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More Reports of Tampered Laptops Emerge in Wake of EPT Barcelona Scam
No public resolution to date for Kyllonen or Liviu.
- More reports raise concerns that an organized group are targeting EPT events.
- “While we are not an investigative body, we are providing information and evidence to law enforcement organizations that will help them find and prosecute the offenders,” PokerStars rep says in statement to pokerfuse.
FTP Remission Questions Mount
A multitude of FTP balance remission issues are surfacing, with little to no guidance coming from the Garden City Group.
- Over a thousand posts have now been made in the FTP Remission Issues thread on 2+2.
- A wide range of issues have been reported including definitions of affiliates, dates of balances and the accuracy of balances following the chaos of FTP’s final days.
- The GCG has not yet responded with definitive answers to many of the issues.
- Deadline for Petition for Remission submission is Saturday, November 16, 2013.
Daniel Negreanu Again Rants Against “First Card” Rule
Over the weekend, outspoken professional poker player, and Team PokerStars Pro, Daniel Negreanu took to his well-watched video blog to, once again (and perhaps for the final time), state his position against the newly adopted “First Card Off The Deck” rule implemented by the Tournament Director’s Association (TDA).
PokerStars Slaps $10M Guarantee on PCA Main Event
The 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), set to take place January 5-13, will now come with a $10M guarantee for it’s $10,000+$300 Main Event.
- This is the first time in the history of the event that PokerStars has attached a guarantee to the Main Event.
- The offer of a $10M guarantee matches that of the hugely successful Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open which was the first to offer the “unprecedented” payout amount for its main event last month.
Software Preview: Infiniti Poker Edges Towards Launch with Bitcoin Giveaway for Beta Testers
A pre-launch beta test promotion provides the chance for an early review of Infiniti Poker’s poker client.
- Infiniti Poker is providing a bitcoin incentive to potential beta testers.
- Six prizes are on offer for testers: the player with the highest account balance at the end of the period will receive 0.4 bitcoin, ranging to 0.05 bitcoin for the fifth highest.
- A launch date of October 21 last year has been missed by almost twelve months and in the current promotion, much of the software has not yet been enabled, including the infinivision tables.
- Game play at the table was quick with animations that worked smoothly without being distracting.
- If CEO Michael Hajduk can get infinivision working well he may yet be able to carve out a profitable niche.
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Has ESPN ruined poker? salon.com
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Poker fan auditions for PokerNews youtube.com
Do you think you have what it takes to be a poker media personality? If you do, you’ll need to size up the competition by checking out Sarah Albright’s audition video. Still think you’ve got what it takes?
A preview of tonight’s WSOP coverage featuring hand with Annette Obrestad and analysis by Phil Hellmuth espn.go.com
Get a sneak peak at tonight’s WSOP coverage on ESPN. Watch Phil Hellmuth break down Annette Obrestad’s decision in the small blind holding 55 with 20bb facing a button raise.
Daniel Negreanu blogs on the importance of mindset and confidence to poker results pokerstarsblog.com
Daniel believes that believing in yourself is a key component to success. In his latest blog post, Daniel addresses those that disagreed with his statements on Twitter the other day and gives his fans into look into his mindset.
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bwin.party Says Farewell to Two Non-Executive Directors
Tim Bristow and Geoff Baldwin leave the board immediately; further changes are likely. Tim Bristow and Geoff Baldwin have left the bwin.party board of directors. The company said that the departures were “in line with the intention expressed in the Company’s 2012 annual report to reduce the size of the board.”
