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Bovada Starts the Year by Raising Tournament Guarantees
Over $100k a week has been added to guarantees across the range of buyins.
- Bodog’s US facing brand, Bovada’s success has now allowed it to lift the guarantees on some of its most popular tournaments.
- Measured by cash game traffic, Bodog has gained around 60% in the last 12 months.
- The Sunday major which offers a $100k guarantee is unchanged, even though its performance over the last few months might have justified a rise.
The Global Poker Index Newsmakers: January 20, 2014
Taking a look at most recent newsmakers on the live tournament circuit …
- A summary of the recent accomplishments of players ranked on the Global Poker Index.
New Jersey Online Poker Promotions: Player’s Guide for January 2014
Since the arrival of online poker in New Jersey, fans of the game residing in the remaining states yet to pass legislation allowing real money poker online can only hope that their states will soon regulate online poker as well. Seeing some of the enticing promotions being offered to those that can play in New Jersey may only serve to increase the yearning, so if you can not play in the Garden State, you may want to look away.
- The latest promotions available for online poker rooms in New Jersey.
Ivey Poker to Unveil Ivey League Training Site
A year after buying LeggoPoker, Phil Ivey is ready to teach the world how to play better poker.
- The Ivey League poker training site will officially launch later this month.
- In February last year, Ivey bought Leggo Poker and announced that it would close and be replaced by his Ivey League.
- On launching his IveyPoker site in October 2012, Phil announced that his aim was to “teach the world how to play better poker.”
- The poker world has at times been skeptical that he would successfully monetize his investment, but the Ivey League may provide the right vehicle.
Poker Training Videos This Week: Hand Ranges, Data Analysis and Post Flop Play
Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory.
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Tom Dwan Denies $25 Million Macau Rumor
Sorry Jungleman, no soup for you. There you have it. The Denial Of The Dwan.
Dwan, Reiss & Negreanu Confirmed for WPT Shooting Star, Entire List Revealed
Tournament Director Matt Savage unveils the 50 bounty targets. From pro players with bounties on their heads to the rowdy rail, the $7500 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star is, by many accounts, one of the most unique (and fun) stops on the entire WPT. Part of that is amateurs mixing it up with the pros and trying to capture a $2500 cash-on-the-spot reward for knocking one of the selected fifty “stars” out of the tournament.
Scotty Nguyen Pulls A Dirty Trick… Baby
Check out some slight of hand from the prince of poker. It would have been a little more impressive if the Poker Night In America crew left this in a single shot, but it’s a short, fun watch nonetheless. Poker Hall of Famer Scotty Nguyen pulls a parlor trick on Nolan Dolla and friends involving one of the most worthless, yet talked about, hands in poker.
Rafa Nadal: “Poker Is Very Close To A Sport”
Rafa gets some last minute advice in Prague. Even though we ALL already know how this is going to end, PokerStars is still cranking out mini-movies of Rafael Nadal’s journey to his first live poker tournament at last December’s EPT Prague.
Justin “Boosted J” Smith Hopes To Hire Some Help
Smith is looking to book some of your time. Poker pro Justin “Boosted J” Smith is looking for someone to give him a helping hand.
Poker pro Jason Koon— The King And The Cave
You might know professional poker player Jason Koon from seeing his face on the circuit as he has amassed over $2.3m in lifetime earnings. You might know Jason from being selected as a 2014 World Poker Tour Shooting Star. Now though, you’ll for sure know Jason as the massive guy next to frail Elvis in this photo.
Christophe Claret’s $200,000 Poker Playing Watch
Limited edition timepiece for thee most baller. Are you a super baller looking to kill some time playing poker? The new technology timepiece from designer Christope Claret allows up to three people to play a hand of Hold’em anytime, anywhere. The sickest part about this is that it’s not just your fathers calculator watch. It’s considered, by the designer, to be a luxury watch, of which only 80 are to be made (20 in 4 different finishes, akin to suits) with a price tag expected to be in the $200k range.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Adrienne Rowsome Discusses Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better PokerNews Podcast
The latest guest on the Strategy with Kristy Podcast is Adrienne Rowsome, also known as “Talonchick” online. She is an occupational therapist and member of Team PokerStars Online. Previously an Omaha eight-or-better specialist, Rowsome has expanded her repertoire to include many mixed games including seven-card stud eight-or-better. On this week’s podcast, she discusses one particularly interesting hand.
Podcast: Episode 64: John the Lawyer Thinking Poker
John the Lawyer left a profitable legal practice to play poker professionally. He cut his teeth in the big game at Foxwoods playing against, among others, a young Vanessa Selbst. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on live poker, home games, game selection, the evolution and state of no-limit hold ‘em, and more.
Training Video: The Mental Game Bluefire Poker
In his first video in his newest series on the mental game, Steve covers the inchworm model.
Training Video: TCOOP Prep Live Sweat with DannyN13 Tournament Poker Edge
TCOOP is coming and DannyN13 has recorded a live sweat to help you prep for this turbo mega series. Check out how he crushes the turbo game. This is a 7 part series.
Training Video: Ghost: BalugaWhale – 2014 MSNL Live Play – Part 3 Deuces Cracked
Andrew 'BalugaWhale’ Seidman returns for more 4-tabling action at $2/4 at WPT Poker, discussing many of the real-time adjustments necessary to win in midstakes games, and how to turn assumptions about people’s handranges into an action plan after-the-fact.
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Software Snapshots: Zynga Plus Poker on Facebook
Following a quiet soft launch, Zynga announced last week that it had launched its real money poker product as a flash app on Facebook. Software Snapshot takes a look inside. Zynga launched Zynga Plus Poker for real money on Facebook for UK customers quietly a couple of months ago; following an apparently successful soft-launch, it began to promote the new app earlier this month. Though now sidelined as a “test” and no longer the focus of company, the launch marks the first time a real money poker app is available on the social network.
European Regulators Discuss the Tricky Issues Informally in Rome
Dealing with the EU Commission and restricting the “gray” market provided common ground. At the end of last week, regulators from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK attended the fourth informal meeting of gambling regulators in Rome.
DGOJ Deputy Director General Expresses Cautious Support for Lower Taxes
Concerns about the deterrent effect of a 25% tax rate and operator complaints have brought the tax issue to the attention of the Spanish regulator. The deputy Director General of Spanish regulator DGOJ has indicated that he empathizes with calls for lower taxes.
