Day 1 of the 2015 WPT LA Poker Classic in the books, and after eight hours of poker Young Man was the only player to crack 200,000. Not a young man, mind you, but the Young Man ended Saturday with 209,000, which was enough to push him past Aaron Massey and his 151,300 for the […] …read more
Source:: Young Man Breaks Through Late for Day 1 Chiplead at LAPC
Antigua‘s Prime Minister Gaston Browne appears to be losing patience with American officials over the negotiations to resolve the two countries’ World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute.
For over a decade, Antigua has been seeking redress from the US after Antigua’s licensed online gambling operators were denied access to US customers. In 2006, the WTO declared that the US had no right to block Antiguan operators on the grounds of protecting consumers while simultaneously …read more
Source:: Antigua PM warns US that WTO stalling will force him to employ “remedies”
Someone put at the reigns of one of the biggest and most prestigious poker tournament series would seemingly be inclined to keep things at status quo for as long as possible, and continue to rake in cash hand over fist. The LA Poker Classic is not just any series, though, and while it is incredibly […] …read more
Source:: Matt Savage Looks Back at the 2015 LAPC, Continues Fight Against Re-Entries
The Spring comes with big steps. „This could be the hottest Spring since years“ weather experts say and the Pokerspecialists agree – The Heat ist on. After the end of Eureka Poker Tour, the GCOP Main Event guaranteed €400.000.
The GCOP starts on 3rd March with a Countdown Tournament. The Buy-In is €80 and €10.000 are guaranteed. Highlight is the Main Event which guaranteed €400.000. The Buy-In is €2.200 and tt the Start of the Main …read more
Source:: €400.000 GTD at GCOP Grand Final – Qualify now online!
The penultimate day of the Eureka5 Rozvadov Main Event played out today over the course of eight one-hour levels, and by the close, just seven players remained from the 28 that started the day.
Ruben Pleijster rose to the top of the pile and heads into the final day with 3,430,000. Here’s how they’ll come back tomorrow:
Seat, Name, Country, – Chips
1. Marek Blasko, Slovakia – 1,805,000
2. Ruben Pleijster, Netherlands – 3,430,000
3. Rastislav Paleta, Czech Republic – …read more
Source:: Eureka Poker Tour im King’s Casino: Ruben Pleijster Pleijster heads into final day in charge
Italy is taking steps to overhaul its online gambling regime, including reduced tax rates and increased sports betting options.
The biggest change is a shift from the onerous tax on betting turnover, which ranges from 2% to 5% depending on the type of wager. Under a new proposal expected to pass by the middle of March, online betting, bingo and tournament poker would now be subject to a maximum 20% tax rate on gross …read more
Source:: Italy mulls reducing online sports betting tax, expanding betting options
The final day will be streamed ‘as live’ with hole cards revealed and a one hour security delay, from 15:00 CET today. Commentary will be available in both German and Czech, with expert commentary from Martin Pott, Jens Knosalla and Ludek Stanek.
Source:: EUREKA WEBCAST: Live from King’s Casino Rozvadov
Last year King’s Casino canceled the ranking list in consent with players. But for the firts two GCOP Festivals in 2014, ranking list fee was already collected. Now it’s time to play for this money.
Prize pool:
5 Tickets for GCOP Main Event (2.200 EUR Buy In)
Startingstack:
1 – 20 20k
21 – 50 15k
51 – 10k
Qualified player for GCOP ranking list tournament:
| Ranking |
Leading the way was PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu who collected the headline award for Poker’s Best Ambassador.
Back-to-back WSOP main event final-tablist Mark Newhouse took home the award for Tournament Performance of the Year after his incredible run to consecutive November Nines.
The #1 player on the all-time leading money list for women was also naturally recognized as Vanessa Selbst was picked as the GPI Female Player of the Year.
Dan Colman, who won $22m in live tournaments …read more
Source:: Negreanu, Newhouse, Selbst Nab First-Ever American Poker Awards
PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu was among the winners at the first-ever American Poker Awards, held in Beverly Hills, Calif., last night.
The awards — which were hosted by the Global Poker Index — were a rousing success and featured a packed house with a lot of the world’s top pros and industry executives in attendance.
Negreanu won the honor for “Poker’s Best Ambassador.” Other honorees included Twitch (Innovation of the year for live streaming poker), …read more
Source:: Negreanu Among Winners at American Poker Awards
This week’s iGaming Legislative Symposium in Sacramento, California offered an appropriately dubious view on the state’s chances of passing online poker legislation in the near future.
As compiled from a torrent of tweets from the likes of @OPReport, @CAPokerNews, @steranseattle and @ftreric, the confab got off on a pessimistic foot during the keynote address from Assemblyman Mike Gatto, who has authored one of the three distinct online poker bills vying for passage in …read more
Source:: California online poker waters no less muddy after iGaming Legislative Symposium
$2K in exclusive prizes with an extra sweetener for all players who sign up in March …read more
Source:: March $2k HSDB Mybet Race Starts Tomorrow – Prize Boost for New Players
President set to sign bill this weekend …read more
Source:: Portugal Approves Regulated Online Gaming
EPT Malta festival expected to break records. …read more
Source:: David Benefield in Poker Life Podcast
Portugal‘s new online gambling legislation has been approved by the Council of Ministers, needing only the signature of President Aníbal António Cavaco Silva to become law of the land.
The legislation will end the online monopoly of Santa Casa de la Misericordia and allow international companies to apply for online gambling licenses, although it remains to be seen how many companies will be interested. The new regime involves tax rates that have been slammed …read more
Source:: Portugal approves online gambling legislation as casino biz struggles
What does Jason Somerville’s signing with PokerStars mean for the site and for Twitch? The new Seals with Clubs site is up. And checking in from the American Poker Conference and Awards. It’s all in our daily wrap-up of the world of poker, the Hit and Run.
A day after the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece about how the video streaming service Twitch would be ramping up its efforts …read more
Source:: The Hit and Run: Somerville Signs with PokerStars; SwCPoker.eu Launches
Day 2 was certainly moving day today on the Eureka Poker Tour. The King’s Casino welcomed back 255 players and by the end of nine levels of play, just 28 remained. Lot’s of big names, Team Pros and a bubble boy made way throughout the day. Some of them made way so Rastislav Paleta could rise to the summit with an impressive 1,194,000.
The bubble burst at the beginning of level 17, just after the players …read more
Source:: Eureka Main Event at King’s Casino: Rastislav Paleta is chipleader after day 2
Last year King’s Casino canceled the ranking list in consent with players. But for the firts two GCOP Festivals in 2014, ranking list fee was already collected. Now it’s time to play for this money.
Prize pool:
5 Tickets for GCOP Main Event (2.200 EUR Buy In)
Startingstack:
1 – 20 20k
21 – 50 15k
51 – 10k
Qualified player for GCOP ranking list tournament:
| Ranking |
Since 2011, the German Championship of Poker lures Poker enthusiasts to King’s Casino on the German-Czech border in Rozvadov. The tournament series promises always guaranteed sums – often in the big six-figure range. Also in the final of the fourth season. Whopping € 400,000 alone are guaranteed in the main event.
The GCOP has for years been a fixture in the calendar of the tournament poker player. On 03 March, the tournament series starts at the …read more Source:: Next week at King’s Rozvadov: €400.000 GTD at Grand Final of GCOP
Next week at King’s Rozvadov: €400.000 GTD at Grand Final of GCOP
Armchair fans can follow the action via the Eureka webcast on February 27 and 28, starting at 14:00 CET and available via PokerStars.tv and the official King’s Casino poker news site.
The final day will be streamed ‘as live’ with hole cards revealed and a one hour security delay, from 15:00 CET on March 1. Commentary will be available in both German and Czech, with expert commentary from Martin Pott, Jens Knosalla and Ludek Stanek.
<a class="colorbox" href="http://www.pokerstars.tv/" …read more
Source:: EUREKA WEBCAST: Live from King’s Casino Rozvadov
Today the main event will continue with 29 players and day 3. Next to this several side events will kick off at King’s Casino. At 2 pm the Eureka Rozvadov Cup Day 1b starts with 300 EUR buy in. The Eureka Local Championship with a guaranteed prize pool of 20.000 EUR kicks off at 6pm with a buy of 100 EUR + 10 EUR.
For all fans of four cards poker there is a nice spot …read more
Source:: Today at King’s Casino Rozvadov: 20.000 EUR GTD at Eureka Local Championship
President Obama’s pick to serve as the next attorney general, Loretta Lynch, is having a hard time finding Republican supporters. She expressed her stance about Justice Department’s 2011opinion, saying that she will unlikely reverse it, which is why we decided to ask our readers, “Will Loretta Lynch reverse 2011 DOJ’s 1961 Wire Act’s opinion once confirmed as attorney general?”
55% said, “No” while 45% voted “Yes.”
During a confirmation hearing …read more
Phil Ivey‘s losses at Full Tilt this month have topped $1 million, extending his poor run at high-stakes online poker.
Ivey — who plays under the screenname “Polarizing” at Full Tilt — has lost more than $1.1 million in February, according to the cash-game tracking site highstakesdb.com. That’s nearly twice the amount lost by the next closest player — Patriktortonius (-$600K). He has actually won a small amount playing on his <a class="colorbox" target="_blank" …read more
Source:: Phil Ivey’s February Full Tilt Downswing Reaches $1 Million
Dan Gilbert’s Rock Gaming has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Caesars’ interest in two of Ohio’s four casinos, as well as a racino. Caesars previously had … …read more
Source:: Dan Gilbert Now Owns 100 Percent Of Ohio Casinos
Social gaming developer Zynga has yanked its UK-facing real-money online gambling operation, a partnership with UK-listed online gambling operator Bwin.party.
Launched with great fanfare in April 2013, the ZyngaPlus casino and poker products were intended to allow the San Francisco developer to transition its popular social gaming products from dealing in virtual credits to cold hard cash. Sadly, the launch was greeted with as much enthusiasm as a beer fart …read more
Source:: Zynga pulls plug on UK-facing real-money online gambling operation
Let’s face it. If you’re reading this you may have once dreamed about becoming a professional poker player. Travelling the world, seeing great locales and playing in the biggest tournaments in the world. Maybe you’re still grinding your way up or maybe Black Friday pulled the rug out from under you. There are other ways […] …read more
Source:: Living the Dream: The Coolest Jobs in Poker
Let’s face it. If you’re reading this you may have once dreamed about becoming a professional poker player. Travelling the world, seeing great locales and playing in the biggest tournaments in the world. Maybe you’re still grinding your way up or maybe Black Friday pulled the rug out from under you. There are other ways […] …read more
Source:: Living the Dream: The Coolest Jobs in Poker
Nevada casinos snapped their five-month losing streak in January as revenue rose 7.8% to $952.7m.
The numbers were even better on the Las Vegas Strip, where revenue rose 15.4% to $576.8m. The rebound was largely due to a 69% rise in baccarat revenue to $137.8m. Baccarat enjoyed a 17.35% win rate, compared to a record low 9% in January 2014. However, baccarat volume fell 13.5% in January, the fifth straight month that baccarat whales …read more
Source:: Nevada casinos break five-month losing streak on baccarat, sports betting gains
Nevada casinos snapped their five-month losing streak in January as revenue rose 7.8% to $952.7m.
The numbers were even better on the Las Vegas Strip, where revenue rose 15.4% to $576.8m. The rebound was largely due to a 69% rise in baccarat revenue to $137.8m. Baccarat enjoyed a 17.35% win rate, compared to a record low 9% in January 2014. However, baccarat volume fell 13.5% in January, the fifth straight month that baccarat whales …read more
Source:: Nevada casinos break five-month losing streak on baccarat, sports betting gains
The poker world is and has always been a magnet for fraudsters, cheats and confidence artists of all stripes, so it’s hardly news when a new scam crops up. The latest, however, is such a deep, rich vein of comedy gold that it can’t be passed up.
I won’t link to it, because it is of course a scam, but the site in question is called “Poker Automatics,” and you can Google it if you’d …read more
Source:: “Poker Automatics” Scam is a Comedy Goldmine
UK betting operator William Hill reported record operating profit in 2014 thanks to continued strengths in its digital division.
Revenue rose 8% last year to £1.6b while operating profit rose 11% to £372m. However, exceptional items dragged net profit after tax down 9% to £206.3m. Results were buoyed by the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which generated nearly £227m in wagers, of which Hills kept £40.5m. Compared to the 2010 footie fest, retail wagering declined £4m …read more
Source:: William Hill numbers surge on strength of online and mobile
While Portugal’s parliament approved its online gambling bill last summer, the country’s Council of Ministers decided to postpone final approval until a series of adjustments were considered. More than seven months later, and a revised version of the bill has now been prepared which, if successfully voted upon, could become law within the next few days. However, there is little time to lose as the new bill has to be enacted before March 2nd, or …read more
Source:: Portugal’s Online Gaming Bill Could Be Approved This Month
Poker pro Phil Ivey just had back-to-back weeks of losing $600,000. The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner lost $614,528 after 5,600 hands between last Friday and today. Ivey … …read more
Source:: Web Poker: Phil Ivey Loses Another $600K
We round-up a few stories you may have missed this week, including the WSOP going international and StickyRice playing on air at the Bike. …read more
Source:: Jason Somerville signs with PokerStars
You could call it the worst kept secret in poker, but now it’s official: Jason Somerville has joined Team PokerStars Pro. The addition of Somerville to the Team Pro roster was announced Friday morning in conjunction with the launching of the official PokerStars Twitch channel, twitch.tv/pokerstars, where Somerville’s popular Run It UP! show will run. “Jason is a […] …read more
Source:: PokerStars Signs Jason Somerville, Launches Twitch Channel
Action slows after Blom’s downswing …read more
Source:: BERRI SWEET Wins $130k at PokerStars PLO Tables
After continuing operations for more than two years despite the fact that they were not paying out players, a former employee for the besieged online poker room Lock Poker says that the website is “on the verge of collapse.”
In an interview with Pokerfuse.com’s Michael Gentile, former Lock Poker spokesperson Shane Bridges emerged from the shadows to detail out the last two years of operation by the online poker site. Gentile notes that Bridges …read more
Source:: Former Lock Poker Employee Says Lock Poker “On Verge of Collapse”
Pennsylvania saw an online poker bill introduced this week, but it comes while there’s a federal bill on the table that would ban online gaming nationwide. It’s a strange situation. … …read more
Source:: PA Looks To Preserve Online Poker Right
received some good news on Thursday as the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved an amendment to state gaming regulations to allow betting on Olympic athletic events.
The change allows Nevada books to begin accepting wagers on the 2016 Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro and bookmakers wasted little time, offering lines on men’s basketball, track and field, and swimming.
It was previously believed that the return of Olympic betting to Nevada would be limited in some …read more
Source:: Nevada regulators vote to legalize Olympic betting
At a time when poker sites have been downsizing their stable of sponsored pros, Jason Somerville has become the first high-profile poker pro in some time to be offered a lucrative sponsorship deal with the world’s biggest site, PokerStars. Over the years the 27 year-old has enjoyed great success at the poker tables, and in addition to roughly $2 million in online earnings, …read more
Source:: Jason Somerville Becomes Team PokerStars Pro
Thursday 12th February, 2015 – Bitstarz is back with more innovation to improve the overall experience of all their active players. Today they announced a new integration of the Cubits Merchant API. This system accepts Bitcoins and allows players to immediately transfer them to real currency in a quick, simple and very secure way. This is where all the bitcoin players are going to benefit. They can now deposit bitcoins through cubits and …read more
Source:: Convert BTC to Euro and Play on over 400 more games!
European Bitcoin Marketplace Cubits Announces Partnership With Betconstruct
Cubits has been steadily making a name for itself as Europe’s fastest growing marketplace to buy, store, send and receive Bitcoin. Now, with a past deal with and a recent announcement regarding a partnership with Betconstruct, Cubits is also on the way to becoming the industry-standard Bitcoin platform for the European and international iGaming industry. With its simple and elegant user interface, its secure cold storage …read more
Source:: Gamble With Bitcoin, Win With Cubits
Here are a selection of some of the top poker tweets coming from the pros over the past week:
Daniel Negreanu
“The #1 most important trait required to be a top poker player is self awareness- understanding how you are perceived and exploiting it. IMHO”
Jason Mercier
“Taking an absolute beating while playing long sessions of mixed game cash sure does build character.. Officially retired from mixed games … For the rest of the month … #SeeUinMarch”
Bertrand (Elky) Grospellier
“Getting …read more
Source:: Top Poker Tweets Of The Week: Jungleman’s Bail Money Returned, Tilly’s Oscar Party
Does winning big at poker make you irresponsible with money? Or is it the big risk-takers who win the most at the game? …read more
Source:: Does winning money make you reckless?
WSOP Circuit events to go global with events planned outside US borders …read more
Source:: Jason Somerville signs as Team PokerStars Pro
PokerStars announced that Jason Somerville is joining Team PokerStars Pro, a move meant to capitalize on poker’s fast growth on the streaming video site Twitch.
Somerville — a pro with nearly $4 million in live tournament earnings — is a pioneer for poker players using Twitch to broadcast their online poker sessions and interact with other players. He has more than 50,000 followers on the site.
Until recently, Twitch had been mostly used for …read more
Source:: PokerStars Adds Jason Somerville as Pro, Looks to Twitch as Future of Online Poker
After a huge Day 1b with 431 players filling the tables in poker arena at King’s Casino Rozvadov, the chiplead of Day 1 didn’t change. Langar Oghabian is still o top with the 258.900 chips he bagged on saturday at Day 1a. Also in the last chance option, the turbo edition Day 1c with 135 players, we found nobody with more chips.
At 2 pm action contiues and you can join live via Eureka Webcast. For …read more
Source:: Eureka Main Event Redraw Day 2 – Chipleader is still chipleader
90 Digital CEO Nick Garner talks about another important part of Trust Optimisation which is making sure that your site is well maintained in this edition of CalvinAyre.com’s SEO Tip of the Week.
Short intro to Trust Optimization. Along with on site optimization and link acquisition, there seems to be a third element to ranking well on Google, it’s called Trust Optimization. Trust Optimization is based on the information we have got from …read more
Source:: SEO Tip of the Week: Onsite Trust Optimisation – Making Sure Your Site is Well Maintained
The main event is running and today we play already day 2. As soon we have chipcouts and redraw for day 2, we will publish here.
Today we have four new side events starting at Eureka Poker Tour: The Eureka Rozvadov Cup with 330 EUR Buy-in, Queens Cup with 60 EUR Buy-In, and a Turbo Bounty (100 EUR Bounty) for 220 EUR Buy-in and last but not least the Eureka High Roller with 2.200 …read more
Source:: Eureka Poker Tour at King’s Casino: Side Event Highlights this weekend
What was expected to be a scintillating debate between the two men at the helms of both sides of the ongoing debate over regulation of the online gaming and poker industry instead turned out to be a bit of a disappointment.
Currently in Washington, D. C., the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) opened up its four day meeting Thursday morning. One of the biggest gatherings of conservatives in the United States, the conference does run towards …read more
Source:: CSIG Representative Abboud Fails to Show for Online Gaming Debate with Poker Players’ Alliance
