Episode #234 - August 14, 2012 

PokerCast Episode 234 - Macau Poker Scene Part 2 & Full Tilt Relaunch Discussion

Live from the Two Plus Two Studios - This week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast Mike and Adam feature part two of their 'Macau Poker Scene' interview with Asia Pacific poker expert Tom Hall. Tom highlights what Macau has to offer for potential poker tourists and provides an insiders perspective into the infamous high-stakes cash game that Tom Dwan and Sam Trickett regularly play in. Mike and Adam discuss the Full Tilt Poker relaunch schedule and new details that were released about how both US and rest of world players will be accessing their FTP balances after the site goes live. The guys connect with poker pro and Amazing Race star Maria Ho to get some details about the upcoming River Poker Series taking place at the WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma. In forum static they discuss the latest Matt Marafioti scandal involving allegations he conspired to plant trojans on the computers of fellow high-stakes poker pros to access their hole cards and also give away the password for the August 19th Poker Stars VIP Club Invitational for PokerCast listeners. Discuss this Pokercast on the 2+2 Forums

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Maria Ho

Maria is widely recognized for being the Last Woman Standing at the 2007 World Series of Poker where she finished in 38th place out of 6,358 players, earning $237,865. In 2009, she was seen on the CBS Emmy Award winning television show The Amazing Race 15 with fellow poker pro and Last Woman Standing, Tiffany Michelle. In 2011, Maria went heads-up for a WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event #4 and took 2nd place for $540,020 - the largest cash a woman has ever had at the World Series of Poker to date. Learn more about Maria Ho