World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - and more links to check out

Okay, the links are:

• "Michael Mizrachi has cemented his position as one of the finest players in tournament poker after winning his second WSOP $50k Players Championship" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "I was playing in a $1 - $2 no limit hold'em game at Foxwoods Resort Casino the other day" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• Michael Mizrachi Doubles Up with WSOP Event #45 Win - "Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi has secured his second Poker The Players Championship bracelet after taking down event #45 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, New Mexico The Florida-based pro also captured his third WSOP bracelet after defeating Philadelphia's Chris Klodnicki heads-up in the $50,000 buy-in tournament to become the first double winner of this prestigious event at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Mizrachi pocketed a massive $1,451,527 for his success, although that score only ranks third behind the $1,559,046 he pocketed for winning this event in 2010 and the $2,332,992 he added later the same year for finishing fifth in the main event" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• HNR 6/29: Delaware Legalizes Online Gambling, Mizrachi Takes Down $50k Event - "Delaware becomes first state to legalize and regulate Casino style online gambling, and the second state to regulate online poker, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi takes down the $50k Event twice in 3 years - all in this addition of the PTP Hit N Run" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - "The World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series Main Event has just kicked off at the Casino Gran Madrid, in Madrid" - [www.pokerblog.com]
  
• "Two bracelets are awarded and the $50k Event plays the final table" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
  
  

Viktor Blom Blasts Way to WSOP Event #45 Chip Lead - and top links

We're dealing with people (Viktor Blom), places (Delaware) and everything in the middle.


So let's not wait any more, here are the links:

- "Hollywood Poker, one of the long-time members of the Ongame Network, closed its doors and boarded up the windows Monday, surprising visitors to its site" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- Microgaming Cancels 5050Poker Contract - "On Monday, the Microgaming Poker Network announced that it has ended its contract with 5050Poker.com" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- "Delaware's State Senate passed an important bill authorizing several forms of online gambling on Wednesday, including provisions for online poker" - [pokerfuse.com]


- Pamela Anderson launches Facebook poker app - "The free to play BamPoker app is available on Facebook and gives virtual Texas hold'em players the chance to take on Pammy at the tournament tables" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- "Viktor Blom -- 1,262,0002" - [betting.betfair.com]


- "Swedish star Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom hit a one-outer to top the leaderboard after Day 3 of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. The 21-year-old online sensation bagged up with 1,262,000 chips to top the event #45 standings in Las Vegas, just ahead of California's David Oppenheim (1,165,000), after notching a late and dramatic double-up against the extremely unlucky Joe Cassidy" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

Bally Technology, IGT Granted First Nevada Online Gaming Licenses - and more links for you

Okay, the links are:

- "The rival firms, Bally Technologies and International Game Technology (IGT), were both unanimously approved for online gaming licenses" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "5050Poker contract terminated by Microgaming" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Online Poker Bill In California Still Alive - "Despite California's online poker bill being pulled from the agenda before being voted on by a Senate committee roughly two weeks ago, the measure is currently being amended by its sponsors in preparation of a possible hearing on the issue prior to a legislative summer recess set for July 6. The bill's sponsors, Senators Roderick Wright and Darrell Steinberg, are meeting with the state's gambling interest groups this week to hear their concerns and work on amending SB1463 in an effort to appease all the parties involved. A difficult task to accomplish considering that tribal casinos, cardrooms and horse racing interests all want a piece of the revenue that online poker legislation would bring to the Golden State" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "Battle of the Planets: It's summertime, everyone in the pool! Nine-way chops ends the June freeroll" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- "Fiscal Uncertainty" Causing High Volume Players to Spanish Online Poker Rooms - "Andrs Nieto Porras, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Professionals and "high value" customers are still steering clear of Spanish online poker rooms, according to Sacha Michaud, president of Spanish gaming association Jdigital" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "Ongame skin Hollywood Poker abruptly closed today, updating its website to state only that it had stopped offering online poker and players would be migrated to fellow Ongame poker room RedKings" - [pokerfuse.com]

Nevada awards first online gambling licences - and my top collection of links

We're dealing with people (Roberto Romanello and Phil Ivey), places (Nevada) and the rest in between.


Alright, the links are:

- "Most poker players never manage to win a major live tournament but Roberto Romanello is not most poker players" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]


- Nevada awards first online gambling licences - "The Nevada Gaming Commission issued its first trio of online wagering licences yesterday to International Game Technology (IGT), Bally Technologies Incorporated and William Hill" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- "Betfair WSOP Qualifier - Asger Juul aka undef5856." - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Without a Win, Phil Ivey Leads WSOP Player of Year Race" - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Avalinx previously released knockoff versions of games similar to Shuffle Master's licensed works, called "Let 'Em Ride Pro" and "3 Card Pro," intended for use on Apple's iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices, it is alleged. According to the action, Avalinx "misappropriated plaintiff's intellectual property for its own financial gain by misleading consumers into falsely believing that its mobile applications were sold by or licensed from plaintiff."" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "Ivey's WSOP Run Creates #realiveytweets Trend on Twitter" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
- "5050 Poker to Liquidate, Payouts Delayed "Due to Accounts Imbalance"" - [pokerfuse.com]
- "One of the top professional men's tennis players in the world, Rafael Nadal, has joined Team PokerStars, the online poker site has announced. The 26-year-old Spanish star has won 11 Grand Slam major tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in his career" - [www.parttimepoker.com]

Romanello eyes Triple Crown in $3k Shootout - and more links for you

Plenty of exciting stuff today, from people such as Rafael Nadal and Roberto Romanello and places like Delaware, 11615 Naoya and Japan.


Ok, why don't we get started. All the links:

• Delaware Senate to Vote on Online Gambling Bill - "The Delaware Executive Senate Committee approved a bill that would authorize the state lottery to offer online gaming within the state" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "Romanello already has a World Poker Tour and a European Poker Tour title under his belt, making him a WSOP win away from joining the very exclusive club that is Poker's Triple Crown winners" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• 2012 WSOP, Final Day Action: 11615 Naoya Kihara Wins First Japanese Bracelet, Chris Tryba Stuns Erik Cajelais In Mixed Hold'em - "Leading the way was Naoya Kihara, who held a dominant 600K chip lead over second place Tommy Le, but also in the mix were Joseph Cheong, Kevin MacPhee, Jason DeWitt, Dimitar Danchev, Davidi Kitai and last year's runner-up in the tournament, Hans Winzeler" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "With the online poker market in Spain now opened-up, and PokerStars with an online poker license in hand, the site has decided to ramp-up their marketing in the country by signing tennis superstar Rafael Nadal to represent the PokerStars brand" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• Roberto Romanello Could Win Live Poker's Triple Crown Tonight - "Roberto Romanello: Chasing the Triple Crown The Triple Crown is an unofficial title given to poker players who manage to win a European Poker Tour main event, a World Poker Tour title and a WSOP bracelet" - [betting.betfair.com]
  

Phil Ivey Reaches Fifth Final Table Of The 2012 WSOP - and my top selection of links

I have got a lot of Poker related links to look through and various topics covering David Baker, Poker, Carter Phillips, Madrid, Phil Ivey and Epic Poker League.


Right, let's get going. The links:

• "2012 WSOP: David "Bakes" Baker Wins Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E." - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Fertitta Interactive announces launch of Ultimate Poker - "An interesting press release landed in my inbox this morning, as Fertitta Interactive announced it would be launching an online gaming platform known as Ultimate Gaming, including an online poker arm dubbed Ultimate Poker" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "2012 WSOP: Carter Phillips Wins Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "The name Bernabeu is synonymous with Spanish sporting success being, as it is, the home of Real Madrid" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Phil Ivey: A Man On Form Many consider Ivey to be the best all-round poker player in the world and on this form there are very few who would argue with that statement" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• "No longer battling with his Full Tilt alma mater, far from the embrace of Isai Scheinberg and PokerStars when outside the US, and oblivious to the short-lived Epic Poker League, Ivey is back in his element after a two year sabbatical at the richest and most prestigious poker tournament in the world" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  

Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - and my top selection of links

We're speaking about people (Ylon Schwartz and Mitt Romney), places (New Jersey and Macau) and everything in the middle.


Ok, let's get going. All the links:

• Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - "A proposal to regulate Online gambling in New Jersey advanced on a 6-0 vote by the Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee and will now head to the full Assembly for another vote. However, that vote may not take place until after the summer because of Gov. Chris Christie's wavering stance on the issue and his desire to delay the matter" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Last night, while relaxing over a pia colada at the end of a dramatic day of poker, Celina Lin was talking about sports betting" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "The stacked HORSE field is down to just 15 with some very familiar names still in the hunt" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Microgaming Poker Network to Implement New Rake Distribution System for Operators" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Ylon Schwartz Sheds 'Nearly Man' Tag With WSOP Event #27 Win - "American Ylon Schwartz was super happy to take down the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "The bwin.be domain will remain on the blacklist of illegal sites operating in Belgium after its Court of First Instance dismissed bwin.party's lawsuit late last week" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  

WSOP Notebook: Lindgren cashes, Twitter heats-up and more - and top links

We have got a lot of Poker related links to run through and a number of topics covering Ylon Schwartz, ESPN, Twitter, Poker and Bankruptcy.


Right, let's get going. All the links:

• 2012 WSOP, Final Day Action: Ylon Schwartz Wins H.O.R.S.E., Timothy Adams Wins Four Handed Tournament - "After spending three days to get down to the final table, a fourth was required after Stephen Chidwick, David Chiu and Ylon Schwartz couldn't close the tournament out in its required time" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "The World Series Of Poker on ESPN Schedule" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• "We have reached the official halfway mark of the 2012 World Series of poker and the tournaments are coming fast and furious, making it very hard to pick which stories demand the most attention" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• Rewind: Top Poker Videos of the Week (June 11-17) - "Hellmuth wins a bracelet, and poker-playing female pros check in from the WSOP. Check out the best poker videos of the week in Rewind" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• Palms Parent Pinnacle Acquires Epic Assets in Bankruptcy Auction - "Bradcraig, Public Domain Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., parent company of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, was declared the winning bidder on Thursday in a court-supervised bankruptcy auction for the assets of Federated Sports & Gaming, owner of the failed Epic Poker League" - [pokerfuse.com]
  

Hellmuth Stands Over All at the WSOP - and my top selection of links

We're speaking about people (Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Scotty Nguyen and Phil Ivey), places (Canada) and the rest in the middle.


Right, why don't we get started. All the links:

• "Hellmuth Stands Over All at the WSOP" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• "Ylon Schwartz Leads Final 18 in WSOP Event #27" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Joe Cassidy carried a huge chip lead to Thursday's extra day of play, and took less than three hours to finish off Scotty Nguyen and claim the bracelet" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• Phil Ivey Misses Out On Ninth WSOP Bracelet; Tournament Paused Heads-Up - "Nguyen wanted to finish the tournament tomorrow (tonight in the United Kingdom time zone) whilst Cassidy was more than happy to continue playing to a conclusion It was a case of close but no cigar once again for Phil Ivey as he crashed out in third place in Event #24, the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-better tournament at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Ivey, who is thought to have a substantial proposition bet based on him winning a bracelet at this year's series, looked set to cash in on that bet as he was flying high at the top of the chip counts with just three players remaining but it all started to go wrong when he was quartered by Scotty Nguyen" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• "Once the board came with no Ace or other strange occurrences, Simon Charette had seized the second bracelet for Canada in winning Event #23" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  

Zynga Poker sends Cityville to the rail - plus my links selection

Ok, let's get started. All the links:

- China's Nicky Jin wins Event 4 on the eve of his Red Dragon - "Amazingly, Jin is amongst the chip leaders with 50 remaining in the 142-player field of Event 5. The Red Dragon main event takes place from June 14-18 Event 4: $3,000 NLH Final Table Results1.Nicky Jin (China) -- $97,5002.Jan Zeuschner (Germany) -- $65,7003.Xing Jin (China) -- $41,8004.Longchu Lu (China) -- $33,8005.Jia Juen Tse (Hong Kong) -- $26,9006.Akira Ohyama (Japan) -- $21,9007.Eng Hwee Soh (Singapore) -- $17,9008.Hossein Shabannezhad (Malaysia) -- $13,9009.Jeonyeob Song (Korea) -- $11,90010.Roy Wan (Hong Kong) -- $9,788 Players can still qualify to the Red Dragon at PokerStars Macau where live satellites are running daily" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- Betfair WSOP Qualifier - Brian Hansen aka Mecano1414 - "Brian Hansen is a 47 year old from Denmark who plays on Betfair Poker under the alias Mecano1414" - [betting.betfair.com]

- "Zynga Poker sends Cityville to the rail" - [www.pokerblog.com]
- "Phil Ivey is in front of a World Series of Poker event, and California fails to move forward on online poker regulation again. It's all in Wednesday's edition of the Hit and Run" - [www.parttimepoker.com]


- "Revised Delaware Online Gambling Measure Clears House" - [pokerfuse.com]
- WSOP Notebook: Poker reality show, haters, and more - "With all eyes being focused on the Phils -Ivey and Hellmuth-there were a couple of interesting stories that came out yesterday but received very little coverage" - [pokernewsboy.com]

Tony Chang wins record Event 1 at Macau Poker Cup - and more links for you

Lots of exciting stuff today, from people such as Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth and places like Macau and Bulgaria.


Right, let's get started. All the links:

• Paddy Power Announces Full Irish Winter Festival of Poker 2012 Schedule - "I think this event will go down a treat, especially with our regulars who love to get involved in the craic at our live poker festivals" said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
  
• Frankenberger Takes Event #17, 2nd Career Bracelet; Ivey Runner-Up - "While Phil Hellmuth was winning his 12th bracelet in Event #17, Andy Frankenberger prevented Phil Ivey from winning his ninth in Event #18 (Photo: WSOP) The win gave the 39-year-old Andy Frankenberger his second WSOP bracelet, the first coming last year in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• "Tony Chang wins record Event 1 at Macau Poker Cup" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "'In the very first hand of the final table johnohammer took out Dashukkkkkk JJ v A9 which meant that was the second time Dashukkkkkk had come agonisingly close to winning a package in these trials.'" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• "2012 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Wins Record 12th Gold Bracelet" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• King Zog: Petar Zografov wins Eureka Bulgaria and 48,745 - "Bulgarian Petar Zografov overcame a six to one heads-up deficit to claim the Eureka Bulgaria title, trophy and 48,745" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  

WSOP Experience Mega Satellite at Titan Poker tonight - and my top collection of links

We have got a load of Poker related links to look through and a number of topics covering Betfair, Matt Matros, Bulgaria, Poker and California.


Ok, let's get going. The links:

- "Costas Mousikos is a 56 year old from Cyprus who is the proud owner of a long established restaurant" - [betting.betfair.com]


- "Matt Matros Wins Event #16, 3rd WSOP Bracelet in 3 Years" - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Nagy Barnabas, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, 300,000Slaven Popov, Bulgaria, 286,000Andrzej Kozikowski, Poland, PokerStars qualifier, 272,000Dennis Schaefer, Germany, PokerStars player, 317,500Petar Zografov, Bulgaria, PokerStars qualifier, 350,000Daniel Karlson, Sweden, 521,500 Michael Alnahas, Bulgaria, PokerStars qualifier, 152,500Saveikis Algirdas, Lithuania, 202,500Andrejus Jakovlevas, Latvia, 263,500Ted Stolzenbach, Netherlands, PokerStars qualifier, 127,000Deyan Stanev, Bulgaria, 300,500Michal Misterek, Poland, PokerStars qualifier, 55,000Tobias Schwecht, Germany, PokerStars player, 419,000 2.10am: Play is done for the dayAnd play is done for the day, two significant pieces of action during the last few hands" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]


- WSOP Experience Mega Satellite at Titan Poker tonight - "The 2012 World Series of Poker is in full swing but there's still time to get to the Rio courtesy of Titan Poker which is hosting a massive WSOP Experience Mega Satellite tonight" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- "A handful of recent amendments to California's proposed online-gambling legislation leaves a stripped-down version of the original bill in place which, if enacted, would offer only online poker to the state's residents" - [pokerfuse.com]

Brian Hastings Wins First Bracelet; Phil Ivey Lurking In Event #15 - and top links

Thanks for visiting my collection of on-line poker links for today. We're dealing with people (Brian Hastings), places (Bulgaria, Macau and Spain) and everything in between.

Right, why don't we get going. The links:

• Betfair WSOP Qualifier Nicholas McGarty Wood aka nemox4 - "Professional horse racing trader Nicholas McGarty Wood Nicholas McGarty Wood is a 49 year old from the United Kingdom who plays on Betfair Poker under the alias nemox4" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• Eureka2 Bulgaria: Day 2, Level 14 & 15 updates (blinds 1,500-3,000 ante 300) - "Petar Zografov, Bulgaria, PokerStars qualifier, 305,000Daniel Karlson, Sweden, 301,000Ted Stolzenbach, Netherlands, PokerStars qualifier, 250,000Michal Misterek, PolandPokerStars qualifier176,000Nagy Barnabas, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, 163,000 6.35pm: The bubble approachesIn the first four levels of play today a field of 86 has been reduced to just 34 players" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "PokerStars have recently announced that they are to cancel the Macau Poker Cup that was to be held in August and as yet they haven't confirmed any other poker events to be held in Macau for the rest of the year" - [www.pokerblog.com]
  
• "Brian Hastings Wins First Bracelet; Phil Ivey Lurking In Event #15" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• WSOP $1 million buy-in poker tournament update - "We are now just a few weeks away from the biggest poker tournament in the history of the game (eat your heart out Brett Maverick!) and the World Series of Poker has updated the entrant list of the #1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament, which now has 42 official entries, with rumors putting the exact number at 46 entrants at this time" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "Somehow Flack had missed the draw for the other table that featured Justin Schwartz, Jeff Madsen, Brandon Schaefer Group and Jarred Solomon in action" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "Spain Grants Licences To Online Poker Rooms" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
  

Travel Diary: Punta del Este - and my top collection of links

My name's Brian and you've found my links roundup. Hello and welcome!

Alright, the links are:

- "PokerStars Macau announces cancellation of August event" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- Sweden victorious in Palm Beach Big Game - "English football fans will be hoping the result wasn't an omen for the forthcoming Euro 2012 group though as Sweden ended up on top. The Sweden in question was Craig Sweden who outlasted a 46-runner field in the 1,000 event" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- "GUKPT Belgium starts today" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- "Genting winner in Edinburgh" - [www.pokerblog.com]
- "With the Revolution Gaming Network now nearing its one-week anniversary the rivalry between Lock Poker's old home, the Merge Gaming Network, and their new home, the network they purchased and rebranded Revolution Gaming, has heated up, with both networks making big announces and changes in the past 24-hours" - [pokernewsboy.com]
- "California lawmakers will re-introduce an amended online poker bill before a Senate committee on June 12 that has been restructured to appease tribal gaming interests and card rooms who voiced strong opposition to certain provisions in the original proposal. SB1463 has been amended by co-sponsors Sen" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
- "Last week I paid my third visit to Uruguay's pride and joy -- Punta del Este -- the loyal host of the Latin American Poker Tour" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- "Spain Grants Gaming Licenses, Online Poker Rooms Launched" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

GUKPT Belgium starts today - and top links

My name's Brian and you've found my links roundup. Welcome!

So without further ado, here are all the links:

• Online Poker Bill In California Amended - "California lawmakers will re-introduce an amended online poker bill before a Senate committee on June 12 that has been restructured to appease tribal gaming interests and card rooms who voiced strong opposition to certain provisions in the original proposal. SB1463 has been amended by co-sponsors Sen" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Sweden victorious in Palm Beach Big Game" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• "The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is heading across the North Sea to Belgium for its latest stop. The first of two opening flights in the 1,000+ 70 Main Event at the Grosvenor Casino Blankenberge gets under way at 2pm today with a second opening flight following at the same time tomorrow" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• "Although all poker eyes may be turned to Las Vegas, New Mexico for the World Series of Poker, Edinburgh has hosted its own little tournament in the form of the latest instalment from the Genting Poker Series" - [www.pokerblog.com]
  
• PokerStars Macau announces cancellation of August event - "PokerStars Macau at the Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex is hosting the highly anticipated Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon from June 9-18 featuring the HKD $3,000,000 Guaranteed Red Dragon main event" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  

Online Poker Bill In California Amended - and more links to check out

Welcome all to another links summary. A mixed selection of links for you now.

So without further ado, here are all the links:

- "PokerStars Macau at the Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex is hosting the highly anticipated Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon from June 9-18 featuring the HKD $3,000,000 Guaranteed Red Dragon main event" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- Genting winner in Edinburgh - "Although all poker eyes may be turned to Las Vegas, New Mexico for the World Series of Poker, Edinburgh has hosted its own little tournament in the form of the latest instalment from the Genting Poker Series" - [www.pokerblog.com]
- Asian Poker Tour Breaks New Ground in Mauritius - "The Asian Poker Tour will run the APT Mauritius at the Ti Vegas Casino, Grand Bay, from August 19 to 26 after a deal was signed to take the tour beyond Asia. The eight-day poker festival at the Indian Ocean island will play host to an APT Asian Series tournament, including a 900 buy-in main event, eight side events - with a Ladies Event running - and a 2,200 buy-in High Roller competition" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
- Round 2 of Revolution vs. Merge online poker rivalry - "With the Revolution Gaming Network now nearing its one-week anniversary the rivalry between Lock Poker's old home, the Merge Gaming Network, and their new home, the network they purchased and rebranded Revolution Gaming, has heated up, with both networks making big announces and changes in the past 24-hours" - [pokernewsboy.com]
- "Online Poker Bill In California Amended" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

Paul McTaggart wins Genting Poker Series Edinburgh - and more links for you

Welcome all to another links roundup. A mixed selection of links here for you right now. We've got a lot of online poker related links to run through and various topics covering Andy Bloch, New England Revolution, Full Tilt Poker, Poker and Edinburgh.

Ok, let's get going. All the links:

- "Andy Bloch Wins First WSOP Bracelet; Shakes Off Unwanted Title" - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Lock Poker's purchase of the Cake Poker Network and relaunch as New England Revolution Gaming came with a bump in rakeback from 33% to 36%" - [feeds.pokerfuse.com]
- "Newly crowned World Series of Poker champ Andy Bloch is delighted - but also feels victory was "bittersweet" because of Full Tilt Poker's Black Friday collapse. The 43-year-old veteran of many series had only just won his first gold bracelet after first cashing way back in 1996 at the 27th staging of the poker festival when he picked up $5,558 for taking ninth in the $1,500 buy-in Limit Seven-Card Stud event #3 at the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
- "Interview with poker mental game guru Jared Tendler" - [pokernewsboy.com]
- Paul McTaggart wins Genting Poker Series Edinburgh - "While the focus of the poker world has been on the World Series of Poker it was easy to overlook the not so small matter of the latest leg of the Genting Poker Series which took place in Edinburgh this weekend" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Full Tilt Poker Problems Make Andy Bloch's Win 'Bittersweet' - and my top selection of links

My name's Brian and you've found my links roundup. Welcome! I have got lots of Poker related links to look through and various topics covering New England Revolution, Andy Bloch and Full Tilt Poker.

Right, let's get going. The links:

- "New England Revolution Poker to Start Paying Rakeback Hourly" - [feeds.pokerfuse.com]
- Andy Bloch Wins First WSOP Bracelet; Shakes Off Unwanted Title - "Andy Bloch in action (Photo: HighStakes DB) Bloch made it to the money for first time in a WSOP event in 1996 when he finished ninth in a $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event, which is quite ironic seeing how that exact event yielded his first bracelet some 16 years later" - [betting.betfair.com]
- Full Tilt Poker Problems Make Andy Bloch's Win 'Bittersweet' - "Newly crowned World Series of Poker champ Andy Bloch is delighted - but also feels victory was "bittersweet" because of Full Tilt Poker's Black Friday collapse. The 43-year-old veteran of many series had only just won his first gold bracelet after first cashing way back in 1996 at the 27th staging of the poker festival when he picked up $5,558 for taking ninth in the $1,500 buy-in Limit Seven-Card Stud event #3 at the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

US online poker's new rivalry Revolution vs. Merge - and my top selection of links

Welcome all to yet another links summary. A mixed bag of links for you now. We've got a lot of Poker related links to run through and a variety of topics covering Twitter, Daniel Negreanu, bwin, Spain, Poker and New Jersey.

Ok, let's get started. All the links:

- WSOP Disgraceful Twitter Behavior - "Players have objected to this rule, and Twitter is full of unhappy players" - [www.pokeraddict.net]
- WSOP Daily: Negreanu misses out; Wiliams, Bloch and Greenstein head stud final table - "All eyes were on Daniel Negreanu as he aimed for his fifth WSOP bracelet in the $1.5k PL Hold'em" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Bwin.party Puts Up $50m to Get Into Social Gaming - "bwin.party is paying $23m to buy gaming contracts and engineering resources from two social gaming companies and plans to invest another $27m over the next two years to get a foothold in the social gaming market" - [feeds.pokerfuse.com]
- "Spain awards first eGaming licences" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- "On May 31, 2012 Lock Poker officially left the Merge Gaming Network and returned to where they got their start, the Cake Poker Network" - [pokernewsboy.com]
- "Last year, Governor Christie vetoed a bill that would have legalized online gambling in New Jersey" - [feeds.pokerfuse.com]