Planning my EPT Barcelona trip - plus my links selection

Plenty of exciting stuff today, from people such as Daniel Negreanu and places like Colombia and Barcelona.


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

• "Hidden Headlines: Poker is Dead, Negreanu rant and more" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• Station Casinos Adds Mobile Sports Betting - "Screenshot of the new Sports Connection The long awaited mobile app for Android phones has been launched by Station Casinos" - [www.pokeraddict.net]
  
• "Full Tilt Poker Academy Review At the Full Tilt Poker Academy, Full Tilt Pro's share their wisdom and views on the game in order to help you improve your game" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
  
  
• "If you've been following the @PokerStars or @PokerStarsBlog Twitter accounts of late you may have seen the #PS100K hashtag" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "WPT Parx Open Poker Classic Day 2: Money Bubble Bursts, Brent Roberts Takes Lead" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "Down in Medellin, Columbia the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was hosting the Colombian National Poker Championship and the event attracted a fairly international field, including some big names poker players" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• "The ninth season of the European Poker Tour is kicking off in Barcelona, and I'm really excited about it because is probably within the top five of my favorite cities in the world" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  

Help Rafa winners sets sights for Spain - and more links for you

I have got a lot of online poker related links to run through and a variety of topics covering California, Europe, Poker, Medellin, Full Tilt Poker and Spain.


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

• "anemoneprojectors (Peter O), Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic In what may prove to be a last ditch effort, the California Online Poker Association (COPA) has publicly pledged its support for California's online poker bill (SB 1463) if certain changes are made" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• PokerStars forms European Players Council - "If there is one axiom that has always held true about PokerStars, it is that the players come first. Today, the company highlighted that fact again with the formation of the European Players Council (EPC)" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• 2012 Q2 Results: How the Major United Kingdom Gaming Companies Performed in Online Poker - "It's been a tumultuous first half year for online poker" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• LAPT5 Colombia: Medellin's white rabbits - "We still haven't seen last season's Medellin champion, Julian Menendez" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "PokerStars has officially completed the deal to purchase Full Tilt Poker, with FTP expected to open in October or November" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
  
  
• "Now, after winning the "Help Rafa" campaign, Martynenko is less than two weeks from traveling to Barcelona, Spain to compete on one of the world's biggest poker stages" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  

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]