So let's not wait any more, here are the links:
- William Hill, Gibraltar Regulator Slam UK Legislative Plans - "In this they are supported by William Hill Online's regulator in Gibraltar" - [pokerfuse.com]
- PPA Asks NJ Residents to Urge Gov. Christie to Sign Bill - "
Poker's popularity, both online and live, increased greatly in 2003 when an unknown named Chris Moneymaker was victorious in an online satellite tournament that offered an entry to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]- "Zokay Entertainment announced Thursday the launch of Fantasy Poker Manager, a free-play fantasy game on the Facebook platform" - [pokerfuse.com]
- Tournament Poker Heads to Hippodrome - "
London's newest poker venue, The Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square, will be dipping its toes into the tournament poker waters next week by hosting its first ever MTT" - [www.bluffeurope.com]- Ferguson Civil Chat with DOJ - "
Chris Ferguson has been in extensive talks with the US United States Department of Justice over the last few weeks according to recent reports" - [www.bluffeurope.com]- "Patrik Antonius (Image: PokerNews.com) Despite being better known as a high stakes cash game specialist, Antonius also has some impressive results in the tournament world" - [betting.betfair.com]
All that may have changed this weekend, though, as Mike Matusow defeated Phil Hellmuth in the finals of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC) and pocketed $750,000" - [
Numbers may have been down in the French capital for the Euro Finals of Poker but there were no such concerns in Spain's largest city with a bumber field of 632 runners on hand for the Madrid leg of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour" - [
Gary Benson (Image: Poker Asia Pacific) Eighty-three entrants may not sound like many by today's standards, but these 83 players brought their wallets with them and made a total of 257 rebuys/add-ons between them, boosting the prize pool substantially" - [
The Spades region saw John Hennigan (poker player) Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, Justin Bonomo, John Monnette, Sam Simon, Barry Greenstein, and Viktor Blom all win their first matches to advance" - [
The steep decline in online poker revenue in both Italy and France in 2012 seems to be linked to the lack of shared poker player pools" - [
Nate Silver, who achieved fame by correctly predicting the winner of all 50 states in the 2012 presidential election, will be competing at the Aussie Millions. Invited as a special guest of Crown Casino in Melbourne where the Aussie Millions is currently underway, Silver is scheduled to arrive on Jan. 25 and has confirmed that he will play in the AUD $10,600 Main Event that is slated to begin on Jan. 27" - [
Despite the huge field, there was some major talent featured at the final table including Rupert Elder, Brendon Rubie, and Martin Finger" - [
After three days of action in Australia, English grinder Rupert Elder has won the opening event of the Aussie Millions over Martin Finger for $250,000" - [
PokerStars announced a deal to act as official partner to Olympique Lyonnaise, the premier league French football club. The world's largest poker room will attract fans of this iconic French Ligue 1 football club by creating special tournaments for them, which will be held nightly and with fantastic prizes up for grabs.For example, participants in these PokerStars Olympique Lyonnais poker tournaments can win exclusive signed shirts by team members, access to warm up sessions and, to top it all off, VIP seating at the State de Garland stadium which seats over 40,000 spectators" - [
Mobile poker gaming steps up a level with the release of 3D poker room, PKR's new real money poker app for IPad PKR has launched a new poker app for UK players" - [
Spanish poker players who enjoyed big wins over the past few years may want to come clean with the country's tax authorities. According to reports, the tax office in Spain has started a probe to examine the play history and winnings of top poker players in the country" - [
The Poker Players Alliance will be focusing its efforts on state regulation of online poker in 2013, rather than on federal regulation, the lobbying group's executive director said this week" - [
Scott Seiver made an improbable final table run in the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event Monday, advancing from a deep chip deficit to win the whole thing and over $2 million" - [
In my opinion, you should never enter a poker tournament you do not think you can win. To the majority of people this will seem rational, but there are poker players who constantly buy into tournaments where they have no edge and therefore no hopes of winning" - [
The #1 online poker site in the United States, Lock Poker, has just announced that they will be hosting satellite tournaments for the upcoming International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) tournament that is scheduled to take place in London, England this May" - [
He's been one of the UK's top players for a couple of years now and after cruising the poker circuit as a free agent for a couple of months now, it's just been revealed that Jake Cody is PokerStars latest pro" - [