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High Stakes Online Poker Report: Big Names Suffer Big Losses
Ivey, Galfond and KPR16 each drop over half a million.
- Pokerfuse highlights some of the biggest winners and loser in the high stakes online cash games.
The Global Poker Index Newsmakers: Schemion is No. 1, Failla Wins at Foxwoods
All the week’s major news from the worldwide live poker tournament circuit.
- A summary of the recent accomplishments of players ranked on the Global Poker Index.
PokerStars To Receive Patent for Fast-Fold Zoom Poker
USPTO decision could lock out fast-fold online poker competition in US market.
- Late last month the USPTO decided to issue PokerStars parent company Rational Group a patent for fast-fold poker.
- On May 20th, Patent Number 8,727,850 will issue as “Computer gaming device and method for computer gaming.”
- There are several online poker sites that could suffer hefty repercussions as a result of the USPTO ruling.
- Fast-fold games offered outside the US will not be affected.
- Challenges to the issuance of the patent are expected.
Partypoker NJCOP Statement Denies Error
The two player pay-out structure for the $500 High Roller was not a mistake and will not be revisited.
- High Roller Event #14 of partypoker’s New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOP) caused consternation when players discovered during play that only two places would be paid.
- The $500 event guaranteed at least $20k for first and $10k for second—within an overall guarantee of $30k. On the day, the prize pool ballooned to over $70k.
- Many players complained during the tournament that they were unaware that only two places would be paid.
- Partypoker’s statement accepts poor communication, but insists the payout structure was intentional.
This Week in Poker Podcasts: Phil Hellmuth, Diamond Flush and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Talks Strategy
The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory.
Poker Training Videos This Week: Playing Medium Pairs, Introduction to Omaha Hi and High Roller Hand History Review
Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory.
Top Stories This Week: Collusion Against Guy Laliberté, Players Propose Regulation Changes in Nevada and Partypoker’s “Casual Cash Tables”
Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days.
Best of PRO This Week: PokerStars Phased Tournaments, Georgian Poker Rooms and Betfred Pub Poker League
Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Jean-Robert Bellande Buys Into WSOP One Drop With $1 Million In Cash
“There goes a milly!” Poker’s favorite lovable loser, the perpetually broke Jean-Robert Bellande, snapped this shot of himself officially buying into the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million buy-in One Drop – in cash.
UKIPT Nottingham 2014 Main Event Final Table Live Stream
Start your week with live poker action.
Dutch Boyd And Two Plus Two’s Mason Malmuth Trade Barbs Out Of Court
“It sucks.” Last week news that a federal appeals court upheld a judgement against professional poker player turned author Dutch Boyd versus poker forum behemoth Two Plus Two. Boyd was, essentially, dinged for cyber squatting the domain name “twoplustwopoker.com” and is now ordered to pay up to the tune of $60k.
World Series of Poker Adds 10 More Runners To One Drop
Big names and anonymous businessmen throw down for $1 million. Today the World Series of Poker added 10 more names to the ever growing list of poker players crazy enough to put up $1,000,000 for a buy-in into the nose-bleediest sit-and-go of the year – the Big One for One Drop. Here’s the breakdown:
Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:
80% Rakeback Deal at 888 NJ Extended for Some Players
Reports from players, confirmed by an official rep, indicate 80% rakeback still active for some. According to recent posts from players in the official 888 customer support forum, the 80% rakeback deal has been extended for some of its high volume players.
Spanish Online Gaming Market “Remains Stagnant”
Industry report concludes unlicensed operators take more than a third of the Spanish online poker market. Spanish industry association JDigital has released its third report on the regulated online gaming industry which concludes that the Spanish online gambling market remains stagnant.
AAPN New Jersey Loses Pace with the Leaders
The last thirty days has seen 888poker NJ cash game traffic fall 35%. Cash game traffic figures indicate that the All American Poker Network (AAPN) has made a poor showing over the last thirty days.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: LLPR Episode 62: Stephanie Mendez is on the clock… Low Limit Poker Radio
This thursday we had some technical fails… A lot of them. The Master HDD went down on the laptop so please enjoy Imagine Dragons for the intro. We even had a co-host from the past join us, Conrad Rustek. We lead off with Stephanie Mendez talking about iPoker v. Live Poker. We then dived right into Indiana’s Govenor and his stance. We closed up shop with the rest of the 11 states contemplating iPoker. Honestly not a bad night, minus the NFL Draft getting in the way.
Podcast: Mark Hoke Show on KLAV 1230 AM – 5/7/14 The Mark Hoke Show
Guests include Kenna James, Nate Dowland and Nevada Poker League’s Joe Pane!
Podcast: Strategy With Kristy: Johnny Lodden and Theo Jorgensen PokerNews Podcast
What does Johnny Lodden think? Find out on this edition of “Meet Your Team PokerStars Pros” featuring Mr. Lodden and fellow pro Theo Jorgensen.
Training Video: Bfizz11’s Nightly Review Bluefire Poker
Brian continues with part 3 of his review of the Nightly $55.
Training Video: Soft Eyes: Post-Flop Masterclass Drag The Bar
ACTION A-PLENTY! This one is a must for players of ALL SNG formats, as Christy shows you how to harness momentum and cultivate an aggressive image in his post-flop masterclass
Training Video: Ghost: BalugaWhale – 2014 MSNL Live Play – Part 15 Deuces Cracked
Andrew 'BalugaWhale’ Seidman plays 2 tables of $400NL on WPT Poker, mixing in additional tables as interesting hands develop. Featuring discussion of important concepts in aggressive games vs. regulars, including making quick adjustments based on previous hands, and defaulting to solid “standard” strategies when you lack enough information to make solid exploitative decisions.
