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World Series of Poker 2013 Final Table Preview
After a four month hiatus, the November Nine return to the Rio Hotel and Casino for the finale of the WSOP Main Event.
- One of the most anticipated days on the poker calendar has arrived as the Final Table of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event* resumes tonight.
- Over 120 days ago, 6352 people ponied up their $10k to get their shot at a piece of what would become a nearly $60m prizepool.
- While each of the final nine are guaranteed to walk with a hefty payday, all of them already receiving $733,224, the action at the final table will award 7 of the final 9 over $1m with $8,361,570 going to the eventual winner.
WSOP.com Improves VIP Program, Coaxes Ultimate Poker Grinders with “Loyalty Match” Promotion
Up to 4x increase in rakeback across loyalty tiers.
- Big increase in WSOP VIP program, with rakeback increased 50%+ on many tiers.
- Aggressive “loyalty match” program targets Ultimate Poker’s high volume grinders.
- Month-long “grinder celebration” adds up to 30%+ rakeback for reaching daily targets.
Duncan McLellan Victorious At UKIPT Isle Of Man
PokerStars Qualifier Duncan McLellan outlasted the field of 379 to claim the title of inaugural United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Isle of Man Champion and the £94,090 first place prize. It would take only roughly five hours to play out the final table and, in the end, McLellan won a “classic race” against popular Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo for all the chips.
- PokerStars Qualifier Duncan McLellan outlasted the field of 379 to claim the title of inaugural United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Isle of Man Champion and the £94,090 first place prize.
- McLellan won a “classic race” against popular Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo for all the chips.
PokerHost Accused of Banning Winning Players
Amid accustaions that PokerHost is banning winning players on orders from Merge, it has also brought its VIP program and P2P transfer policy into line with the network.
- Players re reporting that they have been banned from PokerHost for flimsy reasons and that they have been informed that their real offence has been to be winning players.
- Reported conversations with PokerHost imply that the actions have been taken after directions from the Merge network itself.
- PokeHost has brought its VIP program into line with top skins Carbon and Aced Poker.
- It has also accepted the network wide prohibition on player to player transfers.
Odd Oddsen Challenges Norway’s Politicians to a Heads Up Match and Gets a Taker
Norwegian politician Erlend Wiborg can’t resist the chance to take a million Kroner from one of the world’s best players.
- Norwegian Progress Party politician has accepted a challenge by “Odd Oddsen” to play heads up for one million Kroner.
- Oddsen issued the challenge to any Norwegian politician to promote legalisation of online poker.
- Erlend Wiborg has accepted the challenge because he and his party support market liberalization.
- In practise, taking the time to play 10k hands of heads up PLO outside Norway may be a little too much to ask.
Revolution Network Rebuts Lock, Claims it Owes “Large Growing Debt”
In a statement issued regarding the departure of Lock Poker and subsequent claims of network impropriety, IAA Services Limited, owners of the Revolution Gaming Network have fired back with claims of “significant” money owed.
- Revolution stated: “Due to lack of payment to the Network and a large growing debt, the Network had no choice but to eventually segregate Lock players almost entirely from Network cash games.”
- Shane Bridges, spokesperson and Social Media Director of Lock Poker, denied the claim that money was owed from Lock to the network.
World Series of Poker Final Table Underway
The crowds have descended on the Penn and Teller theatre; the cameras are rolling; the players are seated; Greg Merson has delivered the “shuffle up and deal.”
Ivey League: Phil Ivey Poker Training Coming Soon
IveyPoker has posted the news that the Ivey League will be launched soon. According to the website, where players can sign up for an email notification of the launch, “Ivey League will help you learn to play poker with live play videos and in-depth poker theory presentations.”
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Deemed “one of the best professionals of his generation”, PokerStars takes a closer look at the life and times of Team Online Pro Isaac “Ike” Haxton.
World Series of Poker bracelet reviewjournal.com
Tonight the November Nine are playing for over $8.3m dollars and the title of WSOP Main Event Champion. Add to that the coveted Main Event bracelet, which in this case, is a $500k piece of jewelry with 28 carats of white diamonds and 220 grams of white gold. Check out how Jason of Beverly Hills sealed the deal to make the ultimate poker trophy and what it represents to the world of poker.
Podcast: The Poker Edge: 11/4/13 ESPN: The Poker Edge
Andrew Feldman chats with Hall of Famers Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy and 2012 WSOP main event champion Greg Merson as the players prepare for this year’s final table.
Podcast: #188 – The Itsawinner Poker Podcast The Itsawinner Poker Podcast
Robs back at work, GDog is checking out Racks of the Day and Mal is on holiday. WSOP November 9 kicks off tonight and we make our predictions on who will win as well as reporting on the latest Lock fail and WPT wins. Music comes from Bill Underwood, Driven Serious and The Carnival Kids.
Podcast: Episode 54: PokerSnowie creator Johannes Levermann Thinking Poker
Johannes Levemann is the head of Research and Development for the Snowie Group one of the creators of PokerSnowie, a neural net that has over the course of several years supposedly learned to play a nearly unexploitable no-limit hold ‘em game. We talk with Johannes about what exactly a neural net is.
Training Video: Ghost: BalugaWhale (#26) – 4-tabling Midstakes Part 5 Deuces Cracked
BalugaWhale continues more midstakes play. Topics include hand composition, bluffing too much, and other thoughts of his own play and opponents.
Training Video: Sunday Saver Hand History Review with Chris Moon Tournament Poker Edge
Chris Moon is back with an in-depth hand history review of his recent win in the ACR 100k. This is a 5-part series.
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California Based Pala Interactive Chooses CAMS for Verification in Regulated US Markets
Pala is building an all-star cast of staff and suppliers in its preparations to offer online gambling in the US. Pala Interactive, founded by the Pala Band of Mission Indians in California, continues its progress towards launching online gambling by appointing Central Account Management System (CAMS) to provide age and ID verification services.
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Lists Third Party Approvals
A total of 53 companies have received preliminary approval to transact business with New Jersey gaming license holders. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has published lists of ancillary companies and related vendors approved to provide services to online gambling licensees.
Virgin Islands Rules 2001 Law Permitting Internet Gambling is Legal
With immediate effect, the Casino Control Commission has the authority to issue internet gambling licenses. The US Virgin Islands (USVI) has issued a legal determination that the 2001 “Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Act” is legal.
PokerStrategy Closes its Operation in Finland for Legal Reasons
Employees and players given two days notice before Finnish language site shut down. With just two days notice, PokerStrategy has closed down its Finnish language site, citing legal reasons.
Traffic Watch
A weekly review of the online poker market: This week, Full Tilt and PartyPoker, Nevada and Spain. Whole Market
