Daily Poker News Review: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 Daily Poker News Review: Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Main Headlines

888 Brand Will be Used to Launch Online Poker in New Jersey

One of Caesars’ casino licenses will be used for 888’s own-brand casino.

  • One of Caesars’ four licenses—Bally’s, Caesars, Harrah’s and Showboat—will be used for 888’s own-brand site.
  • The poker room will be on 888’s “All American Poker Network.”
  • The group is still working towards launching in both Nevada and Delaware.
  • News comes along with impressive Q2 financial results.


Aussie Millions Announces 2014 Schedule

Australia’s Crown Melbourne Casino unveiled Tuesday the details for one of the most anticipated series of the year: the 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

  • 20 events run from January 23 and wrapping up on Monday, February 10.
  • Key tourneys include the $10.6k main event and the $250k super high roller.
  • Satellites for the Main Event will be running at the Crown Melbourne both during and before the series starts.


Bwin.party Appoints ex-PokerStars Exec Jeffrey Haas as Group Director of Poker

The current Rational Group Director of Strategy & Business Development will take up his new position in September.


Online Poker Operators Not Losing Quite So Much in France

Poker operators lost a total of €36m in 2012 thanks to an effective tax rate of 37%.


PartyPoker’s Televised Big Game Heads to Cyprus

The PartyPoker.com Big Game VII recently announced its move to join the bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic at the Merit Crystal Cove Casino and Resort in Cyprus to run its next televised 12 hour cash game.

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The 2nd Circuit has reversed the DiCristina opinion theppa.org

A breaking story just as the daily review was going to press: The 2nd Circuit Court has reversed the Lower Court’s decision that Larry DiCristina did not violate the IGBA. A disappointing decision, but it does not reverse the finding that poker is a game of skill. The PPA has already issued a statement. Pokerfuse will have more shortly.


Ultimate Poker start Under The Gun podcast/videocast ultimatepoker.com

Nevada’s Ultimate Poker have launched episode one of their new podcast (more accurately a videocast), hosted by Terrence Chan. Titled Under The Gun (somewhat unfortunate given that a long-running poker podcast already exists with that name), Chan’s first guest is Scotty Yates, aka VIP Scotty, who discusses his history playing poker, working at PokerStars, and his move to Ultimate, and the two touch on the company’s plans for the future.


Professional Rakeback adds vig, cashout reports professionalrakeback.com

The primarily US-focused affiliate and news site ProfessionalRakeback.com has added a new section for cashout and “vig” reports to its website. If the data and style looks familiar, that’s because its the same work done by the tireless “IHasTehNutz,” who has been compiling the data on the 2+2 poker forums. ProRB are supporting his efforts, and are rehosting his stats with even more info.


PokerScout weekly traffic update pokerscout.com

MPN’s success with its latest Blaze promo, and more data from Ultimate’s milestones, in this week’s look at the online poker industry.

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888 Sees Strong Growth in Poker Revenue

Revenue and active customer numbers up in 888’s Q2 results. Poker has again been a strong performer for 888, according to its latest quarterly financials.


Bulgarian Citizens Steering Committee Want Gambling Chief Fired

The Bulgarian State Gambling Commission has rejected calls for its Chairman to be fired over the issue of blacklisted sites. The Bulgarian State Gambling Commission (SGC) has published a letter on its website which calls for the newly implemented blacklist to be suspended and for the resignation of the Commission Chairman Ivan Enicherov.


RGA Asks Commissioner Barnier to Intervene in Greece

Publication of the Greek blacklist prompts the RGA to ask EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier to stop the re-establishment of a gaming monopoly. In an immediate response to the formal publication of the Greek blacklist, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has written directly to the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, demanding he takes action to “prevent anti-competitive reforms to Greek gambling law.”


Bwin.party Appoints Jeffrey Haas as Group Director of Poker

The current Rational Group Director of Strategy & Business Development will take up his new position in September. Bwin.party has appointed Jeffrey Haas as the new Group Director of Poker. Haas will take up the job in September shortly after the expected launch of the group’s all new poker software.