EPT Barcelona: Qualifying numbers skyrocketing - and my top selection of links

We're dealing with people (Victoria Coren), places (Barcelona and New Zealand) and everything else in between.


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

• EPT Barcelona: Qualifying numbers skyrocketing - "The European Poker Tour stop in Barcelona is always a monster" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Positive Earnings, Plans to Expand Heartland Poker Tour" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Vicky Coren gets exclusive interview with PokerStars' Rada Nadal - "That's why we're pleased to see Team PokerStars Pro and journalist Victoria Coren get a chance to sit down with Nadal, our new member of Team PokerStars SportStars, for a wide-ranging interview about his life, his games, his new pursuit of poker skills, and his decision to pull out of the Olympics" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• You Could Win an Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS and Much More During the Betsson Summer Series Running Online Now! - "Prizes include: Xbox 260, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Ray-Ban Gold Aviator sunglasses, Kindle 3G, Nintendo 3DS and more" - [www.pokershark.com]
  
• "Luxury Swiss watch brand Slyde by HD3 will be the official watch sponsor for the European Poker Tour Season 9 Main Events and will supply specially-designed watches to EPT Main Event winners, EPT President Edgar Stuchly announced today" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "Nevada Gaming Policy Committee Discuss Taxes, Licensing, Liquidity and Timeline" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "Australia New Zealand Poker Tour 2012 kicks off" - [www.pokerblog.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]

Team Betfair At The WSOP: Another Amazing Experience - plus my links selection

A lot of exciting stuff today, from people like Marcel Luske and places like Nottingham.


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

- "888 Poker has seen revenues increase 88 percent year-on-year as it takes a major slice of the Spanish market and looks forward to further growth in the States. It was a case of all the eights for 888 Poker, as the companys revenue in the first quarter of 2012 showed an 88 percent year-on-year increase, prompting investment bankers and stockbrokers - Panmure, Gordon & Co. - to upgrade the companys profit forecast by a staggering 22 percent. The companys growth has been attributed to the shutdown of Full Tilt Poker coinciding with the launch of features intended to attract recreational poker players - such as the player-focused Poker 6 Platform and the popular PokerCams. Other promotional initiatives offered by 888 Poker have also increased its market share, especially the no deposit poker bonus of 5.00/$8.00" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]


- "On the morning of the 5th July six luxurious limousine's pulled up outside the Palazzo and shuttled our team to the Rio" - [betting.betfair.com]


- "The 2012 World Series of Poker The Main Event has reached its official Day 3 and 1,765 players of the original 6,598 are still in with a chance of becoming this year's champion" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]


- WSOP 2012: Zen & the art of being Marcel Luske - "At 11:58am, Marcel Luske's WSOP ammunition sits in a bag of orange and yellow chips" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- Money Bubble Looming In The WSOP Main Event - "David "doubledave22" D'Alesandro At the start of play there were 1,738 players eager to get into their seats but by the time the curtain came down on another day of intense poker action more than 1,000 of those were no longer in the Main Event's field; just 720 players now remain Day 3 of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event has been completed, after five 90-minute levels were played out in the vast tournament area of the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino At the start of play there were 1,738 players eager to get into their seats but by the time the curtain came down on another day of intense poker action more than 1,000 of those were no longer in the Main Event's field; just 720 players now remain. Of these 720 players just 666 of them will receive any prize money for their efforts meaning 54 players will be leaving the Rio - on Friday 13th of all dates - empty handed. One man who is almost guaranteed to be walking away with a share of the massive $62,021,200 prize pool is the overnight chip leader Dave "doubledave22" D'Alesandro who managed to end the day with a huge stack of 1,100,000 chips" - [betting.betfair.com]

- "LCI UK Poker Tour Nottingham Main Event starts today" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

WSOP 2012: I can confirm that Salvatore Bonavena doesn't speak English - and top links

We have got a load of online poker related links to look through and a variety of topics covering Howard Lederer, Betfair, The Main Event, Nottingham, English language and bwin.


So without further ado, here are all the links:

• Lederer, Furst Seek Dismissal of Black Friday Charges - "John Holm, Creative Commins Attribution-NoDerivs License Full Tilt Poker co-founder and director Howard Lederer has filed a motion to dismiss the civil charges against him that seeks $42m in damages for his role in allegedly defrauding customers and operating a "global ponzi scheme."" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "This is where all the action is right now!" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• $8.5m on offer to WSOP The Main Event winner - "A record-breaking 3,418 players were on hand for Day 1C of the 2012 WSOP Main Event, taking the total field up to 6,598 runners, slightly down on last year but still impressive given the prevailing economic and regulatory conditions" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• LCI United Kingdom Poker Tour Nottingham under way - "Britain's newest live poker tour heads to the Midlands this week as the LCI UK Poker Tour hits Nottingham" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• WSOP 2012: I can confirm that Salvatore Bonavena doesn't speak English language - "I can confirm that Salvatore Bonavena does not speak English" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• Six Parties Interested in Ongame Purchase; Bwin Transition Still Planned for 2012 - "Following the collapse of the deal with Shuffle Master to purchase the Ongame Network, bwin.party has stated that there are six new potential suitors for the network" - [pokerfuse.com]
  

WSOP Main Event Action Underway - and more links for you

I have got a lot of online poker related links to take a look at and various topics covering Poker, Android, Georgy Zhukov and The Main Event.


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

• SkillBet.com launches "legal" online poker room - "By now you may have heard of the new online poker site Skillbet.com, where players compete against one another in game of "Duplicate Poker" where each player is given the same two hold cards and the person who plays them the most skillfully (wins the most money or loses the least money) will be rewarded. According to a recent press release that landed in my inbox, Skillbet has been deemed legal under 28 different states' laws in the US -this was determined by legal experts ostensibly hired by Skillbet; the states in question have not deemed Skillbet, and Duplicate Poker to be legal at this time" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "PokerStars Releases Mobile For Android In Spanish Market" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• WSOP 2012 Event #58 Winner Profile - Viacheslav Zhukov - "The newest poker champion shares a name with Georgy Zhukov, who is the most decorated military commander in Russian history" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
• "The Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker is underway with Days 1A and 1B completed. Beginning on Saturday, July 7, with 1,066 players vying for the most prestigious championship in poker, 657 players bagged their chips and will continue their pursuit of poker glory on Day 2 scheduled for Tuesday" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
  
  

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]