Online Poker Archive
NetBet: The pleasure of betting with a professional
NetBet has as main purpose to satisfy bettors, whether they are novice or confirmed players. This website of online betting, which benefits from an operating license granted by the ARJEL, offers to its affiliates the privilege to bet directly; giving them huge pleasure. The bets available are displayed on the site. For example this October 30th, the members of NetBet can bet on the match of tennis opposing Nicolas Mahut to Gilles Simon, as well as the meeting between the Canadian Milos Raonic and the Dutch Robin Haase. Fans of football are not forgotten because they will be able to bet on the match of the League Cup played by Guingamp and Evian TG, or a qualifying match for the feminine World Cup between Germany and Croatia. Numerous other sports betting are also accessible every day and bettors can choose the sports discipline which suits to them.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Casino770: Daily tournaments from October 28th to November 3rd
Each day, Casino770 invites its members to share their passion of casino games, with daily tournaments. As usual, magnificent gifts are to be won, especially bonuses from 30 to 100, as well as cash. For the week of October 28th to November 3rd 2013, the program is very attractive. Fans of the slot machines 7 Lucky Dwarfs and Rango could already confront there. This Wednesday, players are awaited to take part in the tournament organized on the slot machine. The Olympic Slots. Enthusiasts of martial arts will be privileged on Thursday, October 31st because Casino770 proposes a tournament on the machine Bruce Lee. For November 1st, players are invited to bet on the machine Absolute Super Reels. The tournament of Saturday will be held on the machine Hot Times and that of Sunday on Million Cents.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Poker770: Impeccable tools to play better at poker
Working to satisfy players, Poker770 decided to put at their disposal all assets which will ameliorate their performance on a table of game and give them more pleasure. Among others, we quote the software Coach770. This tool gives to players the ability to determine the strength of their cards in hands; which is essential at the decision-making. Coach770 reveals also the best combination possible with closed cards, common cards and the cards which may optimize the probability to the gains. Information is provided in real time, which is very advantageous for beginners who still have difficulty to adopt the good strategy, in front of such or such situation. The software Coach770 is downloadable on Poker770 and its use remains simple, because its enough to install it, launch and start the game.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
BetFirst: A panoply of gifts offered to newcomers
Launching high-quality offers which attract players is from now on essential for operators who want to overcome the crisis of the market of online games. On BetFirst, the gifts granted to newcomers are simply amazing. For example, this specialist of sports betting proposes to reimburse each first simple or combined betting amounted at 10, from a mobile or a tablet. A tablet which may reach 60 is also offered for each betting doomed to failure, made via the mobile version of the site. To benefit from it, its necessary to make a first deposit of 20 at least.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Casino770: Millions of jackpot shared
As usually, Casino770 offers to its members a maximum of chances to win beautiful jackpots, no matter the game chosen. Now, more than 940,000 are to be won by playing at the Super Multitimes Progressive at this online casino. This slot machine consists of five paylines and unique features allowing winning huge gains, in addition to the jackpot. Those who decide to try their luck on the gambling machine Quick Time can also win more than 100,000, while having the pleasure to play like in a real land based playroom. In fact, the game Quick Time, available at Casino770, stands out by its very realistic side. Its different buttons are placed at the bottom of the screen; giving to players the impression of being in front of an authentic gambling machine. Besides, the quality of Casino770s optimizes the pleasure of its members, at each session of game.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Poker tournaments: Two new events added on Poker770
Meeting point of fans of online poker, Poker770 proposes regularly new tournaments endowed with attractive formats and superb gains. Now, the site is adding the Speed Hold'em in its program; a very rhythmic round, which allow players to play several hands during an hour, to get a better reward and to meet several opponents that will ameliorate their style of game. Several tables of Speed Hold'em wait for Poker770s affiliates and to move from a table to another one, they have simply to click on the button « Speed Fold ». This tournament is available on Omaha and Texas Hold'em tables.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
BetFirst: A big jackpot to win with Minute Goal
Minute Goal is a game programmed by the leader of sport betting BetFirst. Its an event which allows enthusiasts of football to live intensely their passion. The concept of Minute Goal is quite simple. Bettors have as mission to make the prognosis of the greatest match of the week. Its not enough to just mention the name of the winning team. Players have also to give the exact minute during which the first goal will be shot. Each participant of the game is entitled with a unique bet of 5 or more. Its essential to find the good answer. This week, BetFirst proposes to players to bet on a match of the Pro League, which opposes Anderlecht to Standard. The meeting will be held on Sunday, October 27th of this year.
Monday, 28 October 2013
Poker770: The promotions not to be missed
Everyday, Poker770 allocates attractive tournaments programs to its affiliates. If some events allow players to qualify for great live tournaments like the Caribbean Poker Tour 2013 or the Irish Winter Festival, others guarantee them superb prizes or exceptional bonuses. Each Sunday at 07:00 p.m. for example, this website of online poker organizes a tournament endowed with a guaranteed prizepool of $200,000, including the Sunday Special at $200 + $15 of buy-in. Several qualifying tournaments are programmed, in order to allow players to have a free access to this competition. There are daily satellites accessible for a buy-in varying between $0.05 and $8.25, the daily MTT tournaments with an entrance fee from $11 to $27.50, the MEGA Satellite at $30 + $3 of buy-in and the Sit & Go tournaments organized each Sunday, with a registration fee of $11.75 to $47.30. Several other guaranteed tournaments are also accessible every day at Poker770. A sum swinging between 3000 and 230,000 is shared to the winners of these events.
Monday, 28 October 2013
South Park: A new game of video slot machine on Casino777
The new game of video slot machine causes a sensation near members of Casino777. Baptized South Park, this game is finally available on the online casino Casino777 since the beginning of October, after long months of waiting. South Park was presented by Net Entertainment in February of this year, on the occasion of the ICE Totally Gaming conference. This event at the Excel center in London gathered numerous enthusiasts of games and was the opportunity to present the new game of gambling machines, after the success of Frankenstein in 2011 and Scarface in 2012. The video slot machine South Park was the fruit of the partnership between Net Entertainment and South Park Studios, for the regulars of the series. The game highlights four main characters; namely Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and Stan; while offering features and original bonuses for fans of this American TV series.
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Casino777: 14 winners at the Transformers Battle For Cybertron
Casino777 is a renowned online casino in Belgium. The website proposes numerous casino games and organizes from time to time tournaments for its regular players. The last tournament was the Transformers Battle For Cybertron. In partnership with the game provider IGT, Casino777 offered tombola tickets from 25 to 500 to players who bet at least 10 at the Transformers Battle For Cybertron. The game was addressed to enthusiasts of action games and to fans of Transformers cartoons. The event was held in October, from 1st to 14th of this year, and fans could participate in the tournament, via Casino777 and the other online casino which participated in the special offer. The Transformers Battle For Cybertron seduced numerous players, because in addition to the attractiveness of the game itself, the tournament was endowed with a prizepool of 15,000. The drawing was held in October 16th and 215 tickets have been distributed.
Thursday, 24 October 2013
BetFirst: Magnificent gifts by betting on the Euro 2013 and Jupiter League
Betting on important matches while winning beautiful prizes, such is the privilege of each member of the website of online betting BetFirst. For enthusiasts of football, the operator proposes the game Euro Gagnant. This offer enables players to win a bonus of 10,000, in addition of their earnings. The game consists of launching a bet, combined with a stack of 1 at least, on the 8 matches currently played. Its possible to bet on two grids, that is increasing the chance to find the winning bet. Players who have realized a correct forecast will get their earnings and the jackpot of 10,000. In case they have found 7 good results, they are going to receive a part of the fortune, whose amount rises at 3,000.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Casino770: Superb bonuses shared to members
The first criterion noticed by players before membership on an online casino is the quality of bonuses granted. Casino770 meets correctly their expectations. In fact, the website allocates new exceptional offers to its members. During the first registration for example, a welcome gift of 10 of free chips is offered. This bonus is granted without any need to make a purchase. After a first deposit, Casino770 attributes also an incomparable gift, including a 100% bonus. Thus, by buying 10,000 chips, players will have 20,000 chips in their account. Those who buy more than 20,000 chips will be entitled of an additional bonus of 20 %; that increases clearly the number of chips at their disposal.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
NetBet: Unbelievable prizes to be discovered by betting on the Champions League
NetBet continues to amaze its affiliates by proposing a rich program of online betting. Since September 9th of this year, the website of sports betting launched a special offer endowed with several prizes, among which the most important is the stay in Rio for the World Cup 2014. In fact, NetBet invites its members to bet on play-off games of the Champions League, to be able to compete for this excellent prize. All persons interested by this offer should register first and make combined bets accessible at 2 on the market of their choice. At the end of each day of the Champions League, a classification is going to be established, according to the popularity of winning bets realized. The members of the top 10 will be par of the 50 finalists who will be able to win the jackpot. Let us note that this qualifying phase will end only in November 27th of this year, which still gives a lot of time to new members to get involved in the adventure.
Monday, 21 October 2013
Poker770: New innovative features available online
Almost all poker players are in perpetual quest of more comfortable environment. Poker770s affiliates already benefits from such privilege. This website of online poker has effectively put online new features. Since the beginning of October of this year, the Toast notifications which offer to players the opportunity to go about ones business, like visiting other websites or watch a movie, while following closely the action on the poker table in which they are, are already operational. This new feature is triggered when players are seating on a reduced table. Thanks to Toast notifications, players will be warned in time when they have to act or when they have received new cards.
Monday, 21 October 2013
Introducing The MagicHoldem Personal Poker Coach
PokerNews.com, the worlds leading poker website, is delighted to unveil MagicHoldem as its latest strategic partner.
Monday, 21 October 2013
Numerous qualifications for live tournaments to seize at Poker770
Poker770 remains the reference partner for poker players who want to break through the professional world. This operator of online poker proposed again to its members several tournaments during which they can ameliorate their performance. The website also opens to them the way towards success by organizing satellites for major live tournaments. At this moment, Poker770 allocates a rich program of qualifying tournaments for the last step of the Mega Poker Series Season 2, which will take place at Montesino casino in Vienna, the Austrian capital, between January 29th and February 2nd 2014. The events will be held every day and accessible from only 2,20.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Montpellier: Under the colors of Netbet for the season 2013-2014
The leader of French online betting Netbet has just renewed its partnership with Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (MHSC). Thus, for the season 2013-2014, the colors of this operator will still be visible on the jerseys of the players of Herault team, as well as on giant screens and the LED panels installed around the pitch, at each match that it will play. This new agreement is no other than the continuation of a successful partnership between the website of online betting and MSHC, which has already started three seasons ago. For the managers of Netbet, it is about an efficient mean to get closer to football fans and help them sharing their passion for this sport; without forgetting the commercial benefits that it may generate, given that Louis Nicollin and his players have repeatedly proved their talent. They already conquered the title of champion of France in 2012.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Prague Poker Festival 2013: In competition with the European Poker Tour
Since a few years, the Czech Republic is hosting each December a great poker festival which has several tournaments, including the Prague Poker Festival. The edition 2013 of this great event will be held from December 5th to 22nd. Like as usually, one step of the European Poker Tour (EPT) will take place in the margins of the festival. And the organizers of both events have always worked to organize them in the same place. This year, its no longer the case. In fact, if the EPT Prague chose the Hilton Prague Hotel as host, the organizers of the Prague Poker Festival chose to organize the tournament within the Card Casino, located at 5 km from the Hilton hotel. This little detail will certainly create a kind of competition between the two events, because it is quite possible that both tournaments will be held at the same hour.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Italy: Online poker pros opt also for the moving
More and more professional of online poker in Italy have chosen to exile themselves abroad like their counterparts in France. Dario Minieri is among them and he evoked the main causes of this moving during his passage in London, when he has taken part in the Main event of the European Poker Tour. According to the Italian professional player, the main cause of this moving is the search for a more advantageous and comfortable working environment. In fact, French and Italian poker players are avoiding the very strict and closed system of regulation of the market adopted by their respective countries. Most of them started to play poker before the legalization of the market and they all regret the time in which they still played on .com websites. With the rules to be respected by .it or .fr websites, the quality of tournaments is in full decline; the number of participants is falling and the guaranties are more and more less interesting. The rounds of cash game also become rare. Such facts prevent players to progress and ameliorate their know-how and reduce also the amount of gains to be pocketed.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Main Event of the EPT London 2013: Robin Ylitalo wins £560,980
Last week, the Grand Connaught Rooms of London was converted in a big poker room for the reception of the London step of the European Poker Tour Season 10. The Main Event of the EPT London gathered a field of 604 players which, after five days, was reduced to eight players: Kully Sidhu, Georgios Karakousis, Ludovic Geilich, Leo McClean, Stefan Vagner, Robin Ylitalo, Jeff Rossiter and Jan Olav Sjavik. At the end of this final table, Robin Ylitalo got rid of his seven opponents and seized the title. The day started with the elimination of Kully Sidhu in the 8th place for £30,640. A few hands later, he was joined by Jan Olav Sjavik for a gain of £88,175. As he made an all-in for almost 2 million chips, Stefan Vagner was eliminated in the 6th place (£119,225) during the level 29, by Robin Ylitalo.
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Norway: Legalization of low-stakes poker
In Norway, the market of poker is restricted on the contrary of the market of gambling in other countries of the European Union such as France, Italy, Northern Ireland as well as Great Britain. According to the last report of the Norwegian government, the market of poker could finally be legalized in Norway within the next coming months, but only for low-stakes games. But before the implementation of the legalized industry of poker in this country, the government intends to establish a policy which will protect the accounts of players and which will control gambling revenue. The market of poker and gambling in Norway will be reserved to local operators, but the government is also examining the expansion of this market. Thus, some studies are going to be carried out later for the granting of licenses to foreigner operators and about the possible impact as well in the country as throughout the European Union.
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
EPT London: David Yan takes the lead one day before the final table
On Thursday, the 45 players, survivors of the Main Event of the European Poker Tour of London, were back in the poker room of the Hippodrome Casino for the Day 4. The day started with the elimination of Sebastian Blom, Timothy Adams, Kitty Kuo, Daniel Weinman, Paul Berende and David "Devilfish" Ulliott. Other players such as Carla Sabini, Shannon Shorr, Salman Behbehani, Steven Watts, Andy Moseley Thomas Muhlocker as well as Candido Goncalves also were eliminated. And at the end of the day, only 16 players could have access to the Day 5, the penultimate day of this London step of the EPT Season 10.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Online gambling: Borgata, the first operator approved in New Jersey
The casino of Atlantic City, operated by Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts International, will be the first operator of online poker on the legal market of New Jersey. In fact, the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) of the State has just granted to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa its operating license in online gambling. For its offers in New Jersey, Borgata entered in partnership with one of the world-famous providers, namely bwin.party Digital Entertainment. This approval was delivered this Wednesday and the platform of online gaming of Boyd and MGM should open the market of online gambling in New Jersey in November 26th of this year, according to the director of the DGE, Dave Rebuck. But before this official opening, the operator still has to pass through the trial period of 5 days. And if the tests are decisive, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will offer its table games and its online slot machines in November 26th about 09:00 a.m.
Monday, 14 October 2013
EPT London: Only 45 players left at the start of the Day 4
After four days of competition at the Hippodrome Casino of London, the field of the Main Event of the EPT London has been reduced to 45 players. However, 106 players have taken the departure of the Day 3of this poker tournament, hoping to reach the next rounds or at worst leave with money by finishing in the ITM. But at the end of the day, only 42 players were paid following their elimination, while the rest, that is to say the 19 other expulsed during the day, left empty handed following the example of Frederik Jensen, Davidi Kitai, Paul Volpe, Tom Middleton, Maximilian Senft, Jackie Glazier as well as Kyle Julius.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
WPT Season 12: A rich program to be discovered in 2014
The second part of the program of the World Poker Tour (WPT) season 12 is henceforth published. A priori, those who like this poker circuit will have the opportunity to discover quality tournaments, organized in exceptional places. To open the year 2014 brilliantly, the WPT will have a stop in the mythical city of Atlantic City. The WPT Borgata Winter Open will be held from January 26th to 31st, 2014 in the poker room of the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa and it will have a Main Event at $3,500. The organizers have also chosen the same destination for the final event of the season 12. Thus, the casino Bellagio of Las Vegas will be once more the prestigious host of the WPT World Championship. The buy-in for this event has known a decrease, because if last year it was $25,000, it will cost $15,400 during the season 2014.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
EPT London: 106 survivors after the Day 2, Tudor Purice chipleader
Decidedly, the change of place was beneficial for the European Poker Tour of London. The poker room of the Grand Connaught Rooms has seen the registration of 604 players for the Main Event at £5,250 of buy-in. This field generated a prizepool of £2,929,400 ($4,720,768) which will be shared between the 87 players of the ITM. After the two first departure days of this poker tournament, 335 players qualified for the Day 2. Dhru Patel was the chipleader at the start of the Day 2 with 241,000 chips, but other renowned players such as Davidi Kitai, John Juanda, Jesse Sylvia, Vanessa Rousso, Daniel Negreanu, Jake Cody, Sam Trickett, Michael Mizrachi, Ludovic Lacay and Quentin Lecomte were also qualified at the end of the Day 1A and 1B.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Online gambling comes in Portugal and Africa
Poker and other casino gaming are currently winning unanimous support near internet users. In Portugal, the government intends to legalize online gaming to bring additional money to the State coffers. During the three coming months, the Portuguese government will implement a commission in order to study the sector of gambling in the country and at the level of the European Union, for a better regulation of gambling, at the opening of the market. For the moment, no information about the process of files study and legalization of the market by the commission which will be implemented is not given yet, but considering the evolution of the market of online gambling on the Old Continent, Portugal should imitate countries where online gambling is already authorized; following the example of Italy, France as well as Great Britain.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
WPT National Marrakesh: Victory of Ricardo Manquant in Morocco
The poker room of the Casino Es Saadi in Marrakesh was full to bursting during the first edition of the WPT National Marrakesh, which was held during last week. The Main Event at 1,500 of buy-in gathered a field of 465 players, following the example of the November Nine Mark Newhouse as well as Michael Mizrachi. The event came to its end on Sunday evening with the victory of Ricardo Manquant. After five final tables in poker tournament at the Casino of Marrakesh, among which two during the Marrakesh Poker Open, Ricardo Manquant won finally his first victory and pocketed more than 125,000.
Wednesday, 09 October 2013
Online poker: An additional period for the approved operators in Nevada
Unlike the States of New Jersey and Delaware, the industry of online poker in Nevada has already started its launching with the platforms of Station Casinos and Caesars Entertainment Corp. The poker rooms of these casinos are already operational but other websites, in spite of a little late, are going to be established online within the next coming months, like the case of MGM, Boyd and Golden Nugget. These casinos are among those which put a license application near the Nevada Gaming Control Board and whose files were approved during last autumn. According to the law concerning online gambling in Nevada, the operators have to implement their projects within 6 months after their approval. But the projects of some authorized operators such as MGM, Boyd and Golden Nugget remain pending. The reason is that the preparation and the various tests require extra time than as planned.
Wednesday, 09 October 2013
EPT London 2013: Martin Finger wins the Super High Roller
Since last week, the city of London was in excitement with the holding of the second step of the European Poker Tour. While the Main Event at £5,250 of buy-in started quickly with 209 participants during the Day 1A, the Super High Roller tournament ended with the victory of Martin Finger. 57 entries were registered during this poker event at £50,000 of buy-in. Numerous notable players and enthusiasts of high stakes were present, following the example of Patrik Antonius, Victor Blom, Sorel Mizzi, Dan Shak, Steven Silverman, Daniel Negreanu, Steve O'Dwyer, John Juanda, Paul Newey, Andrew Chen and the n#1 of the GPI Player of the Year Ole Schemion. This field generated a prizepool of £2,736,866 (about $4,386,375) shared between the eight finalists.
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
Online poker: A trial period of 5 days in New Jersey
After Nevada, its the State of New Jersey which gets ready to make the big step to get involved in the market of online poker. The New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division announced that the license applicants who meet its requirements will benefit from next November 21st, of a trial period of 5 days. This initiative has been implemented in order to test the magnitude of online gaming and its impacts in the short run, in the environment of gambling in New Jersey. The accessibility to online gaming during this period, before its official launching will be reserved only for guests. The Gaming Enforcement Division of the State gets ready to launch officially the online gaming in New Jersey, especially poker, from November 26th of this year.
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
World Poker Tour: A new stopover in China in November
After the success of last year, the organizers of the World Poker Tour reissue the WPT National China for the second consecutive time, by staying at the MGM Grand Sanya Resort. This poker event will be held from next November 5th, with the already confirmed participation of Johnny Chan, Liz Lieu, David Chiu, Maria Ho and Xuan Liu. The Main Event of the WPT National China Tournament will be accessible for a buy-in of $1,500 to guarantee a prize pool of $1,432,000, about ¥8,800,000. Last year, this poker tournament received 542 players coming from around the world; following the example of Phil Hellmuth, McLean Karr, Johnny Chan, David Chiu and Wang Feng. The event was won by Zheng Hua Lei for an earning of $192,406, after a heads-up with You Jia Wang, while Sam Razavi completed the podium.
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
GPI: Marvin Rettenmaier remains the leader, big fall of Phil Hellmuth
After a certain lull during last week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) records this week a real upheaval as well in the Top 10 as in the rest of the ranking. In fact, the classification of the 300 best players of live poker tournament has been turned upside down by the holding of various poker events during September, following the example of the EPT Barcelona and the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Already since three weeks, Marvin Rettenmaier has been keeping the first place of the ranking. But just behind Rettenmaier, we notice a great change with Daniel Negreanu who move back in the 8th place and Joseph Cheong in the 10th place.
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
WPT National Series Marrakesh: The Main Event begins this Thursday, October 3
In recent years, Morocco became an increasingly popular destination inside poker players, including French. After two years of absence in the calendar of the World Poker Tour, Morocco is back in this period of first day of school and will host a stopover of the World Poker Tour National Series. The edition 2013 of the WPT National Marrakesh began last Tuesday, October 3rd in the poker room of Casino Es Saadi in Marrakesh. The event will run until October 6, with eleven events on the program. During the first two days, the WPT National Series Marrakesh will have in its program two side events: the 500 Deepstack and the Win The Button of 135 buy-in. Sonny Franco won the Deepstack tournament face to a field of 453 players.
Monday, 07 October 2013
Maryland Live Casino: Its poker room attracts more and more players
The State of Maryland is one of the main actors in the poker industry in the United States alongside Nevada, New Jersey or Delaware. Maryland Live Casino! in Hanover is the second largest casino in Maryland which opened a poker room. The Hollywood Casino of Perryville was the first casino to have its own poker room in the State. Poker is indeed a very popular table game in Maryland which explains this initiative to open a casino room for fans of card game. Maryland Live! opened its poker room on last August and has 52 tables, perfect for receiving major tournaments on live circuit.
Monday, 07 October 2013
WSOP Europe: Only a few days for its first in the Parisian region
The poker tournament World Series of Poker Europe is one of the most exclusive tournament on the Old Continent. For this 7th edition of the WSOP Europe, the circuit will be held in the Parisian region from October 11 to 25. The Barrière casino of Enghien-les-Bains will host this event and its location near Paris will seduce many French players but also those from other European countries used the WSOP circuit. Ty Stewart, executive director of the WSOP, was very confident about the success of this step of the WSOPE in the Parisian region and expects to receive more than 150 players qualified for the main event through satellite tournaments. During these two weeks, 50 tournaments will be played at this casino and eight bracelets will be distributed. The Pergola Nova will be transformed for the occasion in a poker room to allow all regular of the tournaments to take place in the room, a first in the WSOPE.
Thursday, 03 October 2013
Poker Hall of Fame 2013: Ten nominated for two inductions
As every year, the Poker Hall of Fame receives one or two new members. The season 2013 of the World Series of Poker wont make exception to this tradition and will induct two new players. For a month and a half, from July 3 to August 15, the public was invited to choose players and other personalities that could potentially have a Hall of Fame status. These players must fulfill some requirements to become a Hall of Famer: have participated in a major poker tournament, have played high stakes, have earned the respect of other players and remained a good player until now. For those who are not players, these persons should have contributed to the growth of poker.
Thursday, 03 October 2013
All In for Kids 2013: Rendezvous in Manhattan on November 14
Poker is not just a game of money in which players are attracted by the lure of profits. Since last year, the World Poker Tour offers to its regulars to play differently and support a good cause with the World Poker Tour Association Foundation. Each year, the association organizes a charity evening to help disadvantaged children and those suffering from serious diseases. The ''All In for Kids became a classic among celebrities, athletes and poker professionals. This year's event will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, in Manhattan in New York on November 14.
Thursday, 03 October 2013
Bulgaria: Law about online poker is still pending
Bulgaria enacted in March 2012 new laws for the regulation of online gambling in the country. This government initiative brought hope to fans of online poker as it would enable them to discover a regulated market as in neighboring countries, like Romania market. But so far, the new law has no effect on the landscape of online gambling while the industry could have positive effects on the country economy especially as the government implements these regulations to increase tax revenues. In a year and a half, no license to any online poker room has been granted while many operators are interested in the Bulgarian market. For a country that is plagued by economic crisis and corruption, the opening of the online gaming market would have been beneficial to the State treasury.
Thursday, 03 October 2013
FPS Sunfest Cannes: Victory of Giedrius Gradeckas in the Main Event
The Main Event of the France Poker Series Sunfest Cannes concluded with the victory of the Lithuanian Giedrius Gradeckas. This poker event held at Pullman Cannes Mandelieu Royal Casino recorded 559 entries including 207 during the Day 1A and 352 during the Day 1B. This field generated a prize pool of 536,640 shared between the 64 best players in the poker tournament. After the first two departure days, 205 players qualified for the Day 2n day during which those who acceded in the money were known. The elimination of Pawel Keller in the 65th place allowed the remaining players to finish in the ITM. Many well known players as Philippe Ktorza , Jean -Philippe Rohr, Guillaume Darcourt, Stephane Gerin or Antonin Teisseire were eliminated without being paid. 48 players were eliminated in the ITM and pocketed a minimum gain of 1,800: Erwann Pecheux, Guillaume Marshal, Guillaume Roiron, Stephan Gerin and Jonathan Barusta. At the end of the day, 16 players survived.
Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Online gambling in New Jersey: It's coming soon!
Since last week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement showed its willingness to open as soon as possible online gaming market within the State. According to the spokesperson of the regulatory authority, the deadline for license delivery will be respected. The goal is to allow the introduction of online gambling including poker as soon as possible, which means before the end of the year. Since the regulation of online gambling in New Jersey, the Division of Gaming Enforcement of the State recorded many license applications from nearly 40 different operators. Atlantic City could be one of the major operators in this sector of online casino in New Jersey. The 12 casinos of the city are competing on the opening of this new market and are among the candidates for licensing. According to the law, the director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, David L. Rebuck should make an announcement 45 days before the opening of the market, announcement that operators are eagerly awaiting. The list of operators who obtained their license will be communicated after the official announcement.
Wednesday, 02 October 2013
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