Daily Poker News Review: Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Main Headlines

La Maison du Bluff: Gaëlle Garcia Diaz to Present Series Four

PokerStars’ French reality TV show offers €150k in prizes.

PokerStars France has appointed Gaëlle Garcia Diaz as presenter of the fourth season of its reality TV show Maison du Bluff.
The first episode will air on French channel NRJ12 on March 14.
Qualifying tournaments are currently running on the French regulated site to select the house contestants.

New Jersey Players Switch to Regulated Sites

In an apparent win-win, players from dot-com US sites attracted to New Jersey regulated sites have been instantly replaced.

Commercial Intelligence (CI) announced that the introduction of regulation in New Jersey had been successful in attracting players away from “gray” market sites.
37% of players with accounts at non-New Jersey regulated online poker rooms have opened accounts at the newly regulated sites
This report suggests that the new New Jersey sites will have an adverse effect on play at the dot-com US facing sites which are not state regulated.
A look at cash game traffic numbers shows that in fact the reverse is happening.

Full Tilt’s Rush Mobile App Officially Released

Real money native iOS app now available in most regions, and Android app available as direct download.

Full tilt now has native iOS app in many regions in the Apple App Store.
An Android play-money game is now available in Android’s Play Store, and a real-money version is available as direct download.
The game supports Rush and Adrenaline Rush games.

WSOP.com Kicks Off Satellites to Summer Series

WSOP Main event opportunities run on regulated online sites in Nevada and New Jersey.

The WSOP.com 25 Seat Main Event Scramble promises a prize pool no less than $250,000, allowing for players to take their shot at getting into the main for a $215 buy-in.
On Saturdays, at 7pm local time in both states, the online site is running at $215 buy-in event where at least one seat is guaranteed.

Picks from F5 Poker:

Jean-Robert Bellande Dips His Toe Back In Online Waters

The original poker Survivor, Jean-Robert Bellande finds himself back in a semi-tropical state of mind as he heads to Cabo for some R&R and to do some fishing…online of course.

Brian Rast Appears On “48 Hours”, Talks Gambling For A Living

Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner details ins and outs of the poker profession. Check out this segment from popular CBS News program ’48 Hours’ featuring WSOP Chip Reese Memorial Trophy Winner Brian Rast as he talks about the truths of being a professional poker player and gambler for a living. In this excerpt Rast, who has notched over $5.8 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, talks about the allure of winning a big tournament, being a mini-celebrity in Las Vegas and how, like small businesses in America, most ambitious poker players go busto at an amazing clip.

Phil Ivey Scores Big, Still Trails Negreanu By $2k All Time

People’s Champ bags career cash in massive sit-n-go. The rumors are true, Phil Ivey is the best on the planet. Well, that may be an overstatement considering Ryan Riess is still playing poker, but as of tonight there’s probably no happier tournament player on Earth.

The Story Of Don Johnson – How He Beat The Casinos

Bloomberg TV features the blackjack pro. This is a pass-along post. The story of the blackjack player who took multiple casinos for millions of dollars has hit the airwaves of Bloomberg TV. We didn’t get a chance to review this one, so if you watch it and love it or hate it… hit us up with a review and we’ll update the post. If you want cliff notes of how Don Johnson did it, check out this summary from 2p2 poster Marc Desjardins.

Doug “WCGRider” Polk Finds Macau Is “Not His Speed”

Top tier online cash game grinder talks about betting the house. From the Bluff Magazine Aussie Millions files, online high stakes crusher Doug “WCGRider” Polk talks with Thomas Keeling about his trip to Macau and playing at the highest stakes. In the short video, Polk admits that while he crushes the nosebleeds on Full Tilt Poker, the site of which he’s patched up for, he’s not into the mega-stakes of “one house, two house.”

Heartland Poker Tour’s Homeless Population Problem

On-camera personality Jaymz Larson picks an occupied corner. The Heartland Poker Tour blooper reel brings us some footage of lead reporter Jaymz Larson (yes, that’s how he spells his first name) trying to get an establish shot and basic report from outside the Club One Casino in beautiful downtown Fresno, CA. But Fresno’s gunna Fresno, so when he goes to crank out the report, he’s discovered the only person in a 50 foot radius has claimed the corner as their own and has something to say.

Jerry Yang — Hachem Comments Were “Uncalled For” and “Out Of Line”

2007 Main Event Champ defends himself to the HPT. Jaymz Larson corners 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jerry Yang during the recent Heartland Poker Tour stop at the Club One Casino in Fresno, CA.

Attention Grinders — It Can Be Done

Family man Joe Nguyen hits two major scores in a calendar year. Hard work and a little luck go a long way in poker. Take friend of F5, Joe Nguyen. Last year, after sataliting into the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars, he ran hot and bluffed his way to a 2nd place finish for a reported deal worth over $800,000 (as opposed to the listed $666k), and now he’s done it again.

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: Poker Advocacy Feb 10 2014 show Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny

Guest: journalist Steve Ruddock and poker activist Mike Qualley

Podcast: The Bernard Lee Poker Show 02-11-14 with Guest Doyle Brunson Bernard Lee Poker Show

Bernard chats with the Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson.