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Daniel Negreanu Tops PoY Leaderboards (But Stays at #2 on GPI for Now)
The affable Canadian tops player of the year rankings at Bluff and Card Player.
- Daniel Negreanu leads the Bluff magazine and CardPlayer.com Player of the Year rankings and is in second place on the Global Poker Index.
- A second place at the PokerStars EPT Barcelona High Roller event cemented his lead.
- His best year was in 2004 when he was Card Player PoY and WSOP PoY after winning the third of his 5 WSOP bracelets.
Sauce, WCGRider Set for High-Stakes Heads-up Battle
15k hands at $100/200 and a $100k sidebet for the victor.
- NL match on Full Tilt expected to be complete in a month.
- In order to ensure that there’s no dodging or delays, the pair may “sign some kind of contract.” challenge”:http://quadjacks.com/interview-with-wcgrider-on-his-challenge-against-sauce123/.
PartyPoker Server Upgrade Hopes to Resolve Major Issues
PartyPoker has just announced a server upgrade that aims to fix some of the serious stability issues that have faced players since the new software rolled out one week ago today.
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Behind the scenes at the PokerStars EPT youtube.com
PokerStars recently released bonus footage of the making of the EPT Season 10 opening credits; take a look at the some behind the scenes footage and interviews with PokerStars Team Pros.
Manchester United players try Party’s 'card kickup’ challenge youtube.com
Manchester United players Dwight Yorke, Norman Whiteside and Quinton Fortune take on the “Card Kick-Up” challenge as part of PartyPoker’s ongoing “Road to Old Trafford” marketing and promotional campaign.
PMU’s 'you like to bet’ TV ad causing twitter stir for JFK assassination quip youtube.com
Completing our trifecta of video shares in today’s DNR, this ad by state-owned French sports betting and poker site PMU.fr caused a bit of a stur for making light of the JFK assassination. Humorous quip or—as one youtube commenter opined—“the most tasteless commercial of the century”? You decide.
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Under the Gun
The week ahead in poker: live, online, and conferences. US players will be able to file for repayment of their Full Tilt funds with the Garden City Group from next Monday, September 16. The claims administrator stated that instructions will be posted on the website, and players who submitted their email addresses will all be contacted.
Madrid Socialists Lack Enthusiasm for Eurovegas
The failure of Madrid’s Olympic bid leads to demands that the regional government stop supporting mega-developments like Eurovegas. The Socialist Party has tabled a resolution in Madrid’s regional assembly demanding that the government stop relying on risky projects like the Olympics and Eurovegas to pull the region out of financial crisis.
Customers Prefer Term “Gaming” to “Gambling”
Researchers at Kellogg and Cornell have found that using gaming to describe betting activities provides them with more legitimacy than the word gambling. New research from the renowned Kellogg School of Management and Cornell University has found that consumers are more likely to participate in online betting if it’s called “gaming” rather than “gambling.”
EU Parliament Vote on Gambling: Industry Response and Analysis
Industry organizations praise the parts they like and complain about the parts they don’t, as the EU Parliament approves a report that fails to provide a clear direction forward. The gambling industry has been quick to issue its responses to Tuesday’s vote in the EU Parliament which approved the resolutions on online gambling presented by the Internal Markets and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO).
