Daily Poker News Review: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Daily Poker News Review: Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Main Headlines

888 Branded Online Poker Room Coming to Nevada

Launch targeted for Q4 2014 or early 2015 to include liquidity sharing on the All American Poker Network.

  • Mattingley also confirmed that the company would launch its own branded poker room in the Nevada market at the end of this year or early 2015.
  • The new room would share liquidity with WSOP Nevada and a new Treasure Island skin.
  • Cross-border liquidity with Delaware also expected.

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Online Poker in California to Get Another Chance

The 2015/2016 legislative session will see a new bill with legally acceptable “bad actor” definitions.

  • The 2015/2016 legislative session will provide another opportunity for California lawmakers to introduce online poker regulation.
  • Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr has announced that he will submit a new bill during the session.

888 CEO Wants a Head Start on PokerStars in the US

Brian Mattingley thinks PokerStars should be penalized one to two years before being allowed to compete in US markets.

  • 888’s CEO Brian Mattingley has suggested that PokerStars be given a one to two year handicap before being allowed to enter US state regulated markets.
  • Mattingley explains that the previous comments he made welcoming the chance to compete with PokerStars were slightly misquoted.

Picks from F5 Poker:

PokerStars Plans To Spread The Wealth With “Double Bubbles”

More people, more payouts may make for more tournament poker. PokerStars wants more people to feel the thrill of cashing, even minimally, in a new type of tournament they’ve dubbed their “Double Bubble” tournaments. In traditional modern day poker tournaments one can expect the money bubble to happen right around 10-12%. PokerStars wants to payout a little more than that – they want to pay 50%.


Terrence Chan Settles In To “Life After Poker”

New audio offerings from former pro poker player about poker’s after life. Terrence Chan has had one of the more interesting post-boom careers going from working at PokerStars to becoming a poker pro, winning multiple SCCOP titles to heading up customer service at Ultimate Gaming. But, as of right now, he’s done with all of that.


Mike Sexton’s Worst Bad Beat Story Is Still Just A Bad Beat Story

Apparently time doesn’t heal all wounds. You think that when a poker ambassador with as much clout and respect as Mike Sexton tells his most brutal bad beat story, one that stands out above all the rest in a career spanning over 30 years, that it’s gotta be an amazing bad beat.


EPT Barcelona 2014 – Main Event Day 5 Live Stream


New York Post Takes Aim At “Sleazy” Life of Professional Poker

The New York Post, not exactly the Times mind you, published an article (which originally appeared in an Australian publication) this weekend that has ruffled the feathers of more than a few in the poker community. Entitled 'Inside The Sleazy World of Professional Poker’ the Post tries to shine a light on the “dark game” being played at the professional level.


EPT Live’s Joe Stapleton Sells Sand On The Beach, Gets Dirty

PokerStars Challenge Stapes finds Joe in an impossible situation. On just about every stop of the EPT, PokerStars asks their most vicious customers to put EPT color commentator Joe Stapleton to the test in a series of challenges. In Barcelona, the viewing audience asked to see Stapes literally “sell sand at the beach.”


Running Bad? It’s Not Them, It’s You (Possibly)

Take a look in the mirror to solve your recent run bad. Everyone has poker advice for you. Why you should bet, how much you should bet, when you should bet and most importantly what you did wrong once everyone knows what everyone has. Giving and receiving advice part of being a poker player.


Poker Night In America Provides A Peek At Their Production

PNIA shows off the latest poker show technology. In addition to the made-to-tv poker action and banter Poker Night In America rolls the cameras to show you how they get ready to roll the camera. It’s a behind the scenes look at everything the production crew needs to do before the first cards are dealt.

Exclusive Articles on pokerfuse PRO:

Swedish Regulator Reports 11% Decline in Online Poker

“Sluggish” online gaming market leads to 3% overall decline. The Swedish Gambling Authority Lotteriinspektionen reported Thursday preliminary market revenue numbers for the first half of 2014 across all licensed operators.


Checking Around

An industry-focused summary of the online poker discussion and debate on forums, social media and blogs this week. EPT T-Shirts


Forecasting Portugal’s Online Poker Market: Part 2

PokerStars is likely to repeat its success in Spain, but profits will be slim. The first part of the forecast identified some of the factors in the new Portuguese legislation that could have a significant impact on the market dynamics of the newly regulated gaming market.


Hive Poker Lags the Summer Recovery

Two new rooms couldn’t counter a steep seasonal decline. Two months ago Hive Poker added new rooms Buzz Poker and Terminal Poker, but instead of a traffic boost its cash game numbers have fallen behind the global market recovery.

Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:

Podcast: The Bernard Lee Poker Show 08-26-14 with Guests Ray Stefanelli & Tristan Wade Bernard Lee Poker Show

Bernard chats with the Director of Poker Marketing for Seminole Hard Rock, Ray Stefanelli and Tristan Wade who just took down the first WSOP Circuit Event of the year.


Podcast: Thinking Poker Podcast Episode #92: Olivier Busquet PokerNews Podcast

Andrew and Nate skip the strategy this week to get right to a special hour-long interview with Olivier Busquet. Busquet discusses his win in the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, the economical and personal value of playing in big buy-in tournaments, and, of course, the political t-shirt drama. 


Training Video: Sunday Special Hand History Review/Live Sweat with Matthew “theginger45″ Hunt Tournament Poker Edge

In this series theginger45 does a review of his deep run in the Sunday Special. Over the first three parts he digs up the hand history review and for the remainder of the series he recorded the action live for in game live sweat footage. This is a six-part series


Training Video: fydor_8: Readless Hypers Part I HUSNG


Here is another free video from veteran video maker fydor_8. Fydor has been seeing success in his recent return to poker after spending time away from the game, and has picked up with his video-making ways as well. In this video, which is the first of two parts, he faces an opponent that he is not familiar with, showcasing play with no reads. Fydor spends a lot of time discussing each hand in depth and really walks us through his head as he explains his decisions.


Training Video: The Final Table: WiltOnTilt – Bovada 100k Part 1 Deuces Cracked

After a solid showing at this summer’s WSOP, WiltOnTilt took his new found tournament confidence online. Follow Wilt’s deep run in one of the biggest tournaments available to US Players – the Bovada $100k Gtd.