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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.
Stephen Chidwick Leads Eureka Prague After Day 2
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick is chip leader going in to Day 3 of the Eureka Prague Main Event with 43 players left. He has 1,479,000 followed by fellow Brit Mark Dalimore (1,379k). Chidwick, who first came to fame in 2008 when he won 100 seats to the WSOP online on PokerStars, is in Prague partly to collect his trophy at the awards ceremony on Wednesday night being held for WCOOP champions. He won the 320 dollar WCOOP Pot Limit Badugi tournament for $16,321.
HPT Wraps Up Record Year in Chicagoland: Ochana Wins $152k
Gary, Indiana – Heartland Poker Tour completed 2013 with their 20th stop of Season IX, making it a record year for the televised poker tour. The recent stop in Gary, Indiana also pushed HPT past the $50 million mark in prize money awarded to date. Over $152k of it went to the latest champ, Edward Ochana of Elgin, Illinois.
The Hill: Sheldon Adelson’s Futile War on Internet Gambling
TheHill.com released a compelling op-ed piece this week on Nevada gaming tycoon Sheldon Adelson’s attempt to quash legalized Internet gambling in the US, calling it “futile”. Michael Minton of TheHill.com writes:MORE THAN €1,275,000 TO BE AWARDED IN EUREKA 3 PRAGUE POKER TOUR
The massive Main Event of Eureka Prague has created a huge 7-figure prize pool with €1,275,550 to be divided between 191 players. The new champion will take home an impressive €226,410 - the biggest prize ever awarded in Eureka Poker Tour history. The first prize actually exceeds nearly all the total prize pools awarded in Eureka season 1. All players are guaranteed at least €1,750.
FTOPS XXIV DELIVERS OVER $9 MILLION IN PRIZE POOLS
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XXIV came to a close last weekend with more than $3.3 million in prize pools won across the final three days.
Two weeks of exciting tournament action culminated with over $1,600,000 awarded in the Main Event, which saw “poksu pete” outlast a field of 2,755 to turn his $635 buy-in into $207,016. Second-place finisher “Illini213” took the lion’s share of the Main Event prize pool however with $261,339, due to a deal made three handed.
Eureka Prague 2013 Hits 1,315 Runners
An incredible 949 players entered Day 1b of the €1,100 Eureka Prague Main Event today . With such a huge second flight, the total number of players climbed to 1,315 from 58 countries. It is by far the biggest Eureka event and, even more - the biggest Prague has ever seen.
Today's field included 12 EPT champions. Steve O'Dwyer, Kent Lundmark, Dimitar Danchev and PokerStars Team Online Mickey Petersen have joined the group of eight who were mentioned here.
Eureka Prague 2013 – End of Day 1A Chip Counts
Tonight, no one will sleep better than Jean-Yves Mallat from the United Arab Emirates. He has bagged the most chips out of 113 players who made it through a hectic 10 levels of play in the Eureka Prague Main Event today. Mallat will start day 2 of the €1,100 event on Tuesday with 246,500 chips and is currently the only player who has managed to get over the 200K mark. A total of 366 players started today and hundreds more are expected for Day 1b, making it the biggest Eureka event ever held.
Eureka Prague Hits 366 for Day 1A
The EPT & Eureka Prague Poker Festival has kicked off with the first flight of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event. After four levels, registration closed with a final day 1a field of 366. The first Team PokerStars Pro to enter the tournament was Eugene Katchalov. The Ukranian started very well and early seized a spot to come close to the overall chip lead. We are already through 6 levels, which means the players are now on a 75-minute dinner break.
PokerStars.IT IPT Saint Vincent Grand Final Season 5 – Payouts
An Italian player, Domenico Drammis, beat a field of 914 entries here in the Valle D’Aosta region, where the Italian Poker Tour generated a €558,546 prize pool. Drammis took home a €130,000 first prize as no deal was made at the final table.
LSOP Millions Revolutionizes Land-Based Poker Tournaments
San Jose, Costa Rica –Say goodbye to the horrible feeling you get when you bust out of a land-based tournament on Day 1, upset that you wasted all your money traveling to a foreign country with nothing to show for it but tense shoulder muscles from sitting down all day long. The LSOP Millions, a $1 million guaranteed tournament happening in Panama this March, is revolutionizing how poker tournaments work by spreading the Day 1 tables across multiple land-based casinos all over Latin America.
New App Bravo Poker Live Shows Casino Waiting Times
An ingenious new app lets gamblers know the various casino waiting times. The free iOS and Android app is called Bravo Poker Live and has all the makings of a huge hit.
12 Ninja Malware Contains PokerGrabber Module Targeting Poker Players
There is a growing fear in the poker community of a new malware being used to hijack information from unsuspecting poker players.
It’s called “12 Ninja” and features a “PokerGrabber” module that targets major online poker sites and, ultimately, the poker players themselves.
Dangerous Playboy Lifestyle of Poker Pro Dan Bilzerian: 3 Heart Attacks by Age 30 (Video)
You’ve read about him here on Gambling911.com and on TheDirty.com (in a less flattering way) and now we are seeing him just about everywhere as poker pro Dan Bilzerian begins to revolutionize Instagram by way of highlighting his Playboy lifestyle.
Betfair Share Price Up on Strong Earnings Report and News of Expansion Plan
Betfair, the largest online betting exchange in Europe, has seen its shares rise more than 3 percent on Tuesday following news of its pre-tax profit for the past six months soaring 56 percent year-on-year to £32.5 million. This is welcome news for a company that has widely been viewed as “stagnant” over the years.
Betfair’s share price rose 3.8 percent to £10.69 as of 13:08 UTC.
The company went public in 2010 but its share price fell from the £13 level in which it was floated.
Players Flock to New Jersey Internet Gambling
(Associated Press) - The first week of Internet gambling in New Jersey went well, according to the state's top casino regulator, who says he finally stopped worrying about it.
"I'm pleasantly pleased," said David Rebuck, director of the state Division of Gaming Enforcement. "I'm also very tired because for the last seven days, all I've been doing is worrying this was going to crash."
It didn't.
Web Gambling Won’t Help NJ Credit Rating Much: Christie Still Predicts $1 Bil by July
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie came under heat for claiming that online gambling will bring in some $1 billion to the Garden State. Industry analysts have since said that Christie grossly overestimated the amount that would be generated.
But the outspoken Governor is standing by his original prediction.
“Same as they were before,” Christie said during a press conference when asked about his generous estimate.
Poker Pro Escapes Two Robbery Attempts Just Minutes Apart
New York City police were investigating two attempted robberies of a poker pro who was in possession of $100,000 in cash while attempting to fly out of New York’s JFK Airport.
Use of Credit Cards for Legalized Online Gambling Sites in US Encounter High Failure Rate
Global Gaming Business Magazine released an interesting report a few days back highlighting the challenges of legalized online gambling sites in the US ability to process payments.
“Without the top banks supporting iGaming, we cannot be successful as an industry,” says Tim Richards, manager of interactive solutions at Global Cash Access, in an interview with the industry trade publication.
From Global Gaming Business:
Americas Cardroom Offers Players Chance to Take Part in 6-Figure Monthly Prize Pool
Up until today, bragging rights for tournament players was all based on how they finished. But that all changes with Americas Cardroom’s Sit & Crush, a new tournament points race that rewards players with cash and tournament prizes just for playing Sit & Go and On Demand tournaments. The new points race is similar to The Beast, Americas Cardroom’s popular points race for cash game fans.
PartyPoker New Jersey to Become 5th Largest Online Poker Room in US
With an average of just over 350 real money players online, PartyPoker was destined to become the United States’ 5th largest online poker room after Bodog, Winning, Chico and Merge according to stats obtained by traffic monitoring website PokerScout.com.
Americas Cardroom Pays Out Over $415k With High Five Guaranteed Event: More Coming
San Jose, Costa Rica –Just in time for Thanksgiving, Americas Cardroom has given thousands of poker players good reason to be thankful. The online poker site today confirmed that its High Five Guaranteed, which had originally guaranteed a total of $350,000, saw total prize pools reach over $415,000. The 25 events, spread out over five days, featured 10,450 entries.
WSOP.com to Host New Jersey Online Championships Tournament Series
Fresh off its real money online gambling kickoff in the Garden State, WSOP.com has announced its New Jersey Online Championships Tournament Series available to those either living or visiting the state.
The event will culminate with the $250,000 WSOP.com Online Championship Freeroll.
Internet Gambling in New Jersey Could Increase Addiction
“For people who have a problem, there is a real concern due to the ease of access and the availability around the clock,” said Donald Weinbaum, CCGNJ executive director, in a radio interview with NJ1015. “You can gamble anytime, anyplace. You can even wake up in the middle of the night and gamble if you want, so that is a concern.”
New Jersey approved real money online gambling Monday for six of the state’s casino operators, leading addiction experts to fear the worst.
Six Casinos Get Green Light to Operate in New Jersey
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) - New Jersey gambling regulators gave six casinos the green light to offer Internet gambling statewide on Monday.
The state Division of Gaming Enforcement's decision, which came after more than four days of testing the technology involved in online betting and making sure gamblers are within New Jersey, allows the state to join Nevada and Delaware as the only ones offering Internet gambling. It authorized six of the seven casinos that hold Internet gambling permits to immediately offer online gambling throughout New Jersey.
New Poker Show ‘The Shark Cage’ to Debut: Online Qualifiers
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – PokerStars today launched a series of online qualifying tournaments for a new TV show called The Shark Cage, which will feature a winner-take-all first prize of $1 million. The first two televised heats of the show will take place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2014.
New Jersey's New Internet Gambling Era Has A Lot Of People Very Excited
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Some were locked out by software that didn't believe they were in New Jersey. Others had their credit cards rejected, their Social Security numbers questioned and their utility bills requested.
But despite the initial glitches as New Jersey's Internet gambling era got underway last week, many gamblers say they're optimistic the kinks will get worked out and the fledgling industry will take off as online gambling gets opened up to the entire state as soon as Tuesday.
Report: Gamblers in 23 Other States Tried to Play With Online Sites in NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Would-be gamblers from at least 23 states tried to log onto casino gambling websites in the first night of New Jersey's test of online betting.
Poker Babe Anna Benson to be on ‘Dr. Phil’: Attacked Ex With Gun, Baton
Set your VCRs, DVRs or just plain stay home Wednesday afternoon (November 27, 2013) as the one and only Anna Benson is slated to appear on “Dr. Phil”.
You might recall this poker babe plead guilty to attacking her ex-husband, former Major League Baseball player Kris Benson, during a brazen home invasion.
Here is a quick recap of what transpired that evening:
High Fives Series at Americas Cardroom Online Poker Site Offer Biggest Prizes
It turns out the High Five series at Americas Cardroom is leading to some pretty tall bankrolls. The online poker site today announced that all five guaranteed events on Wednesday and Thursday surpassed their guarantees. Tonight, the High Five Guaranteed continues, with five tournaments on the docket including a $25,000 guarantee at 7:00pm ET.
Adelson Pledge: ‘Willing to Spend Whatever it Takes’ to Eradicate Online Gambling
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson told Forbes.com’s Nathan Vardi Friday, he will spend whatever it takes to eliminate legalized online gambling from the US landscape.
