Was Idea for Rounders Stolen? Guest Jeffrey Allan Grosso Alleges So; Remembering Tony Holden

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen talk about Ari Engel capturing his record 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit gold ring, remember poker author Anthony Holden, and reveal what six new players have confirmed to play the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. They also recap Isaac Haxton winning the Super High Roller Bowl, winners from the Mixed Game Series II, WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis winning another tournament, and Next Gen Poker becoming ambassadors for PokerStars USA ahead of the NAPT.

Chad also shares highlights from his vacation on a Virgin Voyages cruise where he played in the WPT at Sea poker room, Matt tells you how you can win a seat into the $10,000 WPT World Championship, and Connor comes to you straight from the EPT Cyprus, which just kicked off.

Finally, Chad chats with Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of the poker book Dirty Dealing. In it, he alleges that his ideas and screenplay were stolen by Miramax Films and ultimately turned into the movie Rounders. It might sound crazy, but there was a court case and everything. Chad read the book prior to chatting with Grosso, who opened up about what he claims happened, how he feels about it, and why he ultimately decided to write a book about his experience.

Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:23 | Welcome to the show 01:47 | Teasing guest Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of Dirty Dealing 02:53 | Highlights from Chad’s cruise w/ WPT at Sea 05:40 | Get Entry into an Exclusive WPT World Championship Freeroll on WPT Global with RobinPoker 06:45 | Ari Engel captures record 16th WSOP Circuit ring 09:36 | Author Anthony Holden passes away at 76 13:36 | Six More Players Confirmed For $1M WPT Big One for One Drop … who gets you most excited? 16:45 | Sponsor: Global Poker 17:37 | Guest Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of Dirty Dealing, joins the show 21:00 | Comparisons between the two screenplays 22:16 | A look back at the case 24:12 | What happened in court? 25:00 | What inspired you to write the book? 26:14 | How did the alleged theft happen? What’s the theory? 30:18 | How do you feel about it all now? Was writing it a cathartic experience? 34:00 | A real-life Worm 38:23 | Sponsor: partypoker 39:20 | Ike Haxton wins Super High Roller Bowl for $2.7 million 39:52 | Haxton’s incredible year continues 41:43 | Chino Rheem, Nick Schulman & David Prociak among Mixed Game Series II winners 43:46 | WSOP POY Ian Matakis Wins Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic Main Event ($117,668) 46:20 | Next Gen Poker become PokerStars US ambassadors 49:05 | PokerStars EPT Cyprus is underway 50:00 | Matt at RGPS; Chad headed to CSOP