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New Jersey Foreign Wager Bill Advances in Senate
Proposed legislation that would allow New Jersey to issue online gaming permits for wagers outside the state was referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday—a required step to certify the bill for a fiscal estimate.
- Proposed legislation that would allow New Jersey to issue online gaming permits for wagers outside the state was referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday—a required step to certify the bill for a fiscal estimate.
- Once moved to the floor, the bill could be brought up for a full vote of the Senate. Amendments to the bill could be proposed along the way.
- An identical bill in the State Assembly—A2540—was referred to the Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee last month.
Today’s Nevada Online Poker Market Smaller than Ultimate Poker’s Monopoly Days
Gap between the WSOP, UP shrinks as Nevada market declines.
- Ultimate Poker Nevada has managed to retain more of its player base this Spring, traditionally a period of the year when online poker interest wains.
- Though still behind WSOP with an average of 68 concurrent cash game players, the gap between the two is narrowing and is the closest the pair have been since a brief period in January 2014.
WSOP New Jersey Confirms Sports Deal with NY Rangers
The second sports sponsorship deal to be announced between NJ operators and top sports teams.
- WSOP New Jersey has confirmed that it now has a promotional relationship with the New York Rangers National Hockey League (NHL) team.
- Last week the WSOP launched a promotion for their New Jersey resident players which offered the chance to have a “Blueshirt legend” come to their home to watch the April 12 game against Montreal.
High Stakes Online Poker Report: March 25, 2014
More losses accumulate for Gus Hansen.
- Pokerfuse reviews the high stakes online poker cash games of the week.
Borgata and Partypoker to Offer NETELLER Services to Online Poker Players in New Jersey
Optimal Payments has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in New Jersey allowing online gaming customers at BorgataPoker.com, BorgataCasino.com and nj.partypoker.com to use Optimal’s NETELLER products to complete financial transactions.
- The deal allows online gaming customers at BorgataPoker.com, BorgataCasino.com and nj.partypoker.com. to use NETELLER products to complete financial transactions.
- Difficulties in funding online gaming accounts and challenges associated with geolocation technologies have caused frustrations for players and are seen as the major reasons revenues from internet gambling in New Jersey have fallen short of expectations so far.
- Borgata and partypoker will be offering customers instant access to their funds via NETELLER and Net+ Card services.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Dan Bilzerian – Buzzfeed’s “Most Interesting Man on Instagram”
Popular website discovers what we’ve known all along. Avid readers of F5poker have known this forever, but just this week popular mainstream website Buzzfeed published an article naming high-stakes poker pro Dan Bilzerian the “Most Interesting Man On Instagram.”
College Poker Tour Hopes Co-eds Will Push All In
Fledgling CPT wants to find the new “students of the game.” This week inaugural College Poker Tour will open it’s virtual doors and hope that some portion of the 17 million college students in the USA will log-on and play poker for school pride. Presented by All-In Magazine the fee-based, no-cash game will run qualifiers/competitions from March 26-May 26 where players will represent their school and, if they are good enough, can win their way to a live Las Vegas event.
Natalie Hof — Destiny’s Child
EPT Vienna Ladies Event Winner luckboxes to victory. Natalie Hof – the 2014 EPT Vienna Woman’s Event Champ! It has a nice ring to it, but as you can tell from her quick interview with Kristy Arnett she’s less than thrilled about the honor. That could have something to do with the fact it was a €330 buy-in event with only 61runners, but still a €5,325 first place is nothing to scoff at (is it?).
EPT Vienna — Poker Wizards Everywhere
WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open — Stumps Players With Random Questions
Brittany Bell endures creepy gazes for LOL segment. World Poker Tour’s Brittany Bell & Ive Teves stalk the poker floor in the early goings of the WPT Jacksonville best bet Open to ask rando players “What’s the best bet they’ve ever made?”
EPT Vienna — More Than A Sausage Fest
Kristy Arnett takes to the town. In an effort to expand their content outside the poker room and give hostess Kristy Arnett a chance to crack a few jokes, the PokerNews crew takes to the street of Vienna, Austria to show a little of the sights and sounds of the beautiful city hosting the current leg of the European Poker Tour.
2014 PCA Champion Dominik Panka Just Hanging Out In Vienna
PokerNews’ Sarah Grant chats with the rising star. What do you do to follow up a first place victory in the 2014 PokerStars PCA? You go crush the EPT Deauville High Roller of course! How about after that?
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: Episode 72: Strategy with Optional More Strategy Thinking Poker
After last week’s interruption, Nate and Andrew are back with an all-strategy episode plus exciting news about how to get even more strategy from us! You’ll hear our thoughts on Ed Miller’s new book (more from Nate on his blog), folding a straight in a multi-way pot, folding a set on the river, and more.
Podcast: Poker Advocacy Mar 24 2014 show Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny
Guest: Marco Valerio and Chris Grove
Training Video: February Live Grind with Ben “KidCardiff6″ Warrington Tournament Poker Edge
Ben Warrington is back with another live sweat. Join him as he grinds on various sites with mixed buyins, across different stages of the game. This is a five part series.
Training Video: Party In New Jersey 2: NL25 Drag The Bar
It’s another Party on Party Poker New Jersey! The games are good, but are my decisions? We’ll see. I talk about some software-related thoughts, but also try to shed my inner nit to open it up a bit before the flop, hoping to find some decisions worthy of discussion.
Training Video: Ghost: Anonymous 6M on Bovada – Episode 3 Deuces Cracked
Wilt queues up 4 tables of midstakes on Bovada, mixing in FRNL and 6-handed play. Follow along as Wilt discusses things to note quickly in anonymous games to help you develop reads on your opponents, including overbetting, preflop raise sizes, as well as how to build a defensible strategy while you’re playing without reads.
Training Video: Cog Dissonance: Narrowing Ranges In Hypers Part II HUSNG
This is the second part companion video to veteran Cog Dis’s previous posting, a review of a $30 hypers match on pokerstars. Cog’s goal with these videos is to discuss adjusting to oppoennts’ ranges. As with the first video, Cog Dis first live-reviews as he plays, and then runs through the game in a replayer so that he can delve into more detail on aspects of the game that he found interesting and more thoroughly analyze his own and his opponent’s mistakes.
Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:
Tournament Improvements, Numerous Bug Fixes in Party’s March Client Update
New client upgrade fixes bugs, improves tournament lobby. A new software update to the partypoker client, introducing many changes and fixes, rolled to customers on the dot-com poker room Tuesday.
William Hill Withdraws from 55 Countries
Gibraltar bookmaker exits from Africa and other markets, including Thailand and Uruguay. William Hill has decided to stop operating in 55 countries for “regulatory reasons.” The news was announced in an email notice to affiliates and will take effect on March 26.
Players Angry as 888 NJ Resets Status Points Ahead of May Rewards Program
New VIP system will roll out in May, and players’ status points balances roll back to zero. 888 New Jersey has reset players’ status points ahead of the introduction of its rewards program, annoying players who assumed there was intrinsic value in their accrued points.
