Classic WPT Action at the Bellagio - and more links for you

A lot of interesting stuff today, from people like Jim Ryan (politician) and places like Prague, Ireland and Hollywood.


So without further ado, here are all the links:

- "The second starting flight of three wrapped up last night at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event with 179 more players ponying up 3,300 to participate" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "Jim Ryan (politician) co-CEO of online gaming giant bwin.party, will retire from his position next month, the group has announced. He has shared the position of CEO with Norbert Teufelberger since the merger of PartyGaming and bwin in March 2011" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "The 2013 poker calendar is set to get off to a flying start as the World Poker Tour heads to Ireland for the WPT National event in Dublin" - [www.bluffeurope.com]


- "The first of five qualifying events for the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) has concluded, and eight event winners and five mega satellite winners are advancing to the $500,000 guaranteed HPO Championship at the M Resort in Las Vegas on June 28-30" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]


- Classic WPT Action at the Bellagio (hotel and casino) - "A total of 374 players made their way to the Bellagio, Las Vegas, for the prestigious event, including: Marvin Rettenmaier, Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett and last year's Champion, James Dempsey" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Should Howard Lederer be barred from playing poker - and more links to check out

Here is today's set of the most popular links from around the net. We'll be checking out Vanessa Rousso and a selection of other topics. So without further ado, why don't we get started.

Topic 1: London
The Links:
- PokerStars to open London card room - PokerStars yesterday announced that it had become a minority shareholder in the London's Hippodrome Casino ... - from www.bluffeurope.com
- wickedchopspoker.com

Source: wickedchopspoker.com

Source: www.bluffeurope.com

Topic 2: Full Tilt Poker
The Links:
- Should Howard Lederer be barred from playing poker - "There is a lot of precedent for allowing unsavory individuals into a poker room, and as I'll outline in the last header, Howard has only been accused of willfully mismanaging Full Tilt Poker at this point ... After rumors, and later confirmations, that Howard Lederer was playing in a $400/$800 Mixed-Game at the Aria, and also in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio (hotel and casino) the poker world lit-up the usual social media outlets to express their opinions on whether or not Howard Lederer should show his face in a poker room, and some even suggesting that he should be 86'ed from casinos altogether" - said pokernewsboy.com
- Full Tilt Poker Granted License; Emails Players About Relaunch from www.parttimepoker.com
- Full Tilt Poker Set to Relaunch November 6th; Isle of Man Grants License from wickedchopspoker.com

Source: www.parttimepoker.com

Source: wickedchopspoker.com

Source: pokernewsboy.com

Topic 3: Sanremo
The Links:
- LAVALLEE LEADS EPT9 SANREMO FINAL TABLE - "Canadian Jason Lavallee is just ahead of French pro Ludovic Lacay as the EPT Sanremo Main Event goes into its final day" - said www.pokerchanneleurope.com
- EPT9 Sanremo: Final table player profiles - www.pokerstarsblog.com

The Links:

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