Attackers try to murder French pro Cyril Mouly
In today's Daily Rewind we hear about an attack on a French poker pro and find out why high rollers could be subject to financial checks.
French pro attacked
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Cyril Mouly, the French poker player who couldn't seem to fold in the Sky Sports Million Dollar Cash Game, was recently involved in a vicious attack.
The forum legend, whose likeness has been caricatured in multiple Photoshops, was ambushed by two masked men on his way home from a party in Paris on Tuesday.
After fending off the attackers, with help from his driver, Mouly ran to the local police office to report the incident.
However, upon returning to the scene Mouly and police found the driver dead on the floor with multiple stab wounds.
Mouly was a frequent visitor to the Big Game in Vegas for a number of years, but away from the felt his chequered past landed him in court last month to face charges of fraud.
Police are now investigating the case and as yet it's unclear whether the attack was linked to the poker pro's personal life or a random act.
High roller background checks
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High rollers looking to play the biggest games in Las Vegas could be subject to new checks if the US Treasury Department gets its way.
According to a recent report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, government officials are putting pressure on casinos to implement the same background checks major financial institutions use.
Under Title 31 of the Bank Secrecy Act companies handling large amounts of cash must perform security checks on clients before completing transactions with them.
Until now Las Vegas casinos have been exempt from this process, but if recent suggestions are made law then it could mean all high rollers will need to disclose the source of their income as well as their full financial history before anteing up.
Members of the gaming commission are strongly opposed to the move and say that it will push big money players to other destinations such as Macau.
Tony's political portal
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Tony G took his political career to a new level recently after he launched his official website.
Operating under his birth name, Antanas Guoga, the poker pro appears to have fully immersed himself in the world of politics and has even perfected the classic politician's smile.
Earlier this year Tony announced that he's representing the Lithuanian Liberal Party at the European elections and on his new website he writes that he stands for "talented, tenacious and hungry" Lithuanians.
Question of the Day
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Austrian PLO specialist Niki Jedlicka managed to top the latest high stakes leaderboard after raking in $206,413 over the course of 1,395 hands. The Austrian pro secured enough profit to end the day clear of Phil Galfond and 'thecortster' who each continued their recent upswings.
At the other end of the spectrum, Viktor Blom suffered another significant loss yesterday after dropping $418,668. That loss put Blom below the profit line for 2014 to -$58,256.
Daily Signoff
To show that Tony G has talent, tenacity and hunger, we thought we'd finish today with this classic performance at the felt.
 Daniel Smyth has been working in the poker industry for six years as both a player and writer. He currently has a costly penchant for PLO and provides daily content for PokerStrategy.com. You can learn more about Daniel by clicking here.
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