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US Lotteries Oppose Wire Act Amendments

Opponents of the proposed ban on online gambling increase with the addition of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries.

  • The Executive Director of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) has written to Senator Lindsey Graham to oppose his Sheldon Adelson backed proposals to amend the Wire Act.
  • Graham’s proposals would amend the Wire Act to include bets placed over the internet,
  • The NASPL believes that it is a “state’s right to make these decisions as they relate to gaming,”

WSOP, 888 New Jersey Release Android App

The new app now available as a direct download.

  • WSOP.com New Jersey has released its Android mobile app. The release was promised in December last year.
  • With mobile gaming becoming an ever greater source of revenues, the impact of adding an Android client could well show up very quickly in both revenues and cash game traffic numbers.

Partypoker Streamlines Out High Stakes Sit & Gos

Everything over $1,000 to go plus some less popular games.

  • partypoker has announced that it is removing a number of sit and go tournaments to “reduce lobby clutter and streamline our offering.”
  • The games to be removes are mainly high stakes sit and gos which “are rarely played.”

Picks from F5 Poker:

Local NBC News Anchor Dreams Of A Life As A Poker Pro

On-air personality spotlights Moneymaker and pro poker. How mainstream is poker? Enough so that Spokane/Northern Idaho NBC affiliate KHQ news anchor Matt Rogers chose “poker pro” as his alternate dream job.

Get Hooked Up During The Live Poker Downtime

Get to networking when not in a hand. Another clip from poker fanatic news anchor Matt Rogers showing how sitting for hours on end at the poker table could lead to some interesting opportunities…provided you keep it social.

Throwback Thursday – Gigi Plays The Most American of Games

Josh Gad doesn’t play poker by the rules. Before he was the star of Frozen or on broadway as the lead in The Book Of Mormon, actor Josh Gad did a web series of the befuddled “stranger in a strange place” Gigi. In this particular episode he gets roped into a back alley poker game and unlike the multitude of April Fools’ Day jokes we endured, hilarity ensues.

Chino Rheem — Is Straight Flush With Cash

Line forms to the left. Not a bad return for a $1 video poker machine.

Bad Beat Diaries – Figiel’s Fortuitous WPT Bustout

Montreal man makes first place prize money after busting main event. This past weekend, during the World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Open at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, the casino’s $415k Bad Beat Jackpot was hit by a player who had just busted out of the tournament. In what was better-than-perfect timing for Richard Figiel, the WPT entrant busted out of the Main Event on Day 1a and quickly jumped into a $1/$2 cash game when the above photographed hand took place.

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Goes Gangnam Style

See the sights and sounds of Seoul, South Korea.

Joe Hachem’s Home Game Turns Into Madness

It’s nice to see that the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champ, Salty Joe Hachem, still likes to mix it up and have a little fun in his recreational home game. Here he gives us a little glimpse into the “madness” that happens when a group of Aussie’s get together with a pack of PokerStars cards in the basement.

WSOP.com Gives Birth To Android Mobile App

New Jersey residents can now “get it in” from anywhere. The Google Play store is not too keen on having gambling apps in their store, so WSOP.com’s new real-money Android app is now available as a direct download. According to our big bros over at pokerfuse, the WSOP Android app is finally here only 4 months (or so) after it was supposed to come to market.

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: 04/02/2014 Poker Action Line Poker Action Line

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the upcoming Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, which started last week with a $1 million guaranteed event that fell short. The guys also talk about a Deuces Wild Event at the EPT Vienna and how much fun everyone felt was brought back to poker. The show closes with BIG Dave’s interview of former November Niner Ylon Schwartz .

Podcast: Making hero calls Ante Up! Pokercast

Ante Up strategy columnist David Apostolico wrote an intriguing piece in this month’s Ante Up about making hero calls and when not to make them.

Training Video: TPE Theory: Life Coaching for Poker Players with theginger45 Tournament Poker Edge

Get ready for something a little different. Matthew “theginger45” Hunt, TPE Pro and host of our new podcast Midstakes Living spins up a theory series on life coaching for poker players. He covers understanding the type of person and player you are, understanding why you play, how to look at success and failure, dealing with tilt and emotion, money management, game selection and much much more. This is a five part series.

Training Video: Party Poker New Jersey: Member Session Review Part 3 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: Mattraq1’s ICMIZER Tutorial HUSNG


This video from Mattraq1 is a tutorial on how to use the popular ICMIZER analysis software. ICMIZER is a very powerful tool enjoyed by many top players.

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Bwin.party to Migrate Brands in France, Italy to New Software Platform

French bwin brand slated for Q2 migration off Ongame. Global online gaming group bwin.party is planning to further consolidate its online poker products onto its partypoker network platforms, with a plan to migrate its bwin.FR site onto the French party network this quarter, a representative told pokerfuse PRO.

Players Seek to Swing New Jersey Anti-Online Gambling Poll

Public poll on NJ.com split 50-50 with over 7000 surveyed. A public poll on NJ.com asking readers whether they support federal anti-online gambling measures is currently tied neck-and-neck.

iPoker’s Secular Decline, in Numbers

Playtech believes online poker is in a long terms slump—but remains optimistic about its own business. Playtech’s quarterly and annual financial reports have described the decline in online poker as “secular,” meaning that it is expected to persist over a long period. A look at iPoker’s cash game traffic statistics across its markets explains why the company has taken that position.

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