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“Restore the Shore” Charity Events at partypoker New Jersey
Half of the $20 buy in will go to Hometown Heroes and partypoker will match the total amount raised.
- From January 4, partypoker New Jersey will be running a series of six charity tournaments to support the non-profit Hometown Heroes organization.
- The benefits will go to six towns on the New Jersey shore affected by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
- Each tournament will have a $20 buy in, half of which will go to the prize pool and the rest will be donated directly to Hometown Heroes.
- As an extra motivation, partypoker will match each tournament’s donations dollar for dollar.
Everest Poker France Rolls Out iPoker’s New Native Mobile Clients
iOS and Android native apps debut with cash tables and Speed Poker. Tournaments coming in April 2014.
- EverestPoker France has released its new mobile app after three weeks in beta testing.
- New native apps are available for all iPhones and iPads, and most Android phones and tablets.
- It features cash game tables at No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha with fast fold Speed Poker available for Hold’em.
- Tournaments are not yet supported, but will be added by April, 2014.
Caesars and Tropicana Offer $23.4m to Gut Atlantic Club
Caesars get the hotel and casino, the Tropicana will take the machines, and the Club will close on January 13.
- Tropicana Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment have offered $23.4m to buy the Atlantic Club.
- The offer will be submitted to a bankruptcy judge for approval on Monday December 23.
- For $15m, Caesars will take the hotel with its 800 rooms, but close it down until further notice. The Tropicana will pay $8.4m and take 1,641 slot machines and 48 table games.
- Caesars has no plans to operate the club which will close down on January 13.
LiveAce Closes After Only Four Months
Players can redeem money in their accounts until March 2014.
- LiveAce has posted a notice announcing that the site has suspended operations.
- LiveAce launched in August using a subscription based model that allowed it to offer online poker to US residents.
- “Cash redemption requests will continue to be honored until March 1.” Redemptions can be made either to cash processor Dwolla, or be sent by check to players’ registered addresses.
- The notice explains that the site failed to achieve financial viability.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Phil Ivey’s Blast From The Past
Phil Ivey has taken a new approach to his image in 2013. He’s been looser, more available and, at times, even playful, and it has been quite a departure from the stonewalling enigmatic persona he’s put forth for most of his career.
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WSOP.com Suggests You Talk Like A Professional
Poker promo video tries to seduce, scare you into playing online. If you are in the mood for some sexually suggestive double entendres about the language used in the poker world, then we have found the perfect video for you. It’s WSOP.com’s follow up to their somewhat successful “How To Poker: Talk Like You Have A Pair” video commercial series and it’s packed with hilarious double-speak.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: #195 – The Itsawinner Poker Podcast The Itsawinner Poker Podcast
Merry Christmas! GDog discusses e-cigs, Rob tells story about being ditched at work. We talk about pokersnowie, Dwan leaving Full Tilt and there is results from WPT Korea, WPT Prague and EPT Prague.
Training Video: Rivermen123 Merge/Bovada Live Sweat Tournament Poker Edge
Rivermen123 is back with a live sweat on Merge and Bovada. He makes a few deep runs and records for a long time. We’ll break this up into two series. Parts 1-6 will run now.
Training Video: Poker’s Postflop Course Part 1: The River – Episode One Drag The Bar
I cover the first 45 pages of “Poker’s Postflop Course Part 1: The River.”
Training Video: PROgress: Episode Twelve Deuces Cracked
Inavacuum and Felix change it up and do a video review of Felix’s play at 4 tables of 200NL and 400NL.
Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:
Software Snapshots: Everest Poker Mobile (iPoker)
In our new exclusive weekly column for pokerfuse PRO, we preview the new native iPoker clients, recently launched on Everest Poker France. Last week Everest Poker launched the first native mobile clients on the iPoker network for its French online poker room.
Winamax Series VIII: €5m Gtd, Starts January 5
The three day Main Event comes with its own €1m guarantee. Winamax, the largest operator in the French market, is starting 2014 with the eighth installment of its top-level tournament series. The 64 events come with a total of €5m in guaranteed prize pools.
888poker is Now Number Two in Worldwide Cash Game Traffic
A 10% cash game traffic increase in the last week has seen 888poker leap two places to the number two slot. After a sterling week which saw 888poker increase cash game traffic by over 10%, it has jumped up the rankings to take the number two slot behind market leader PokerStars, It is the first time that 888poker has been so highly ranked.
