On today’s Daily Deal, The Ivey Room is launched in the Aria, Cake Poker starts testing a beta client, Jonathan Little talks to PND about signing with Victory Poker, and there’s new evidence in Absolute Poker’s super-user scandal.
Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily Deal by Poker News Daily, brought to you by PokerSource.com.
On May twenty-first and twenty-second, the Aria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will debut The Ivey Room, a private high-stakes poker room named after Phil Ivey. Festivities will include a cocktail reception and a $1 million dollar invitational freeroll. The winner of the freeroll will get to play Ivey heads-up for $250,000 … Good luck!
The Cake Poker Network is currently conducting a private beta test of a new poker client, the first major upgrade for the network since its inception in two thousand and six. The Cake Poker Client two point oh will feature an expanded lobby screen with advanced filters, smaller tables for better multi-table play, and many options to customize. After the private beta testing is finished, there will be a public beta test run to solicit player feedback.
Next on the Daily Deal, Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little tells us why he likes Victory Poker, and an old scandal revives with fresh evidence.
In an exclusive interview with Poker News Daily, Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little said he signed with Victory Poker because “It’s a site where the poker players are actually influencing what goes on. Most of the sites are run by poker players who don’t play poker anymore. On Victory, the guys are making the decisions and playing poker. It’s a site run by the people.” Little also weighed in on WPT Player of the Year Faraz Jaka and EPT Champion Jason Mercier: “Jason is a lot like a younger version of me. We get along well and I think he plays really well. Faraz is kind of a maniac. Jason is more controlled and doesn’t do anything ridiculous.”
Respected poker blogger Haley Hintze has stirred up the poker world with some new evidence related to the “Potripper” scandal that rocked the poker world back in 2007. Hintze was able to acquire screen shots of the cheaters’ accounts from Absolute Poker’s and Ultimate Bet’s administrative systems, and she claims these screenshots identify Absolute Poker co-founder Scott Tom as the man responsible for the fraud.
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