Colombia Cracks Down on Online Gaming Ahead of Regulation - and my top selection of links

A lot of exciting stuff today, from people such as Joe Hachem, Sam Trickett and Jerry Yang (entrepreneur) and places like Colombia and London.


So without further ado, here are the links:

- New Poker Series To Introduce Live Betting - "A new poker series set to begin next month could be the next evolution of televised poker, offering not only the players but also the viewers of the events innovative ways to be involved with the proceedings" - [www.pokercast.tv]

- "Ivey, Trickett, Hachem Captain Caesars Cup Teams at WSOP APAC" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
- "In advance of the formulation of new laws that will permit online gaming, the Colombian gaming regulator Coljuegos has issued a strong warning to unlicensed operators offering online gambling in the South American country" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "Today I'll take a look at a number of stories including a new Ivey Poker pro, Jerry Yang (entrepreneur) Group A results from the Party Poker Premier League, and some March Madness talk" - [pokernewsboy.com]


- "Ruben Visser (left) and Talal Shakerchi (right) were the big winners at EPT London this week (Photos: PokerNews / Neil Stoddart) Both Ruben Visser and Talal Shakerchi enjoyed career-best cashes with their wins at EPT London" - [betting.betfair.com]

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]

Mizrachi's Family Affair - and more links to check out

We have got a load of online poker related links to run through and various topics covering Michael Mizrachi, Fantasy, Poker, Sam Trickett, Facebook and Online gambling.


Alright, the links are:

• Mizrachi's Family Affair - "Being the high profile representative of the DeepStack Poker Tour seems to have had a positive effect on both Michael Mizrachi and his brother" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• "The Global Poker Index announced that it is launching the Fantasy Poker Manager, a free social game available on Facebook" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
  
  
• "The World Poker Challenge at the Grand Sierra in Reno is a must-stop on the tournament trail" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• Sam Trickett Claims Super Hi Roller at Aussie Millions - "Sam Trickett went one better than his second place finish in 2011s Aussie Millions Super High Roller when taking down the LK Jewellery $250K Challenge Event. A superlative performance - and a little good fortune - enabled Sam Trickett to boss the final table of the AUD$250,000 buy-in LK Jewellery Aussie Millions Super High Roller and capture the AUD$2 million first prize, as well as becoming the second-highest money winning poker tournament player of all time" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• Pennsylvania to Propose Online Gambling Bill - "Tina Davis has confirmed that she will soon be introducing online gambling legislation to her lawmaker colleagues in the Keystone State. The proposal calls for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to regulate the licensing and operation of the Internet gambling scheme that includes online poker and other casino games" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  

FTOPS XXI Main Event Day on Full Tilt Poker - and more links for you

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

• "Phil Ivey doesn't have to do very much to grab some poker headlines, basically just showing up is usually good enough to get a mention, but even still his eponymously named poker site, IveyPoker.com, has been doing a lot of PR work recently" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• FTOPS XXI Main Event Day on Full Tilt Poker - "The guarantee-busting series looks set to finish on a high, with players competing in the multi-entry Main Event potentially playing for more than $3 million in prize money, $600,000 up for grabs in FTOPS #34 and $1.4 million confirmed as the prize pool for FTOPS #31 at Full Tilt Poker - a possible total exceeding $5 million! Todays FTOPS Feature Tournaments Although taking a back seat to the FTOPS Main Event, FTOPS #34 should prove to be a popular event" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Eugene Katchalov ran his pocket Queens into Sorel Mizzi's pocket Kings to finish in 12th place and was soon followed by Gurgen Melkonyan and Morten Klein" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
  
  
• "2013 PokerStars PCA schedule shaping up" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "Epic Poker League: Sam Trickett Leads with Only 18 Left" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
• "Fox Poker Club Announces 2 Tournaments Coming This Weekend Fox Poker Club is steadily becoming one of the best venues for a game of poker in London" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
  
  
  

Classic WPT Action at the Bellagio - and more links for you

A lot of interesting stuff today, from people like Jim Ryan (politician) and places like Prague, Ireland and Hollywood.


So without further ado, here are all the links:

- "The second starting flight of three wrapped up last night at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event with 179 more players ponying up 3,300 to participate" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "Jim Ryan (politician) co-CEO of online gaming giant bwin.party, will retire from his position next month, the group has announced. He has shared the position of CEO with Norbert Teufelberger since the merger of PartyGaming and bwin in March 2011" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "The 2013 poker calendar is set to get off to a flying start as the World Poker Tour heads to Ireland for the WPT National event in Dublin" - [www.bluffeurope.com]


- "The first of five qualifying events for the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) has concluded, and eight event winners and five mega satellite winners are advancing to the $500,000 guaranteed HPO Championship at the M Resort in Las Vegas on June 28-30" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]


- Classic WPT Action at the Bellagio (hotel and casino) - "A total of 374 players made their way to the Bellagio, Las Vegas, for the prestigious event, including: Marvin Rettenmaier, Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett and last year's Champion, James Dempsey" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

Doyle's Blog: Politics, Dogs and Death - and my top collection of links

Lots of interesting stuff today, from people such as David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Peter Eastgate and Sam Trickett and places like Belgium.


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

- DAVID BENYAMINE JOINS MYPOKERSQUAD - "Press Release from ISPT:Mypokersquad.com, the first crowd funding platform for sponsoring pro poker players, and ISPT have announced the recruitment of ambassador David Benyamine as a new player in the team.A Las Vegas resident, David is known to be one of the best high-stakes players in the world" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]

- "The highly anticipated third volume of Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time is now available, and the final installment of the tournament poker trilogy did not disappoint" - [pokernewsboy.com]


- "Whenever Doyle Brunson swipes his virtual quill across the page he always delivers at least one amusing anecdote and in his latest blog post he maintains that precedent" - [www.bluffeurope.com]


- "Peter Eastgate's Bracelet Sold for $147,500 After all that buzz about bracelets and dog collars, Peter Eastgate's WSOP bracelet has finally been sold for a whopping $147,500 - and all of it's going to charity!" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]


- bwin.party co-CEO Detained in Belgium - "Teufelberger was not arrested; he was asked to sit down to be questioned about his company's continued presence in Belgium" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- "Well that appears to be the case for Sam Trickett who took to Twitter yesterday in search of suggestions" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

EPT9 Sanremo: All looking up at Trickett as the serious stuff begins - and more links for you

A lot of exciting stuff today, from people like Chris Moneymaker, Sam Trickett and Brandon Cantu and places like Sanremo, Berlin and Latvia.


Alright, the links are:

- EPT9 Sanremo: A chin-wag with Chris Moneymaker, plus late night tournament update - "Chris Moneymaker is one of an extraordinarily strong showing from Team PokerStars Pro this afternoon, sitting as we enter the last level with 110,000" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- "Sam Trickett: does not know the meaning of the word variance Despite sharing an opening table with Antonio Esfandiari, Jon Aguiar, Martin Staszko and Luca Moschitta, the British player Sam Trickett emerged from the day with the biggest stack of all - 178,000" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]


- "FORSMO LEADS EPT9 SANREMO FOR DAY 3" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]
- "Berlin Poker Robbery: Mastermind Apprehended" - [www.pokernewsteam.com]
- "And here is a look at some of the stories you may have missed. Jon Augiar and Brandon Cantu to play $130k S&G After a "controversial" semi-finals and finals, Brandon Cantu was none too happy with the WSOP, and voiced his displeasure in an interview with PokerNews after losing to Jon Augiar" - [pokernewsboy.com]


- Valtteri Merikallio wins Eureka2 Latvia and 68,800 - "When Macdonald wasn't on hand to bust someone Merikallio picked up the slack eliminating Vitalijs Tarhanovs, the last remaining Latvian, in sixth and taking care of overnight chip leader Dariusz Paszkiewicz in third" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

Brandon Cantu Knows How to Vent - and my top collection of links

I have got a lot of online poker related links to take a look at and various topics covering Joe Barton, Sanremo, Sam Trickett, Poker and Brandon Cantu.


Ok, why don't we get going. All the links:

- Texas Representative Joe Barton Faces Calls To Drop Support Of Online Poker Legislation - "While he campaigns for re-election to the next Congress, Texas Representative Joe Barton is facing calls from his constituents to drop his proposed legislation that would help to bring a regulated online poker market to the United States" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- EPT9 Sanremo: A round with Sam Trickett, Antonio Esfandiari and friends - "Some tables are always tougher than others, and as we mentioned earlier today, some of the most difficult of all time have been arranged this afternoon in Sanremo" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- EPT9 Sanremo: Sam Trickett edges into chip lead - "The opening day of EPT Sanremo is now at an end, and Sam Trickett leads after a day that was decidedly more engaging that its predecessor" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]

- "A million dollar challenge with Tom Dwan?" - [www.parttimepoker.com]


- Brandon Cantu Knows How to Vent - "During the 2012 WSOP Europe Mixed Max event, Brandon Cantu lost an epic (did Epic Poker forever ruin the use of that word in poker?) heads-up battle against Jon Aguiar" - [wickedchopspoker.com]

Trickett the big winner at The British Poker Awards - and my top collection of links

We've got a lot of Poker related links to take a look at and various topics covering Plea, Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Sam Trickett, Malta and Jonathan Duhamel.


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

• Duhamel robbery suspect expected to plead guilty - "It now appears as if Bianca Rojas-Latraverse will be pleading guilty when she does finally appear in court this Friday" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• Q&A with Poker Pro Jonathan Little - "Jonathan Little is a two-time World Poker Tour champion who has written a pair of poker books, with a third on the way" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• HNR 9/18: Parts 1, 2 of Lederer Interviews on Full Tilt Poker; WPT Malta, Borgata - "The first two parts of the the Howard Lederer interviews on Full Tilt Poker are released, and a pair of World Poker Tour events" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• Trickett the big winner at The British Poker Awards - "What a 12 months it has been for Sam Trickett" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
• 2012 WPT Malta Day 1B: Jackson Genovesi Takes Overall Chip Lead - "Sunday's field for the first starting flight of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event was small - just 64 players - and while the second starting flight was larger as expected, it still didn't make the tournament any sort of grand spectacle" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• WCOOP 2012: Duhamel looking to become the 'complete player' - "Jonathan Duhamel has won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,944,310, finished in the top four of three big money side events at the PCA, including runner-up to Alex Bilokur in the $25,000 High Roller, which won him more than a million dollars in The Bahamas and is second to only one Mr Daniel Negreanu in the all-time money list for Canada" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  

A look at the proposed Reid/Kyl online poker bill - and more links to check out

A lot of interesting stuff today, from people like Sam Trickett and places like Sweden.


Okay, the links are:

- "Department Of Justice Files Second Amended "Black Friday" Complaint, Targets Howard Lederer" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
- A look at the proposed Reid/Kyl online poker bill - "A number of different outlets including PokerFuse.com and QuadJacks.com were handed a leaked version of the proposed online poker bill in the United States Senate, giving poker players a look at what the potential legislation would mean for the industry -although at this point the bill looks like yet another dead-end for poker" - [pokernewsboy.com]

- "Trickett splits with Matchbook" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Full Tilt Poker Sends Verification Emails Ahead of Relaunch - "PokerStars caused a major scam alert on Thursday by sending former Full Tilt Poker players within a certain criteria emails asking them to verify their accounts Without warning or any official announcement, thousands of ex Full Tilt Poker players received emails yesterday asking them to verify their FTP accounts ahead of the proposed relaunch of Full Tilt Poker on November 6th" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "In the end erras from Sweden stood on top collecting just over $22,000 and that coveted WCOOP bracelet" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]


- "The Poker Hall of Fame is expected to induct the class of 2012 as part of the WSOP Main Event final table festivities, according to Seth Palansky, vice president of WSOP communications" - [pokerfuse.com]