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PokerStars Granted License in Malta; Prepares to Launch PokerStars.eu

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:31 +0000

PokerStars Granted License in Malta; Prepares to Launch PokerStars.eu
February 10 2012, Brett Collson Related Articles Packing Up to Play Poker: London, England French ISPs Must Block Players from Unlicensed Online Gambling Sites The Nightly Turbo: Poker Break, PokerStars in Another Music Video, and More Share It Tags European Union, PokerStars, Online Poker Print Two days after being granted a full gaming license in Belgium, PokerStars announced Friday that it has secured a Remote Gaming License in Malta and will soon be rolling out www.PokerStars.eu, which will benefit players in several European markets. Details about the new site are expected to be announced in the coming days, but PokerStars has assured that the new site will be dedicated to serving the needs of its European players. “We expect our Malta license will immediately benefit players who have told us they want to share in the benefits such as clarity around taxation that some jurisdictions offer to sites with a license from European Union nations,” said Eric Hollreiser, head of corporate communications at PokerStars. In addition to Malta, PokerStars now holds licenses in Belgium, France, Italy, Estonia, Denmark and the Isle of Man. “Obtaining an online gaming license is an arduous task,” said Hollreiser. “It requires significant resources and a willingness to allow detailed scrutiny of company practices and procedures that examine an applicant’s credentials in important areas like integrity, security, and attitudes to responsible gaming. “We’re happy to submit to this, though, when there’s a clear benefit to players, the industry or our company. In particular, as far as our players are concerned, we believe that each new license we obtain underscores the reasons why they should feel comfortable playing with us. We don’t know of any company in our industry that has been licensed by as many jurisdictions as PokerStars.” PokerNews will provide more to this story as it develops. Get all the latest PokerNews updates on your social media outlets. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook today! *Photo courtesy of SunIslandTours.com. Follow Brett Collson on Recent Articles Why is Fictional Poker so Hard to Watch? A Look at an Episode of HBO’s “Luck” The Online Railbird Report: Blom Squares Off Against Sahamies & Berndsen Everleaf Gaming Network Bans Players from United States and France FTP, PokerStars, & Absolute Receive Extensions to Respond to Amended Complaint Senate Committee Hearing Focuses on What Wire Act Opinion Means for Indian Tribes Most Popular This Week The Nightly Turbo: Gus Hansen Loses $1.89 Million Pot, Tapie Comments on FTP, and more Sam Trickett Discusses High Stakes Cash Game at Aussie Millions Laurent Tapie Confirms 19 Players Owe a Total of $16.5 Million to Full Tilt Poker 2012 World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix Day 4: Dato Makes Back-to-Back Final Tables PokerNews Jet Set: Sao Paulo, Brazil Comments

Game Tweaks For Online Poker.

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:18:15 +0000

Game Tweaks For Online Poker.
You might be to annoyed and too exhausted to read tips for winning poker. For all you know, they may not even be true. But these hints are just some of the tips that you certainly should follow as these are not just any kind of poker tip, but they are hints specifically tailored for online poker. You can go here for online poker reviews, if you are thinking about playing online poker. Be social As you play online poker from cyberspace you can be friendly. You can not do this in live poker as youll have to have your game face on. Since your opposers have no way of examining your face, you will be able to be chummy with them by chatting with them while playing poker. This might appear as though an insignificant act, but it can actually assist you deliver the goods in online poker. Whether or not you lose in a specified game, you acquire a friend. Your new friend may aid you with tips or what not as you play more poker. Poker Players you are nice to often become easier opponents and youll be able to beat them more often. Never mind how come you want to befriend them being kind is always helpful. Use free rolls. In Live poker you wont see many freerolls You can find many poker sites to play freerolls at. There are many great benefits to freerolls The first advantage is you get to practice playing poker for free. The second reason is the many poker players of many abilitys you will meet. Because free roll tournaments are practically free, many players good or bad commonly join free roll tournaments. You are able to measure your level of competence through these. Lastly, free roll tournaments will give you the chance to win a ample amount of money. In live poker you will usually have to risk money to gain money. Freeroll tournaments dont require an up front money investment. It is a win-win situation. Do not bet too much. You must be careful with how much you wager at online poker. Before even thinking about it, arrange some sort of limit for yourself. Before playing online poker, make sure that you know just how much you are willing to wager. Online poker has a lot of advantages for tracking your money. If you lose your money and you have used your predefined bankroll amount, you should stop playing. You are not likely to have success by just buying in for more money Take some time to read some about poker, and learn more about strategy before you play more.

Top 5 Poker TV Shows

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:17 +0000

Top 5 Poker TV Shows
published on 03/04/11 at 9:00 am Looking to catch some great poker action on your television set this week? Then, this is the article that clues you in about where all the poker action is. So, read on to find out which TV channels you have to set your dial to for watching shows packed with poker glitz!! #1 Poker TV Show: GSNs High Stakes PokerThis show was launched in 2006 and was one-of-a-kind among all existing poker shows because one could sit alongside the top poker professionals from all corners of the globe, such as Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars, and Jen Harman as opposed to the tournament format of other shows. Thus, this show allowed viewers to watch the poker biggies gamble with their personal cash (tons of it, really considering each player had to buy-in using USD 100,000 with variations of deals one doesnt normally get to see anywhere else. #2 Poker TV show: ESPNs World Series of PokerThis show has got to be the biggest ever in televised poker event history since nowhere else can viewers tune in to such a tremendous variety of poker games. You have Texas Holdem, 7-card Stud andOmaha played high with the Main Event being the real crowd puller because it is here that the nail-biting finish table action has everyone betting on who will walk away with the No Limit Holdem tournaments multi-million dollar first prize! #3 Poker TV show: World Poker TourThis show definitely has all the poker nuts tuning in to the WPT and also dragging along family and friends to watch the action after it launched with much fanfare in 2003. It rapidly climbed up the TRP charts and became the Travel Channels top rated program because of great poker tournament coverage from across the countrys best casinos. Each hand that is relayed on the TV screen causes hearts of poker fans to beat faster with the pace of the action speeding up across all the different channels the show airs on: from Fox Sports to Travel Channel to GSN, which is sponsored by PokerStars.net, viewers have a choice of which channel they want to change the dial for in order to be part of the poker claim to fame just like the pros featured on this show! #4 Poker TV show: Bravos Celebrity Poker ShowdownThis show really built up the games popularity, much like the shows listed above because it brought in a niche audience to watch their favorite stars vying for great poker prize pools amid light-hearted bantering and some fabulous on-screen chemistry between the hosts: Phil Gordon of FullTilt and Dave Foley who came across as naturals when it came to informative commentary of the shows action. Lots of poker fun, cool prizes, celebrity flavors and the rumors of poker veteran Phil Hellmuth taking to the hosting keep this TV show on the hot list of many card game enthusiasts. #5 Poker TV show: GSNs Poker RoyaleThis TV show about poker is unique because it combines two opposing groups that come together to duke it out at the poker table, across different segments like Girls versus Boys or Celebrities versus Professionals. Three players from each group face each other at the No Limit Holdem tournament and compete for the host of prizes and of course, fan favor! Related posts: Online Poker Affiliate Shows Us How Its Done! The Most Undeserving Player Wins Twitter Poker Tour Europe Event

CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:54:21 +0000

CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money
There is a new site offering a free bonus at Celeb Poker. The bonus is an up front $9 in free cash with a further pending bonus of up to $190, which makes this potentially the largest free poker bankroll available online at this time. The original offer was for $19 up front, but that was changed at the beginning of March, 2010. This bonus deal is available from CelebPokerMoney. There are a lot of countries that are restricted from claiming this bonus. You can see the full list on the CelebPokerMoney site. As usual, American players can not avail of this offer. See if you qualify: CelebPokerMoney No related posts. Written by admin Filed Under $19 Free, Celeb Poker, no deposit poker bonuses Tagged as , $9 free, $9 free money, big pending bonus, CelebPoker, CelebPokerMoney, country restrictions, free bonus at Celeb Poker, free poker money, no quiz needed, not available to Americans

First Timer’s Guide to Playing Live

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:36:24 +0000

First Timer’s Guide to Playing Live
1. PartyPoker Download Read Review 2. 888Poker Download Read Review Heinz wins 2011 WSOP Pius Heinz wins the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event over Martin Staszko. Blue Monday The second wave of U.S. indictments against online poker rooms fires out from Maryland. Player Migration Begins PartyPoker’s attempts to woo poker players away from US-facing rivals. Feds Indict Online Poker Operators News about the April 15, 2011 federal online poker indictments. Three Poker Book Gift Ideas Three Poker Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays See all Poker Articles >>

U.S. House to Hold Online Poker Hearing

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:18:08 +0000

U.S. House to Hold Online Poker Hearing
Submitted on Tue, 2010-05-18 00:00 The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee will meet on May 19, 2010 at 9:30 am in the Longworth House Office Building. The focus of the hearing is to consider the fate of online poker in the U.S. in connection with “The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act” (UIGEA) that is scheduled to go into effect on June 1, 2010. Invited Testimony The U.S. House committee press release has said that the point is to “hear witnesses, oral testimony at this hearing will be from invited witnesses only.” The release also notes, “However, any individual or organization not scheduled for an oral appearance may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.” What is the UIGEA? This law prohibits anyone from accepting payments from someone if they know those payments are connected to illegal Internet gambling. However numerous Representative and Senators have been involved in excluding poker, which is considered to be a game of skill, from the law. Importance of this Meeting The meeting could be the start of the a movement in the U.S. House and Senate that would legalize online poker. There are numerous bills on tap that are designed to protect online poker in the U.S.

Win Place to Irish Open with William Hill Poker

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:18:20 +0000

Win Place to Irish Open with William Hill Poker
Online poker players dream of the chance to participate in one of the big land based poker tournaments. The entry fees, and the traveling and accommodation costs, can be prohibitive for some, but William Hill Poker online may be just the place to visit in order to win a place for one of the big land based poker tournaments. William Hill Poker is hosting satellite events, the winners of which will have the opportunity to win a trip to the Irish Open. The Irish Open has had some great poker action over the years, and some of the top poker players will be found at this prestigious European poker event. The Irish Open will take place in Dublin in April 2012, and players can play in the William Hill Poker satellites that have already begun and will be offered until 25th March 2012. There are various online poker satellite games, some with entrance fees that are as low as 2 Euros. Players who wish to find the special satellite games on the William Hill Poker website will need to click on the Land Based tab in order to register for an event. There are qualifying tournaments that take place on Thursdays until the end of this month, and in January, the qualifying tournaments will take place on Tuesdays. The main satellite events will take place every Sunday until this special promotion is over. The players that make it to the Irish Open main event will be playing poker with top players with a prize pool that is likely to run into millions of Euros. The William Hill Poker Irish Open package includes flights, accommodation for five nights, spending money, and of course, the main event buy-in will be covered too. Related Posts World Poker Tour in Ireland New VIP Awards Method at PokerStars WSOP Has a $1 Million Buy-In Tournament Winter Edition Promo from Titan Poker Mobile Poker from PokerStars Available in Italy Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Strategy with Kristy: Mike Watson Discusses Playing Big Stacks

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:18:09 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: Mike Watson Discusses Playing Big Stacks
December 09 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Randal Flowers Discusses Bluffing Preflop Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Amanda Musumeci Discusses WSOP Main Event Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Ben Wilinofsky Discusses Short-Stack Strategy Related Players Share It Tags Tournament Strategy, South Point, PokerNews Podcast, Mike Watson, Poker Player Interviews Print Mike Watson, also known as “SirWatts,” has accumulated more than $4 million in tournament winnings and is also one of the most respected high-stakes no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha players online. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point, Watson discusses the strategy behind playing a big stack in a no-limit hold’em tournament. Here is a snippet from the interview: If you’re at a table with a player who’s good and has a big stack, how do you combat them? I mean, it’s a very difficult situation obviously. That’s the nightmare scenario in a tournament. Ideally you have position on them, but if you’re out of position, sometimes you have to tighten up a little bit. You might open-fold some of the speculative hands you’d usually try to pick up some chips with. If they’re going to give you trouble and three-bet you a lot, there’s not much you can do. All you can do is come up with a balanced strategy against them. You’re going to have to four-bet as a bluff sometimes. If they’re really over-aggressive, you might be looking to four-bet light for value hoping to induce them to spew. Sometimes, you can even take flops against them even though you’re out of position and try to outplay them postflop. They might be less comfortable in a postflop game. Players have to learn how to adapt, and for those who came up when no one was really playing that aggressive preflop, learning to four-bet as a bluff can be scary. I think it’s hard for players to integrate these types of plays into their game. Yeah definitely. I used to always be a very tight player, I think most people would say. That’s definitely stuff I used to be uncomfortable putting into my own game. Once you look at the game and break it down to a more theoretical level, you realize you just have to do stuff like that. These are plays that just have to be in your arsenal because it’s the only way to effectively combat the increased aggression of other players. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments

Interview with Vanessa Rousso

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:18:15 +0000

Interview with Vanessa Rousso
by Steve Marzolf As a lawyer, poker pro and self-described “huge dork,” Vanessa Rousso has made a name for herself in tournament poker, earning more than $3.7 million since 2006. Lately, she’s been repping for PokerStars and running poker “boot camps” to raise up the next crop of winning players. We called Vanessa up to talk about her tactics for surviving – and thriving – in the high-pressure world of large-buy-in tournaments. So you’re primarily a tournament player? I would say I’m only a tournament player. I can play a cash game or two. But to be honest with you, I play so many tournaments as it is, that if I play cash games too, it’s just too much poker. I like to have balance in my life, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to play tournaments, cash games and do all the other things I like to do. Mike Matusow was complaining to us that high-buy-in tourneys have gotten too risky to profit on – what do you think of that statement? My results are skewed toward high buy-ins. I find that in the smaller buy-ins, I don’t do as well. The higher the buy-in, the more pressure and the better I play. I guess my own particular strategies are more suited to high-buy-in events against better players. So, for me, I’d rather play fewer events that are higher buy-in. What do you think it is about your style that matches up so well with those events? I think it’s probably rooted in logical ability. Basically, the higher the buy-in, the deeper the chip stacks, right? So, there’s more opportunity for telling stories with your bets and raises, and there’s more opportunity for tricking and trapping your opponents. In smaller buy-ins, you have to play more ABC optimally and just exploit the mistakes your opponents are making. At the higher levels, you’re not really waiting for your opponents to make errors – you’re more trying to trick and trap them. So it’s a little bit more of a mind game. I guess I don’t have the patience to play the ABC right way that I should in the smaller buy-ins, and then in the bigger buy-ins, tricking other thinking opponents is enough of a challenge that I give it my A-plus effort every time. But you cut your teeth playing sit-n-go’s, right? Well, I started off playing on the internet for free when I was in college, and then when I turned 21, I started playing live – that was when I was in law school in Miami. The first casino I played at was the Seminole Hard Rock down there, which had sit-n-go’s. I’d play on the weekends, and that’s how I built up my first bankroll. Why did sit-n-go’s work for you? They really had a definable, optimal strategy. Once you figure them out, there are only so many dynamics that can come up in one 10-person, set-blind-structure, $150-buy-in game. There’s just not that many ways it can go down. It took me a couple weeks to figure it out, but once I did, it was a formula that I could apply to that situation. And it was pretty consistent at making money. For beginners who want to follow in your footsteps, what sit-n-go advice do you have for them? I’m really big into reading the books and preparing for poker the same way you would for any money-making opportunity. People don’t just jump into investment banking without any schooling about it. I read like 30 books in a couple months before I started. Also, you need to be a lot more patient than people think you need to be. People come in to play, and they try to take advantage of the low blind levels to play hands that are a little more speculative. But really, the chips are worth next to nothing when the table is still 9- or 10-handed. For instance, many people may find that they double up or even triple up early on in a match, but then don’t even make the top three. Because that early on, those chips just aren’t worth anything. Therefore risking chips to accumulate those early chips isn’t worth it. It’s profitable to play much, much tighter than you think in the early stages. Once your career got moving, was there a moment when things really came together for you? I think it was when I came in 7th in the $25,000 buy-in WPT main event back in 2006. It was the first time I’d taken a shot on the pro circuit, and it worked out. I won a quarter-million dollars, and that pretty much launched my career. It gave me the confidence to continue playing the circuit. Then later that year I won another 400-some thousand in various events. So 2006 was really the big year for me. Can you describe the processes running in your mind when you’re at a game like that and trying to get a read on your opponents? Getting a read all boils down to two categories – are they comfortable or uncomfortable? Because, if they have a good hand and they’re an experienced player, that’s a situation where they’re going to be super-comfortable. Good players have had aces a million times, so their hands aren’t trembling at aces anymore – it’s just something that makes them feel confident. Whereas even a good player can get nervous when they’re in on a big bluff, because that’s a situation that’s less in their control. On the flip side, inexperienced players will be a lot more uncomfortable with good hands because they’re not used to getting aces, kings, queens. The adrenaline’s been released. And since beginners tend to think poker is a lot more about bluffing, they can actually look pretty comfortable holding nothing. Good players, though, know how easy it is to get caught bluffing. So, if you can put your opponent into the comfortable/uncomfortable category, and then determine whether or not they’re an experienced player, it can really help you decide whether they have a hand. Is this the kind of stuff you get into during your poker boot camps? Yeah. I break down tournament strategy into a logical formula and give people guidelines to follow. Rather than vague principles, I give them specific strategies to follow. Mostly, I try to simplify the extremely complex game of tournament poker. Some of the things they can expect to learn are how to use “M” in hand selection; I cover some advanced reading techniques; I cover some game theory and poker stuff, as well. If anyone’s interested, they can get more info at www.bigslickbootcamp.com.

â‚¬1200 SUPER 2012, Dublin, Ireland Package

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:54:08 +0000

1200 SUPER 2012, Dublin, Ireland Package
Home>Latest Promotions>Poker Promotions Satellites start at just .25 !! With more than 4,000 poker playersat once, this Super 2012 tournament is poised to be Europe’s largest poker tournament ever! Super 2012 poker tournament will run at the Citywest Conference Centre in Dublin, Ireland. Due to years of hosting the well-known Irish Open , Europe’s oldest poker tournament, the staff at the Citywest are more than familiar with providing poker players with great service. Combined with the on-site golf course and many other pleasantries, the host venue will be as almost as great as the event itself! The Super 2012 tournament begins during the weekend of Feb 25th-26th, followed by an 8 players final the next Saturday. Total prize pool is over 1,200,000! LuvinPoker will be running a SuperEvent Series for the next few couple of months and each and every week will have a final with another 1200 free package to the Super 2012 tournament. The series begins on October 24 and the last final will run on February 12, 2012. Good luck to all players! Please click here to visit Luvin Poker Promotion Date: 06 November 2011