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GCG Sets Timeframe for Next Round of Full Tilt Poker Repayments
1000 claimants will be reimbursed at the end of next month, says claims administrator.
- The Garden City Group announced on Wednesday that approximately 1,000 Petitioners that had their cases reviewed by government officials but were not “approved for remission due to obviously incorrect or incomplete information,” will have their updated Petitions resubmitted for approval in the “coming weeks.”
- The GCG has also announced that it will send other Petitions out to the government for approval including those that missed previous deadlines for filling, Petitioners that withdrew a disputed or duplicate claim and affiliates that confirmed their account balance.
- These payments are expected to be made by the end of July.
Interstate Slot Jackpot “Dissimilar” to Online Poker Liquidity
New multistate progressive jackpot allows liquidity sharing between New Jersey and Nevada.
- The new multistate Wide Area Progressive (WAP) jackpot link joins progressive jackpots in multiple states.
- The multistate progressive jackpot “is dissimilar to online poker liquidity in that players are not actively playing against each other in one game.”
PokerStars Guarantees $40 Million for 2014 Spring Championship of Online Poker
PokerStars plans the biggest SCOOP championship ever, with 135 events to be held over two weeks in May.
- This year’s SCOOP is expected to go down as the richest online poker championship in history. In 2013 PokerStars paid out $75, 585,435.05 in prize money. This year, three additional tournaments have been added to the schedule.
- The series runs from May 4-18 with a wide variety of games and formats to choose from. The Main Event is scheduled to start on the last day and guarantees $1m, $2m and $3m for the various buy-in levels.
Satoshi Poker Up For Auction
Bitcoin auction presents an opportunity to buy a turnkey online poker site.
- Satoshi Poker, the bitcoin only site, is for sale by auction.
- Owner Bart van Oort is holding a 48 hour auction that began on Monday.
- According to the pitch, there are 4648 registered players, whose play generated 98.4 BTC in rake in 2013.
Winamax Expands to Sports Betting
A tough poker market makes the additional business line a sensible strategic move.
- Winamax is expected to offer sports betting alongside its French regulated online poker room in the near future.
- The company has been advertising for staff for its “upcoming launch and development of Pole Sport Winamax Paris.”
- The addition of sports betting revenues, assuming that Winamax can make a success of the venture, can only help with the sustainability of its poker operations.
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Antonio Esfandiari Talks “No Sex” Prop Bets, Kissing Phil and Defending His One Drop Title
This time, it’s for real. A major tournament win can change your profile in the poker landscape. For Antonio Esfandiari, winning the Big One For One Drop in 2012 took the well-known, well-liked pro into the ranks of poker elite. Topping the All Time Money list in the largest tournament of all time raised Esfandiari’s profile onto the marquee with the likes of Hellmuth, Negreanu and Ivey and now, this summer, he’s ready to do it all over again.
Vanessa Selbst Likes, Like, Tennis…Or Whatever
PokerStars Pro talks about her on-the-felt encounter with tennis great Nadal. Team PokerStars Pros are afforded some pretty cool things as being a representative of the largest online poker site on the planet. This past weekend one of the most recognizable names in poker Vanessa Selbst got to take on Rafa Nadal – the most high profile tennis player on the planet.
EPT Sanremo Main Event Day 2 Live Stream
Wednesday is a great day for some live poker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuJadBjuank
Borgata 2014 Spring Open Championship: 199 Return For Day 2 To Battle For Over $250k
Stars arrive and the chips begin to fly. Nearly 300 runners showed up for Day 1b of the Borgata Spring Open $2700 buy-in Championship, pushing the prize pool just past the $1 Million Guarantee and ensuring that the top prize is worth more than $250,000.
Sorel Mizzi – Bad Luck Birthday Boy
Distracted play at Sanremo finds Mizzi ready to “pop some bottles.” Happy Birthday to professional poker’s lightning rod Sorel Mizzi who is spending his big day playing in the Main Event at EPT Sanremo. While he planned on being at the tables all day, he’s quickly spewed off much of his 95k starting stack and is now facing the prospect of spending his birthday in 'da club as opposed to at 'da poker table.
Full Tilt Poker – Kill Dead Seconds Fast With Rush Poker App
Mobile gaming from the ground up from FTP Check out the new promotional video for Full Tilt Poker’s Rush Poker App for Android. All the fast-fold fun of Rush Poker, on your mobile devise —for free.
Mike “Timex” McDonald Lets You In On His $100k SHR Action
Timex keeps on ticking in the Super High Rollers. Lots of poker players sell off pieces to big tournaments – that’s not news. When it’s our pal, The Justin Bieber of Poker, Mike “Timex” McDonald and he’s selling off pieces to the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo $100k Super High Roller think that’s worth your time to check out.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: Druff & Friends – 04/15/2014 – Happy Anniversary Poker Fraud Alert
Druff discusses the ramifications of Black Friday — 3 years ago to this day — while also telling a detailed story of a personal 25-year anniversary from this date. Resolution for Borgata fake chip mess screws the “remaining 27” in the event. Taking a page from the Crockford’s book, Borgata is suing Phil Ivey over Baccarat wins. New Jersey to merge online poker player pools with Nevada/Delaware by the end of 2014? Welcome back Neteller to the US market. Bad situation, bad PR on WSOP.com: Is the site keeping money confiscated from cheaters? Editorial #1: Should the PPA be openly engaging in arguments with Adelson’s hired anti-online-poker guns? Editorial #2: What can be done about so few women playing live poker?
Podcast: PokerNews Podcast Episode #211: Borgata Spring Open and EPT Sanremo feat. Lee Jones PokerNews Podcast
On Episode #211 of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich and Donnie discuss the resolution for the Borgata Winter Poker Open $2 Million Guarantee, declining numbers in France, a slow start in New Jersey, and more. Frank op de Voerd talks with Lee Jones, Head of Poker Communications for PokerStars, about EPT Sanremo, EPT Grand Final, and more.
Training Video: Introduction to H.O.R.S.E By Scott MoreEV
Training Video: Coffeeyay: Live Play Against Population Tendencies At $30 Hypers HUSNG
Reviewing live while playing $30 hypers on Stars, Coffeeyay plays an opponent with no prior history between them, and in the process discusses a number of interesting topics, including population tendencies, limping or open folding, and trapping.
Training Video: GTO Versus Exploitive Poker Drag The Bar
In this video I discuss the raging debate about GTO versus Exploitive Poker. How can we use GTO to help us? Also, I wade into the debate about how much time we should spend studying versus playing? What is the opportunity cost?
Training Video: Ask threads13: NLHE Concepts: Hand Reading Primer Deuces Cracked
Join along as threads13 discusses his approach to hand reading in this focused primer on hand reading. Watch along to pick up basic guidelines on hand reading, assumptions you can make about how your opponents are playing poker, and more. A great video for newer players and players looking to find a more systematic way to reading hands.
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Bodog Maintains Traffic, Moves Up the Rankings
Resilience pays off for the champion of the recreational player model. Bodog has moved up into 7th position in the global cash game rankings. The recreational poker room is the clear number one in the US facing market with a market share in excess of 50%.
Q1 2014: French Cash Game Poker Down 19%
The relentless decline in revenues is not expected to prompt change. ARJEL’s Q1 report details more declines in cash game poker activity in the French regulated market. A 19% fall compared with Q1 of 2013 makes for two solid years of decline.
Regulation in Review: Europe and Beyond
A weekly review of the latest developments in gaming regulation outside the US. This week: Sweden, Italy, Russia and Greece. Sweden
