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WPN Releases “On Demand” SNGs in Major Software Upgrade
More multi-tabling and tournament features among new features.
- WPN rolls out another software upgrade with many new features.
- The upgrade follows one that was implemented just two months ago.
- The emphasis is on making play faster and easier for multi-tabling players.
- New “On Demand” tournaments have also been introduced.
ISPT Drops the “S” for Morocco Stop
“Millionaire Maker” guarantees 1 million Moroccan Dirhams (~$118k) to the winner.
- The tournament, given the under-title of “Silver,” is set to take place at the Casino de Tanger in Morocco from October 30 to November 3, 2013.
- The Main Event with a €900 buy-in and three flights of Day 1s.
PokerStars Software Update: Bug Fixes, Ratholing Solution, PokerStars 7 Updates
A new software update rolling out across PokerStars this week includes a variety of small bug fixes, while alpha testers of PokerStars’ new “7” client will also be seeing changes.
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Adjusting to aggressive players on static boards nutblocker.com
We’re big fans of Nutblocker here at pokerfuse. The site originally launched as a subscription-based, content-heavy strategy website with a focus on Omaha and mixed games. They signed up some big names and it was a pretty exciting project, but sadly it didn’t work out.
Thankfully, the NB guys have relaunched the site as a free resource and they regularly put out some great interviews and strategy content. This post by “ZenFish” is a very thorough and analytical approach to board textures in PLO. If that’s your kind of thing, make sure you check it out.
Kara Scott talks about her upbringing, education, and early career before getting into poker youtube.com
Another excellent “Seat Open” vid from the Poker News guys. The unavoidably likeable Kara Scott talks about her upbringing in Canada, her early teaching career, the move to London, and how she got into TV production and finally poker.
Satoshi Poker drops its rake to 1%, rake cap at 100 chips, and rake free for HU games twoplustwo.com
Lesser-known Bitcoin poker room Satoshi Poker announced yesterday they were dropping their cash game rake to just 1%—and all HU games are now rake free.
UP chairman Tom Breitling explains the regulatory work involved in launching online poker in Nevada youtube.com
Head honcho at Nevada’s Ultimate Poker takes us down to the local publishing warehouse so we can visualize just how much paperwork was involved in successfully completing the rigorous testing procedures before going live. Spoiler alert: It was actually all done electronically.
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PMU.FR Online Poker Room Launches Native Mobile Apps
Pari Mutuel Urbain debuts its own native Android and iOS apps for phone and tablet. The online poker room for Paris Mutuel Urbain (PMU), the state-controlled betting operator, has launched its own native mobile poker apps for iOS and Android.
Tournaments Outstrip Cash Games in Spain Q2 Seasonal Decline
Overall falls in revenue are to be expected, but tournament revenues have dropped faster than cash games. The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) in Spain waited until after the Summer break to produce its second quarter report, which shows an expected seasonal decline in poker over the previous quarter.
Regulation in Review
A weekly review of the latest developments in online gaming regulation. This week: Australia, the EU, Alderney, Gibraltar, Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, New Jersey and Nevada. EU
Social Gaming Industry Bodies Combine
Social Gaming Association & International Social Games Coalition become the International Social Games Association. A new organization, the International Social Games Association (ISGA), has been formed by the merger of the Social Gaming Association (SGA) and International Social Games Coalition (ISGC).
EU Parliament Votes for Pro-National Regulation Report
EU Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favor of national, rather than supra-national, gambling regulation. As expected, the EU Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg, has voted to adopt the report by the Internal Markets and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO). There were 572 votes for, 79 against and 61 abstentions.
