February 16 2012, Chad Holloway

A few weeks ago, the poker world learned the unfortunate news that Thor Hansen, a poker legend and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Players have shown their support for Hansen in a number of ways such as organizing a charity tournament held on Betfair Poker last week. Now, PokerStars is stepping up to the plate to help raise money for the Thor Hansen Fund.

Two charity tournaments will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, to help raise money for the fund, which was established by Hansen’s close friends, Frode Fagerli and Andreas Høivold. Proceeds from the tournaments will help pay for Hansen’s treatment.

According to the European Poker Tour’s Twitter account:

The first tourney will be at 1930 CET (1330 EST) on Sunday – a $10+$10 tourney with $10 going to the prize pool and $10 to the Thor Hansen Charity Fund.

At 2000 CET (1400 EST), there will be a $50+$50 event with $50 going to the prize pool and $50 to the Thor Hansen Charity Fund.

To find the tournaments, which are open to all, look under Tourneys – Regional. If you don’t have PokerStars, you can download it through PokerNews and receive a 100% up to $600 Bonus + $67,500 PokerNews Freeroll Series.

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Mon, 08/22/2011 – 06:37 – PokerPages Staff

Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo is reported to be facing severe consequences for his part in the external super-user scandal which rocked online poker a fortnight ago after Lock Poker revealed that they are pursuing legal action against the teenager.

Supposedly, Macedo lost his position as a member of the Lock Poker Elite Pro Elite team earlier this month following allegations and a subsequent admission that he had scammed players who had taken part in a Skype Strategy group. Macedo also had his account banned permanently.

Lock Poker are reported to have revealed that the lawsuit will be filed in the coming months though the details have not been finalized. Eric Lynch, Room Manager for Lock Poker, made a statement on behalf of the popular poker room on the TwoPlusTwo forums.

“We do realize that ongoing silence can lead to people jumping to conclusions. What happened goes against the very core of our player based philosophy and we intend on exercising our legal rights in the most severe degree. We will keep you updated as things progress.”

Macedo first hit the headlines in February after recounting his remarkable story of spinning a small deposit into seven figures at the online cash game tables. However, his time with Lock Poker was littered with scandals. ‘Girah’ was disqualified from the Bluff Pro Challenge in April for multi-accounting.

The scandal has also seen the poker community question the integrity of Macedo’s close friends Dan ‘jungleman12′ Cates and Haseeb Qureshi. Cates admitted to playing under various aliases on European poker sites last week while Qureshi lost his job as a CardRunners Instructor after he also admitted to multi-accounting.