Wicked Chops Podcast: Fred Bevill on Saved by the Bell, Federated/Epic, and HPT - and more links to check out

I have got a load of Poker related links to run through and various topics covering Saved by the Bell, Christmas, Spain, Satellite, Barry Greenstein, Mike Caro and Jerry Buss.


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

• "In between talking about the Season 9 changes to HPT, Fred discusses his stint on Saved by the Bell (go to 1:22 in the above clip), the shitshow that was Federated Sports+Gaming, and more" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
  
  
  
• 5,000 in Prizes Plus 5,000 in Cash Awaits You During the Aspers Christmas Cracker - "During the holiday season Aspers Casino is Westfield Stratford City will be hosting a very special poker event - the Christmas Cracker in association with Paddy Power Poker and iFindPoker" - [www.pokershark.com]
  
• "Paf Spain to Close Poker Room, Future of Ongame.ES in Question" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "PokerStars Spain is launching its first series of online satellites to qualify for a regular live tournament in its new poker room in Casino Gran Madrid" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• "Prominent Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein warned fellow poker players Friday about a security flaw in the design of an IPhone and iPad app being used for live interactive gambling in a relative new poker variant, Open-Faced Chinese" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• "Mike Caro is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• "Today I'll take a look at a number of stories including an interesting blog post by Dusty Schmidt, the Party Poker Premier League roster, and the unfortunate passing of Jerry Buss" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  

Full Tilt Poker Announces FTOPS XXII Schedule - and more links to check out

I have got a lot of online poker related links to look over and a number of topics covering London, Christmas, Full Tilt Poker, Microgaming, Mike Caro, Saved by the Bell, Madrid and Poker tournament.


OK, the links are:

- "Sky Poker Tour set for London" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- 5,000 in Prizes Plus 5,000 in Cash Awaits You During the Aspers Christmas Cracker - "During the holiday season Aspers Casino is Westfield Stratford City will be hosting a very special poker event - the Christmas Cracker in association with Paddy Power Poker and iFindPoker" - [www.pokershark.com]

- "The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is back for the second time at the resurrected Full Tilt Poker" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- Microgaming Restructures Bad Beat Jackpot, Moves to Opt-In System - "MPN, formerly Microgaming poker network, has announced a restructuring of its Bad Beat Jackpot (BBJ) from March 19" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "Mike Caro: Today's word is... WIN" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
- "Wicked Chops Podcast: Fred Bevill on Saved by the Bell, Federated/Epic, and HPT" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
- "PokerStars Spain is launching its first series of online satellites to qualify for a regular live tournament in its new poker room in Casino Gran Madrid" - [pokerfuse.com]


- Nevada Proposes Bill to Tax Online Poker Tournaments - "Burnett, seeks to add online poker tournament entry fees to the list of activities for which online poker operators are required to pay tax" - [pokerfuse.com]

Delaware to Consider Shared Player Pools with Nevada, Europe - plus my links selection

I have got a load of Poker related links to run through and various topics covering Madrid, Delaware, Spain, Christmas, Europe, Poker tournament and Jerry Buss.


So without further ado, here are the links:

• PokerStars' Offline Vision: Pictures from Inside PokerStars LIVE in Madrid - "According to a Spanish-only press release from PokerStars this month, and accompanying reports in Spanish poker news sites, the PokerStars-branded poker room in Casino Gran Madrid has officially opened, inaugurated with a packed tournament with famous footballers and Spanish bullfighters among the hundred-plus guests" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "Blume, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Delaware gaming officials expect to share the state's online poker player pool with Nevada and even Europe, but would likely compete with New Jersey for a slice of the Internet gambling market" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• "The landic operator will continue other gambling business in Spain, including sportsbetting, and the group is "investigating other options" for opening another online poker room, although there are no immediate plans" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• 5,000 in Prizes Plus 5,000 in Cash Awaits You During the Aspers Christmas Cracker - "During the holiday season Aspers Casino is Westfield Stratford City will be hosting a very special poker event - the Christmas Cracker in association with Paddy Power Poker and iFindPoker" - [www.pokershark.com]
  
• Nevada Proposes Bill to Tax Online Poker Tournaments - "Burnett, seeks to add online poker tournament entry fees to the list of activities for which online poker operators are required to pay tax" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "Lakers Owner/Poker Player Jerry Buss Dying of Cancer" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
  

PokerStars' Offline Vision: Pictures from Inside PokerStars LIVE in Madrid - and more links to check out

We've got lots of Poker related links to look through and a number of topics covering Madrid, Saved by the Bell, Vienna, Europe and Christmas.


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

• PokerStars' Offline Vision: Pictures from Inside PokerStars LIVE in Madrid - "According to a Spanish-only press release from PokerStars this month, and accompanying reports in Spanish poker news sites, the PokerStars-branded poker room in Casino Gran Madrid has officially opened, inaugurated with a packed tournament with famous footballers and Spanish bullfighters among the hundred-plus guests" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• Wicked (musical) Chops Podcast: Fred Bevill on Saved by the Bell, Federated/Epic, and HPT - "In between talking about the Season 9 changes to HPT, Fred discusses his stint on Saved by the Bell (go to 1:22 in the above clip), the shitshow that was Federated Sports+Gaming, and more" - [wickedchopspoker.com]
  
• "GSOP Vienna kicked off yesterday with a healthy field of 304 runners" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Blume, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Delaware gaming officials expect to share the state's online poker player pool with Nevada and even Europe, but would likely compete with New Jersey for a slice of the Internet gambling market" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
  
  
• "During the holiday season Aspers Casino is Westfield Stratford City will be hosting a very special poker event - the Christmas Cracker in association with Paddy Power Poker and iFindPoker" - [www.pokershark.com]
  
  
  

2013 EPT PCA, Day Two: Nicolas Godoy Leads Main Event; Darren Elias, Michael Mizrachi Stalking - and more links to check out

We have got a lot of Poker related links to run through and a number of topics covering Scott Seiver, Michael Mizrachi, Faraz Jaka, Bet365 and Poker.


So without further ado, here are the links:

- Scott Seiver Wins 2013 PCA High Roller Event - "Scott Seiver made an improbable final table run in the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event Monday, advancing from a deep chip deficit to win the whole thing and over $2 million" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- "2013 EPT PCA, Day Two: Nicolas Godoy Leads Main Event; Darren Elias, Michael Mizrachi Stalking" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
- "Silence is Golden for Jaka" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Paddy Power, Bet365 Close "Exclusive" Tables on iPoker - "Top tier iPoker skins PaddyPower and Bet365 have quietly closed their exclusive "premium" tables on their own poker rooms, pokerfuse has learned. References to the separate tables have been removed from lobbies and websites" - [pokerfuse.com]

- Playing to Win in Poker Tournaments - "In my opinion, you should never enter a poker tournament you do not think you can win. To the majority of people this will seem rational, but there are poker players who constantly buy into tournaments where they have no edge and therefore no hopes of winning" - [betting.betfair.com]

Legal Matters Cause Postponement of Poker Tournament - and more links for you

I have got a lot of Poker related links to run through and various topics covering Poker tournament, Poker and Paddy Power.


OK, the links are:

- Legal Matters Cause Postponement of Poker Tournament - "Legal Matters Cause Postponement of Poker Tournament A poker tournament in the state of Ohio was postponed because the police said that it 'did not meet the legal standards for a charitable gambling event'" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]

- Lock Poker announces the Big Chase promotion - "As the holiday season approaches Lock Poker, the flagship site on the Revolution Gaming Network has just unveiled their latest promotion, and it's enough to leave Santa Claus green with envy" - [pokernewsboy.com]

- Extra Irish Open seats on offer at Paddy Power - "Players that all satellite qualifiers will be eligible to take part in Paddy Power's Sole Survivor contest, which will see the longest-lasting online qualifier on the day walk away with a cash prize of 50,000 in addition to main seats into the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 and Irish Open 2014."The response to our first satellite for the Irish Open 2013 was overwhelming and really showed the appetite players have to take part," read a statement from paddypowerpoker.com" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Tony Chang wins record Event 1 at Macau Poker Cup - and more links for you

Lots of exciting stuff today, from people such as Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth and places like Macau and Bulgaria.


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

• Paddy Power Announces Full Irish Winter Festival of Poker 2012 Schedule - "I think this event will go down a treat, especially with our regulars who love to get involved in the craic at our live poker festivals" said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
  
• Frankenberger Takes Event #17, 2nd Career Bracelet; Ivey Runner-Up - "While Phil Hellmuth was winning his 12th bracelet in Event #17, Andy Frankenberger prevented Phil Ivey from winning his ninth in Event #18 (Photo: WSOP) The win gave the 39-year-old Andy Frankenberger his second WSOP bracelet, the first coming last year in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
• "Tony Chang wins record Event 1 at Macau Poker Cup" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
• "'In the very first hand of the final table johnohammer took out Dashukkkkkk JJ v A9 which meant that was the second time Dashukkkkkk had come agonisingly close to winning a package in these trials.'" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• "2012 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Wins Record 12th Gold Bracelet" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• King Zog: Petar Zografov wins Eureka Bulgaria and 48,745 - "Bulgarian Petar Zografov overcame a six to one heads-up deficit to claim the Eureka Bulgaria title, trophy and 48,745" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]