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Nevada, Delaware Enter First Ever MultiState Internet Gaming Agreement

Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Governor Jack Markell of Delaware signed a historic agreement on Tuesday that allows for the sharing of player liquidity between internet gambling operators in both states.

  • Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Governor Jack Markell of Delaware signed a historic agreement on Tuesday that allows for the sharing of player liquidity between internet gambling operators in both states.
  • No specific date has been set for when players will actually be able to compete with players outside the state in which they are located.
  • Working with technology providers is the next step.

Infiniti Poker Soft Launch Halted

The main site is offline, the poker client has been inaccessible for 10 days and players have been unable to deposit or withdraw.

  • Infiniti Poker’s soft launch appears to have been halted.
  • The poker client has been inaccessible for ten days and the infinitipoker.com website is unavailable.
  • Players have been unable to withdraw their money following banking difficulties.

WSOP Themed Poker Room Planned for Bally’s Atlantic City

Free wifi access will allow players to play on or offline in the new facility.

  • Caesars has announced that the refurbishment of Ballys in Atlantic City will include a World Series of Poker (WSOP} themed poker room.
  • There will be 42 cash game tables, some in a special “high limit” room.
  • WSOP Tournament of Champions circuit event in May will take place in the new facility

US Supreme Court Decides Against Hearing Dicristina Appeal

The US Supreme Court has decided that the Dicristina case does not merit being placed on its docket. The court looks at around 80 cases a year selecting them from a vast number of petitions.

  • US Supreme Court has decided not to hear the Dicristina appeal.
  • The decision means that the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit Court judgment will stand. That judgment, following a government appeal, found that Lawrence Dicristina was guilty of breaching the federal Illegal Gambling Business Act (IGBA) when he ran a poker game from his bicycle shop.
  • The refusal to hear the case does not mean that the Supreme Court has ruled for or against the Second Circuit decision, it simply means that the court has decided that the constitutional issues do not have a high enough priority to merit the court’s time.

Class Action Suit Filed Over Borgata Counterfeit Chip Debacle

4,000 players who entered the Borgata Winter Open are represented in a lawsuit demanding compensation for their entry fees and other costs.

  • Players who entered the Borgata Winter Open $2 Million Guarantee event where counterfeit chips were discovered have filed a class action lawsuit in the Atlantic County Superior Court.
  • The lawsuit led by player Jacob Musterel and filed by attorney Bruce LiCausi alleges that the Borgata has committed a fraud and failed in its duty of proper supervision.
  • The lawsuit is seeking a refund of players’ entry fees together for compensation for food, travel and accommodation costs.

Picks from F5 Poker:

Seth Myers – “Late Night’s” New Host, Part-time Poker Player

Former SNL anchor’s loose poker connection Tonight starts a new era on late night television in the United States as former Saturday Night Live anchor Seth Myers takes over the Late Night slot right after new Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon does his thing.

Australia Gives Liv Boeree The Middle Finger

Liv Boeree’s hand modeling days may have to take a back seat after she apparently stuck her finger somewhere it didn’t belong. Aside from the green nail polish, there’s something seriously wrong with her middle digit and so it’s off to the clinic to clean that bad boy up.

Dani Stern Talks Life, Poker and Coming Back To Reality

Plus valuable advice about what to do with A3o. Online poker professional turned poker reality show star Dani Stern takes the Open Seat with PokerNews to answer some questions about how he came up through the poker ranks and his time on “Two Months Two Millions.”

Phil Hellmuth “Can’t Respect” The Global Poker Index

The thirteen-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner decided that Monday was the day to publicly call out the formula of the Global Poker Index. In his a recent tweet on the subject, he calls the GPI “very flawed” saying he “can’t respect” a system that “counts $100,000 high rollers.”

Blair Hinkle To Finally Get His Payday

One of the biggest beneficiaries of FTP remissions ready for a windfall. It was almost three years ago that World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Blair Hinkle chopped up, and took the lions share, of one of the biggest online tournaments at the time – FTOPS XIX $600 Multi-entry Main Event. The poker professional negotiated a final table deal which awarded him over $1.1 million dollars – which got trapped online when Black Friday hit.

Bad Beat Diaries – King On King Violence

Because what your Tuesday needs is another bad beat story. Our resident bad beatographer, Pat Lyons, stealth snapped a picture of his own hand as he was deep in a daily at Oakland’s Oaks Card Club. Here you have a couple all-ins, with both players holding Pocket Kings…but the Ace of Hearts on the river sent our hero to the rail. Before they could ship the chips and wash the deck, Lyons snapped a shot for the Bad Beat Diaries.

Daniel Negreanu – Always Ready For His Close-up

Talks With All In about TV tables. Part five of All In Magazine’s fireside chat with Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. What’s on tap this segment? TV tables.

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: Episode 69: Bluffing with Carlos Welch Thinking Poker

Carlos Welch fills in for Nate this week and is remarkably open about his recent setbacks, including the challenges of playing underrolled, finding a good backing deal, and balancing live vs online play. In an extra-long strategy segment, he and Andrew discuss bluffing in small stakes games, and more.

Podcast: Poker Advocacy Feb 24 2014 show Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny

Guest: Former Rep. Mary Bono, Marco Valerio and Wendeen Eolis

Podcast: The Bernard Lee Poker Show 02-25-14 with Guest Ty Stewart Bernard Lee Poker Show

The 2014 World Series of Poker has 65 bracelets up for grabs and a guaranteed $10,000,000 payday for the Main Event Champion! WSOP Executive Director, Ty Stewart stops by to chat with Bernard about this years tourney.

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Two Plus Two’s New Jersey Tournament Series Attracts 49

“BANJO!” tournament series hosted on 888poker NJ gets underway. The first monthly “BANJO!” tournament ran last Sunday, attracting 49 players to the private New Jersey MTT.

Winamax Billion Hand Promo Propels it into Top 5

Temporary bump pushes partypoker down to sixth. The Winamax billionth hand promotion is having the same impact on its cash game traffic statistics as the equivalent promotion had for PokerStars—measured by 7 day moving average (DMA), Winamax is now ranked number five in the worldwide traffic rankings.

PokerStars Celebrates Portuguese “Carnaval”

Brazilian and Portuguese players get nationally-restricted tournaments to mark the beginning of Spring. In Portuguese speaking countries the end of the winter and beginning of Spring is celebrated by the festival of “Carnaval,” and PokerStars has special promotions in Portugal and Brazil to celebrate.