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WSOP.com Goes Live in Nevada
Another real-money online poker site launches in the US.
- The new online poker room is only the second of its kind in operation in the US.
- WSOP.com is powered by 888poker software.
- The version of the software modified for use in Nevada includes downloads for both PC and Mac users.
- Unlike in the UK, the client does not save hand histories to the players’ hard drives and HUDs are not allowed.
Full Tilt Claims Website Live: Players Can Log In, Check Balances
The Garden City Group has opened up a secure website for filing petitions. US players awaiting refunds of their Full Tilt Poker money who have received an email over the last two days can now log in and check their balance, and accept or dispute the amount.
- Players can either accept the amount—in which case, bank and tax details must be provided—or dispute the amount provided by GcG.
- Early player reports indicate that full tilt points and tournament tickets are not included in the balance total.
- To complete the submission of the petition, players must certify that they are eligible to participate in the remission process.
- Players are required to meet a substantial list of criteria including having actually deposited funds on Full Tilt and not having been a past or present vendor of FTP that received compensation through FTP players’ accounts.
World Poker Tour Championship Moves to Borgata
PartyPoker signs on as official sponsor.
- The World Poker Tour announced that its most prestigious event of Season XII, the $25k WPT World Championship, will be held at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City in 2014.
- The move from Nevada to New Jersey marks the first time in 12 years that the WPT will not hold its championship event at the Bellagio.
- PartyPoker is the official sponsor of the Season XII World Championship.
- The forthcoming legal online poker site—Borgatapoker.com—will be powered by bwin.party.
Spain’s New Regulator Committed to Opening Up Player Pools
New head of DGOJ gives clearest sign yet that it seeks to open its online poker market—with Italian player pooling just a stepping stone to full international liquidity.
36 Left in Borgata Poker Open
The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Borgata Poker Open enters the home stretch today as Day 4 is set to begin with a mere 36 of the original 1189 runners remaining.
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Book review – secrets of tournament poker, volume 3 parttimepoker.com
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