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European Poker Tour Introduces Player of The Year Leaderboards for Season 11
The three-tiered system is based on Global Poker Index formula.
- The European Poker Tour announced this week that it has implemented a three-tiered leaderboard system, based on the Global Poker Index formula, to determine its Players of the Year for Season 11.
- The three tiers will encompass buy-ins of all levels and be designated as: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Bitcoin Exchange Refuses Online Poker Transactions
Seals with Clubs player reports that top exchange Coinbase will not process gambling deposits.
- A player at Seals With Clubs (SwC) has reported that Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has cancelled his access to their services after he made a deposit onto the Bitcoin only site.
- Coinbase stated that it is “a regulated Money Service Business under the FinCEN division of the U.S. Treasury Department” and erroneously claimed that gambling “is illegal under US law.”
- The player who reported the problem on Reddit was provided with plenty of advice for how to get around the restriction including using a BlockChain account and unlinking transactions.
Betsafe Signs World Series of Poker November Niner Felix Stephensen to its Roster
The Norwegian player becomes the latest WSOP Main Event Final Table participant to strike a sponsorship deal.
- Betsafe, which serves the international non-US online poker market as part of the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN), recently signed World Series of Poker November Nine participant Felix Stephensen to its sponsored player roster.
- Stephensen, who hails from Norway and is just 24 years of age, will enter WSOP Main Event final table action on November 10 with the second-largest stack of 32,775,000.
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Fun Fact – Poker Is Not A Sport
Reddit poll tells us what we already knew. Sure we give out trophies. Yes, we rank the players. We even have team events like the Caesar’s Cup. But no one, really, has ever been fooled into thinking that the beloved game of poker is sport.
EPT Barcelona 2014 – €50k Super High Roller Final Table Live Stream
Dan Shak, Scott Seiver, Olivier Busquet and Daniel Colman playing for over €1M.
Doug “WCGRider” Polk Calls Out Negreanu, “You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About”
Can Daniel Negreanu really beat 25/50 online? Online vs. Live – the Hatfield and McCoy style feud that rears its head in the world of poker from time to time has bubbled to the surface once again.
Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler Boycotts The Bike Based On “Quantum Reload” Option
Kessler takes to Two Plus Two to explain new “feature.” Poker pro Allen Kessler is a poker tournament structure stickler and when he found out that the World Poker Tour was planning on implementing their unique 'quantum reload’ feature into the $4M guaranteed Legends of Poker Main Event, he said “enough is enough.”
partypoker Premiere League 7 – Episode 21
More Final Table action! “Some people have the monkey gene, some people don’t…I have it.” – Sorel Mizzi
PokerStars EPT 2014 PCA Main Event – Episode 3
The bubble is set to burst. In this episode of the PokerStars produced-for-tv highlight reel of the 2014 PCA 151 people are looking to survive one of the biggest bubbles of the year and squeak their way into the money.
Daniel “Jungleman” Cates Chatbox Fight Includes Accusations of Cheating, Hitmen
Heated high-stakes chatbox gets hilarious. Our pals over at HighstakesDB got this one on lock yesterday and it’s pretty good, so we had to share.
Bad Beat Diaries – The Poker Gods Intervene On Behalf of Busquet
Turns out they have bad beats in Europe too. Olivier Busquet was left for dead in this hand against then chip leader Sven Reichardt when the pair got it all in pre and Busquet went from bad shape to out the door…that is until the poker gods determined that it was not his time to go.
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Regulation in Review: US
A weekly review of the latest developments in gaming regulation in the US. This week: California, New Jersey and federal. California
Borgata Poker & partypoker New Jersey Deal 50 Millionth Hand—Milestone Hands Now Begin
The first has already hit, but ten more are due, and could be dealt at cash games or during tournaments. The end of the 50 millionth hand played at the Borgata Poker and partypoker New Jersey network signaled the start of a milestone hand promotion.
Regulation in Review: Europe and Beyond
A weekly review of the latest developments in gaming regulation outside the US. This week: Bulgaria, New Zealand, Portugal and the UK. Bulgaria
Poker Podcasts and Training Vids:
Podcast: PokerNews Podcast Episode #245: Newsweak feat. Lee Jones PokerNews Podcast
Donnie is off in Spain for EPT Barcelona, so Rich and Chad hold down the fort on the PokerNews Podcast and discuss the negative Newsweek cover article on online gambling and Cheung Yin Sun’s lawsuit against Foxwoods. They are then joined by PokerStars Head of Communications Lee Jones to talk about the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, EPT Barcelona, and more.
Training Video: 4 Tables of 50nl Zoom Part 2 Deuces Cracked
Coach Threads13 continues his review of 4 tables of 50nl zoom from a student.
The student is coming over from full ring so anyone looking to learn more about full ring to 6max adjustments need look no further!
