Danish EPT winner accused in hacking case
We round up a few stories you may have missed this week, including Terrence Chan's amateur boxing fight.
Danish cheating scandal
Danish police have confirmed to the press that they are currently investigating claims that a 32-year-old poker player has been planting trojan horse viruses onto the computers of his high stakes rivals.
The individual is accused of using the virus over a period of "nine years or more" to view his opponents' hole cards while playing online, and subsequently cheating them out of millions of Euros.
One victim told Danish news site MX.dk that he had grown suspicious when he returned home to find that his computer had been restarted, which he claimed he "wouldn't normally do".
His suspicions were then justified when he checked his home surveillence system, only to discover it had been shut off for 15 minutes during his absence.
It has been leaked that the suspect is one of Denmark's most recognised figures in poker, and one of the nation's seven European Poker Tour (EPT) champions, but no formal charges have yet been made, and the individual remains formally unnamed at the time of writing.
Captain Chan-tastic
Poker pro and Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Terrence Chan cemented his hard man status by accepting an invitation to step into the boxing ring last weekend for an amateur bout:
so apparently I'm fighting in an amateur boxing match this weekend. That'll be fun.
— Terrence Chan (@tchanpoker) December 02, 2014
Exhibiting the fleet of foot, stamina, and punching prowess that make him a force to be reckoned with in the octogan, Chan put up a brave fight. But ultimately the transition to the ring proved slightly too tough for the man with over $1M in poker earnings this time out:
Costa Rican rage over 'Runner Runner'
Costa Rican Minister of Public Security Celso Gambo has given poker flick Runner Runner a verbal beat down, exclaiming that the movie "tarnished the image" of their civilian police.
"It [the film] is a way of telling criminals and drug addicts that Costa Rica is perfect for such behavior", he continued. "We want this to be fixed because we didn't authorise this depiction of our police; you don’t mock our country."
Though it was filmed in Puerto Rico, the movie - which starred Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake - was set in Costa Rica, and portrayed the nation as a sanctuary for dodgy dealings.
