World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - and more links to check out

Okay, the links are:

• "Michael Mizrachi has cemented his position as one of the finest players in tournament poker after winning his second WSOP $50k Players Championship" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "I was playing in a $1 - $2 no limit hold'em game at Foxwoods Resort Casino the other day" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  
• Michael Mizrachi Doubles Up with WSOP Event #45 Win - "Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi has secured his second Poker The Players Championship bracelet after taking down event #45 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, New Mexico The Florida-based pro also captured his third WSOP bracelet after defeating Philadelphia's Chris Klodnicki heads-up in the $50,000 buy-in tournament to become the first double winner of this prestigious event at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Mizrachi pocketed a massive $1,451,527 for his success, although that score only ranks third behind the $1,559,046 he pocketed for winning this event in 2010 and the $2,332,992 he added later the same year for finishing fifth in the main event" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• HNR 6/29: Delaware Legalizes Online Gambling, Mizrachi Takes Down $50k Event - "Delaware becomes first state to legalize and regulate Casino style online gambling, and the second state to regulate online poker, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi takes down the $50k Event twice in 3 years - all in this addition of the PTP Hit N Run" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
• World Poker Tour (WPT) hits Madrid - "The World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series Main Event has just kicked off at the Casino Gran Madrid, in Madrid" - [www.pokerblog.com]
  
• "Two bracelets are awarded and the $50k Event plays the final table" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
  
  
  

Viktor Blom Blasts Way to WSOP Event #45 Chip Lead - and top links

We're dealing with people (Viktor Blom), places (Delaware) and everything in the middle.


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

- "Hollywood Poker, one of the long-time members of the Ongame Network, closed its doors and boarded up the windows Monday, surprising visitors to its site" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- Microgaming Cancels 5050Poker Contract - "On Monday, the Microgaming Poker Network announced that it has ended its contract with 5050Poker.com" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]

- "Delaware's State Senate passed an important bill authorizing several forms of online gambling on Wednesday, including provisions for online poker" - [pokerfuse.com]


- Pamela Anderson launches Facebook poker app - "The free to play BamPoker app is available on Facebook and gives virtual Texas hold'em players the chance to take on Pammy at the tournament tables" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- "Viktor Blom -- 1,262,0002" - [betting.betfair.com]


- "Swedish star Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom hit a one-outer to top the leaderboard after Day 3 of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. The 21-year-old online sensation bagged up with 1,262,000 chips to top the event #45 standings in Las Vegas, just ahead of California's David Oppenheim (1,165,000), after notching a late and dramatic double-up against the extremely unlucky Joe Cassidy" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

Bally Technology, IGT Granted First Nevada Online Gaming Licenses - and more links for you

Okay, the links are:

- "The rival firms, Bally Technologies and International Game Technology (IGT), were both unanimously approved for online gaming licenses" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "5050Poker contract terminated by Microgaming" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Online Poker Bill In California Still Alive - "Despite California's online poker bill being pulled from the agenda before being voted on by a Senate committee roughly two weeks ago, the measure is currently being amended by its sponsors in preparation of a possible hearing on the issue prior to a legislative summer recess set for July 6. The bill's sponsors, Senators Roderick Wright and Darrell Steinberg, are meeting with the state's gambling interest groups this week to hear their concerns and work on amending SB1463 in an effort to appease all the parties involved. A difficult task to accomplish considering that tribal casinos, cardrooms and horse racing interests all want a piece of the revenue that online poker legislation would bring to the Golden State" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "Battle of the Planets: It's summertime, everyone in the pool! Nine-way chops ends the June freeroll" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- "Fiscal Uncertainty" Causing High Volume Players to Spanish Online Poker Rooms - "Andrs Nieto Porras, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Professionals and "high value" customers are still steering clear of Spanish online poker rooms, according to Sacha Michaud, president of Spanish gaming association Jdigital" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "Ongame skin Hollywood Poker abruptly closed today, updating its website to state only that it had stopped offering online poker and players would be migrated to fellow Ongame poker room RedKings" - [pokerfuse.com]

Nevada awards first online gambling licences - and my top collection of links

We're dealing with people (Roberto Romanello and Phil Ivey), places (Nevada) and the rest in between.


Alright, the links are:

- "Most poker players never manage to win a major live tournament but Roberto Romanello is not most poker players" - [www.pokerchanneleurope.com]


- Nevada awards first online gambling licences - "The Nevada Gaming Commission issued its first trio of online wagering licences yesterday to International Game Technology (IGT), Bally Technologies Incorporated and William Hill" - [www.bluffeurope.com]

- "Betfair WSOP Qualifier - Asger Juul aka undef5856." - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Without a Win, Phil Ivey Leads WSOP Player of Year Race" - [betting.betfair.com]
- "Avalinx previously released knockoff versions of games similar to Shuffle Master's licensed works, called "Let 'Em Ride Pro" and "3 Card Pro," intended for use on Apple's iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices, it is alleged. According to the action, Avalinx "misappropriated plaintiff's intellectual property for its own financial gain by misleading consumers into falsely believing that its mobile applications were sold by or licensed from plaintiff."" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "Ivey's WSOP Run Creates #realiveytweets Trend on Twitter" - [www.parttimepoker.com]
- "5050 Poker to Liquidate, Payouts Delayed "Due to Accounts Imbalance"" - [pokerfuse.com]
- "One of the top professional men's tennis players in the world, Rafael Nadal, has joined Team PokerStars, the online poker site has announced. The 26-year-old Spanish star has won 11 Grand Slam major tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in his career" - [www.parttimepoker.com]

Romanello eyes Triple Crown in $3k Shootout - and more links for you

Plenty of exciting stuff today, from people such as Rafael Nadal and Roberto Romanello and places like Delaware, 11615 Naoya and Japan.


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

• Delaware Senate to Vote on Online Gambling Bill - "The Delaware Executive Senate Committee approved a bill that would authorize the state lottery to offer online gaming within the state" - [pokerfuse.com]
  
• "Romanello already has a World Poker Tour and a European Poker Tour title under his belt, making him a WSOP win away from joining the very exclusive club that is Poker's Triple Crown winners" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• 2012 WSOP, Final Day Action: 11615 Naoya Kihara Wins First Japanese Bracelet, Chris Tryba Stuns Erik Cajelais In Mixed Hold'em - "Leading the way was Naoya Kihara, who held a dominant 600K chip lead over second place Tommy Le, but also in the mix were Joseph Cheong, Kevin MacPhee, Jason DeWitt, Dimitar Danchev, Davidi Kitai and last year's runner-up in the tournament, Hans Winzeler" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "With the online poker market in Spain now opened-up, and PokerStars with an online poker license in hand, the site has decided to ramp-up their marketing in the country by signing tennis superstar Rafael Nadal to represent the PokerStars brand" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
  
  
• Roberto Romanello Could Win Live Poker's Triple Crown Tonight - "Roberto Romanello: Chasing the Triple Crown The Triple Crown is an unofficial title given to poker players who manage to win a European Poker Tour main event, a World Poker Tour title and a WSOP bracelet" - [betting.betfair.com]
  

Phil Ivey Reaches Fifth Final Table Of The 2012 WSOP - and my top selection of links

I have got a lot of Poker related links to look through and various topics covering David Baker, Poker, Carter Phillips, Madrid, Phil Ivey and Epic Poker League.


Right, let's get going. The links:

• "2012 WSOP: David "Bakes" Baker Wins Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E." - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Fertitta Interactive announces launch of Ultimate Poker - "An interesting press release landed in my inbox this morning, as Fertitta Interactive announced it would be launching an online gaming platform known as Ultimate Gaming, including an online poker arm dubbed Ultimate Poker" - [pokernewsboy.com]
  
• "2012 WSOP: Carter Phillips Wins Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• "The name Bernabeu is synonymous with Spanish sporting success being, as it is, the home of Real Madrid" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Phil Ivey: A Man On Form Many consider Ivey to be the best all-round poker player in the world and on this form there are very few who would argue with that statement" - [betting.betfair.com]
  
  
  
• "No longer battling with his Full Tilt alma mater, far from the embrace of Isai Scheinberg and PokerStars when outside the US, and oblivious to the short-lived Epic Poker League, Ivey is back in his element after a two year sabbatical at the richest and most prestigious poker tournament in the world" - [www.pokerplayernewspaper.com]
  
  
  

Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - and my top selection of links

We're speaking about people (Ylon Schwartz and Mitt Romney), places (New Jersey and Macau) and everything in the middle.


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

• Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - "A proposal to regulate Online gambling in New Jersey advanced on a 6-0 vote by the Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee and will now head to the full Assembly for another vote. However, that vote may not take place until after the summer because of Gov. Chris Christie's wavering stance on the issue and his desire to delay the matter" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Last night, while relaxing over a pia colada at the end of a dramatic day of poker, Celina Lin was talking about sports betting" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "The stacked HORSE field is down to just 15 with some very familiar names still in the hunt" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Microgaming Poker Network to Implement New Rake Distribution System for Operators" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Ylon Schwartz Sheds 'Nearly Man' Tag With WSOP Event #27 Win - "American Ylon Schwartz was super happy to take down the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "The bwin.be domain will remain on the blacklist of illegal sites operating in Belgium after its Court of First Instance dismissed bwin.party's lawsuit late last week" - [pokerfuse.com]