20 Feb 12

Daily Rewind: Gold Room Opens, LAPT Final, EPT Copenhagen, Jeremy Johnson

Today's Rewind reports on the opening of the Jamie Gold poker room at the Tropicana. Daniel Negreanu has made it to the LAPT Grand Final final table and we hear about rogue payment processor Jeremy Johnson's ongoing case with the FTC.

The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:

After the Goldrush

2006 WSOP Main Event champion Jamie Gold has endured some fairly negative press since his infamous $12,000,000 win at the WSOP.

A few fleeting cameos on High Stakes Poker and a handful of unimpressive tournament appearances have been the most we've seen from Gold, but this week he's back with a bang in Vegas.

The Tropicana opened the Jamie Gold Poker Room on Friday, and Gold was there to celebrate the opening by taking part in the afternoon $500 freezeout.

It remains to be seen how much of an impact he will have on the Tropicana's poker economy, but Jamie Gold is most certainly back in the poker world for now.

Learn, Chat and Play with Jamie Gold at the Tropicana

Negreanu making waves in Brazil

Hardly a day goes by in the Daily Rewind where we don't mention Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu. Today is no different, as the chippy Canadian PokerStars Pro sits well poised to snare some Brazilian spoils.

Negreanu has made it to the final table of the LAPT Grand Final in Sao Paolo, where just 8 players sit between him and the $324,600 first place. You can follow all the action as the final unfolds today over at the PokerStars blog.

Johnson accused of hiding $51.4 million

Rogue payment processor Jeremny Johnson was accused of concealing $51.4m "earned mostly by processing online poker payments", reports the Salt Lake City Tribune today.

The Federal Trade Commission sued Johnson amongst others in 2010 "alleging that he sold products online for a minimal handling fee and then charged large unauthorized amounts on consumers’ credit or debit cards, taking in some $350 million."

Johnson denied the allegations on Friday, the case continues.

Johnson denies concealment allegations

High stakes corner

The past 24 hours in the world of online high stakes have been dominated by "MaiseE" who took control of the PokerStars PLO tables, crushing all and sundry for close to $300,000 according to HighStakesDB.

It's been a rough day at the office for the likes of Van "Sirens" Marcus, Phil "takechip" D'Auteuil and "Zypherin" who managed to drop close to $250,000 between them.

EPT Copenhagen begins

Today marks the start of the ever popular Danish EPT over in Copenhagen.

The EPT returns here for its eighth successive year as poker hopefuls dream of emulating last year's winner Michael Tureniec, who banked DKK3.7 million for his maiden EPT title.

We'll be back with updates tomorrow, but for now you can follow all the progress over at the PokerStars Blog, and read our preview here.