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In the Next Ten Days, Over $80 Million Dollars Will be Sent to 30,000 American Poker Players
For tens of thousands of US poker players “defrauded” by the old Full Tilt Poker, a near-1000 day wait is almost over.
- The money is just the first round of repayments being sent by Garden City Group, the claims administrator in charge of reimbursing US players who lost their funds when Full Tilt Poker went offline shortly after Black Friday.
- The wait for players in the United States has been over two and a half years.
Full Tilt Black Card Pros: An Inside Look at the Players Behind the Card
Pokerfuse gets to know two of Full Tilt Poker’s new Black Card Pros.
- Winners of the Black Card Pro promotion at Full Tilt received a prize package that included $20k in tournament entries (or a $20k clearable bonus) and 100% rakeback for six months.
- Marc “PlayinwitDreams” Kennedy and Jazzer32 talk about their humble beginnings and future aspirations
Daniel Negreanu Expresses Olympic Dreams
Daniel Negreanu has proposed a format for an Olympic style team poker tournament. He suggests six teams of six players from the six major poker playing countries.
- Daniel Negreanu has proposed a format for an Olympic style team poker tournament.
- He suggests six teams of six players from the six major poker playing countries.
- A $50k buy in—$300k per team—would produce a prize pool of $1.8m.
Fitch Ratings Confident in New Jersey Growth
10% monthly growth is forecast by the international rating agency to give annual revenues of $200m to $300m.
- Last week, after the January New Jersey revenue numbers were published, international rating agency Fitch Ratings reaffirmed its forecast of gaming revenues for 2014.
- It believed that revenues would come in as expected in the range of $200m – $300m,
- Aggressive marketing and improved technology are expected to help provide the 10% a month growth to hit the lower end of the range.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: Episode 68: Mike McDonald Thinking Poker
Mike freakin’ McDonald is on the show this week, talking about his meteoric rise to the top of the poker world, his unconventional views on the desirability of online gambling, his “retirement”, reg-filled rake fests, the Bank of Timex, the influence of staking on the modern tournament scene, and more.
Training Video: WCOOP 6max Shootout Hand History Review with Chris Moon Tournament Poker Edge
Chris Moon takes us on his deep run in the $320 6-max WCOOP Shootout. Each table is two parts and will be run as short, independent series leading up to a review of the final table with Jamie Kerstetter. This is the third table.
Training Video: High Card Hands Drag The Bar
This is a hand replayer video discussing high card hands. High card hands are important to work on because they are the most often played hands, and they most often don’t flop a pair! So it’s important that you are comfortable knowing when and how much to continuation bet, and when to give up.
Training Video: Raziel’s $100 Turbo Review Part II HUSNG
The second half of this review sees raziel2689's fortunes turn as he continues playing an opponent against whom he does not have much prior history. Raziel attempts to narrow villain's range, analyzes villain's bet sizing, and discusses trends in online poker.
Training Video: Duel: Anonymous HUNL on Bovada – Episode 3 Deuces Cracked
Wilt mixes $200 and $400HUNL and discusses strategies he employs to get action HU. Join along as he discusses spots for thin value-betting, barreling, and how to hand-read with limited sample sizes.
Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:
Winamax Takes a Play from PokerStars’ Playbook with One Billion Hands Promo
A milestone hand promotion celebrates Winamax’ one billionth real money cash game hand since regulation began. In the French regulated market, market leader Winamax is soon to deal its one billionth real money cash game hand.
PokerStars Continues Olympic Themed Promos with “Entertainment Pack” Giveaway
Mobile play while watching the Olympics is promoted with a free tournament bundle for depositors. PokerStars is offering what it describes as an “Entertainment Pack” to encourage players to continue to play poker while they watch the Olympics on television.
Partypoker Big Game VII Keeps Televised Cash Games Going
Most sites dropped their TV sponsored cash games after Black Friday—partypoker was the exception. Partypoker’s Big Game TV show is one of the few taped cash games to have continued post Black Friday. It is streamed on YouTube, partypoker.tv and partypoker’s Facebook page.
