$1M Buy-in Cash Game Rumored at EPT Monaco - and my top collection of links

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

- "While Nevada launched real-money online poker this week, players in other states are not faring as well considering recent actions by lawmakers. Massachusetts Drops Online Poker from Bill An attempt to attach online poker legislation to a budget bill in Massachusetts was unsuccessful as lawmakers removed the Internet poker amendment" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]


- "It's ALMOST HEAVEN West Virginia... At Hollywood Casino" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
- "PokerStars' blog is reporting that a cash game with a $1 million buy-in could take place at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monaco. According to the blog, several top pros are interested in getting a high-stakes cash game going as the year-end event for the EPT gets underway" - [www.parttimepoker.com]


- "The cards are in the air for the World Poker Tour stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Quebec, with players positioning themselves for a run at a championship that has quickly become one of the most hotly contested on the WPT circuit" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "According to reports by the Associated Press and other news outlets, PokerStars still wants to purchase a casino in Atlantic City, despite an announcement that a recent deal fell through" - [www.parttimepoker.com]


- "The only poker room that edges out Full Tilt Poker in the traffic and software department is PokerStars" - [www.pokercast.tv]


- "Delaware Picks 888 and SciGames as Primary Vendor" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

Full Tilt Poker Offers "On Demand" Tournaments - and my top selection of links

We've got lots of online poker related links to look through and a number of topics covering Harry Reid, Full Tilt Poker, South America, Poker, Hollywood and Berlin.


So without further ado, here are all the links:

- "Either way, what poker players want is for the law to be nicer to them - something which Harry Reid might just achieve with his new Online Poker Regulation Bill" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]


- "Full Tilt Poker Offers "On Demand" Tournaments One of the marks of a thriving and enterprising company is its ability to move with the times and cope with the demands of its customers" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]


- "PartyPoker To Block New Signups from 18 European, South American Countries" - [pokerfuse.com]
- Poker Training Videos This Week: April 21, 2013 - "Our weekly feature gives readers a look inside our Poker Training Video Directory" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "That s right, Brad Hinson, the man in charge of the poker room at Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is making sure you have the opportunity again. Just in case you missed out on the first chance, check out the Hollywood Spring Poker Open playing out from April 29th-May 5th on this dockside casino riverboat" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]


- "Pieter de Korver Wins EPT Berlin Cup" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Illinois Gov. Quinn not Sold on Online Gambling - and my top selection of links

We've got a load of online poker related links to take a look at and a variety of topics covering Kara Scott, Full Tilt Poker, Mike Sexton, Online gambling, Hollywood, Poker, Delaware and Payment.


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

• "Among the chasing pack are Kara Scott (we still miss Poker Night Live) and Mike Sexton who are tied in fifth on 414,000" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Full Tilt Poker have declared open season on the highest volume online poker cash players by announcing a VIP Amnesty and the re-launch of the FTP Black Card. It is no secret that the volume of action of Full Tilt Pokers cash tables has been in decline since the site went back online in November and, in an aggressive move to reverse that trend, Full Tilt Poker announced yesterday that it would offer a 'VIP Amnesty' to online cash game players on other poker sites" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
  
  
• Illinois Gov. Quinn not Sold on Online Gambling - "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's recent budget address alluded to gambling expansion, but such an initiative may not include online gambling. Quinn has repeatedly opposed past proposals to increase gambling in the Land of Lincoln, but earler this month seemed open to the idea under the right conditions" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• Meet Me In St.Louis, Louis! Meet Me At Hollywood Casino - "Meet me in the poker room at Hollywood Casino-Don't tell me the lights are shining, anyplace but there!" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• This Week in Poker Podcasts: March 29, 2013 - "The Poker Podcast Directory has some great content this week so let's dig in. This week we will be looking at some of my long-standing favorite shows, but I want to start with a show that has quickly risen into my list of favorites since it premiered in the directory earlier this year" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "It's Official: Delaware Park Did It: World Record for the Longest Continuous Poker Tournament!" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• "AdamEvePoker Suspends Payments" - [pokerfuse.com]
  

Chick Wins Poker Tournament - and more links for you

Alright, the links are:

- "while the advent of social media and new technologies have revolutionized the way that consumers behave and entertain themselves, the online poker product has not really changed for a decade" If there is one thing clear from last week's 2012 financial report and subsequent interviews with bwin.party executives, the policy changes on PartyPoker in the last year-from cutting ties with PokerStrategy, to segregating players based on ability, to ending its top-tier VIP program-are all part of a long-term, network-wide strategy" - [pokerfuse.com]


- Chick Wins Poker Tournament - "Teresa Hemingway, a woman, won a poker tournament" - [wickedchopspoker.com]

- Jerry Yang (poker player) Discusses Tax Problems with Fifth Street Radio - "Just last week, we reported that 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang had a number of personal items seized by the United States Internal Revenue Service and will have them auctioned off on April 4th in order to help pay delinquent taxes" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- "Almost Heaven, Blue Ridge Mountains Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
- Moorman and Middleton among early FTOPS XXII winners - "The winner of the star-studded final table was Tom Middleton, who I chose as one of my 10 poker players to watch in 2013 (self-pat on the back)" - [pokernewsboy.com]

- "ARJEL: 90% of French language FTP Money Reclaimed" - [pokerfuse.com]

Bitcoin Deposits and Withdrawals come to iPoker - plus my links selection

I have got a lot of online poker related links to take a look at and various topics covering Mike Caro, London, Delaware, Hollywood, Bitcoin and Chris Ferguson.


So, the links are:

• "Mike Caro is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• EPT London Day 1B: Sergio Aido Continues London Run, Outdistances Pack - "Day 1B of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event wrapped up Monday and, as expected the tournament room swelled as almost twice as many players were seated for the second starting flight as were in the first. After 236 players registered for Day 1A, 411 signed up for Day 1B, bringing the two-day total to 647 runners" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Ready, Set It's The Delaware Park Poker Classic! - "Delaware Park's 3rd annual Poker Classic will be happening this May 8-28!" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• Almost Heaven, Blue Ridge Mountains Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia - "Treat yourself to the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley and play in the highly anticipated Hollywood Poker Open" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• ""Because of our reduced fraud risk, we can take very large Bitcoin deposits from players that wish to play high-stakes immediately, and don't wish to wait for a bank wire" WinPoker.com, on the iPoker network, is adding Bitcoin support for deposits and withdrawals, pokerfuse can exclusively reveal" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• Poll: Should Ferguson and Lederer's Punishment Been More Harsh? - "And that begs the question: did Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson get off easy?" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
  

New Jersey Legislature Hopes to Approve New Online Gaming Bill This Month - and my top collection of links

We've got lots of Poker related links to run through and various topics covering M Resort, Delaware, New Jersey and PokerStars.


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

• "The Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) regional qualifying tournament at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas has concluded and the top two finishers from the Main Event - Las Vegans, Visnja Luetic and Romeo Samblero-will be returning to the M Resort later this year to compete in the $500,000 guaranteed HPO Championship on June 28-30" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• Delaware to Consider Shared Player Pools with Nevada, Europe - "Blume, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Delaware gaming officials expect to share the state's online poker player pool with Nevada and even Europe, but would likely compete with New Jersey for a slice of the Internet gambling market" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• New Jersey Legislature Hopes to Approve New Online Gaming Bill This Month - "The New Jersey legislature plans on moving forward with a revised online gaming and poker bill, with the hopes of passing the bill this month, according to several top-ranked Democratic lawmakers in the state" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• "PokerStars' first online poker room in Europe-and the debut of its new "PokerStars LIVE" brand-quietly opened its doors earlier this month" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  

World Series of Poker Europe Moves To Paris - and my top collection of links

So, the links are:

• "Fred Hothan discusses Gregs Success Signals in full, including the refund rate and also other different statistics. Full review can be found at ..." - [cbrockstar.com]
  
  
  

Poker After Dark Idol Week Goes Down Interestingly - plus my links selection

We're talking about people (Doyle Brunson), places (Prague and Hollywood) and the rest in between.


So without further ado, here are the links:

• "Poker After Dark Idol Week Goes Down Interestingly The online poker world may be in utter turmoil right now but that doesn't mean that the show won't go on" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
  
  
• WPT Prague Day Three: Tony Chang Takes Over Lead, 22 Players Left - "The World Poker Tour stop at the Kings Casino in Prague, the Czech Republic, is headed into its home stretch after Day Three action yesterday" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• WPT Doyle Brunson Day Four: Antonio Esfandiari Leads Stacked Final 22 Players - "Like its compatriot in Europe, the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is also working its way to a final table, with an impressive run once again by Antonio Esfandiari dominating the storyline" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "With so much going on in the poker world this week, it's handy to have all the top stories at your fingertips" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• WPT Hollywood Poker Open Won by Mike Scarborough - "WPT Hollywood Poker Open Won by Mike Scarborough It must have taken a massive amount of guts to play heads up against Erik Seidel and come out on top, so we really must give Mike Scarborough props for managing this amazing feat at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  

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]

SunPoker Closes, Blames iPoker Split - plus my links selection

I have got lots of online poker related links to look through and various topics covering Bristol, Sun, Hollywood, Chad and Daniel Cates.


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

- "The Final Table of the UKIPT Online Main Event is the highlight on the first day of the UKIPT Bristol featuring Chris Moorman and over 250,000 in prize money. The sixth leg of the 2012/13 PokerStars sponsored United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour kicks of this afternoon at the Gala Casino in Bristol with the finale of the UKIPT Online Main Event - the first two days of which were played (online!) on 14-15 October" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]


- SunPoker Closes, Blames iPoker Split - "Venerable online poker room SunPoker has called it quits, officially ceasing operations on November 5 and orchestrating a transfer of its existing player base over to Omni Online Casino (omnicasino.com), the flagship entity of the SunPoker group" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "Penn National Gaming is making sure you have every opportunity to qualify for the big Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) Guaranteed $500,000 championship at the M resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas on June 28th- 30th" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]


- "Black Friday Indictee Chad Elie Blasting on Twitter" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
- "Daniel Cates Win All-Star Showdown For $550,000" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]

PokerStars Unveils All-Star Showdown with Galfond, Haxton, More - and more links for you

I have got a lot of online poker related links to look over and various topics covering PokerTracker, Johnny Chan (poker player), Full Tilt Poker, Kara Scott, Hollywood, Europe, Deal (TV pilot) and Phil Galfond.


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

- "Half price PokerTracker for Hold'em Manager users" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- "A Johnny Chan (poker player) Poker Reality Show May Be Coming and it Looks Great" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
- Full Tilt Poker reveals Deal (TV pilot) Me In relaunch promotions - "As the relaunch date for Full Tilt Poker draws nearer the site is releasing more and more details on what players can expect when the site makes its return for the first time in well over a year" - [pokernewsboy.com]

- "The poker world's most versatile beauty, Kara Scott, has been busy blogging over the last few days and has revealed that she is moving back to Europe" - [www.bluffeurope.com]


- "Hollywood Poker Re-Launches as Free-to-Play Facebook App" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
- "Full Till Poker want to "Deal Me In"" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
- PokerStars Unveils All-Star Showdown with Galfond, Haxton, More - "PokerStars announced it will be holding an "All-Star Showdown," in which Phil Galfond, Isaac Haxton and six other pros play in a $100,000 buy-in event" - [www.parttimepoker.com]

Poker East and a Little West of the Mississippi - and top links

Welcome to today's listing of the hottest links from around the web. We'll be checking out Doyle Brunson and a variety of other topics. So without further delay, why don't we get going.

Topic 1: Deal
The Links:
- Full Tilt Poker reveals Deal (TV pilot) Me In relaunch promotions - New players will be eligible for the usual first-time deposit bonus as well as being credited with the special cash bonus as part of the Deal Me In promotion ... - from pokernewsboy.com
- www.pokernewsreport.com

Topic 2: Full Tilt Poker
The Links:

- "Full Tilt Poker released details today of its first-week promotion plans when the site re-opens on November 6, called "Deal Me In."" said pokerfuse.com.
- Full Tilt to relaunch with $250,000 giveaway from www.bluffeurope.com
- Full Tilt Poker Giving Away $250K at Relaunch from www.parttimepoker.com

Source: www.bluffeurope.com

Source: www.parttimepoker.com

Topic 3: Poker
The Links:

- Poker East and a Little West of the Mississippi - "Is Hollywood a state of mind? If you are playing poker in one of the Hollywood Casino's, it's a state of being.....being in a chance of a lifetime situation, that is!" - said www.pokerplayernewspaper.com
- A Johnny Chan (poker player) Poker Reality Show May Be Coming and it Looks Great - www.pokernewsdaily.com

The Links:

Well that's my round-up for the week. I really hope you're eager for more because there's a lot more where that came from next time around! So check in before long, if you do not want to lose out on the latest captivating headlines around the world.

A closer look at the PokerStars Full Tilt poker deal - and my top selection of links

We've got a lot of online poker related links to look over and various topics covering PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Hollywood, Colombia and Poker.


Right, let's get started. The links:

• A closer look at the PokerStars Full Tilt poker deal - "Now that the poker community has breathed a deep sigh of relief, thanks to today's announcement that PokerStars has officially taken control of Full Tilt poker from the US United States Department of Justice and ALL players will in fact be repaid, I've decided to take a deeper look at what the deal means for US and Rest of World players, as well as for the future of the two companies and the online poker industry in general" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "At the end of last week, Poker Player Newspaper ("PPN") released breaking news that thundered across the online poker globe, announcing in very careful language that the die had been cast, effectively, for a completed deal between PokerStars and the United States Department of Justice to acquire the Full Tilt Poker ("FTP") brand" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• "It's been a long time since the poker world had a site try to take an innovative and creative approach to their gaming client, which is precisely what the new online poker site Fresh Deck Poker is trying to do as they prepare for their official launch date, according to the site's Cardroom Manager and well-known spokesman Hollywood Dave Stann" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• Travel Guide: LAPT Colombia - "From August 7-12, 2012, the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour will return to Medellin, Colombia, for the Second Annual LAPT Colombia National Poker Championship" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "December Poker News 2008 December has brought some interesting Poker News and there has been a few very neat stories going around the industry" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
  
  

Book To Reveal All About Illegal Hollywood Games - and top links

I have got a lot of Poker related links to look through and various topics covering Full Tilt Poker, Queenstown, Maryland, Leap of faith, Hollywood, Poker, The Main Event and South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa.


OK, the links are:

- PokerStars/Full Tilt Poker Deal Only Hope And Nothing More - "Department of Justice to finalize a deal on purchasingFull Tilt Poker, that discussion has since faded into the background with no details forthcoming" - [www.pokercast.tv]

- Queenstown Snowfest: The leap of faith - "One of the things that lures over two million tourists to Queenstown, Maryland every year is the variety of adventure-packed activities that one can partake in. It is called the Epinephrine capital of the world for a reason" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- "Book To Reveal All About Illegal Hollywood Games" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
- Cake Network Gold Cards Worthless? - "The Cake Poker Network has offered a unique promotion since their launch in 2006 called Gold Cards" - [www.pokeraddict.net]

- "Ben Jones Wins GUKPT Bolton The Main Event For 17,390" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
- South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa Aims to be First to Offer Online Poker in Nevada - "Now the CEO of the south-of-Strip property South Point Hotel Casino & Spa believes his brand might be the first. South Point CEO Michael Gaughan, one of leading advocates for regulated online poker among Nevada's land-based casinos, offered his recent thoughts on the situation in a recent eGaming Review interview" - [pokerfuse.com]