I will also concede that I feel a bit better about my year of Bad Beats after viewing the clip that features Hansen and Negreanu duking it out for the Big Pot.

I’ve seen a couple of these before, but have to say that there are some serious crackers in the new ones that demand to be shared. I’m just highlighting my favourites from the list, but be sure to check out the others for more "WTF?", "OMG" & "No Way" poker moments from the past 10 years over at Mitchell’s blog.

Insane first hand at WSOP.

• Posted by kikoooooo: Sam Farha doubles his chipcount in the very first hand of the tournament against Oliver Hudson. Please watch it, it’s an insane first hand :)

Mike Sexton makes sick call against Matusow

• Posted by RoofFiddler: Mike Sexton makes a brilliant call against a Mike Matusow bluff while holding only a pair of 3′s on a board full of overs. Daniel Negreanu says "pwned" and actually enunciates the letter P.

Darvin Moon Vs. Billy Kopp – Meltdown

• Posted by pierinski: $40M pot with 12 people remaining!

Phil Ivey Vs. Paul Jackson – Bluff Vs. Bluff

• Posted by RakeTaker: Quite unbelievable bluff vs bluff hand between Ivey and Jackson.

Caribbean Bluff Adventure

• Posted by MrNike3: Nice Bluff by Daut/Haxton

High Stakes Poker – Hansen Vs. Negreanu for Big Pot

• Posted by nonoppp: Stakes Poker – Hansen Negreanu – Big Pot

Chris Moneymaker VS Sam Farha WSOP 2003 Best Bluff

• Posted by VideoSoldaat: Total respect for both players. This was the bluff that put Chris into the history books of poker.

As always, if you have any other poker videos that you think should be included or have something to say about any of the above items, please leave a comment or a link.

May the flop be with you.

According to the article, federal prosecutors have ordered several US banks to freeze payment processor accounts containing more than US$30m in payments owed to poker players at four offshore sites, including Poker Stars and Full Tilt. It appears that this government action took place over the weekend in response to the news that instant echeques issued by payment processing companies Allied Systems and Account Services on behalf of the sites began bouncing.

In an official statement, Full Tilt informed players that all failed withdrawals using the two frozen payment processors had been returned to Full Tilt player accounts.

Banks which received the freezing orders over the past two weeks include Citibank, Wells Fargo and two smaller banks. More than US$33m is currently owed to 27,000 players on the sites.

According to a letter faxed to Alliance Bank of Arizona and signed by Arlo Devlin-Brown, assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York on Friday, the accounts held by payment processor Allied Systems were subject to seizure and forfeiture “because they constitute property involved in money laundering transactions and illegal gambling offenses.”

However, John Pappas executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, a grassroots advocacy group, highlighted the fact that the Southern District had taken the action when current law regarding the activity is far from clear. "No federal or state court has ever found a payment processor or a player accessing an internet poker site to have violated the federal laws alleged by the Southern District in this case.”

Pappas also raised legal concerns that the Southern District’s lack of a seizure warrant in at least two instances is “inconsistent with previously stated Department of Justice policy (and) the type of conduct that the Department has recently committed to change.”  

The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has declined the opportunity to comment.

Stay tuned to eGaming Review and the Poker Players Alliance for more information on this and other breaking poker and casino gambling news stories.

For some background on the UIGEA bill, check out this APCW.org – Poker Prohibition Video