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Aussie Poker Pro Sentenced for Cocaine Smuggling
Professional poker player David Saab has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in trying to smuggle 14.6 kg of cocaine into Australia.
Saab will serve at least 10 years behind bars before being considered for parole.
His two co-accused, Darren Hughes and Robert Remeeus, were each given lesser sentences of eight years in jail with a five-year minimum.
All three pleaded guilty but the judge sentenced Saab the heaviest for his role in recruiting the others into the scheme and being the key organizer.
The three were arrested in January of this year after the drugs were found in a shipment of agricultural equipment to Sydney from Canada.
The shipment was tracked to Melbourne where the three were arrested and charged with importing and possessing a commercial quantity of cocaine.
The street value of the cocaine was estimated to be between $6.5 and $8.5 million.
On the felt, Saab has well over half a million in live tournament earnings including a 46th-place finish at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event for $135,000.
His biggest live tournament result was a win at the 2008 Asian Poker Tour event in Manila for $230,000.
The three apparently met through playing poker. Remeeus played online poker.
Source By: Sunpoker
 Esfandiari Wins Second WPT Title!
 Antonio Esfandiari received the perfect 32nd birthday present as he took down the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for a cool $870,124, taking his lifetime winnings from live tournaments to $4,508,117.
Vanessa Rousso To Sell Lamborghini!
 Over the past couple of weeks we have had a number of poker players putting treasured items up for sale on the auction site eBay. First we had Peter Eastgate selling his 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event winner’s bracelet to raise money for charity, then we had Paul “Eskimo” Clark selling a WSOP bracelet he won to raise money for his own bankroll. Now we have Vanessa Rousso selling her Lamborghini Gallardo, which can be yours for just $126,500!
Rousso Races Into The Lead
Vanessa Rousso’s fondness for fast cars seems to have rubbed off on her poker playing as she has raced into the lead at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic being held at the luxurious Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Don’t Listen to Phil Hellmuth
 !Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt has decided to release another book, this one entitled rather controversially, “Don’t Listen To Phil Hellmuth: Correcting The 50 Worst Pieces Of Poker Advice You’ve Ever Heard.”
Kent Lundmark wins EPT Barcelona
Kent Lundmark has become the sixth Swedish EPT Champion after defeating Spanish pro, Jesus Cortes Lizano, in the €5,300 buy-in Main Event of EPT Barcelona.
Eastgate’s Bracelet Sells For $147,500!
Yesterday the auction for Peter Eastgate’s 2009 WSOP Main Even bracelet ended and the winning bid was a massive $147,500
Erik Seidel Elected into Poker Hall of Fame
  Erik Seidel will join the greatest names in poker after being elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. The eight-time WSOP gold bracelet winner will be officially inducted into poker’s most prestigious institution in November, along with fellow inductee, Dan Harrington. Seidel was elected after poker fans cast their votes online between July 1st and August 31th, 2010, to nominate ten players for entry into the Hall of Fame. The nominees were then judged by the 16 living members of the Hall of Fame and a 17-person media panel, who chose the two players they deemed most worthy of the honor of entry into the hall.
Gus Hansen wins his first WSOP bracelet
 Congratulations to Gus Hansen for winning his first WSOP bracelet.
"The Great Dane" won the High-Roller No-Limit Hold ‘em Heads Up Championship at WSOP Europe in London, pocketing the top prize of £288,409 ($451,880).
Hansen beat Jim Collopy in a best of three heads-up final. With the series tied at 1-1, both players went into the final match on Sunday night, and, after four hours of play, Collopy moved all in with K-4. Hansen called and his pocket fours held strong to win him the tournament.
Victory at WSOP Europe takes Hansen's career tournament earnings to over $8 million.
Ferguson Wins Record Third WSOP-C Ring
 Congratulations to Chris Ferguson on becoming the first player to win three WSOP Circuit Event Championships. Ferguson took home a Circuit ring and over $200K for his victory in the WSOP-C Lake Tahoe event.
Starting the Final Table as chip leader, Ferguson played solid poker as the field was whittled down to two players. The heads-up portion of the event, the shortest in WSOP-C history, lasted only one hand. In dramatic fashion, Ferguson flopped a set of 10s to take out his opponent’s pocket Aces and end the tournament on the spot.
With this victory, Ferguson has once again proved that he is one of the top tournament players in the world.
WSOP Main Event 2010 - Winner Jonathan Duhamel
 PokerStars Player Jonathan Duhamel Wins the 2010 World Series Main Event!
After days of long and intense action, and a four month wait for the final table, the 2010 World Series of Poker* Main Event finally has a new Champion, and its PokerStars-sponsored player Jonathan Duhamel! He takes home an incredible $8,944,310 for his victory over the 7,319-strong player field. Jonathan began November’s final table as the chip leader with a huge stack of 65,975,000. After a few knocks to his stack, he still held a dominating chip lead over runner-up John Racener when heads-up play began, and managed to bust his opponent in just 43 hands.
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