Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2012

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]

Thursday, June 14, 2012

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]