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Nevada Online Poker Market Reaches New Traffic High
The combined cash game traffic of Ultimate Poker and WSOP.com, the first two online poker rooms in the newly regulated Nevada market, has reached a new peak, the latest traffic data reveals.
- WSOP and Ultimate Poker traffic reaches new cash game 7-day concurrent player peak.
- Last high was soon after Ultimate Poker’s launch.
World Poker Tour Unveils Second Half of Season XII
Seven more main tour stops early 2014.
- The Borgata will also lay host to the final stop of the season when the tour returns for the newly lowered buy-in of the $15,400 World Poker Tour Championship.
- The Main Tour also finds itself in familiar territory at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek in Florida for the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open in February.
- “The much-anticipated second half of the WPT schedule was definitely worth the wait.”
New Full Tilt Poker TV Show to Feature Gus Hansen, PokerStars Pros
Full Tilt Poker announced the creation of “Full Tilt Poker Pro Battle“, a new television show which gives online qualifiers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics the opportunity to go heads up against FTP Professional Gus Hansen.
- “Full Tilt Poker Pro Battle” is a new television show which gives online qualifiers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics the opportunity to go heads up against FTP Professional Gus Hansen.
- Full Tilt will be awarding 12 prize packages worth over $3,000 to bring players on set in Kiev to battle against professional poker players including Team PokerStars Pros Alexander Kravchenko, Ivan Demidov, Maksin Lykon and Eugene Katchalov for a total prize pool of $150,000.
PokerStars Soon to Reach 800 Million Tournaments
The week of October 13 – 20 should see PokerStars put on its 800 millionth tournament. The world’s biggest site plans to mark the occasion with a week of tournament promotions.
- PokerStars will run a week of tournament promotions to celebrate its 800 millionth online tournament.
- The celebrations will run from Oct 13 to Oct 20 with the grand event held on 20 Oct at 1pm EST.
- Tournament guarantees have been increased during the week and “Big” tournaments on October 20th will have triple guarantees.
- The week could well provide a big boost to PokerStars traffic and create an adverse effect for other operators.
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WPT World Championship: WPT Raw Deal with Tony Dunst youtube.com
Tony “Bond18” Dunst is in rare form for this edition of the WPT Raw Deal. Make sure to check out this short video where Dunst introduces the heads up match for the WPT Championship between Erick Lindgren and David “Chino” Rheem, “two of poker’s classiest and most beloved players.”
G2E gaming experts discuss bad actors clauses and how they impact state by state regulatory approvals diamondflushpoker.com
So you’ve heard people talking about how “bad actors” won’t be allowed into the US market? Poker journalist Diamond Flush summarizes a recent panel discussion on the topic. Things may not be as clear cut as people seem to think.
Dario Minieri: The Italian government is killing the game pokerlistings.com
Regulated online poker is proliferating across the world. Some governments are starting down the right path and others will hopefully learn from their mistakes. Italian pro Dario Minieri: isn’t so optimistic about his home country. See what he has to say on the topic that has caused him cut roots and relocate to Malta.
Gavin Smith opines on how the presence of TV cameras shook up a hand between two pros allinmag.com
Television has had a huge impact on the game of poker. Some argue that it was the biggest reason for the poker boom. Even to this day the TV cameras are affecting the game; how we see it and how some play it. Gavin Smith describes a hand he played against Matt Glantz and how he thinks it was changed by TV.
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