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Interview: Phil Payton, CEO of the Winning Poker Network
In a rare interview with a CEO of an offshore US-facing online poker network, pokerfuse sits down with Phil Payton, the man behind WPN, to talk candidly about the business.
- Winning Poker Network CEO provides his thoughts on US regulated online poker, the network model for online poker and more.
Twister Poker Rolls Out Across iPoker Skins
Top brands Paddy Power and William Hill add the lottery tournament game.
- Twister was first introduced on Everest Poker and Betclic, followed by Expekt, Poker770, Betfred and Pokerplex.
- Paddy Power and William Hill have also reportedly added support for the game this week.
- The format of Twister is almost identical to Winamax’s “Expresso” games.
Irish Politicians Complain About Delays in Enacting Gambling Legislation
Michael McGrath told MPs that the delays have cost €40m in lost tax revenues.
- Irish MP complains that €40m has been lost in gaming revenues after delays in introducing new legislation.
- The government blamed the delay on the requirement to submit the bill for approval to the EU Commission.
- The new bill will require poker operators targeting the Irish market to obtain a license and pay a 1% turnover tax on the income from their Irish customers.
Picks from F5 Poker:
Poker Pros Struggle To Be Nice To The French
“They have no clue what to do…” PokerNews’ Felicia Field hits the hallways from EPT Deauville to see what players think of the play of their host French players, in general. What she finds are a lot of players looking for a variety of ways to politely say they are “bad.”
PokerStars Gets Into The Poker Lingo Game
Two out of three ain’t bad. This video is strictly for beginners. Online behemoth PokerStars takes a page from the recent WSOP.com campaign where they try to get new players to talk the talk. “Nuts”, “Hole Cards” and “Set” are the words of the day but…well…we think they kinda mess one up!
Senior Citizen Gambles Away Life Roll, Sticks Up Bank
Police easily nab the 73-year old Boxer-Briefs Bandit. Have gun, will travel… to jail.
Phil Ivey’s New Training Site Launches Then Crashes
If you want an Ivey League education, you gotta pay for it. They’ve been hinting at it for months…Ivey’s new training site and now it’s finally here: The Ivey League. Padded by the back catalog from Aaron Jones’ Leggo Poker and augmented by new content, which includes videos from Ivey himself, it’s poised to be the most powerful…
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Training Video: Pbogz 20-25 BB Hyper Theory Part 2 of 2 HUSNG
Pbogz reviews hands from different poker rooms against all different levels of opponents. He talks about 3bets, both non all in and shoving ranges and developing reads, particularly against regulars. Paul's new "Sick Hand of the Week" will debut on Friday, with analysis of a particularly interesting user submitted hand. Paul also recently updated his coaching page.
Training Video: Microlimit Coaching with Pedro: Reviewing Hands With Pedro – Part 1 Deuces Cracked
threads13 and Pedro discuss several hands selected by Pedro. Topics include facing overbets, checking strong hands, barreling, and delayed barreling.
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January Traffic Barometer for the Top Five
A look at relative January performance in the top five dot-com poker networks. “So goes January, so goes the year” is an old stock market aphorism that may or may not apply to the online poker market, but an early look at how the top five networks are doing shows up some interesting features.
Poker In… Germany
Breaking down the poker landscape country-by-country and state-by-state in our exclusive regular column. Overview
Regulation in Review: Europe and Beyond
A weekly review of the latest developments in gaming regulation outside the US. This week: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Bulgaria, Macedonia, South Africa and Europe. Spain