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Harvard Law Professor Believes California “Bad Actor” Clauses Violate US Constitution
Proposed legislation “would not survive federal constitutional attack,” opines Harvard Prof. Tribe.
- Tribe believes that the provisions qualify as constitutionally prohibited bills of attainder, defined as a stipulation that “legislatively determines guilt and inflicts punishment upon an identifiable individual without provision of the protections of a judicial trial.”
- Professor Tribe adds that the two bills bring up serious constitutional questions as they would render PokerStars’ intellectual property valueless by restricting their use in California.
MPN Warns Players that Double Up SNGs “Require Very Advanced Strategy”
Seeing double: The DoN format might look easy, but the best strategy is far from it, the network warns.
- In Double Up Sit & Gos, the top half of the field are paid out double the buy-in.
- “Double Up SNGs require a very advanced strategy to be successful in the long term, due to their unique prize structure,” reads the MPN statement.
Joe Cada Adds a Second Bracelet to his WSOP Main Event Win
The PokerStars Team Pro is the first player of the modern era to win a bracelet after a victory in the Main Event.
- Highlights of the day’s action at the WSOP.
US Online Poker’s Most Aggressive Promo Yet: Rake Free Cash Games for Six Weeks on Ultimate Poker NJ
Ultimate Poker launches aggressive promo seeking to build its NJ traffic.
- Ultimate Poker New Jersey is offering 100% rakeback as part of its “Cash Game Crazy” promotion.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Aaron Massey Is Forced To Explain His Shenanigans
Sarah Grant corners poker pro Aaron Massey on the final day of his twenties to play a game of “Explain This.” Here she looks up some items of Massey’s social media accounts and asks him for the story behind his public sharing. And boy does he public share in this video from PokerNews…
Jean-Robert Bellande Begs Bilzerian To Back Him Again
Looking to lighten his One Drop load JRB texts Dan. If you think that Dan Bilzerian is so rich that he might just take a gamble on you in a big buy-in tournament, see what happened when his old pal, and sometimes horse, Jean-Robert Bellande asked him to take a sweat piece of him in the upcoming One Drop.
Rio Restaurants – Where To Go When You’ve Had Your Fill Of Chicken Fingers
Bon Appetit! It is hard to eat good when you are on the road and while the Poker Kitchen situatated right next to the Pavilion and Brasilia Rooms at the World Series of Poker has tried over the years to make things better for you while still being fast, when you are spending all your time grinding – you can get a little sick of chicken fingers and $16 salads.
No Big Deal – Play Poker With Super Sized Cards
Nothing to see here, just a goofy Vine of someone attempting to deal a round of Hold’em using a deck of super sized Card Shark cards.
He Said, She Said – Shulman Contradicts Matusow Over Series Of Events
Card Player’s Shulman is 100% in support of Matusow penalty. It’s got to be a pretty good sign that the World Series of Poker is going pretty smoothly if there is still chatter over a one round behavior based penalty that happened a few days ago. If you are not familiar with the original story, check out the following:
Team PokerStars Online Pro Dale “Daleroxxu” Philip Dropped For Excessive Celebration…of Football
PokerStars cutting ties with longtime site representative after UKIPT dustup. Details are coming out right now, and F5Poker has confirmed, that longtime Team PokerStars Pro Dale “Daleroxxu” Philip is no longer a member of Team PokerStars Online. It looks as if Dale was sacked from his promotional position on Team Online for over celebrating the Netherlands domination over Spain in the World Cup….at the PokerStars UKIPT event in Marbella, Spain.
Humberto “The Shhhhhh” Brenes – Turns Out Sharks Do Sleep
Team PokerStars Pro Humberto “The Shark” Brenes is a cash machine at the 2014 World Series of Poker. The 63-year old Costa Rican is ahead of the pack in the cash stats having made money in 7 events and is currently on pace to break the record of 11 cashes set back in 2012.
Joe “The Kid” Cada Crushes WSOP Champion’s Curse, Wins 2nd Bracelet
Cada becomes first WSOPME Champ since Mortenson to bracelet. It took a little time, but 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Cada has finally proved that he’s no one-pump chump. Cada broke a decade long curse of Main Event Champs who were unable to get back to the winner’s circle after winning the big one.
Will “The Thrill” Failla Thinks We Sound Like Bitches, Cowards
Celebrating is one thing, taunting is another. When you talk about “personality in poker” you must mention Will The Thrill.
Greg Merson Moves On – Former Champ Leaves Team Ivey
Taken off roster, but image still on site. In the middle of the World Series of Poker one of Team Ivey’s biggest sponsored players has left the roster of patch wearing pros. PokerNews reported yesterday that 2012 WSOP Champ Greg Merson has put his days of promoting Ivey League behind him.
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In our industry-focused picks from the discussion forums this week: PokerStars to “Substantially Review” VIP Program for 2015
Italian Cash Game Revenues Down 27%
Cash game poker declined faster than tournament poker in the regulated sector, which has fallen far more than than the global market. The Italian regulated poker market showed another—and for seasonal reasons, expected—decline in May.
MPN Continues to Buck Seasonal Online Poker Trend
Cash game seat traffic up 7% this week. Cash game traffic on MPN has risen 7% since June 8, bucking a seasonal downward trend in the online poker industry.
partypoker Bonus Builder: Cash Giveaways that Must be Earned
Bonus packages from $3 to $750 provide a promotion with appeal across the entire player pool. A two part “Bonus Builder” promotion at partypoker provides players with the chance to earn cash payments and a clearable bonus.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: PokerNews Podcast Episode #226: Barnacle Talk feat. Dan O’Brien PokerNews Podcast
The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about “hood” poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O’Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
Podcast: The Bernard Lee Poker Show 06-17-14 with Guests Justin Bonomo & George Danzer Bernard Lee Poker Show
Bernard Lee reports from the 2014 World Series of Poker and chats with first time WSOP tourney bracelet winners Justin Bonomo and George Danzer.
Training Video: Sunday Funday Live Sweat with bigdogpckt5s Tournament Poker Edge
The bigdog is back as he fires up the recorder for a Sunday Funday live sweat. He plays the majors in a four part series.
Training Video: Crushing the Micros (2014 Edition) Part 6 Drag The Bar
In this series I will return to live play and rise up the micro stakes in 2014. I want to show the viewer the strategies and tools that are effective for maximum success at these stakes in today’s games. I will be covering both full ring and 6max at both regular and Zoom tables on Pokerstars.
Training Video: Handreading: A Lost Art: Example Hands – Part Five Deuces Cracked
This week’s episode focuses on handreading in mid and small-stakes 6-max ring games. Follow along as Wilt discusses his thought process as the hands develop, comparing range vs. range and evaluating hand ranges based on population reads, thinking about logical actions for each player, and evaluating how the play of each player stacks up after the hands are revealed.
