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PokerStars Gives the LAPT a PCA Experience
Season 8 of the LAPT will open in January, 2015 at the Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
- The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) event that would have ended the season in Punta del Este, Uruguay has been replaced with one to be held during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas.
Dusk Till Dawn Offers Private Jet to WPT Cyprus
Five £10,000 packages offer a guaranteed overlay. The jet flight alone will cost DTD £50k.
- UK live and online poker room Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) is expanding on the trend to offer lifestyle promotions, by offering a private jet trip to the WPT Cyprus in September.
- Satellites to the £500 buy in qualifying tournament start from £5. The final, which offers five £10,000 packages will take place on September 2.
- Professional player Simon “Aces” Trumper will take the sixth seat and is as excited about the trip as the players will be.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Saul Goodman – Poker Playing Attorney At Law
It’s rigged! Poker is rigged! If you don’t think so just ask noted criminal defense attorney, in good standing, Saul Goodman.
One Drop Wizard Daniel Colman Takes Exception To ESPN Characterization
“I do not care about poker.” Poker’s so-called anti-hero Daniel Colman, the winner of the $15M first place prize in the ESPN televised Big One For One Drop Tournament decided he has a little more to say.
Daniel Negreanu Would “Bet A Million” On His High Stakes Online Ability
Potential epic prop bet on the horizon? While Phil Ivey gets the general consensus nod for being the best poker player on the planet, there’s a case that one could make for 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu. He sits atop the All Time Money List, he’s the only 2-time WSOP POY in history, he’s tied for 6th on the bracelet list with 6, and he’s a two-time WPT Champion. “Kid Poker” is good.
Poker Night In America – Turning Stone Cash Game Live Stream
Watch live streaming video from poker_night_in_america at livestream.com
Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:
Forecasting Portugal’s Online Poker Market Part 1
The unique variable tax rate calculation may be the deciding factor for operators considering offering online poker under new Portuguese laws. The usual issues that are considered in coming up with a market forecast look to be dwarfed by the impact of tax when nationally regulated online poker begins in Portugal in just over five month’s time.
Chase Winamax Pro ManuB at Go Fast
Win more money than the Pro at low stakes fast fold tables to multiply starting stack size in a €5k freeroll event. Winamax is using Team Pro Manuel “ManuB” Bevand to promote its newly released fast fold poker variant Go Fast.
Traffic Watch
Pokerfuse PRO’s exclusive review of the online poker market across international, US and regulated European markets. After the previous week’s gains, this week’s 0.4% increase in global cash game traffic looks anaemic.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: Rabbit Hunt: 201 Rabbit Hunt
This week Chris and Mark dissect the Newsweek article that discusses online gambling and whether articles like this are ever meant for people in favor of online poker. Then the two discuss California and whether 2015 will be the year we see the Golden State become an online poker state.
Training Video: 180-man MTTs with bigdogpckt5s Tournament Poker Edge
The bigdog is back and this time he tackles the 180-man MTT format. This is a 4 part series.
Training Video: Ghost: 4 Tables of Bovada PLO Deuces Cracked
DJ Sensei is back at it in the go-to games for PLO player. DJ talks through 3 tables of 1/2 and some 2/4 PLO action in this video review.
