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Poker Heaven Adds MPN to Poker Choice
Ahead of the GTECH closure, Heaven ensures its customers will still have a poker selection.
- LGA-Licensed Poker Heaven has added Microgaming’s MPN as an online poker option alongside Ongame and IPN.
- IPN is expected to close in the first half of 2014.
iGaming North America Presents Caesars v Sands on iGaming Regulation
Andy Abboud and Mitch Garber go head to head at the 4th iGaming North America Conference.
- The iGaming North America Conference will showcase a formal debate between representatives of Caesars and Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands during a session entitled: “Is iGaming the Problem or the Solution?”
- Andy Abboud, Vice President of Government Relations for Las Vegas Sands Corporation will promote a case for the prohibition of internet gambling while former partypoker CEO, and current CEO and Director of Caesars Interactive Entertainment will explain why online gaming should be permitted and regulated.
GPI Formula Will Determine the Ante Up Poker Tour Player of the Year
The Global Poker Index (GPI) has announced a deal with the Ante Up Poker Tour (AUPT) that will see GPI’s ranking formula used to award the points in the tour’s Player of the Year competition.
- The Global Poker Index (GPI) has announced a deal with the Ante Up Poker Tour that will see GPI’s ranking formula used to award the points in the tour’s Player of the Year competition.
- The deal with GPI means that players in all formats will have the chance to earn points according to GPI’s ranking formula in the race to be the Ante Up Player of the Year.
- Ante Up is hoping that the change will encourage players to enter more events to have a better chance of winning.
- GPI is likely to announce similar partnerships as it expands its ranking system.
$82m in US Full Tilt Repayments “Weeks Away”
30,000 undisputed claims have been approved by the US Department of Justice.
- The US Department of Justice has approved $82 million dollars of undisputed player funds owed to ex-US players of Full Tilt Poker.
- Players with undisputed claims should be looking for an email from Garden City Group within the next few weeks with instructions on how to receive their payment.
- GCG set itself the deadline of March 31 for undisputed claims.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Vanessa Russo Looks To Sell You Some Action
Poker pro turned DJ looks to ditch her classic car. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Russo is getting out of the classic car business. Well, that’s to say that she’s looking to sell you her 1957 Ford Thunderbird for about the price of 5 WSOP Main Event entries.
Matt Savage— “Overlay At The LAPC!”
Savage sounds the alarm on his $1m guarantee. Master of tournament marketing and one-time proponent of re-entry tournaments, Matt Savage, started letting people know that halfway through the heats of his LAPC $1m guarantee tournament, they are falling behind. If they don’t get 8000 entries, then there will be overlay.
World Series of Poker Bracelet On Sale, Online – $100k
2013 WSOP hardware has a near 6-figure price tag on Ebay. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. You can now, literally, purchase yourself a World Series of Poker gold bracelet without all the hassle of having to win a tournament.
Liv Boeree Majorly Scores, Teases New Photos
As you may have heard already , Team PokerStars Pro, Liv Boeree, came incredibly close to scoring her second “major” title when she took 2nd place in the latest UKIPT Edinburgh for £59,180 this week.
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: 01/22/2014 Poker Action Line Poker Action Line
Aldrin Gomez, a South Florida Poker Player who played at The Borgata Winter Open, joins BIG Dave and Joe to discuss the counterfeit poker chip disaster at the event. The guys also preview some of the big February events as the poker scene in the Sunshine State heats up.
Podcast: PokerNews Podcast Episode #199: Counterfeit Chips feat. Nick Guagenti PokerNews Podcast
The crew is joined by Nick Guagenti, who was second in chips in the Borgata Winter Poker Open $2 Million Guarantee when it was cancelled. He talks about the atmosphere on property, what he knows about the situation, and tries to forecast some sort of conclusion.
Podcast: Full Tilt payments and Borgata counterfeiters Ante Up! Pokercast
We discuss the Full Tilt Poker payment resolution and the counterfeit chips at the Borgata event.
Podcast: PokerNews GPI Update Episode #10: Boeree’s Back PokerNews Podcast
In the 10th episode of the PokerNews GPI Update, Rich and Eric take an early look at the 2014 Player of the Year race, welcome Liv Boeree back into the GPI 300, and preview the 13th annual GPI European Poker Awards.
Podcast: #39 – Learning, Focus, and Self-Awareness The Mental Game of Poker
My guest on The Mental Game of Poker Podcast is Shannon Shorr. Despite being just 28 years old, he was recently voted 7th in the Global Poker Index Player of the Decade rankings. He has over $5.4 million in live tournament winnings and nearly $2 million in online tournament winnings. Shannon really is a player who embraces the things in poker he can control and not the things he can’t. If you are looking to improve your focus in poker, he’s a great model to follow. If you want to learn more about Shannon or to follow his blog go to his website or follow him on Twitter: @shannonshorr.
Training Video: Poker’s Postflop Course Part 1: The River – Episode Three Drag The Bar
I cover pages 69-96 of Poker’s Postflop Course Part 1: The River. This decision wraps up check or bet in position. We compare value-betting to bluffing and discuss the danger of opening the betting as well as making an inducing bet.
Training Video: Search and Destroy 2: blocp13 – Part 1 – Getting All-in Too Lightly Deuces Cracked
Josh and DC member blocp13 search for a leak of getting it all-in too lightly preflop, and discuss some methods to destroy this leak.
Training Video: Video quiz: You missed the river, should you triple barrel bluff? MoreEV
Steve is giving the answer for his previous Quiz, if you have not done it yet, please do so, if you have please enjoy the following video
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Holland Casino Sets Out Restructuring Plan
Another 150-200 jobs will go at the Netherlands monopoly casino provider. State licensed monopoly Holland Casino has submitted restructuring proposals that will see the loss of a further 150 to 200 jobs at its 14 casinos. The company has already shed a fifth of its headquarters staff after it was placed in a “special measures” program by the Netherlands government.
PokerStars Announces 2014 Schedule for “VIP Club Live” Events
Seven parties organized for this year. PokerStars is seeking to continue its success of its live VIP club parties, with seven events scheduled for 2014, two more than in 2013.
Svenska Spel: Three Months After Ending Bonuses
Taking bonuses away from the New Jersey-sized market appears to have made little impact on cash game traffic. At the beginning of October last year, Swedish monopoly online poker provider Svenska Spel announced that it was ending all bonus promotions because it had decided they contributed to the risk of problem gambling. Three months later the impact of the decision can be seen in its cash game traffic numbers.