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Laptops Feared Compromised in Hotel Rooms at EPT Barcelona
Two confirmed cases of unauthorized entry cause concerns that a trojan may have been installed on poker players’ laptops.
- Rooms at the Hotel Arts, Barcelona have been illegally entered, and laptops of online poker players have been compromised, a spokesperson from PokerStars confirmed Thursday.
- A poker player reported on the 2+2 poker forums yesterday that he and another guest discovered their laptops missing from the hotel room, only to find they had reappeared soon after.
- The Barcelona police have been involved, and PokerStars is working with the hotel stuff to try to identify the culprits.
CarbonPoker Goes Live With First Mobile Poker App for US Players
The first mobile app available to US players is optimized for iOS rather than Android, but works on both.
- The first real-money mobile poker app available to US players has been launched by CarbonPoker.
- Microstakes cash games at limit and No Limit Hold’em are all that are available, but the offering will be expanded soon.
- The app is optimized for iOS rather than Android, but as a browser based implementation it works with both.
- The Merge network will be hoping for a traffic boost from its first to market mobile offering.
New MMORPG Blends Poker and Casino Games with Vegas-style City Building
Independent game developer GoldFire Studios has announced the open beta launch of CasinoRPG, its new social free-to-play game which incorporates casino style gaming within an expansive virtual reality.
- The new social free-to-play game incorporates casino style gaming within an expansive virtual reality.
- The browser based game allows players to build casinos, design apartments and become a virtual gaming tycoon through the game’s role playing aspects.
Bet Raise Fold: Special Edition Released
The filmmakers behind the hit poker documentary “Bet Raise Fold: The Story Of Online Poker” have recently released nearly 60 new minutes worth of footage as part of its Special Edition bonus features.
- The bonus features include 60 minutes of additional footage, filmmakers’ commentary and digital soundtrack.
- The Special Edition of the documentary is available free for all who contributed to the film’s successful Kickstarter campaign and is only an extra $3 for those who purchased the Standard Edition of the film.
Ultimate Poker Signs Tom Marchese
Ultimate Poker, Nevada’s first legalized online poker site, has added another top pro to its roster of sponsored players as 2010 Card Player Player of the Year, Tom Marchese announced his new role with the online site via Twitter.
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New meeting proposed between PokerStars and nominated representatives for October twoplustwo.com
PokerStars is looking for two 2+2 posters to represent players at the forthcoming October meetup in the Isle of Man to discuss player issues. As always, the goal of the meetings “... is for both sides to gain greater knowledge and understanding and for the poker site to improve as a result. Senior Managers will be present at all Meetings.”
This is the general discussion thread, where you can put your name forward or recommend another poster to go.
The unbelievable saga of the stolen laptops at EPT Barcelona – one player’s story twoplustwo.com
Further details have now come to light on the still-unfolding story of the break-ins at the EPT Barcelona hotel, thanks to a lengthy report from one of the two confirmed victims. It’s a long read, but it’s worth it.
Pros discuss the controversial new 'first card off the deck’ rule youtube.com
The controversial new “first card off the deck” rule approved by the TDA is again in the spotlight, with Daniel Negreanu erupting yesterday after he was burned by the rule at the EPT Main Event. Bluff Magazine has put together this short collection of interviews with pros discussing the rule change.
There are clips here from Mike Matusow, J.C. Tran, Dwyte Pilgrim, Jason Koon, Olivier Busquet, Bart Hanson, Amir Lehavot, and tournament director Matt Savage—and opinions are certainly mixed.
Redditors discuss the HU FL machines reddit.com
Have you heard about the poker bots that have been installed in Las Vegas casinos? They play heads up limit hold’em and according to many that have played them, they are pretty tough to beat. Check out this interesting discussion on artificial intelligence and its relation to poker.
Conan O’Brien discovers that online poker in Congress is more widespread than we thought teamcoco.com
After digging deeper into the McCain online poker incident, Conan O’Brien and his team discovered online poker is a popular game on the hill. The world of high stakes poker takes on a whole new look in Washington DC. Don’t miss this one!
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Australian Internet Filtering: Yes We Will, No We Won’t
An embarrassing pre-election blunder as the Liberal Party produces a policy that would create an opt-in internet filter for adult content, before removing it hours later. A little farce briefly entered the Australian general election campaign after the Liberal Party produced a manifesto promise to use internet filtering to block out adult content by default.
EU Parliament to Vote on IMCO Gambling Report
The Internal Markets Committee report on gambling supports anti-free market national regulatory regimes, in opposition to the EU Commission’s ambitions for an EU wide framework. On Tuesday, September 10, the new plenary session of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg will have its first formal vote on the gambling report produced by the parliament’s Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO).
Betfair Results Show 13% Decline With a Poor Performance From Poker
Betfair’s new strategy of focusing on regulated markets is taking time to pay off. Betfair published disappointing quarterly results Thursday, which showed a 13% fall in revenues ascribed to its “focus on sustainable markets, the impact of regulation and absence of a major football tournament in the period.”
