Poker Fraud Alert Radio

Topic begins at (0:12:05) mark: Announcement: Huge "Robert Gray Memorial Freeroll" (at least $900) rescheduled -- to take place on December 21.... (0:17:12): Druff wins seat to ClubWPTGold in separate contest from PFA, will join PFA winners in pursuit of $1m top prize.... (0:23:44): Frenzy and excitement on Twitter regarding ClubWPTGold seats, some pros feel they are owed free seats.... (0:38:33): Vanessa Kade attacks bencb789's recent sponsorship, then gets into flap with Ryan Depaulo.... (2:14:21): WSOP bracelet winner Cory Zeidman pleads guilty to $25 million scam involving fake insider sports info.... (2:27:18): WSOP changes rule regarding assistance from the rail, after Jonathan Tamayo scandal.... (2:39:35): Ethan "Rampage" Yau fell for another stupid scam.... (3:01:05): No good deed goes unpunished: Druff attempts to help scam victim, gets blocked and ghosted when victim falls for same ruse again.... (3:36:26): Druff's blood pressure has gone up to a semi-dangerous level.... (3:41:24): PFA Radio listener claims Fontainebleau host charged him over $2000 after he left property, for supposedly comped room.... (4:01:03): Man shot dead at South Point in Vegas after tense standoff with police.

Topic begins at (0:08:06) mark: PayPal suspends Phil Galfond's account with $117k in it.... (0:27:16): Prahlad Friedman is made Twitter famous after embarrassing 2018 tweet exchange is made public by James Woods and another big account.... (0:37:18): Daniel Negreanu and his wife Amanda start a YouTube show revealing intimate details about their lives, past and present.... (1:09:24): Gavin Newsom gives CA Indian tribal casinos the right to sue others -- but nobody can sue them.... (1:20:17): Wyndham Business Earner credit card will not be offering status matches to Caesars Diamond in 2025, but Druff will give you other options to earn it easily.... (2:00:47): Rapper Nelly arrested after $50k casino jackpot reveals Missouri bench warrant over car insurance matter.... (2:08:30): Update: Huge shootout results in arrest of teen believed to have murdered poker pro Matt Bergart in April 2024.... (2:25:10): Druff gives his take on why Kamala Harris lost.... (3:10:20): Druff analyzes Trump's moves so far, and expresses some concern regarding the second term... This was Part 2 of the show which aired on November 23-24, 2024, and this portion was released several days later.

Topic begins at (0:21:52) mark: Announcement: Huge "Robert Gray Memorial Freeroll" (at least $877) to take place on December 7.... (0:31:08): Interview with Andrew Gnatovich, aka "Las Vegas Cabby Chronicles", about a weird WSOP dealer class action lawsuit, plus unusual cabby stories.... (2:07:50): F1 race returns to Vegas, attendance appears to be way down.... (2:27:21): GGPoker has changed all games above $10/$20 NL to a "host" model, shutting out most players.... (2:52:27): GGPoker bans winner of the $25k WSOP Super High Roller online championship for cheating, but doesn't award bracelet to anyone.... (3:06:26): GGPoker's purchase of WSOP is made final.... (3:16:42): Caesars to sell LINQ Promenade for $275 million.... (3:26:28): Someone just wasted a $144k ticket on Circa Survivor by not submitting their picks.... (3:32:44): Druffytime Theater: Guess the ending of this weird 1989 story from Druff's life.... (4:25:25): Chuck Woolery passed away, and he once hosted a show where Ken Scalir appeared.... This is part 1 of 2, and the other part of this very long episode will appear within a few days.

Druff does a 8-hour video show following the progress of the 2024 Presidential election. Featuring many guest co-hosts such as tradershky, Daly, tigerpiper, jpfromla, and many others!

Topic begins at (0:18:31) mark: Hustler Casino Live sexual harassment scandal leads to exit of Nick Vertucci.... (1:38:56): Veronica Brill under fire due to her close association with Nick Vertucci, Druff analyzes her contradictory and hypocritical interview with poker.org.... (2:44:40): Where does Hustler Casino Live go from here? Druff gives his take.... (3:04:52): Norman Chad riles up Twitter after he mocked Maria Konnikova's online bracelet win.... (3:29:40): WSOP $5300 NL online event gets fewer than 8 entrants, get cancelled, yet was still promoted after cancellation.... (3:39:24): Justin Bonomo paid big money to attend Democratic event and meet Bernie Sanders... and it didn't go well for him.... (3:56:37): 67-year-old Tropicana imploded on October 9, along with spectacular fireworks/drone show, but city mishandled the matter of people wanting to view it.... (4:18:24): Vegas food news: World's biggest In-N-Out to open across the street from Aria, longtime southern CA diner "Norm's" to open in Las Vegas.... (4:36:06): 43-foot-tall, naked Donald Trump sculpture erected at junction of higways 15 and 93, north of Las Vegas.... (4:45:07): Dragon Tail slot machines, accused of being ripoffs of the popular Dragon Link machines, have been forcefully removed from Nevada casinos.... (4:52:49): IRS to clamp down on people who didn't file taxes despite receiving sportsbetting W-2g forms from 2018-2020.... (5:01:23): What Would Druff Do? PFA listener texts, "Vegas hotel couldn't find my reservation when I got there!".... (5:19:10): Editorial: Does Elon Musk's new Optimus robot signal a new era of humanoid robots we always dreamed about?

Topic begins at (0:00:00) mark: PFA Radio listeners have a chance to win a free tournament ticket worth $2500.... (0:24:59): Circa Survivor NFL contest gets record 14,266 entries, then over 95% fall off within 3 weeks.... (1:04:28): MGM rumored to be analyzing slot play in order to remove offers and Noir status from advantage players.... (1:49:28): Update: Clark County official Robert Telles found guilty of murdering journalist Jeff German.... (2:16:38): Hustler Casino Live temporarily removed from YouTube for alleged terms violation.... (2:30:48): Update: All American Dave returns to social media, claims he will try to make things right for those with 2022 card balances with his company.... (2:58:24): Caesars employee tells Druff that Diamond/Laurel Lounges to return to Vegas in 2025, due to "drink abuse" under current system.... (3:16:53): Hawk Tuah girl, Hailey Welch, plays in Celebrity Poker Tour, folds two pair to single flop bet.... (3:44:38): Harrah's Resort Southern California posts tacky sign in rooms regarding charges for stolen items.... (3:54:43): Texas man accused of murdering a guy accused of cheating at a home poker game.... (4:02:34): Airline service CLEAR can get you Caesars Diamond for just $199 per year.... (4:11:51): tradershky checks in, plays a mysterious podcast where the two hosts glowingly discuss Druff.

Topic begins at (0:01:35) mark: Scott Ball accused of stiffing popular influencers who were supposed to be paid to promote ACR.... (0:29:35): WSOP bought by GGPoker.... (0:55:45): Implosion date for Tropicana announced.... (1:04:39): Resorts World faces possible loss of license due to allowing bookies to gamble and launder money in casino.... (1:16:43): Rio is laying off 30 middle managers, plus several executives have voluntarily left.

Druff does a one-hour, one-topic radio show after being out 7 weeks with a chronic cough. The topic this week is an updated discussion about upcoming online poker site Phenom Poker, and whether you should believe any of the hype.

Topic begins at (0:26:24) mark: Druff got COVID during the Main Event... did it affect him? Did he cash?.... (1:17:34): Player has heart attack on WSOP Main Day 5, shows up anyway to play.... (1:27:40): Kristen Foxen blows likely WSOP Main final table appearance in controversial hand.... (1:54:54): Jonathan Tamayo makes weird fold with QQ to one raise, other Main Event final tablists shoot off chips in weird ways.... (2:21:20): Phil Hellmuth makes "Kung Fu Fighting" entrance, gets booed.... (2:28:13): Sean Perry goes on the offensive, calls out Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, and other past critics.... (3:20:20): Steve Jacobs, aka "stevebets", accused of stiffing famed sportsbettor "Spanky" in proxy betting deal.... (3:55:27): Jeremy Becker, Landon Tice challenge coming down to which lost the least amount.... (4:03:28): Fred Khalilian, former operator of pokertribes.com, gets light sentence in murder-for-hire plot.... (4:10:29): MGM Grand Detroit denies 6-figure jackpot to woman they claimed they banned in 2015.... (4:21:08): Mirage closes after jackpot giveaway promo.... (4:30:59): Editorial: What really happened in the Trump assassination attempt?

Topic begins at (0:13:01) mark: Druff plays 7 more WSOP events -- did it get any better?.... (0:33:56): Woman freaks out during $1500 Mixed Omaha event, gets disqualified and trespassed from Caesars properties.... (0:50:43): Brent Hart wins WSOP bracelet, accused of past scamming.... (0:55:55): Antonio Galiana wins WSOP bracelet, accused of complex scam from 2018.... (1:17:56): Winner of $1m Mysery Millions Bounty acts unexcited, and Druff might know why.... (1:28:21): Men "the Master" Nguyen accused of grabbing chips out of pot he lost.... (1:45:59): Daniel Negreanu complains about controversial ruling after player who thought he won pot mucks hand.... (1:54:55): Nitty pro poker players angle shoot late registration in order to start up to an hour after it closes.... (2:08:48): Cheater Ali Imsirovic is back at the WSOP, wearing mask to perhaps hide his identity.... (2:12:51): Druff gets in Twitter debate again about Ike Haxton and his constant N-95 mask wearing at the poker table....(3:12:08): Ladies event at Wynn finishes with embarrassing 15-way chop.... (3:21:10): Caesars-wide system outage knocks out all restaurants at Paris, people not allowed to leave due to inability to take payment.

Topic begins at (0:09:51) mark: Druff talks about his experiences playing his first 2024 WSOP event, the $1500 O8.... (0:42:20): Mike Holtz causes controversy by playing Casino Employees Event despite being pro poker player.... (0:54:57): Player shamed on social media for using GTO Wizard between hands -- is this right to do?.... (1:12:42): WSOP.com adds Michigan, creates new platform called WSOP Online, and bungles pre-registration procedure.... (1:26:59): Steve Albini, 2-time WSOP bracelet winner and semi-famous record producer, passes away abruptly at 61, but had a very dark past.... (2:14:20): High stakes Canadian pro poker player Matt Bergart killed in home invasion.... (2:19:56): 72-year-old woman claims Bally's Atlantic City cheated her out of a $2.56 million jackpot

Topic begins at (0:12:22) mark: Update: Ippei Mizuhara to make guilty plea in Shohei Ohtani gambling/theft scandal, TV series to be produced depicting the situation.... (0:44:47): Doug Polk attempts (and fails) to get Farmers Branch, TX city council to let him open a card room there.... (2:02:11): David Copperfield accused of sexual harassment, grooming.... (2:39:12): Eric Bensamochan starts new podcast.... (2:48:15): Dealers at Houston's Legends card room suspected of rigging the deck.... (2:56:59): Mirage to shut down for three years on July 17 for massive renovation into Hard Rock.... (3:25:34): Mohegan Sun leaving ill-fated partnership with Virgin Las Vegas.... (3:52:08): Some Caesars Diamond Plus members are no longer getting the promised "4 daily free drinks" benefit.

Topic begins at (0:12:44) mark: Update: Shohei Ohtain's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara federally charged with bank fraud.... (1:38:05): Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter banned from NBA after feigning illness to win "under" prop bets on himself.... (1:58:47): John Mehaffey discovers major strategy errors in articles on affiliate websites for legalized US gamlbing sites.... (2:20:54): Ground broken for project to bring high speed train between southern California and Vegas.... (2:47:32): Poker.org tweet about Bonomo interview brings out negative comments, they try to hide them, then they disable them.... (3:24:41): Druffytime Theater: What was it like growing up in LA in the '70s and '80s?.... (4:15:30): Poker Hall of Famer Crandell Addington passes away at 85.... (4:22:00): Imminent Vegas monorail closure rumor incorrectly starts due to bad reading comprehension on Twitter.... (4:30:28): Top Joy Poker Tour cancels Australia event just 8 days before it's supposed to start.... (4:37:59): Controversial Acres video poker analysis software available to casinos, giving them info about who is a good or bad player.... (4:59:26): Pokerstars, Bwin ordered to refund over $450,000 to two Netherlands players who lost when the sites weren't fully licensed there.... (5:07:05): Nick Yunis abandons big tournament stack due to unexpected birth of child.

Topic begins at (0:23:06) mark: Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani in massive controversy regarding illegal gambling payments from his account.... (1:49:29): Peter Jetten wins arbitration against Tom Dwan, then deletes tweet crowing about it.... (2:10:38): Tropicana Las Vegas closes, Druff visits and gambles during final few hours.... (2:26:02): Oakland A's will play in Sacramento for next 3 years, perhaps longer, as they wait for Vegas situation to resolve.... (2:33:12): Ryan DePaulo fired from ACR, expresses irritation about it publicly.... (2:51:22): WPT Cruise seen as success, Druff recalls iconic 2006 Party Poker cruise.... (3:34:27): Update: New info released regarding last year's MGM hack which impacted operations for weeks.... (3:44:37): Shaun Deeb's Twitter hammered by thousands of bots, with his and wife's SSNs, as possible retaliation for critical tweets.... (3:54:15): UC Berkeley professor under fire for posting, "If you want a girlfriend, get out of the Bay Area".... (4:33:09): Poker.org in controversy for the second time this year, this time inadvertently promoting a magazine by Mike Postle's friend.... (4:59:27): Las Vegas lawyer, wife shot dead by wife's former father-in-law, who was another attorney.... (5:08:57): Report: Philadelphia highway shooting, where shooter got hit by car while fleeing on foot, was a poker debt collection gone bad.... (5:15:15): Founders Card has apparently resolved its issues with Caesars, and is giving out Diamond status again.... (5:18:43): Druff plays at Fontainebleu Las Vegas, notices some recent changes to their games and point accumulation methods.... (5:31:20): Wynn Las Vegas doing status match through late May.... (5:44:20): Commerce Casino announced as location of 2024 WSOP Tournament of Champions, causing controversy.... (5:53:35): GGPoker and Russian PokerOK skin cause controversy after going to war against "stables".... (6:06:10): Twitter influencer "Vegas Starfish" steals Vegas Casino Talk content for one of her videos.

Topic begins at (0:00:00): PFA Radio finally gets monetized on YouTube.... (0:23:54): Another update on Tom Dwan controversies.... (0:52:24): New Pokernews show mangles Druff's name, debate follows regarding pronunciation.... (0:59:02): Former Clark County Congressional candidate arrested for killing a man in Resorts World in October 2023.... (1:30:34): A rash of room break-ins at new Rio Las Vegas victimize several tourists.... (1:50:44): Randy Garcia, Maurice Hawkins continue feud over Hawkins not paying longstanding debt.... (2:32:18): Founders Card, long a way to get Caesars Diamond without playing, abruptly stops that status match.... (2:58:57): WSOP.com may do away with terrible, antiquated 888 software.... (3:10:05): Man claims he was stung in the testicles by a scorpion at Venetian.... (3:21:55): Druffytime Theater: In 1991, the hottest girl in the dorms took a quick liking to Druff, but then a bizarre twist occurred.... (4:01:56): Oakland A's release weird stadium design which looks similar to famous Sydney Opera House.... (4:10:27): Fontainebleu Las Vegas is doing tier matching again -- Druff gives some tips and information to know.... (4:28:13): Interesting stats revealed by Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority regarding room occupancy and comps.

This is a special 93-minute episode of Poker Fraud Alert Radio, which was unscheduled. Druff analyzed the Pokernews interview between Chad Holloway and Tom Dwan. Druff then read tweets from Peter Jetten's Twitter AMA (ask me anything) about the situation.

Topic begins at (0:21:26) mark: Mike Postle returns, makes 2-hour speech on Twitter Spaces, Druff analyzes.... (4:44:23): Tom Dwan accused by Peter Jetten and Haralabos Voulgaris of stiffing them out of big money.... (5:32:06): ACR in controversy again after CEO posts video simulating giving VR blow jobs, and then site signs the controversial Dwan as a pro.... The remainder of the planned topics will be done on a second show airing soon.

This is part 2 of the show which aired from 2/16-2/17/24. Part 1 is already posted.... Topic begins at (0:09:46) mark: Jason Koon quits as GGPoker ambassador under mysterious circumstances, Fedor Holz takes on Player Integrity role, some skins suspected of allowing unverified players on GG Network.... (1:18:43): Winner of GGPoker $1,000,000 Mystery Bounty jackpot claims it was only paid as $780k.... (1:27:44): Matt Berkey mocks Jonathan Little, then Little immediately wins tournaments, then Negreanu and Berkey battle over the matter.... (2:07:22): Party Poker player claims the site stole $707,000 from him, and closed his account -- but was he actually a victim here?.... (2:59:26): Ryan Feldman, Garret Adelstein have tense argument on Twitter Spaces.... (3:37:41): Update: Jacksonville Jaguars want the $20 million BACK from FanDuel, where embezzler Amit Patel chunked off the money he stole.... (3:50:08): Druff goes to the new Whataburger on the Las Vegas strip, and gives review of his experience.... (4:19:59): Judge in Borgata/MGM case rules casinos have no duty to stop compulsive gamblers from betting.

This is part 1 of the very long show. Part 2 will follow as a separate episode shortly.... Topic begins at (0:23:22) mark: Who is the #1 Todd in poker?.... (0:39:41): Sean Perry loses $1.1m bet on 49ers during Super Bowl -- but what is the real story with this guy?.... (2:15:45): Druff goes over the newly posted 2024 WSOP schedule.... (2:49:32): Christopher Mitchell goes to the Super Bowl, gets scammed by a Facebook follower in his own contest.... (3:04:39): Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu want Ike Haxton to take off the N95 mask.... (3:58:02): Update: Accused backpack thief and tournament pro Anthony Zinno finally makes statement about the matter.

This is part 2 of the show which aired on 1/31/24.... Topic beings at (0:07:42) mark: Tropicana Las Vegas to shut down on April 2, 2024.... (0:43:53): Crypto-based Phenom Poker claims to be revolutionary and "trustless" -- but is it?.... (1:31:58): Clark County passes law against standing on pedestrian bridges -- should tourists be concerned?.... (1:55:07): Man followed home from Commerce after chunking off all his money, held at gunpoint.... (2:07:58): Former Resorts World CEO Scott Sibella pleads guilty to federal charges.... (2:30:04): Indian tribes try to get casino established on non-tribal land in Barstow, CA.... (2:42:21): Oxford Casino in Maine accidentally gives $250 freeplay to far too many patrons, rescinds it.... (2:50:56): Nobu accidentally allowed people to book impossibly cheap rooms for the Super Bowl -- and now they're getting moved to other properties.... (3:00:23): PFA snubbed for GPI "best podcast" award -- again.