18 Jan 12

Daily Rewind: Rubin Pleads Guilty, Gus Crushing, Aussie Chip Dumpers

Today's Rewind brings news surrounding Ira Rubin's court case. We report on Gus Hansen's giant heater in Macau and hear about how two cheats were caught out at the Aussie Millions. We also look back at an epic cash game hand between Patrik Antonius and Andrew Robl.

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 bring the following stories to you:

Gus cleaning up in Macau

Reports coming in this week indicate that Gus Hansen's last minute detour to Macau on his way to the Aussie Millions was possibly one of the best decisions of his career. 

The wily Dane blogged about his experience over at the Starworld Macau Poker King Club this week, claiming to have played some mammoth sessions with "plenty of big hands." 

The hands he played must have been enormous, because he's now on his way to Melbourne with an extra $3.8 million USD in his pocket, making him the big winner in a huge game.

Gus enjoying his time in Macau

Rubin pleads guilty: faces jail term

Ira Rubin yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Manhattan Federal Court.

Rubin was accused of helping offshore poker companies process billions of dollars of revenue, disguising the transactions by creating phony businesses.

Prosecutors allege that Rubin created  a number of fake companies including a golf store and an electronics retailer to mask the transactions following the implementation of the UIGEA in 2006.

Rubin is accused of helping PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker process payments from their US customers and has been charged with nine counts, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.

He pleaded guilty to three counts and faces a jail term of 18 to 24 months, having been jailed since his arrest in April 2011.

Chip dumpers busted at Aussie Millions

While Brendan Rubie may be celebrating his win in the opening event of the 2012 Aussie Millions, two players from said tournament will be ruing what was a fairly stupid decision.

Crown Poker officials noticed that a player who had already been eliminated from day one was soon after seen with a fresh pile of chips on another table.

It transpired that the player in question had been given a stack of chips from his friend who had also been playing the tournament but had to leave for other commitments.

When his table broke, he handed his seat card and chips over to the busted player who carried on as if it was his own stack.

Both players were immediately disqualified and banned from playing poker at the Crown Casino for an unconfirmed period of time.

The eye in the sky at Crown Casino

High stakes corner

In what has been a relatively calm past 24 hours in the world of high stakes poker (that is unless you’re Gus Hansen), "L0ve2playU" leads the way having banked $62,497 for his day's work according to HSDB.

Phil Ivey's rumoured account, "RaiseOnce" sits at the foot of the table, having endured a fairly abrupt $54k loss at the $200/$400 PLO tables in just 140 hands. 

Daily Signoff

Today's signoff looks back at an infamous hand from the Aussie Milliions 2009 cash game invitational.

We all know that getting your chips in good is no guarantee to win the pot. However getting it in good FOUR times should surely be enough. Surely?