviser Scott Atlas saying masks don't work -- but is he wrong?.... (4:46:55): William Hill offering $500 free bet for those physically in New Jersey.... Brandon joins at 4:50:30 mark, tradershky join

(Topic begins at 0:19:33 mark): Druff's attorney Eric Bensamochan comes on to briefly discuss Mike Postle's lawsuit.... (0:25:44): Major development in Raymond Davis criminal case.... (1:56:06): Midway Poker Tour ends in disaster, as players are surprised by payment in silver, and shorted 30% in value.... (2:44:29): Doug Polk, Daniel Negreanu in heated Twitter battle over terms of upcoming heads up match.... (3:15:09): Dan Bilzerian, Jean-Robert Bellande in feud over high stakes private game.... (3:36:55): Five states have gambling initiatives on November ballot.... (3:50:44): Austrian poker pro Mario Zwanzleitner found dead with girlfriend in suspected murder-suicide.... (4:03:32): Prahlad Friedman's ex-wife Aida now has an OnlyFans page.... (4:14:01): 5Dimes makes large financial settlement with United States for running illegal gambling operation.... (4:40:57): Cosmopolitan, Wynn, others using metal detectors to attempt to fight Vegas strip crime issue.... (4:59:13): Trump recovered really quickl

(Topic starts at 0:25:31 mark): Mike Postle suing Druff, ESPN, Pokernews, and lots of big name poker pros.... (0:36:37): Veronica Brill, also named in the Postle suit, runs successful GoFundMe, and gets a boost from Bill Perkins.... (0:48:45): GGPoker/Fedor Kruse controversy continues, as they attempt to deny his connection to their sponsored pro team.... (1:49:58): Three years later, what do we know about Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas spree killer?.... (2:45:27): Donald Trump has the coronavirus -- what now?.... (3:31:24): Doug Polk & Daniel Negreanu heads up match set for November 1.... (3:44:00): Caesars buys huge bookmaker William Hill.... (4:02:13): Circa forging ahead and will open in a few weeks in downtown Las Vegas.... (4:18:02): Howard Stern is apparently a poker fan.... (4:33:14): Michigan slated to have legalized online poker by November.... (4:46:31): Pokerstars changes concept of waiting lists, in order to help prevent bumhunting.... (5:07:20): What would Druff do? Man and woman