Antigua and US Return to Negotiating Table in WTO Dispute - and more links for you

We're speaking about people (Chris Ferguson and Mike Caro), places (London, New York, Illinois and Antigua) and everything else in the middle.


Okay, the links are:

- "Chick Wins Poker Tournament" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
- "Poker's best come out for PokerStars EPT London" - [pokernewsboy.com]
- New York Legislators Add Online Poker to State Budget Proposal - "A New York Senate budget proposal championed by the state's Senate Majority Coalition includes language calling for the introduction of state-authorized online poker in New York" - [pokerfuse.com]

- Who Would Make the Cut to Offer Online Poker in Illinois? - "Proposed legislation designed to bring online poker-along with expanded gambling-to Illinois carries heavy restrictions that could block many current industry leaders" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "The tiny Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda's ongoing World Trade Organization dispute with the United States over online gambling may see the two parties make one more attempt to return to the bargaining table" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "Poll: Should Ferguson and Lederer's Punishment Been More Harsh?" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
- "In a deepening of its existing relationship with Playtech, Ladbrokes has announced that it will "in due course" move its online poker operation off Microgaming (MPN) and onto Playtech's iPoker network" - [pokerfuse.com]


- Mike Caro: Today's word is... VARIOUS - "Mike Caro is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]

World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - and more links to check out

Okay, the links are:

• "Michael Mizrachi has cemented his position as one of the finest players in tournament poker after winning his second WSOP $50k Players Championship" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "I was playing in a $1 - $2 no limit hold'em game at Foxwoods Resort Casino the other day" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• Michael Mizrachi Doubles Up with WSOP Event #45 Win - "Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi has secured his second Poker The Players Championship bracelet after taking down event #45 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, New Mexico The Florida-based pro also captured his third WSOP bracelet after defeating Philadelphia's Chris Klodnicki heads-up in the $50,000 buy-in tournament to become the first double winner of this prestigious event at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Mizrachi pocketed a massive $1,451,527 for his success, although that score only ranks third behind the $1,559,046 he pocketed for winning this event in 2010 and the $2,332,992 he added later the same year for finishing fifth in the main event" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• HNR 6/29: Delaware Legalizes Online Gambling, Mizrachi Takes Down $50k Event - "Delaware becomes first state to legalize and regulate Casino style online gambling, and the second state to regulate online poker, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi takes down the $50k Event twice in 3 years - all in this addition of the PTP Hit N Run" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - "The World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series Main Event has just kicked off at the Casino Gran Madrid, in Madrid" - [www.pokerblog.com]
  
• "Two bracelets are awarded and the $50k Event plays the final table" - [www.parttimepoker.com]