- Paddy Power Sponsors Farnborough FC, Renames All Its Players.
- 5m VPPs, 3m Hands, $2m Profit, $1m in Rake: TPirahna Makes PokerStars’ Hall of Fame.
- Full Tilt Repayment Launch Date Announcement “End of This Week”.
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10. LiveAce Enters Free-Play Poker Market with Cash Game Prize Draw Twist
WSOP bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger signs on as first site pro. New subscription poker site LiveAce goes online today allowing players in the US in 31 states to play online poker for free with the chance to win real money and prizes.
9. Big Overlay at UKIPT Galway Main Event
Prize pool over €150,000 short with late registration soon to close. Full Tilt Poker’s UKIPT Galway $1M Main Event looks to enter day two of the event with a big prizepool overlay.
8. Intertops Opts Out of All Network Midstakes Cash Games and MTTs
Sunday tournament guarantees drop by 20% following further segregation by Intertops to “continue to guarantee our players their funds.” Revolution skin Intertops announced late last week further changes to its segregation from the rest of the network, including removing itself from all MTTs with guarantees larger than $1000.
7. LVS Quashes Adelson iGaming Flip-Flop Rumor
Adelson’s anti-online poker position remains unchanged. A spokesperson for Las Vegas Sands (LVS) put to bed rumors that surfaced over the weekend that Sheldon Adelson had changed his stance on online poker.
6. Full Tilt Launches $400 “Build Your Bonus” Promotion
10,000 FPPs will unlock the max bonus; 40% is instant cash, 60% as bonus to clear. Full Tilt Poker has unveiled a new “Build Your Bonus” promotion. The new multi-tiered scheme allows for players to opt-in and, depending on many points they rack up, get both a one-time cash release bonus as well as a cash bonus requiring play-through.
5. Sneak Peek of Ultimate Poker v2 Demos New Avatars, Resizable Tables
Hawk-eyed viewers of a recent Bloomberg TV interview with Ultimate Gaming Co-Founder Tom Breitling will have spotted what is the first glimpse of Ultimate Poker’s next generation poker client.
4. UK-Based “Stake Me To Play” Soon to Launch
New staking site to offer coaching and seminars from its “state of the art” poker facility and “social hub” in Essex, UK. Stake Me To Play is looking to coral some new horses for their soon-to-launch poker staking stable.
3. Full Tilt Repayment Launch Date Announcement “End of This Week”
The Garden City Group, claims administrator for victims of Full Tilt Poker, has confirmed to pokerfuse that they still plan to announce a launch date for when repayment will commence by the end of the week.
2. 5m VPPs, 3m Hands, $2m Profit, $1m in Rake: TPirahna Makes PokerStars’ Hall of Fame
First limit hold’em player to reach the 5 million mark. High-stakes fixed limit player Anthony “TPirahna” Pirone is to be inducted into the PokerStars Hall of Fame, having amassed over 5M Lifetime VPPs from playing on PokerStars for roughly four and a half years.
1. Paddy Power Sponsors Farnborough FC, Renames All Its Players
Gordon Banks, Zidane, Messi and Maradona will now grace Farnborough FC’s “Paddy Power Park.” Irish bookmaker Paddy Power announced Tuesday that it has become the title sponsor for UK conference football team Farnborough FC—with it’s new backing, Paddy Power hopes to bring new life to the financially-troubled team.
