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Daredevil co-hosts. garrett calls in to explain the controversy where he is accused of lying about escrowing funds for a heads up match on PFA. onestep calls in to once again promote his upcoming Vegas trip. Jasep is continuing to send money to repay PFA users for his scams, but will it last? There was a major fight at Harrah's New Orleans where security was surprisingly absent. We interview new 22-year-old female poker player Amanda "Mcgrindinlife" Stinchecum, regarding her dysfunctional life story and attempts to make it in Vegas. badguy23 calls in and nearly scares off the guest. Hooters Las Vegas sold, to be rebranded. Shane Bridges of Lock Poker playing victim. Banks remain wary of approving credit card use for internet gaming. Pokerstars to release documentary on Negreanu, we play the preview. A listener calls in to berate Druff for his previous comments about donating to charity through Pokerstars. Druff gives a lot of advice for WSOP players. This show is nearly 6 hours long -- buckle up! Interview with Amanda starts approximately 2 hours in.
Lock Poker has apparently gone down for good. Druff gives updates on the WSOP pieces he's selling. Update given on the Jasep situation. Alex Jacob finally loses on Jeopardy, ending epic and controversial run. Another WSOP winner parts ways: Johnathan Duhamel leaves Pokerstars. Jon Stewart sort of bashes online gambling legalization on The Daily Show. Contest for free hotel room certificate: "Did this really happen to Druff?", featuring contestant "Reno". Paul Phua, part of Caesars World Cup betting ring, scores major court victory. Pokerstars very close to coming to New Jersey? Resorts Casino in New Jersey opens "iGaming Lounge. WSOP.com modifies rewards program to allow players to earn Caesars tier points, but have they gone far enough? Caesars stock falls as bankruptcy related court cases loom.
Brandon "Drexel" Gerson co-hosts during most of the second half of the show. Druff interviews a Bovada player who claims they unfairly confiscated $23,700 from him. Druff is selling pieces of his 2015 WSOP. Four years after Black Friday, where are we now? Girl who lured older pro poker player to robbery & death found guilty. Contest for free hotel room certificate: "Before or After 1982?" PokerFraudAlert scammer "Jasep" returns, promises slow repayment of debts. Former poker pro Alex Jacob becomes "Jeopardy" sensation. Woman amazingly wins 3 tournaments in a row. Mid States Poker Tour player not refunded additional buyin after rebuying too many times & disqualified. DDoS attacks affecting Betfair, Pokerstars. Phone calls from onestep, Scott/SDouble, and badguy23.
In this unusual episode, Druff broadcasts starting 10pm PDT from a Vegas hotel. Early in the show, he is visited by former co-host Brandon "Drexel" Gerson and Bobby Orr. Brandon does a 90-minute segment on his own, mainly discussing the Jasep situation, as well as explaining how he and Druff achieved Seven Stars status at Caesar's properties. Chinamaniac co-hosted both with Drexel and through a portion of Druff's hosting of the show. Erik Ryland calls in to talk about his success on Ultimate Poker. Druff calls a girl who gave her phone number to Ryland on Ultimate Poker, and pretends to be Ryland. Druff and China talk about the rapidly deteriorating situation at Revolution Gaming. Some sad news is revealed regarding a young poker player's health. The curious situation of a WSOP dealer knowing Mike Sowers would get bad beat before it happened is examined, with further clarity provided by a listener call-in. Druff talks about Ben Mezrich's apparent attempt to counter his book's bad reviews with shills of his own. Druff discusses the disturbing situation at Genting Poker, where they are cheating players out of "promotional dollars" on the Hendon Mob skin. TMMLK makes his return to radio after a long absence, but is immediately challenged by badguy23. lewfather pretends to be BeerAndPoker, but eventually both are on the phone at the same time. Court documents reveal that Wynn blackjack dealers make $90k/year, and Druff discusses what that should mean for future tipping. Druff criticizes Caesar's for making money on the Little One for One Drop charity event. Druff gears up for his return to the WSOP after a 16-day hiatus.
SrslySirius guest co-hosts. Scott "ElevenGrover" Bell, producer of the "Ultimate Beat" documentary series regarding UB, is our guest, and he shares lots of information and opinions regarding the complex web that is the UB cheating scandal. We talk about online poker being legalized in Nevada, and what it means for the future of federal legislation. Druff gives his opinion on how safe it really is on the Vegas strip, after the shocking shooting in the street in front of Bellagio. We talk about Caesar's raking the entire $9000 "penis penalty" in the WSOP Ladies Event. Druff gives an update on the John "Jasep" Sepulveda scam.
Druff plays and analyzes four of the recently-released "Makar tapes" where Russ Hamilton secretly taped a meeting regarding damage control after the UB superuser scandal. Former UB programmer Jack Bates comes on to discuss the tapes and some of the UB employees with whom he had contact. User "NaturalBornHustler" tells us about sportsbook BetOnline apparently cheating him and purposely delaying/refusing his cashout requests. Chico Loco calls BetOnline to complain about the way they've treated him and other customers. Druff gives an update to the Jasep scam situation, and explains how Jasep scammed a non-poker community in 2010. The epic failure of the ISPT series is discussed. Druff theorizes that Lock Poker is broke after they recently "segregated" their middle and upper-limit games from the other skins on their network. Brandon was unavailable for this episode.
This 6-hour "emergency" radio show features Brandon "Drexel" Gerson, Chinamaniac, and various guests giving their take on the developing Jasep scandal involving the theft of many thousands from our community.
Brandon "Drexel" Gerson returns to the show, and we discuss the unfortunate "Jasep scandal", where trusted user John "Jasep" Sepulveda stole many thousands of dollars from PokerFraudAlert users and the 22Q charity. Original UB programmer Jack Bates makes a surprise call to us, and sheds some light about the UB software and the early days there. We play and analyze the 7 tapes provided by Travis Makar, which appear to be incriminating Greg Pierson and Russ Hamilton. But are the tapes all they appear to be? Druff touches on Pokerstars.net now being playable on Facebook. The firing of Bellagio Poker Room Director Doug Dalton is discussed. Druff talks about yet another scandal on 888.com. We play a clip of telemarketing scammer (and online payment processor) Jeremy Johnson talking about an alleged million-dollar bribe to Harry Reid, and a meeting he had with Reid, Ray Bitar, and PPA Director John Pappas. Druff plays stupid animal sound effects from one of his young son's iPhone games. This show unfortunately had a lot of internet issues, so you may notice some brief "cutouts" in a few places. Make time for this one, as it's nearly 5 hours long!
Pikachar and the Low Limit Poker Radio guys break down the Jasep scandal with various guests (including PFA's own Druff and Drexel) shedding light on this unfortunate situation.
Johnny "Jasep" Sep guest co-hosts in Drexel's mysterious absence. We talk about Gobboboy's mom's false-but-ugly accusation against one of her son's friends. Erick Lindgren's gambling rehab and admission of owing millions of dollars is discussed. We talk about the cancellation of Jennifer Harman's reality show, and look into the life of one of her crazy castmates. We warn the community about Cedric Brazeau, accused of drugging and hacking Thai poker players. Druff gives reasons why you shouldn't donate to the PPA. We discuss Caesar's various fails, including their possible bankruptcy in the near future. Druff updates everyone on the situation with longtime Russ Hamilton associate Blair Rodman and his time on PokerFraudAlert, and he reads an LOL letter from Poker Players Academy founder Mike Helm, claiming to have lost $2.2 million on the project. Colonel Nigel Fabersham questions the Rio about a ridiculously priced drink promotion. We talk about Chad Elie's sentencing to a minimum security facility, and play a clip of Victor Conte talking about his time there. We amuse ourselves with the fact that Joe Sebok is crushing hella grapes these days.
We introduce new recurring guest Dave Lerman, a former Hollywood insider who tells an especially seedy story about a sexual encounter with LaToya Jackson. Jasep of vegaspokerradio.com is our special guest third host for this episode. We talk about Cyndy Violette's odd plea for as little as $20 to help open her new Las Vegas vegan restaurant. We discuss Brandon Cantu's complaint that he was "robbed" of a bracelet at the WSOP Europe. We touch on Gus Hansen's appointment as the new "Face of Full Tilt" for its November relaunch. We try to determine what is really wrong with Matt Marafioti, who this week tweeted he wished he had cancer. We discuss the potential fine of $25,000 per poached player regarding Black Chip Poker and other Merge skins. DiamondFlushPoker apparently is really angry with Howard Lederer, and we talk about what that means. Brandon and Druff discuss the six Rocky movies.
Drexel does his own solo show for a few hours after Druff has to cut out early from the Druff, Drexel, and Vwls show. He talks about his recent trip to California, including craziness the went on at Venice beach and his experience at Disneyland for the first time. Slim T called in to say he enjoyed the show. After some back and forth, both decided to move past all the drama and let it go. Jasep came on and talked about 22Q. Jasep, Drexel, OSA, Beebs9Dizzle, Sonatine, and Lewfather, called a sex store in Vegas and had a very candid interview with an employee named Jade. She revealed some of her sexual exploits and talked about the sex toy industry.
Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles does a spontaneous show when another site's podcast crashes and the audience is looking to hear more. Druff talks a lot about his ongoing feud with Bryan Micon, and sheds some more light upon the incidents that led to everything. Brandon "Drexel" Gerson joins the show about halfway through, and later does his own show. Listeners Six Toed Pete, Chinamaniac, Windsor Lockwood, Jasep, Slim T, jsearles22, and various others call in. This show lasted a staggering 7.5 hours -- the longest broadcast Druff has even done in his life.