Daily Poker News Review: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Daily Poker News Review: Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Main Headlines

High Stakes Online Poker Report: Patrik Antonius Dominates

Antonius had a “Happy Easter” at the high stakes tables.

  • Antonius scored $957,123 in profit from 26 sessions of poker grinding 2,259 hands.
  • Ivey was the biggest loser, down $755,042 in 27 sessions and 1,446 hands.

Seniors-Only Tournaments, Championship Events Coming in EPT Season 11

Five stops of PokerStars’ European Poker Tour confirmed.

  • Spain, UK, France, Czech Republic and Monaco confirmed for 2014-2015 season.
  • 100th EPT event will take place in Barcelona.
  • New “Championship Events” will also be introduced, dealing less common variants including HORSE, Stud and Omaha.
  • Seniors Event will be introduced at most stops.

One Week Left to Claim Largest Deposit Bonus On Offer in New Jersey

The WSOP is encouraging new players to sign up using Neteller by offering a Match bonus of up to $1000, plus a free $20.

  • WSOP NJ has been offering $20 free and a matching bonus of up to $1,000 for first time depositing players.
  • The Match bonus is earned and released at the rate of 100 APP per $10.
  • The size of the bonus which WSOP has offered to promote the use of the Neteller deposit option indicates the importance that easy depositing has in the player acquisition process.

Picks from F5 Poker:

Jean-Robert Bellande Goes Mile-High With Pamela Anderson


PokerStars EPT 10 London Main Event – Episode 1

Vicky Coren Mitchell, Jason Mercier and Vanessa Selbst all in action.


How To Resurrect Your Dead Poker Career Part 4 – So You’re A Multi-accounter

Do what Jesus did and bring your game back to life.


Borgata 2014 Spring Open – Jason Koon Leads WPT Championship, Guarantee Missed By That Much

200 return to fight for the prize.


Borgata Spring Open Champion Abraham Korotki Fancies Himself A Ladies’ Man

Man he feels like a woman.


Phil Hellmuth Jr. Is Ready For His Carl’s Jr. Close Up

Hellmuth is all over the place and in your face. None


Allen Kessler On Ivey’s Edge Sorting – “Both Parties Are At Fault”

Team Ivey Pro comments on Ivey’s latest lawsuit.


Chino Rheem Misses Free Seat In $5M Dollar WPT Championship

He’s made his “choice” to stay in Las Vegas….forgetting the $15k freeroll.

Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:

Software Snapshots—PokerStars 7, Part 5: At the Tables

In the final installment of PRO’s five-part in-depth exploration of PokerStars’ new client, Software Snapshots takes a look at the new table theme, in-game tools and tournament lobby improvements. Mercury: The New Default Table Theme


Optimal to Provide Payment Solutions for PlayOLG

Optimal Payments has been selected as the payment services provider for Ontario’s long-delayed online gaming site, PlayOLG.ca.


partypoker Drops Back To Fifth after Gibraltar Fire

iPoker and 888 were mostly unscathed by the incident. Cash game traffic statistics for the top five poker rooms show that partypoker was by far the worst affected by the fire in Gibraltar last weekend.


Regulation in Review: Europe and Beyond

A weekly review of the latest developments in gaming regulation outside the US. This week: France, Czech Republic, Spain, Brazil, Guatemala, Russia and the Crimea. France

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: Poker Advocacy Apr 21 2014 show Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny

Guest: Joined by Lori Kolstad, Stacy Matuson and Lesley Amos for a panel discussion on women in poker.


Podcast: Midstakes Living #3: Martin 'Moertelmu’ Mulsow Midstakes Living

On this episode of Midstakes Living we are joined by German MTT grinder Martin “Moertelmu” Mulsow. Follow him on Twitter @moertelmu.


Podcast: We’re going to Europe! Ante Up! Pokercast

Scott and Chris each are going to Europe this summer and need your help. Listen in to see how and why!


Podcast: PokerNews Podcast Episode #212: WPT World Championship feat. Jared Jaffee PokerNews Podcast

The WPT World Championship is underway at Borgata, and Rich is on hand to talk with Jared Jaffee, a Season XII WPT Champion. Rich and Donnie also discuss Vicky Coren Mitchell’s historic win at EPT Sanremo, making her the first ever two-time European Poker Tour champion. 


Podcast: Episode 15 of “Ask Alex” Golden Showers & Bazooka’s! One Outer

This is Episode 15 of “Ask Alex” on the Oneouter.com podcast. You know the script by now, myself and Alex chat away about life and gambling and  answer all the questions that the listeners send in. In this episode we cover many topics and listeners questions including… Adapting to Turbo & knockout tournaments Playing paired flops and more.


Training Video: SNG End Game Strategy By Blake MoreEV


Training Video: Party Poker New Jersey: Member Session Review Part 4 Drag The Bar

It’s fully regulated poker in America! Stosh reviews a NL50 6-max session by Drag The Bar member 'mateo94’ from Party Poker New Jersey. We get a solid look at the poker network with the most traffic in this new market. Not surprisingly, the games are quite soft.


Training Video: RP’s Replayer Reviews – Part II – 100$ 9Man Reg Speed Drag The Bar

In the second episode of the Replayer Reviews I go over a Regular Speed SNG to cover some more tricky postflop and preflop situations. The main topic of the video is adjusting to special types of loosing players.


Training Video: Ghost: Thinking about Hand Ranges Deuces Cracked

threads13 produces a 4-tabling live play video at $50NL with a theme of constructing proper hand ranges. Follow along as he discusses how he constructs his ranges in real-time, and what variables he considers while constructing those ranges.