Atlantic Club Casino & Hotel Upstages PokerStars Until PokerStars Comes Back with a Big Punch - plus my links selection

We're dealing with people (Jonathan Roy), places (Betfair) and everything else in the middle.


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

• Betfair Poker Ambassador Elisabeth Hille's Amazing WSOP Story - "Elisabeth Hille (Photo: WSOP/PokerNews) To cut a very long story, one that spanned a full week, Hille almost went all the way in the 2012 WSOP Main Event but fell short and finished in 11th place for a cool $590,442!" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• "Just two other players - Jonathan Roy (218,400 chips) and Jake Toole (208,900) finished with more than 200,000" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  
• Atlantic Club Casino & Hotel Upstages PokerStars Until PokerStars Comes Back with a Big Punch - "The surprise move in the gambits of gaming companies seeking to position themselves for future fortunes in the online and commercial gaming market came last week from an unlikely source, the Atlantic Club Casino and Hotel (ACC) in Atlantic City New Jersey" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• Lock Poker Ads Removed on 2+2 as Cashout Situation Goes from Bad to Worse - "On Friday, owners of popular poker forum Two Plus Two held a telephone conversation with "top officials" from long-term advertisers Lock Poker, which resulted in a promise that a new Lock representative would "give a more detailed explanation" of the serious cashout issues players face" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• PokerStars Releases European Poker Tour Season 10 Schedule - "The schedule for the 10th season of the European Poker Tour was released by PokerStars today" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• Pokerfuse PRO: Rational Siblings Strengthen Ties: FTP Runs Satellites for PokerStars' Tournaments - "Cross-network promotions between PokerStars and Full Tilt intensified over the weekend with the introduction of a selection of online satellites to PokerStars' live events" - [pokerfuse.com]
  

Teacher Gives a Poker Lesson at GPS Newcastle - plus my links selection

Topic 1: Poker
The Links:
- Teacher Gives a Poker Lesson at GPS Newcastle - Ellie Biesek has become the first female winner on the Genting Poker Series tour after taking down the latest event in Newcastle over the weekend ... - from www.bluffeurope.com
- wickedchopspoker.com
- Report: Poker-Playing New Jersey Residents High on PokerStars from www.parttimepoker.com

Source: www.bluffeurope.com

Source: www.parttimepoker.com

Topic 2: Microgaming
The Links:
- Microgaming's New Format Bad Beat Jackpot Pays Out Three Times in Four Days - "The new BBJ at Microgaming looks to solve these problems while maintaining attractive jackpots ... " - said pokerfuse.com
- Bad Beat Bonanza at Microgaming from www.bluffeurope.com

Topic 3: World Series of Poker
The Links:
- Poker News: AGA, PokerStars Spar Over New Jersey Certification - "AGA PETITIONS NEW JERSEY REGULATORS TO BAR POKERSTARS, ONLINE GIANT FIGHTS BACK In an unprecedented move, the American Gaming Association (AGA) filed a brief with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in an attempt to convince the state's gambling regulators that PokerStars is a criminal enterprise, operating in violation of US law, and that the state should thus rule against the application of Stars-related entity Rational Holdings US to operate the recently purchased Atlantic Club casino in Atlantic City" - said www.pokerplayernewspaper.com
- Caesars Offered to Sell Rio, WSOP to PokerStars? Really? - wickedchopspoker.com

The Links:

And that's it! I really hope you've enjoyed the highs and lows of breaking stories trending lately. I'm certain you'd agree that the Web World is truly an amazing place. And if you're hungry for more great links, do check in with us soon.

Poker Players Alliance Turns Lobbying Efforts to States - and top links

We're speaking about people (Viktor Blom), places (Utah) and everything in between.


OK, the links are:

• "Another dismal year at Atlantic City casinos that saw revenue fall 8% from last year may persuade Gov. Chris Christie to approve online gambling legislation. The New Jersey state legislature overwhelmingly voted in favor of making New Jersey the third state to approve Internet gambling in December" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
  
  
• "It's no secret that I feel the poker food chain has grown unbalanced in recent years (Evidence 1 and Evidence 2), and it's safe to say that the online poker world is finally catching on to this problem and making the necessary changes" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• "After a heavy losing session on Wednesday that saw him drop half a million dollars, Viktor Blom was back to winning ways on Thursday" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• Poker Players Alliance Turns Lobbying Efforts to States - "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" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• Utah Attorney General Linked to Johnson Bribery Scheme - "The saga of Jeremy Johnson, a central figure in the SunFirst Bank of Utah online-poker payment processing business at the heart of the "Black Friday" crackdown, continued this week with new allegations of the attempted bribery of US Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) by John Swallow, who was subsequently elected Utah's Attorney General" - [pokerfuse.com]
  

Commentary on The Lederer Files and Great Interviews: This Week in Poker Podcasts - and my top collection of links

Here is today's set of the most popular links from around the web. We'll be looking at Howard Lederer and a selection of other topics. So without further ado, why don't we get going.

Topic 1: Poker tournament
The Links:
- WCOOP 2012: Panama's Puropoker123 puts away Event 46, $320 NLHE [2X Chance] - As anyone who keeps up with the wide world of land-based poker tournament tours sponsored by PokerStars can tell you, the Latin American poker market has really taken off in the last few years ... - from www.pokerstarsblog.com

Topic 2: Full Tilt Poker
The Links:

- "Nelson Burtnick, former director of payment processing for Full Tilt Poker and former head of payment processing at PokerStars, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a scheme to deceive banks into handling poker transactions in order to circumvent US gambling laws" said pokerfuse.com.

Topic 3: Poker
The Links:
- Commentary on The Lederer Files and Great Interviews: This Week in Poker Podcasts - "After taking last week off, I have come back to find so much goodness in the Poker Podcast Directory" - said pokerfuse.com
- Betfair Poker April Points Race - Get up To 150 Percent RB and qualify for WSOP Main Event - www.pokernewsteam.com

Topic 4:The Borgata
The Links:

- 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 2: Orson Young Looks Down on Rest of Field - "He has found success here at the Borgata in Atlantic City, too, only about an hour and a half drive from his hometown of Oceanport, New Jersey ... " - said www.pokernewsdaily.com

Very well that's my round-up for the week. I really hope you're eager for more because there's much more where that came from the next time around! So check back soon, if you don't want to miss out on the most recent fascinating headlines around the globe.