Online Casino Sponsorships Permeate English FootballALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
The authorities running soccer in the UK clearly have different beliefs about online casinos and legal sports betting than their US counterparts, as yet another club accepts a gambling sponsorship.
Yet another online casino operator has partnered with an English football club, as soccer authorities prove far more realistic about sports gambling than their US sports counterparts. Asian-facing gaming operator 777ball.com agreed to pay to include its logos on the shirts of Cardiff City of the Football League Championship.
Online casinos have gone from merely appearing on soccer uniforms to all-out betting deals, in which the company handles Internet gambling directed from club websites, and stadium betting, in which kiosks only yards away from the pitch allow in-game wagering.
West Ham United extended its deal with SBOBET, which includes advertising on uniforms and at the venue, as well as a presence on the West Ham website and all media platforms.
UK sports officials have adopted the method of keeping online gambling companies close, thinking that corruption is a mutual enemy and relying on the Internet casinos to report unusual betting patterns. In the US, the case has been made that casino gambling and legal sports betting are inherently dangerous to sports' legitimacy, and leagues have fought efforts to loosen laws.
Cardiff City is in the tier below the English Premier League, considered the world's most eminent sports league. The club has been close to ascending to Premier League status in recent years, falling just short.
2015 ACOP: Tweet to win a seat!ALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
We're getting closer to the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker and the fine folks at PokerStars are giving you a chance to come to PokerStars LIVE Macau and play for free!
How you ask?
Simply use your Twitter account between the contest dates of Oct 5-11 and let us know, "Who would you want to play with on the final table at the 2015 ACOP and why?"
To ensure you have an official entry you need to include the hashtag #2015ACOP and be 21+ years old.
That's it!
Each day, during the promotion, we will select a Daily Winner for the best tweet who will receive an entry to the HK$9,000 2m GTD Spadie tournament. This side event will be one of the highlights of the poker festival with 500-plus players - that's a HK$4m (USD 500k) prize pool - expected in the field.
To find out more about the 2015 ACOP please visit www.appt.com
You can follow us on Twitter on the official APPT account @PokerStarsAPPT
Steady ROHR comes from behind for Sunday Warm-Up Victory!ALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
It was a huge weekend in PokerStars-land, with the EPT Deauville reaching a final table just hours before the Sunday Majors kicked into high gear, with both the Warm-Up and Sunday Million blowing through their guarantees with ease yet again. After better than ten hours of high-octane tournament poker ROHR came from behind to claim the victory and $119,548.05 payday. His final payout was the result of a three-way deal and the extra $10,000 he won as a result.
It took nine hours to get there, but only a few minutes to play out hand-for-hand play as derek8 busted in 10th place to set up the final table. Gretko came into the final table as the chip leader, with the stacks looking like this as the final nine settled in to duke it out for the big money.
It only took a few hands into the final table for the first big confrontation to take place. Action started off reasonably, with a preflop raise from Chaesi and a call from ROHR, but the fireworks kicked off when the flop came down Q♠-9♠-A♥. Chaesi led out with a bet, and ROHR flat-called to bring the J♦ on the turn. Chaesi quickly moved all in with A♦-J♠ for two pair, and ROHR made the easy call with A♠-Q♥ for the bigger two pair. Only a jack on the river would save Chaesi, but it was not to be when the A♣ rolled off to send him packing in 9th place ($7,708.80).
Joe Hahn came into the final table one of the shortest stacks, and when action folded around to his small blind, Q♦-6♣ looked good enough to shove with, so that's exactly what he did. ToetagU thought for a moment before calling, but tabled the dominating A♥-6♦ to put Joe in a world of hurt. Life got no better for Joe Hahn as the board ran out A♣-8♠-K♠-Q♥-K♥ to bust him in 8th place ($12,045).
Negriin played the short-stack ninja role well, ducking and weaving his tiny stack to a 7th-place finish and a $21,681 payday. His run came to an end at the hands of the deep-stacked gretko, who moved all in over the top of Negriin's preflop raise. The pot-committed Negriin called with A♣-3♦, only to find himself crushed by gretko's A♦-4♥. The flop of 4♠-9♣-7♣ left Negriin looking for running clubs to stay alive, and for a moment it looked like the poker gods would obey when they dropped the T♣ on the turn. But the river was a less-than-helpful 6♥, and Negriin was headed to the virtual rail.
Gretko claimed another victim and the chip lead when he busted toetagU in 6th place ($31,317). All the money went in preflop when toetagU defended his small blind against gretko's button raise by moving all in over the top with A♥-2♦. Unfortunately for toetagU, gretko wasn't on a bluff, but had pocket queens. Gretko made the obvious call, but the 4♦-2♥-4♠ flop gave toetagU a couple more outs. The T♦ on the turn wasn't one of them, and neither was the 5♠ that hit the river as gretko's queens held up, and then there were five.
They say that fortune favors the bold, and it's certainly easier to be bold if you've got a big chip lead. That's what the world looked like when gretko open-raised from the small blind with K♣-3♠, then called delegator's all-in move. Delegator showed A♥-K♥, and looked to be in good shape to double through the chip lead on the J♣-8♠-T♣ flop, but disaster in the form of the 3♥ came on the turn. The 7♦ on the river was no help, and delegator was relegated to a 5th-place finish, good for $40,953.
Donnylon346 made it all the way to 4th place mostly by staying out of the way, but eventually he too, succumbed to the gretko steamroller. Gretko opened with a raise from the button, and donnylon moved all in over the top with A♣-5♥. Gretko made the call with A♥-8♣, and was significantly ahead of his opponent. The flop was no big help to either player, coming down 4♠-J♣-7♣, and the Q♦ on the turn was equally meaningless. The Q♥ on the river brought no reprieve for donnylon, and he was done in 4th place ($54,443.40).
With donnylon's elimination, the three remaining players took a moment to discuss a chop, and after some brief discussion, they agreed on a chip count chop that locked up $128,188.59 for gretko, $109,548.05 for ROHR and $94,758.03 for risiko13. With $10,000 left on the table for the eventual winner, the three survivors retook their seats and the tournament was re-started.
All the money went in on a coin flip on the very first hand back, as gretko opened from the button with A♥-J♥, and risiko13 moved all in over the top with 6♥-6♣. The flop swung the pendulum firmly to gretko's side when it came down T♣-A♦-Q♥, and risiko was in deep trouble. The 5♠ on the turn was no help for anyone, and when the river brought the 9♥, risiko was done in 3rd place and heads up poker ensued.
For all the fevered pace of the rest of the final table, the heads up match between ROHR and gretko was a study in patience. Gretko took a big lead into heads up play, and quickly established a 2:1 chip advantage, but was unable to advance his cause for the longest time as ROHR proved adept at picking his spots and timing his moves.
And finally, after a lengthy heads-up duel, ROHR's patience was rewarded. He took a dominant chip lead when his pocket eights held up against gretko's flush draw in the next-to-last hand of the tournament, and then this all happened. With a massive chip lead, ROHR opened for a raise from the button with 3♣-3♥. Gretko called for the last of his chips with J♦-4♣. The flop of Q♦-7♠-6♥ was no help to either player, but gretko picked up an inside straight draw with the 5♣ turn. No two-outer for greto, though, as the A♦ on the river sent him packing in 2nd place, but with $128,188.59 for his troubles.
ROHR proved that good things come to those who wait, and his slow-but-steady approach to the heads up match garnered him a Sunday Warm-Up title and $119,548.05 for a good day's work. Congratulations to ROHR and all our final table players on a job well done!
Politics and Zealotry Loom Ahead for Internet Casino BillALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
Despite the enthusiasm expressed for the introduction of Barney Frank's Internet casino bill, such unprincipled speakers as Spencer Bachus are eager to spread lies about online gambling to defeat the bill.
Nobody in the Internet casino industry is surprised the familiar foes of regulated online gambling are marshaling their forces to resist the passage of Barney Frank's new bill. While some celebrated prematurely, in what iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan, Jr., called a display of "completely unqualified enthusiasm," others knew the hardest parts are ahead.
Once again, Spencer Bachus is quick to utter absurdities into whatever microphones come near him, apparently figuring it doesn't have to be the truth if you say it often enough.
“Illegal offshore Internet gambling sites are a criminal enterprise," says Bachus in a tautology. He neglects to note if they are legalized, they will, of course, not be criminal enterprises.
Bachus also states that "...allowing them (online casinos) to operate unfettered in the United States would present a clear danger to our youth, who are subject to becoming addicted to gambling at an early age.”
Gaming experts note that Bachus' claims of addiction belie most modern evidence, but his rhetoric reflects strongly-held convictions of the social conservatives that form his base.
"In certain circles, what Bachus parrots is considered to be proved beyond question, without ever an objective consideration," says sociologist Gerald Holdenstein.
When told that concerns about problem gambling and child participation would be addressed by modern developments in software, Bachus told the New York Times that "such security measures are inherently unreliable, can be trivially circumvented and will fail at high rates.”
Online gambling operators point to success with such programs in the United Kingdom, but also realize Bachus may not believe his own words, and certainly will not disavow them, as he plays a cynical political game.
"At least he's no longer telling everyone one-third of US teenagers who gamble attempt suicide anymore," said one casino owner, speaking of a disproved wild claim Bachus made to rally troops against Frank's last gaming bill.
Could RAWA Change the U.S. Constitution?ALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
The right to bear arms, a part of the U.S. constitution that has seen much controversy over the years, may be in jeopardy in the event that Sheldon Adelson’s, Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA), successfully passes as a federal law, according the publication, New American.
Adelson’s, RAWA, aims to overturn single state laws regarding internet gambling, and New American suggests that if it were to be placed into effect, it would violate states’ rights according to the constitution, which may, in turn, then affect the federal government to limit or potentially prohibit arms and ammunition sales. It appears that the Gun Owners of America are on board with New American arguments, and a spokesperson for the organization stated in a radio interview, “Some conservatives, such as [Representative] Jason Chaffetz of Utah, say ‘Let’s regulate online gambling on the internet’.
This legislation is being pushed by the bricks and mortar gambling people, led by Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas, who don’t want online gambling because they want people coming to their casinos.”
ANZPT7 Melbourne Day 2: Early exits as Matusik moves aheadALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
It's still very early on Day 3 of this ANZPT Melbourne Main Event but that hasn't stopped players flying out the doors.
The action dramatically slowed down last night as the money bubble approached and we're seeing the effects of that here today. We've already lost a third of today's 63 entrants as we play down to a final seven.
Aussie Millions reigning champion Manny Stavropoulos is one of the biggest benefactors of the early exits. He knocked out both Liam O'Rourke and Chia-Chang Ku in the early stages. It was back-to-back flips that went the way of Stavropoulos to see him chip up and take the two players out.
The first one saw O'Rourke with A♥8♣ against Stavropoulos's 7♠7♥ and O'Rourke couldn't improve on the K♣6♣2♦T♦2♠ run out. Not long after Stavropoulos had the overcards with K♣Q♦ versus Ku's 9♥9♦ and found a queen as the dealer fanned out 3♣Q♣T♦2♦7♦ to eliminate Ku. With those two hands Stavropoulos climbs to around 400,000 in chips and finds himself in the current top ten.
One of the frontrunners - Manny Stavropoulos
While Stavropoulos continues to build, it's Peter Matusik now leading the way. He started the day seventh in chips with 373,000 and has been on a heater today - now sitting in the top spot with 745,000. The last big pot that went his way saw him clash with current second-in-chips Mario Doria and eliminate John Haddad.
Haddad pushed all in for his last 48,000 and Doria made the call from the hijack. Next to act Matusik put in a raise to 200,000 and sent Doria into the tank. Ultimately Doria tossed his hand away and the other two players tabled their cards.
Matusik: A♠A♣ Haddad: A♥Q♥
Matusik had a stranglehold on the hand but the 6♣9♥Q♠ flop gave Haddad some hope. The 2♥ turn brought also brought a flush draw but the 5♦ river bricked off to send Haddad to the rail. That elimination brought Matusik up to 745,000 in chips and he now sits comfortably ahead of the pack.
Current chip leader - Peter Matusik
Play has now slowed down slightly as the average chip stack has evened out to around 35 big blinds. Only 37 remain so play will conclude after another 30 players hit the rail. Stay with us as we follow all the action from Day 3 of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event!
What makes a great company?ALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO! ^
They say that one measure of a person is the company they keep. A corporate version of this could be that one measure of a company is the people they keep. Here at PokerStars people have a passion for their work and an ethos that celebrates success and - equally important - celebrates the way we achieve success. Our players know us for the unrivalled customer support we deliver. Our employees know us for the support we give each other.
Companies are primarily judged by their external results: the quality of their product, their sales, profitability and number of customers. Increasingly, they are also being judged by how they achieve results. One of the best reflections of this is the culture that they foster within the walls and what employees say about the company.
These are some of the reasons it's so gratifying that PokerStars has been named as one of the UK's Best Workplaces by The Great Place to Work® Institute. The institute annually surveys employees and performs a cultural audit of some 5,500 organizations around the world representing 10 million employees.
Always ready for a challenge, PokerStars decided to invite the Institute's UK branch to put us through the rigorous review process, including a management cultural audit and a survey of our 1,200 worldwide employees, half of which are based in our London and Isle of Man offices. The results of the audit and the UK employee survey are then measured against such workplace values of credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie.
Last night, GPTW announced the results and PokerStars was among the top companies in the UK.
This achievement is especially satisfying given the extraordinary challenges our company and the online poker industry have faced in the past year. But, then again, being a Great Place to Work is one of the reasons why PokerStars has maintained our industry leadership even in the face of turbulent times.
Here's a taste of what our staff think about working at PokerStars:
Eye of the Kraken online slot game—PLAY ‘N GOALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
Swedish gaming specialist Play’n GO has unveiled Eye of the Kraken, the latest slot in a long line of innovative, premium content.
Released simultaneously in mobile and flash, the unique three-reel game takes its theme from the legendary sea monster said to lurk in the waters off Norway and Greenland.
Featuring high-definition animation and smooth performance across phone, tablet and desktop versions, Eye of the Kraken is now live across a host of operators including Betsson, BetVictor, LeoVegas and Mr. Green.
The eponymous sea beast turns symbols wild with a touch of his tentacle. Players enter ‘dive mode’ by revealing five copper diving helmets on the reels, enjoying nine free spins, while staring into the eye of the Kraken which turns into a wild symbol.
Individual torpedoes can surface anywhere on game grid and are collected to trigger a ‘Conquer the Kraken’ bonus round, where players aim at the Kraken in the hope of getting the sea monster to release its vice-like grip on valuable treasure.
Martin Zettergren, chief operating officer of Play’n GO, said: "With stunning graphics, unique animations and peerless performance, Eye of the Kraken is a slot in a league of its own.
“We’re confident that players will love trawling the ocean depths in search of the Kraken, while the ease of game play will keep them coming back for more.
“Launching simultaneously on both mobile and flash ensures the game will be available on all devices and we can’t wait to see how many players are brave enough to stare into the Eye of the Kraken.”
Eye of the Kraken follows hot on the heels of two further new titles from Play’n GO, Wild North and Spin Party, which are now prominent on the sites of 100 operators in more than 30 languages.
TMZ Video Slots—IGTALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO! TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin posed in front of IGT’s new slot machine, TMZ Video Slots at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. Levin played an integral role in the game’s creation by contributing original voiceover work, photography and creative input. The game, from IGT in partnership with Warner Bros., introduces never-before-seen “photo booth” technology that captures a player’s photo and puts it in game scenes that reflect TV’s hottest newsroom and on tour to many of Hollywood’s most famed destinations.
New Hampshire's New Online Gambling Funding Method Eludes UIGEAALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO!
A method being used by the New Hampshire Lottery to give customers funding at its new online gambling site may prove of use to Internet casinos trying to stay clear of UIGEA enforcement.
The state of New Hampshire is preparing to operate its own online gambling site next week, and lawmakers have devised an intriguing method of avoiding the UIGEA Internet gaming ban. As the controversial law prevents payment processing to and from online gambling sites, New Hampshire will sell physical tickets through the lottery, then those tickets wioll be used by players to fund time at online casino games.
By collecting all payments through the sale of tickets, the state does not need to accept Internet payments which could be blocked by the pernicious UIGEA enforcement. Money only exchanges hands for the transactions involving the purchase of a paper ticket, made by the customer in person.
Then, although the patron goes home and proceeds to gamble at the online casino site, he never needs to use his credit card or a third-party payment system, as the ticket carries coded information allocating him the proper credit at the gaming site.
The system in some ways mirrors the design of sweepstakes Internet gambling cafes, that provide online casinom access to customers who purchase phone time cards. Payoffs are made in accrued time, and then the phone cards are exchanged for cash before the customer leaves the store.
Selling tickets that carry an exchange value may be a method tested by adventurous online casino operators eager to avoid the difficulties presented by the recent UIGEA limitations. The code from the ticket could then allocate funds to an online casino account, without cash ever directly changing hands.
If it can be established that the tickets can be used for purposes other than gaming, then the fact that online gambling is one of the options available should not disqualify those sales from credit card purchases, and third party processing would no lnger be needed.
Sunday Million: TroopTroop1 marches to victory, claims $234kALL COUNTRIES CAN PLAY @ ATLANTIS GOLD CASINO! ^
Germany's TroopTroop1 had a spectacular end of 2013 when he made the final table of WCOOP Challenge Series #5 and scored over $115k in a five-way deal. For most of us mere mortals, that's a once-in-a-lifetime score. However, only two weeks later, TroopTroop1 did it again... and for more than twice that amount. Standing in his way was tilt21sted, a Romanian on his second trip to the Sunday Million final table after finishing sixth back in April 2012. Although tilt21sted provided more than a few heart-stopping moments during their heads-up match, TroopTroop1 prevailed, adding another $234k to his bankroll and a Sunday Million title to his C.V.
While most of the PokerStars universe was firmly fixated on today's launch of the 2014 PCA, the Sunday Million had its first running of the year. A robust crowd of 8,666 flocked to the felt, creating a $1,733,200.00 prize pool. 1,260 players earned a share of it with first place set to earn $254,958.40. Eleven Red Spades were in the mix this week including ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Lex Veldhuis, Humberto Brenes and Jake Cody. Only one Team Pro cashed, however-- a former world champion who made his third top 150 finish in the last 11 months.
2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada made yet another deep run in the Million, having finished 13th and 34th last February and August respectively. This week, he ground his way into the top 150 before three-bet shoving his last ten big blinds with [Ah][Qh] in the big blind. Initial min-raiser seraph0411 called and turned up pocket sixes. The [Tc][4c][2h] flop was no help to Cada and the [6c] turn left him drawing dead as seraph0411 made a set. The meaningless river was the [Ks] and Cada was eliminated in 150th place.
Another deep run for Cada
With ten players remaining, blinds were up to 200,000/400,000. Short stack riversouza open-shoved his remaining 2.58 million from UTG and Leonmen44 called from the big blind with [7c][7s]. Despite turning a flush draw, Riversouza's [8s][9s] did not improve on the [Jh][6s][2h][3s][Th] board and he was eliminated on the final table bubble.
Final table chip counts
Seat 1: TroopTroop1 (25,286,865 in chips)
Seat 2: Nelisschuif7 (8,585,818 in chips)
Seat 3: jude187 (6,251,957 in chips)
Seat 4: Gottonik (8,739,167 in chips)
Seat 5: Leonmen44 (7,894,516 in chips)
Seat 6: ertho435 (11,018,484 in chips)
Seat 7: tilt21sted (9,253,117 in chips)
Seat 8: fotis060105 (3,827,409 in chips)
Seat 9: matze_widi (5,802,667 in chips)
A tale of two coinflips
The final table had its first casualty on the third hand of play. Holding pocket jacks, matze_widi four-bet shoved for 7 million preflop and TroopTroop1 looked him up with [Kc][Qs]. TroopTroop1 paired his king on the flop and ended matze_widi's run in ninth place ($13,432.30) while increasing his massive stack to 31.8 million.
A short time later, jude187 met his tournament end. TroopTroop1 opened for a min-raise to 800,000, jude187 shoved for 3.53 million with [Ad][Qd], Gottonik cold-called on the button with pocket eights and TroopTroop1 gave up his hand. It was another race situation, but one that was essentially decided on the [Ks][8c][2s] flop. Gottonik made middle set and jude187 did not improve, exiting the final table in eighth place ($19,065.20).
Gottonik flushes out aces
With the blinds up to 250,000/500,000, Gottonik opened [7s][8s] for 1,000,000 and short stack fotis060105 happily moved in for his last 3.1 million with [Ad][As]. Gottonik called, but only hit a gutshot straight draw on the [Qd][Js][9c] flop. The [2s] turn gave Gottonik more outs with a flush draw and the [4s] river filled, it, snapping off fotis060105's pocket aces. Fotos060105 departed in seventh place ($34,664.00) while Gottonik moved up to 17.6 million in chips.
ertho435 can't escape
With the action folded around to the small blind, ertho435 looked down at [Ac][5c] and moved all-in for 8 million. Unfortunately for him, tilt21sted woke up with [Ad][8c] in the big blind. Ertho435 couldn't overcome his dominated hand and he was eliminated in sixth place, adding $51,996.00 to his bankroll.
Five for fighting
Following ertho435's elimination, the final five agreed to pause the action and discuss a potential deal. Here's how they stacked up at the time.
Final table host Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara provided the players with both chip chop and ICM figures. While four of the five were amenable to an ICM chop, tilt21sted was looking for a share nearly $10,000 more than he was offered. After twenty minutes of negotiations, the parties were still far from an agreement and action resumed.
Once cards were back in the air, it wasn't long before one of the short stacks succumbed. With the action folded to him in the small blind, Leonmen44 open-shoved for 3.47 million with [7d][8d] and tilt21sted called with [6h][6d] in the big blind. Tilt21sted flopped a set of sixes and sent Leonmen44 to the rail in fifth place, good for $69,328.00.
TroopTroop1 pins down Gottonik
Still in the chip lead, TroopTroop1 continued his assault and took out Gottonik in a 53.8 million pot. Both players flopped top pair, but TroopTroop1 caught his kicker on the turn to escape domination and eliminate Gottonik in fourth place ($86,660.00).
Ready for round two?
With the final table down to three, TroopTroop1, tilt21sted and Nelisschuif7 decided to take another run at making a deal. Here's a look at their chip counts when the action paused a second time:
Despite a bit of grousing from tilt21sted, the players agreed to an ICM chop and with $20,000 still up for grabs for the winner, cards went back in the air.
Triple threat
Short stack Nelisschuif7 gained some ground when he doubled through tilt21stead, his pocket nines flopping a set vs. [Ad][2c]. Tilt21sted was left on only 5 million in chips, but doubled back up to 10 million on the next deal when his [Ac][Ks] held up against Nelisschuif7's [Ad][Qd]. Still on 19 million in chips, Nelisschuif7 broke through five hands later when he doubled through TroopTroop1, his [Th][Tc] holding vs. [Ks][7c]. Once the dominant chip leader, TroopTroop1 was now only 2.5 million ahead of Nelisschuif7 with 39 million in chips to his 36.5 million.
TroopTroop1, however, was relentless in his approach and quickly ground back another 10 million before opening for a 3 million raise from the small blind. Nelisschuif7 three-bet to 6.75 million, TroopTroop1 shoved for 46.6 million and Nelisschuif7 called, his [Ad][Jh] dominating TroopTroop1's [Ac][7s]. It looked like a disastrous misstep for TroopTroop1... until the board ran out [Ts][5d][4s][6c][8s] to make him an eight-high straight! Nelisschuif7 was suddenly on the rail in third place, his share of the deal good for a $160,659.50 payday.
Heads-up chip counts
Seat 1: TroopTroop1 (73,714,846 in chips)
Seat 7: tilt21sted (12,945,154 in chips)
TroopTroop1 appeared to lose control early in this heads-up match. Tilt21sted doubled to 25.9 million on the first hand when his pocket sevens held vs. [Qs][Th], then doubled again on the second when pocket tens prevailed over [Qd][Js]. For the first time, tilt21sted held the chip lead with 51.7 million while TroopTroop1 fell to 34.9 million.
It was back to the grind for TroopTroop1 and after winning back-to-back pots on the turn without a showdown, he was back up to 58.8 million in chips. Tilt21sted fought hard to reclaim the lead, but couldn't overcome his dominated hand on the final deal:
Congratulations to TroopTroop1 on his Sunday Million victory and a remarkable holiday season at the tables! He banked $234,028.30 for the win, while runner-up tilt21sted earned $176,579.60.
Yet another online casino operator has partnered with an English football club, as soccer authorities prove far more realistic about sports gambling than their US sports counterparts. Asian-facing gaming operator 777ball.com agreed to pay to include its logos on the shirts of Cardiff City of the Football League Championship.
Nobody in the Internet casino industry is surprised the familiar foes of regulated online gambling are marshaling their forces to resist the passage of Barney Frank's new bill. While some celebrated prematurely, in what iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan, Jr., called a display of "completely unqualified enthusiasm," others knew the hardest parts are ahead.
The right to bear arms, a part of the U.S. constitution that has seen much controversy over the years, may be in jeopardy in the event that Sheldon Adelson’s, Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA), successfully passes as a federal law, according the publication, New American.
The state of New Hampshire is preparing to operate its own online gambling site next week, and lawmakers have devised an intriguing method of avoiding the UIGEA Internet gaming ban. As the controversial law prevents payment processing to and from online gambling sites, New Hampshire will sell physical tickets through the lottery, then those tickets wioll be used by players to fund time at online casino games.
