Malaysia's Chan Claim Aussie Gold - and more links for you

I have got a lot of online poker related links to run through and a number of topics covering Malaysia, Sam Trickett, Christina Lindley, High Stakes Poker and Poker.


So, the links are:

- "Malaysia might not be the home of international poker, but that didn't seem to worry Mervin "The Cat" Chan as he stormed to victory at yesterday's Aussie Millions Main Event finale" - [www.bluffeurope.com]


- Mervin Chan Quickly Wins Aussie Millions Main Event; Trickett, Kurganov Score Challenge Wins - "Jennifer "Jay" Tan, $150,000 Sam Trickett Wins $250,000 Challenge, Igor Kurganov Ends Epic Aussie Millions Run With Win In $25,000 Challenge Wrapping up the two remaining Challenge tournaments at the Aussie Millions, Sam Trickett continued his 2012 run in dominating high buy-in tournaments in winning the $250,000 Challenge on Friday at the Aussie Millions, while Igor Kurganov took down the $25,000 Challenge to cap an epic run in Melbourne" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- Lindley joins Ivey Poker - "The latest member of the IveyPoker.com team is Christina Lindley" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- Phil Hellmuth has a Bad Run on High Stakes Poker Season 6 - "Phil Hellmuth has a Bad Run on High Stakes Poker Season 6 Hellmuth is widely considered to be one of the best poker players around, but he's never immune to having a bit of a bad run and in Season 6 of High Stakes Poker, his run was as bad as it could ever get" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]

- "Top Threads in Online Poker Forums (Jan. 28-Feb. 3)" - [www.parttimepoker.com]

PartyPoker to Eliminate Palladium Elite VIP Status - and top links

We're speaking about people (Vanessa Selbst), places (Australia and Paris) and everything else in between.


Alright, the links are:

• "The World Series of Poker announced that its inaugural Asia-Pacific tournament series will take place from April 4-15 in Melbourne, Australia, including five bracelet events" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
  
  
• "On Monday Vanessa Selbst closed out the 2013 PokerStars PCA tournament series in grand fashion, winning the $25k High-Roller tournament, which attracted a huge field that passed 200 entries after reentries were counted -by comparison the $25k WPT Championship at the Bellagio hasn't surpassed 200 entries Since Season 7, way back in 2009" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• "PartyPoker announced last week that it will soon make changes to its VIP program, appearing to flatten the VIP structure by eliminating the highest loyalty levels" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  
• PKR Launches Free iPad Poker App - "Mobile poker gaming steps up a level with the release of 3D poker room, PKR's new real money poker app for IPad PKR has launched a new poker app for UK players" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• Spanish Poker Players Come Under Tax Scrutiny - "Spanish poker players who enjoyed big wins over the past few years may want to come clean with the country's tax authorities. According to reports, the tax office in Spain has started a probe to examine the play history and winnings of top poker players in the country" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Laurent Polito Wins WPT National Paris" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  

Betfair Becomes Aussie Millions Presenting Partner - and my top collection of links

So without further ado, here are all the links:

- "Poker to Feature in Vienna "Mind Sports" Event" - [pokerfuse.com]
- "This year three poker players added their names to the growing list of poker Player of the Year winners, as Greg Merson, Dan Smith, and Marvin Rettenmaier joined the fairly exclusive club" - [pokernewsboy.com]


- "Dan Brusca talks about Web Design Mastery in detail, including the refund rate and various different stats. Full assessment can be found at ..." - [commenturl.com]


- HNR 12/28: N.J. Online Poker Push; Poker as 'Mind Game' - "New Jersey pushes for online gaming, and the WPT joins the "Mind Games."" - [www.parttimepoker.com]

A Scoop on the Berlin Poker Robbery - and my top selection of links

Plenty of exciting stuff today, from people like Rafael Nadal and places like Melbourne, Paris and Berlin.


So, the links are:

- Online Gambling Not Mentioned In Democratic Party (United States) Platform - "One week following the Republican Party's platform that called for online gambling prohibition, the Democratic Party's platform was silent on the issue. The Democratic National Convention began Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina and party members showed their support of "Moving America Forward," the party's 70-page platform that is "a declaration of [Democrats] plan to move America forward over the next four years and beyond."" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "The Partouche Poker Tour will honor its guarantee after all, and tennis star Rafael Nadal films a PokerStars commercial" - [www.parttimepoker.com]


- British Pro Sam Razavi Wins APPT Melbourne Main Event - "British pro Sam simply loves playing in PokerStars sponsored events" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]

- "Here is a look at the final table payouts from the tournament: WPT Grand Prix de Paris underway The World Poker Tour WPT Grand Prix de Paris is getting started today at the famed Aviation Club in Paris, France, and the tournament organizers are hoping for a strong turnout, as many pros are already in Paris for the recently concluded Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, and will then be awaiting the WSOP Europe tournament series" - [pokernewsboy.com]


- A Scoop on the Berlin Poker Robbery - "A Scoop on the Berlin Poker Robbery Ever since the incident happened last Saturday, news about the robbery at the Grand Hyatt Hotel has been going viral all over the internet" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]

- Enjoubault Leads After Day 1a of Grand Prix de Paris - "A stacked field of 96 players was whittled down to 51 after the opening flight of the 7,500 WPT Grand Prix de Paris yesterday" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Season XI of the WPT kicks off in Cyprus - plus my links selection

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

• Season XI of the WPT kicks off in Cyprus - "329 players made their way to the island nation of Cyprus this past weekend to take part in the opening event of the World Poker Tour's 11th Season" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "Don't start running around the neighborhood yelling about how your "One time" has finally come in. Ok, fine, get a little excited. For the first time, Facebook is offering a game in which players can wager real money, not simply things like in-game currency or Facebook credits" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  
• "The PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour returns to Melbourne for the fourth time next month, giving players from all over the world a reason to visit one of poker's most popular destinations" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "It started with some brief and surprising e-mails to customers, but on Monday, Bodog Poker officially announced that it was withdrawing its services from 20 countries as of August 30th" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  
• Pokerstars.com 25 Billion Hand Bash - "Pokerstars.com 25 Billion Hand Bash PokerStars is having a 25 Billion Bash, and everyone is invited to join the celebration!" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
• 3 questions concerning the relaunch of Full Tilt Poker - "I'm probably getting a little bit ahead of myself here, but with PokerStars looking to have Full Tilt Poker back online within 90 days there are a few questions that players are going to want to have answered concerning the relaunch" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "London Poker Festival set for September" - [www.bluffeurope.com]