In an epic thread at 2P2, Tiffany Michelle in the flesh came on to post about all the “haters” commenting about her behavior during the WSOP Main Event this year. As expected, it was a mixed bag of remarks from losers that live to post on Internet poker forums.

The Cliff Notes version of what lead to this thread:

1. Tiffany acts like a bitch calling the clock on a player when his TOURNAMENT LIFE and a shot at NINE MILLION DOLLARS (not pesos) was on the line.

2. She berates another player for taking too long to make ALL of his decisons.

3. She puts her greasy fingers all over the poker chips and acts like it’s not a big deal when the other mean men at the table call her out for it.

4. Acts generally clueless about how her behavior could possibly be seen as “bitchy”, “classless”, or otherwise “trailer park”.

In response to the Craig Marquis drama where she blasted him for being so slow:

Tiffany said:

First, the Craig things was terribly edited… I’m pretty sure he’ll even tell you that we were having a fun banter back and forth where I was picking on him (in good nature) about how long he took to make decisions every hand. He was laughing about it!

And I’m glad someone brought up the clock things. I’m shocked that none of you have EVER under ANY circumstance called the clock in the middle of a poker game…ever? Trust me, I don’t make a habit of calling the clock on people. I think in four years of playing tournaments that was probably the second or third time I’ve ever done that.

Obviously ESPN doesn’t show or tell you how long Paul Snead was taking to make a decision (it was a looooooooooonge time) and if it appeared that he was anywhere close to making a decision I would have stayed silent…. but you weren’t there, I was and he wasn’t anywhere close to a decision. I had been at the table with him for awhile and this was his typical process to make a bit of a fuss over his hands and his calls. He’d get up, pace around, talk to the audience and his friends on the rail. People forget that we’re all on camera, we’re at a featured table, player’s games change soooooooo much under those settings and it becomes more ‘acting’ and soaking up your five minutes of fame than actually playing a game of poker. I can guarantee you that if the TV cameras weren’t rolling it wouldn’t have taken him half as long to make a decision there. So yes, I chose to hold him accountable to the game of POKER even if it made me look less classy than humor another ‘Hollywood-er’.

Please don’t forget that the two of us were playing the same game for the same stakes. He was taking his time to decide and I was practicing my right (within the rules people) to ask for the clock since I was getting short stacked and the blinds were increasing… MY tournament life was at stake just as much as his.

And Craig Marquis said:

Yeah. This is all well and good after the fact, but you were extremely disrespectful and unbelievably rude while we were playing in just about every situation you could be. I feel like those 7 edited episodes accurately depicted your behavior during the tournament, and you can say it was “your table face” or whatever, but your calling the clock during the Paul Snead and Scott Montgomery hand in what is probably the most stressful situation the man has ever been just boggles my mind. Also this is coming from somebody who is judging you entirely on his personal experience with you, not from the any media-skewed perspective.

And with that, Tiffany proceeded to bow out and STFU. So far. In her parting shot she tried to make up to Craig with the following:

Wow, well that’s too bad. Sorry about that. It seemed to me that myself and the other players at the table were having a good laugh at it all but I guess under those circumstances people take everything too seriously.

Obviously my attempt to do clear some things up and do good didn’t matter… so I’ll peace outta this forum boys. Best of luck at the final table Craig, I’ve said nothing but good things about you in all my interviews and wish you well! xx

So the short version is – Tiffany acts like a bitch on the WSOP ME broadcast on ESPN. Tiffany starts a thread on 2P2 to say “OMG, I’m totally a girl and I’m so damn cute you should all love me, just the pokar chips do! They came to me all during the event except that last hand where I donked off my stack with a bad call holding AJ with two other callers! Buh Bye and Good Luck!”

Yeah, Tiffany. Class act. The whole thing making you look like a spoiled, self-centered BITCH is a fabrication by the mean editors at ESPN. Let’s not even get into the whole Ultimate Bet fiasco with Poker News and your poor judgement there. And by the way, give Andy Bloch his fkin hat back!

Doyles Room is sending notices to their players today that they’re having “trouble with a payment processor” and as a result, adding up to 30 days time to process cash outs.

This is yet another black eye for the online poker world following a string of negative press. Cash out issues, players in certain states being IP blocked from accessing poker sites, multi-accounting accusations, and now allegations of bots at Full Tilt Poker.

Can it get much worse?

The email from Doyles Room reads:

The purpose of this email is to convey to you our sincere apologies for any or all inconvenience you may have or are experiencing during these past few weeks with respect to the withdrawals you have requested via check(s) or courier.

We have been informed by our (2) merchant processors about technical problems within their system. Unfortunately, their systems are now down and all our checks are on hold until further notice. We estimate that you could be receiving the payment in about or around 20 to 30 more working days in light of the overwhelming amount of checks being issued.

We want to inform you of this delay as soon we were advised as a testament to our appreciation as our customer(s). We know this situation it’s been extremely frustrating for you as well as for us, especially in light of the fact that you have been a valued customer of ours…

Let me assure you that what had happened is not typical of Doyle’s Room Accounting Department Services. We continue to be committed to providing you and all of our customers with the highest standards of service in the industry.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call me at (888) 762-XXXX ext. XXXX or to send an email to iwantmymonies@doylesroom.com

Yours in service,

Blah, Blah, Blah.

The online poker record was set and broken four times this weekend. The “old” record was held by patitino and trex313 when a mere pair of 2’s with a Queen kicker took down the $610,000.00 pot. That record was beat this past Sunday when durrrr and LarsLuzak tied up at Full Tilt Poker with a short-lived record pot of $617,968.00. Within a very short timeframe, that record would fall when durrr and John Juanda went at it with durrrr holding pocket Aces against the pocket Kings of Juanda. A King spiked on the river to give Juanda the $678,069.00 pot.

Not to be outdone, Phil Ivey and John Juanda would play another monster pot. This time it was Ivey with a flopped set of 10’s to Juanda’s flush draw. The money got in on the flop and no flush arrived to save Juanda from losing the massive $687,622.00 pot to Ivey.

Finally, just nine hours after the last record hand dropped, durrrr and Urindanger tangled. Again, it was a battle of pocket Kings (durrrr) versus pocket Aces for Urindanger. No miracle cards arrived and Urindanger took down the pot for a whopping $723,938.00.

I don’t think anyone would be surprised at this point to see online poker’s first million dollar pot before the end of 2008. With the stacks that some of these players have had (several have topped one million dollars) there’s little question as to WHEN as opposed to IF the first million dollar pot will go down. The only question is who will be the big winner? Our money is on durrrr as he’s had an uncanny ability to find himself in the middle of these insane pots.

The Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut is the largest casino in the world and in proper style, they also host one of the years largest poker tournaments. The World Poker Finals is a three week event held each fall at Foxwoods Casino and is also a World Poker Tour sponsored event. The tournament features 15 different live tournament events that all culminate in a televised $10,000 no limit Hold’em event that is featured annually on the World Poker Tour.

Here is a list of the remaining events:

· Friday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m.: $600 seniors no-limit Hold’em
· Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m.: $300 ladies no-limit Hold’em
· Sunday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m.: $600 no-limit Hold’em shootout
· Monday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.: $600 seven-card stud eight-or-better
· Tuesday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m.: $600 no-limit Hold’em

· Wednesday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.: $600 limit Hold’em
· Thursday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m.: $1,000 no-limit Hold’em
· Friday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.: $1,500 no-limit Hold’em
· Saturday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.: $2,000 no-limit Hold’em
· Sunday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m.: $3,000 no-limit Hold’em
· Monday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.: $5,000 no-limit Hold’em

Last year amateur player Mike Vela bested the field of nearly 600 players in the main event to take home a staggering $1.7 million dollars. Bernard Lee, Paul Lieu and David Fox were some of the other winners from the preliminary events last year. This years tournament will no doubt draw some of the biggest names in poker as they look to get a piece of what most undoubtedly will be a huge prize pool.

Coinciding with the WPT event is a slot machine tournament for old people (aka Club Members). Nothing to do with poker, it’s just easy to make fun of old people.

Ultimate Bet today ran a sweep of their user base and deleted all accounts belonging to the same player.

Leaving 14 players in the Ultimate Bet database.

That is all.

Barely more than 24 hours after we broke the story on Tom durrrr Dwan having a long lost twin brother, here we come with the breaking news on the largest pot ever for online poker.

Calling off all of his remaining stack of 200K on the river with two pair is sick at these nosebleed limits. So sick. But this adds yet another historic pot to his belt and lifts durrrr to over 2 MILLION in winnings for October.

Here’s the drama as it played out:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8659493490: Table RailHeaven (6 max) – $500/$1000 – No Limit Hold’em – 20:00:45 ET – 2008/10/25
Seat 1: durrrr ($308,984.25)
Seat 2: LarsLuzak ($311,232.25)
Seat 4: Ziigmund ($100,000), is sitting out
LarsLuzak posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
LarsLuzak raises to $3,000
durrrr calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [9c 5d 2s]
durrrr checks
LarsLuzak bets $4,000
durrrr raises to $12,700
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak calls $8,700
*** TURN *** [9c 5d 2s] [Ac]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund stands up
durrrr bets $24,700
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak calls $24,700
*** RIVER *** [9c 5d 2s Ac] [7h]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $68,700
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak has requested TIME
LarsLuzak raises to $270,832.25, and is all in
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr has requested TIME
durrrr calls $199,884.25, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $2,248 returned to LarsLuzak
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LarsLuzak shows [6d 4s] Ace Nine high
durrrr shows [Ad 9d] two pair, Aces and Nines
durrrr wins the pot ($617,968) with two pair, Aces and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $617,968.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9c 5d 2s Ac 7h]
Seat 1: durrrr (big blind) showed [Ad 9d] and won ($617,968) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 2: LarsLuzak (small blind) showed [6d 4s] and lost with Ace Nine high
Seat 4: Ziigmund is sitting out

Crime doesn’t pay – especially when you’re robbing a home poker game in Winfield. File this under “the dumbest way to rake a pot in the history of poker“.

If you’re planning on robbing a poker game in Winfield, West Virginia, don’t.

It’s probably a safe bet that Jacqueline Dennis had no clue that such a +EV move could land her ass in jail for 25 YEARS. You read right, folks. That’s 9,125 days in the female prison, not counting leap years. Donkdown.

Apparently she thought it was a good idea back in November of 2007 to join an accomplice and rob a group of folks playing a poker game inside a private home. They made away with $27,000 in cash so clearly these guys were just “funning” around. Probably playing $20 Sit n Go tournaments with a little rake going to the house to cover food and drink. Might have been a better idea to take the rake and hire some SECURITY. You think?

So this chick cops a plea deal and agrees to help the prosecution go after the other guy in the case. The deal was to get her only 10 years in return for her cooperation. Apparently the judge wasn’t aware or simply didn’t care because he promptly sent her to prison for 25 years (took a bad beat, obv). Her attorney later commented, “My guess is it was because a gun was involved”.

Holy shit Sherlock, you think so? Remind me to never use this attorney if I ever get nailed for some dumb shit in West Virginia. Wait. Nevermind. There’s no reason on God’s green earth for me to EVER go to West Virginia. Guess I’m good.

With good behavior she’s eligible for parole in about 8 years. So for the next 8 years at least, it’s somewhat safe to play poker in West Virginia. Just make sure it’s not anywhere Winfield.

Twisted Gambler has uncorked what is sure to send shock waves throughout the online poker community. Tom Dwan, also known as “durrr” playing the nose bleed stakes at Full Tilt Poker, has a twin brother. Long abandoned by his big brother (Tom is almost 4 minutes older than his little brother), Tim Dwan is pissed and he has made it clear to this reporter that he wants to be compensated.

It’s a sad commentary on the US attitude of entitlement but often a very common event once a family member learns of another family member who’s “made it big”. While reading his monthly copy of “Ventriloquist Quarterly”, Tim Dwan saw a small side item about one of his “peers” running into Tom after a show at the Bellagio.

Tim showed up in Vegas the very next day and began to search for his brother in earnest. Rather than end his search in vain, Tim asked Twisted Gambler to help. We didn’t have to look any further than the chat box at FTP at Rail Heaven.

When confronted with details of his twin brother still being alive, Tom replied “I thought that bastard died after the wood chipper incident. It was a complete accident, obv but if that dude is looking for money he’s out of his mind”.

Tim had little to offer in terms of a reply other than to say, “The wood chipper incident is matter of interpretation and my attorneys will present our version very soon”.

While it’s the policy here at Twisted to remain neutral on legal matters between brothers, we still can’t get over the resemblance these two have. Regardless of whether Tom really did try to turn his brother into a box of toothpicks, we believe that these two will ultimately resolve their differences.

While no public announcement has been made as of this writing, it’s being reported by several industry insiders that Microgaming is blocking access to their poker network to 14 US states. This move was apparently precipitated by the Kentucky gambling domain case and is meant as a proactive measure to avoid any of their clients’ domains being taken. There are several dozen poker sites that currently use the Microgaming network such as Royal Vegas Poker, Golden Tiger Poker, and Intertops Poker.

The states that are affected from this block are:

District of Columbia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

Michigan

Missouri

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

Oregon

South Dakota

Washington State

Wisconsin

At this time, all 79 players on the network are in the process of moving their money over to a real site like Full Tilt.