Daily Poker News Review: Thursday, February 06, 2014

Main Headlines

Depositing for Online Poker in New Jersey: Complete Players’ Guide

Complete breakdown of NJ poker sites and how to get your money on.

All US sites offer credit and debit card deposits, though players may have trouble depositing.
Wire transfer is standard, and many support personal checks.
Unique options include Skrill and pre-paid cards.

Netherlands Regulator Fines Mansion and ONISAC €150k

Mansion is expected to appeal against the decision.

The Dutch Kansspelautoriteit (DGA) has fined Mansion Online Casino Limited and ONISAC Limited €150k for the activities of their Casino.com site in targeting the Dutch market.
Mansion operates MansionPoker as a skin on the iPoker network. It has five gaming brands, including Casino.com which it acquired in 2007.
An appeal on the grounds that the current Dutch laws breach European Treaties may be backed by substantial legal argument.

Italian Senate Votes to Ban Poker Advertisements

The amended government finance bill will return to the lower house for a third reading.

The Italian Senate has voted to ban radio and television gambling advertising.
The amendment to a government finance bill means that the bill now returns to the Italian House of Representatives for a third reading.

Picks from F5 Poker:

Shaun Deeb & Jason Somerville Will Be Heard

The pair along with pokerfuse’s Mike Gentile present iGaming North America panel. Unlike at the Tournament Directors Association meeting, the players will be heard at the 2014 iGaming North America conference in Las Vegas this March. Straight from the hand that feed us, pokerfuse boss Mike Gentile will be moderating a panel of A-list poker players including Shaun “F**ing” Deeb* and Ultimate Poker’s Jason Somerville to talk about some of the issues surrounding the imaging space from a players perspective.

Issac Haxton Uses Massive Glasses to See High Stakes Edge

Haxton sees if he can find his way into the $250k. What’s not to love about Ike? He’s intelligent, awkward and wears big glasses. We want what Issac wants – and that’s for him to get a shot at the rich businessmen who will be participating in the 8-handed PokerStars-sponsored $250k cash game.

Olivia “Iron Maiden” Boeree Gets 'Local Girl Makes Good’ Treatment

Liv receives nickname and some hometown love. Yea, yea… you caught us. This post may be just a reason to post a photo of Liv Boeree.

Team 888’s Jake Balsiger Not Big Under Pressure

Former WSOP octo-niner is taking a run at the Aussie Millions ME. Former 2012 October Niner and Team 888 member Jake Balsiger is a long way from home—and he hopes to keep it that way for a while longer. Not only is the Portland, Oregon pro in Australia to play the Aussie Millions, he’s going super deep in the event.

Negreanu, Blom — Celebrated Poker Hooligans

The 2014 British Poker Awards at The Hippodrome. Come this March, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu may have yet another accolade to add to his trophy case. The British Poker Awards have nominated him in the “International Player of the Year” category after his tremendous 2013 campaign. A couple of World Series of Poker bracelets, $3 million earned and ending the year in the #2 spot on the GPI has him as a odds-on favorite to take the honor.

Dan Shak – Taking Fans Out Of The Game “Bad For Poker”

Shak advocates for accommodation of onlookers. Dan Shak, high stakes poker tournament specialist and self-professed amateur, talks with Bluff Maagzine about how tournaments need to make room for fans and how it is completely up to the player to be able to protect their cards.

Poker’s Personality Problem: Next Gen Players With High IQ, Low EQ

WickedChops addresses the “personality void.” When it comes to the poker public’s perception, the game of poker is losing its luster. It seems like gone are the days of big personalities and big bluffs. Now, it’s a young crop of 20-something button clickers who, as far as the casual ESPN viewer is concerned, are all the same dude.

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: 02/05/2014 Poker Action Line Poker Action Line

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the latest South Florida events as February brings the pros to the Sunshine State. They also discuss an article from Card Player Magazine where Gavin Griffin discusses the ramifications of the Borgata Chip Scandal.

Podcast: February 6th, 2014 – Tournament Strategy and Hand Analysis with Andrew Brokos The Tournament Poker Edge Podcast

On this episode of the Tournament Poker Edge Podcast we talk to TPE pro, and host of the “Thinking Poker” podcast, Andrew Brokos. We get a bit in to his history in poker and also analyze a hand submitted by a listener.

Podcast: Mafia poker and straddle strategy Ante Up! Pokercast

Chris watches a TV show where the star loses his business to a mafia guy in a poker game, plus we hear of a new reason to use the straddle.