Even after taking Phil to the cleaners, Luciaetta claims that the settlement was unfair and has petitioned the court disqualify Clark County Judge Bill Gonzalez on grounds that Phil donated $5000.00 to the Judges Election campaign a couple months after the divorce was finalized.

“Luciatta erased all debt and walked away with millions in property and a substantial alimony package.” Phil’s lawyer retorts to the allegations.

“The public is entitled to know that impartiality is the rule for the judiciary,” the complaint reads. “She is entitled to fairness and the appearance of fairness before this court and recusal is the only way that she can be sure to receive both.”

Based on the response, presented by attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, Luciaetta retained her car, life insurance policy, a minority portion of a joint stock account, a substantial deposit for a new home, half of the proceeds of the couples primary residence, and a 40% stake of all “business interests” excluding any income from Phil’s estranged employer, Tiltware (FullTilt Poker).

Included in the divorce agreement, Phil Ivey absorbed $170,000 in unsecured credit card debt along with over $15M in “other gambling debts.”

So much for happily ever after.

Last time it was the FullTilt Poker high-stakes RailHeaven $500/$1000 NL Texas Holdem table that doled out the record-breaking winnings. And it just so happens that the newly set records came from the exact same source.

Here’s how it went. Sunday, October 26. First “durrrr” won $618,000. Then, a few hours after that, poker star John Juanda won $678,000, coincidentally in a head-to-head with none other than “durrrr” himself.

In the very next hand, fellow Team FullTilt poker celebrity, Phil Ivey $687,000 in a pot against – you guessed it! – John Juanda.

The final, and current standing, record setting pot came just 3 hours later when “durrrr” took another shot at reclaiming the esteemed record-holding spot, this time against Di Dang (aka “Urindanger”), but lost, making “Urindanger” the current record-holder with a single-pot win of nearly $724,000.

This posting is Part I, listing events from 9/5 to 9/13. Results for the second half of 2008 WCOOP events will be listed next week.

• 9/5    6-handed No Limit Holdem                     shane147 won $202,409
• 9/5    Pot Limit 5-Card Draw                             ImBillMcNeal won $34,201
• 9/6    Limit Holdem                                          cwp394 won $73,385
• 9/6    2-7 Triple Draw                                      playitsafe won $24,809
• 9/7    High-Roller No Limit Holdem                  dorinvandy won $617,925
• 9/7    No Limit Holdem                                     Calvin32 won $452,087
• 9/8    6-handed Pot Limit Omaha                     Mary 717 won $71,730
• 9/8    8-game Mixed Event                               Ulett_23 won $50,797
• 9/9    4-handed No Limit Holdem                      jonasof87 won $95,410
• • 9/9    Razz                                                      dinho_style won $43,096
• • 9/10    Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo                         92848 won $88,383
• • 9/10    6-handed Mixed Hold’em                    Randers won $66,000
• • 9/11    No Limit Holdem w/Rebuys                  Irdvoldemort won $207,773
• • 9/11    7-Card Stud                                        Mildred53 won $28,609
• • 9/12    Heads-Up No Limit Holdem                 Huxfluxen won $89,744
• • 9/12    1 Rebuy/1 Add-on Pot Limit Omaha    Andy McLEOD won $98,280
• • 9/13    6-handed Pot Limit Holdem                 poker101 won $80,400
• • 9/13    HORSE                                                 Sensor won $57,422

Stay tuned next week for the rest of the PokerStars 2008 WCOOP Results.

Multi-accounting is a crime that doesn’t only hurt internet poker rooms but internet poker players as well, as it involves one player misrepresenting himself by playing at the same site under two different usernames.

After strong suspicions aroused by Townsend’s opponents, he was eventually pressed to confess to his wrongdoing, that being:
• playing at Full Tilt Poker as “sbrugby” in high-stakes and “Stellarnebula” in low-stakes games
• and playing at PokerStars as “aba20” in high-stakes and “Makersmark66” in low-stakes games

All poker sites forbid such activity, but it’s reasonable to wonder realistic it is to enforce such a policy. Which is why this story is of such interest to all online poker players, because if you don’t think it’s possible for these multi-accounting cheaters to get caught and dealt with, think again.