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Big Overlay at UKIPT Galway Main Event
Prize pool over €150,000 short with late registration soon to close.
- Full Tilt Poker’s UKIPT Galway $1M Main Event looks to enter day two of the event with a big prizepool overlay.
- The total runners currently sits at 836 players through to level 6.
- Late registration is open to level 10.
Carbon Poker Seeks Real Money Beta Testers For New Mobile App
Merge skin Carbon Poker is preparing a real-money launch of new mobile poker app, and are looking for beta-testers to help complete testing.
- It is a web-based HTML5 app, rather than native, so should work across a variety of devices, including iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets.
- Carbon is “just about ready to launch our mobile app for real money play,” a representative announced on 2+2, and is seeking a few testers to get the app ready.
- Upon its introduction, Merge will become the first major site currently accepting US players to offer online poker via mobile devices.
5m VPPs, 3m Hands, $2m Profit, $1m in Rake: TPirahna Makes PokerStars’ Hall of Fame
First limit hold’em player to reach the 5 million mark.
- Anthony “TPirahna” Pirone to be inducted into the PokerStars Hall of Fame.
- He will be the 22nd to reach the 5m mark, and the first who players predominantly fixed limit games.
- Inductees receive a custom TAG Heuer watch.
WPT “Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic” Full Schedule Announced
One of the biggest stops on the World Poker Tour bears the name of one of the biggest stars in the game: The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is set to take place on November 29-December 11 and the full schedule of events has recently been announced.
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Poker Night in America cash game is livestreaming pokernight.com
We’ve talked about this quite a lot already here on the 'fuse, and today the first cash game has debuted. You can watch all the action of this $25/50 NL game live at pokernight.com.
Is ESPN’s WSOP coverage bordering on the cheesy? pkrgssp.tumblr.com
Our very own Jeff Walsh, aka PKRGSSP, opines on the WSOP’s TV coverage this year. Is it getting a bit OTT?
Barry Greenstein on Post-Tournament Depression pokerstarsblog.com
Greenstein coins a new term for a common affliction. The symptoms? “talking about how much money they left on the table,” or how “if they hadn’t been unlucky … they’d have won so much or had a shot to win an event,” are early warning signs. Read on to find out the remedy.
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William Hill Buys Australian Online Sportsbook
TomWaterhouse.com acquired in deal worth up to AUD $110m. William Hill plc announced Friday that it had agreed to acquire 100% of the Australian online sportsbook TomWaterhouse.com.
New Head of Bulgarian Gambling Commission Appointed
Days after his resignation was demanded, Bulgarian commission chief is replaced. Ognemir Mitev has been appointed the new head of the Bulgarian State Committee on Gambling. Mitev replaces Ivan Enicherov.
Traffic Watch
The annual market low is here. Operators can now look forward to more cash game revenues all the way to the New Year. The Low is Here
