Zynga confirms interest in real money poker

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The market leader in the party games on social networking moves for an entry into the technology blog All Things Digital closer to the opening of a platform for real-money online gaming.

In the last published Post by Tricia Duryee it is announced that “a spokesperson for Zynga ‘to the question on his company plans to enter into the real-money gaming, I responded as follows:

“We develop games and offer experiences that our players want and love them. Zynga Poker is the largest online poker operator in the world. Every day, seven million people play with us, a month there are about 30 million.

“We listen to our players and just know that they are interested also in the real money sector to be active. We are currently in discussions with potential partners in order to elicit our possibilities in more detail. ”

The speaker’s name was not mentioned, and of course the statement can be interpreted in different ways. However, rumors circulate about that Zynga is looking for business partners in touch with live casinos in the U.S. for months.

While the American players are waiting impatiently for the online poker market is regulated and legalized in the states so that, there is growing interest in the potential of the vast pool players, playing for play money at Zynga.

With an estimated exchange rate of 10-20% it would lead to an explosive growth of real money player account, as it has not been seen since 2003.

The founder and CEO of Zynga’s Mark Pincus, announced recently told the press that his company was preparing to open a casino Zynga. The first game that is offered should be bingo.

PokerRoom Returns to the Market with a Splash

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One of the most elite online poker sites, PokerRoom, made a big splash with its return to the poker world. Many wonder if the site will survive in this day and age, but after seeing what the new PokerRoom has to offer, the answer is a definite yes.

One of the main reasons why PokerRoom will do wonderfully in today’s marketplace is because of their user-friendly interface. It is recognized as one the best interfaces in the industry because there isn’t a need to go searching for in-depth instructions or getting extended filters simply to figure out how to use the site. The games are labeled and players can sit back and enjoy playing as PokerRoom’s philosophy is to keep everything simple.

PokerRoom became widely known because of the advanced game spread. Not only did they offer the popular Texas Hold’em and Omaha games, but gave players the chance to play Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Stud 8 or better and Five Card Draw. Many players frequent PokerRoom to perfect their poker playing because of the variety of games that are offered because there is more to learn than just playing Hold’em all the time.

The tournaments offered on PokerRoom have always considered to be some of the best poker tournaments online, but PokerRoom has made them even better by adding expanded offerings. Players are still given the traditional multi-table games and Sit and Go’s, but PokerRoom has now given players the chance to play in turbo tournaments, deep stack events, heads-up tournaments and the ever so popular six-handed events. PokerRoom proves that even though the online poker world is forever evolving, they can keep up with the pace.

One of the biggest concerns with PokerRoom coming back to the online poker industry was whether or not there would be enough traffic to populate the site’s many games. Well, they covered it by joining with one of the largest poker networks on the internet. During the day, anywhere from 4,500 cash game players are online and as many as 35,000 players are in tournaments, so rest assured that whenever you want to play, you’ll find a game with ease.  Unfortunately, the site is still not a US poker room, but if US laws permit, that may change in the future.

PokerRoom is also recognized for their phenomenal customer support, which remains with their comeback. Support is available 24/7 and the site offers players support through chat, email and telephone. The PokerRoom Community is still highly visited and is a great place to connect with other players and learn helpful strategy methods through the useful hand discussions and articles.

PokerRoom was the leader in cash poker games for a decade and many speculated whether or not the site would ever come back after its two year absence, but eventually the site did come back and now it’s better than ever. Visit the website today to sign up for your free account and you’ll soon learn why one of the oldest players in the online poker world is still considered to be the best.

The Spanish, 2011 Supernova Elite

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The Supernova Elite is the highest level that can reach a user at the VIP system PokerStars.

The legend that accompanies this title is based on the huge demand and sacrifice that a player must use to reach it. The VPPs spread over any hand in the letters give you the average levels ranging from 0.25 PokerStars and 0.40, depending on the mode you play or how many participants in it.

The Elite is achieved by reaching the figure of 1,000,000 VPPs. You have to spend much time and effort every day, you have the body you have or suffer the bad luck to suffer.

The financial rewards associated with SNE status is very important -more than $ 100,000 in bonuses and tournament entries- But may not be enough if the path can not hold a positive winrate or if you fall victim to stress scratch the last chance to win. There are few who have regular molded open more tables than they can handle in a last attempt to scratch the VPPs needed.

Just four years have passed since the end of 2007 Armando Romano “SobraoBoY” could be Spanish first Supernova Elite. The pioneer home of poker and multi-industrial built an entire career from this milestone and is now one of the most popular players in Spain.

In November 2008 Santxis Vedast “alphafoil” became news when the youngest player in the world to do so. Complete the chosen trio of Spanish elites that year Hugo Alarcon “HuGaDas”.

36 months later, the number of more or less regular players to Poker-Network forums has achieved Supernova Elite this year about the score.

The Supernova Elite 2011 official thread in which the candidates share experiences in the forum has exceeded the 2240 responses. Thanks to him we were able to follow day to day joys and sorrows that marked the path to the goal of our protagonists.

The harvest of 2011 was revealed earlier. Javier Etayo “eel” exhultante announced the achieving and Elite level in June. It is, by far, the early risers SNE if we speak of Spanish players. No more to say it was the sixth to reach the million VPPs for the year, behind nicknames like “azntracker”I had finished in late February or” Isildur1 “.

Etayo himself assumed the task of opening the official thread of 2012, Year in which the regulation of poker in Spain will no doubt by the uncertainties leading up.

Behind him, a legion of grinders was launched to capture codociado VIP level, and little by little, the objectives were met.

The latter, Jose Angel Latorre “Cejakas14″, Which along with “eel”, the professor of EducaPoker PokerStars online professional Javier Domínguez “El_Cañonero”and to “dealer666” the SNE playing consigueron Sit and Gos. The Soria rushed to the 30th of December.

Then we leave the list, expect complete but surely we miss any name you prefer to remain anonymous, the role of honor gamers more constant.

Javier Etayo, “eel”
Sanxis Vedast “alphafoil”
Kwan Lau Ka “kaju85″
Oscar Lima “Mr. Yellow”
Javier Bowl “MuckedBoy”
Daniel Gomez “Garnerus”
Pedro Pellicer “PedroKL”
Javier Domínguez “Thalai”, “The Cannon”
Jose Angel Latorre “Cejakas14″
Roma Picanyol “Larivor”
Luis Sevilla “Deilor”
Aleix Caralt “ocnits”
Francisco del Rio “Rivichico”
“Raiden”
“Dealer666″
“Rulo”
“OscarPoker”, “oscarleon” on PokerStars
“GusanoZ”

Also the Argentine forero “NachoAce” managed to reach the SNE this year.

Congratulations to them all.

WPT – more drama, more controversy, more sex appeal

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Three years ago it looked as if the WPT would be facing disaster. Shrinking Fields participant, not an online skills and meant virtually no presence in Europe of the WPT is an existence as a wallflower in the shadow of the great World Series in North America and Europe in the EPT.

Now the situation has changed significantly. With the WPT in Prague with more than 560 players so far been greatest WPT in Europe played, also stand to Prague, Paris, Barcelona, ​​Dublin, Venice and Vienna, a number of interesting venues available, and with PartyPoker and bwin are two powerful online poker rooms as a partner.

Steve Heller, CEO of WPT sees this development is far from reached its end. “We want to come up in future at all tour stops in Europe with live updates and live streams. In addition, there will soon be Europe’s Royal Flush Girls. And then we’ll take a WPT Champions Cup on the road. On it all WPT winner will be engraved. ”

“The initiative is actually from last September, came as the entire staff of the WPT in Paris, and accompanied the event with a video crew, and we will repeat this experiment at the WPT Venice in February 2012.”

Although the WPT is relatively short and Prague just before the EPT was set, Heller wants to know this is not understood as an attack on the competition.

“The expansion of the WPT is not a direct response to the EPT. We are not in competition. We just respond to the urgent need for WPT events in Europe. We are a global organization, and we want to offer fans all over the world experience the WPT. ”

The year 2011 was in the poker world, mainly through the Full Tilt fiasco and the Black Friday marked. Nevertheless, the WPT has continued to grow. This is a whole package of measures that the World Poker Tour will make more interesting. Apparently it worked with the community.

“Since the beginning of the ninth season of the television company, we have raised to the level of the first season. We have hired Kimberly Lansing as a moderator (which has now been replaced by Marianela Pereyra), attended with Tony Dunst and the Raw Deal for a bit more controversy and the Royal Flush Girls for a bit more glamorous.

All this has led to the poker community has recognized our efforts. The quotas for television broadcasts in the U.S. have risen by 30% within a year. ”

The question arises, how to go there. Will continue to expand the WPT, and if so where? Europe is the market of the future or is it Asia?

“We expect that poker, and thus the WPT continues to grow. We receive support from bwin poker rooms like Party and, but, the WPT is an independent organization and is also working with a number of other online poker rooms, and other partners. In recent years we have spent a lot of work to establish ourselves in Europe. We will build on this development, and the poker community can already look forward to more time events in more countries. “

The “nanonoko Challenge” – Who has the best proposal?

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In 2009, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier set a world record with a “sit-NGO Multitabling” on. The online degree Grinder Randy “nanonoko” Lew will try during the 2012 PCA similar. PokerStars, the online community has called for now, to present proposals. The best idea is a $ 215 buy-in awards for the upcoming “Sunday Million”.

Randy Lew is known for extreme grinding online. Between 2007 and 2010, he managed to achieve in four consecutive years, the Supernova Elite status. Among his online nick nanonoko He plays in Midstake range ($ 5 / $ 10 NLHE) to up to 24 tables simultaneously and graduated from 2007-2010 over three million hands alone PokerStars. A absolute record. Also in Live Poker has now earned the Americans now living in Vancouver’s merits. Only a few weeks ago he won the APPT Macau Main Event and $ 500,000.

And now he’s on his way to an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. The upcoming PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas to a Lew World Record . up Only problem: He has no idea what.

And that is again a case for the poker community. A PokerStars VIP Manager with the name “poker star caleb” now demanded the TwoPlusTwo forum on the user to To make suggestions Two criteria must be met: the challenge is to have a clear reference to poker, online poker even better. And the whole thing must be for non poker playing public easy to understand.

As an example, “poker star caleb” the record of Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, during which the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo 2009 had placed. In the category “Completing the most online Sit-n-gos in one hour at a profit” The Frenchman brought it to a number of 62, an unbroken until now best value. The problem: Unlike World Records as “the longest hair in the world” or “most of the rope jumps in succession” can imagine the Pokerlaie under ‘Most Sit-n-Go’s “just a little. Possible Challenges such as “Most of the Four-bets preflop in an hour” are therefore rather useless.

The think tank for “Randy Lew-Challenge” is so open. And PokerStars is the one who proposes the most interesting record attempt (to Randy Lew, the promise of PokerStars, then run to obtain) rewarded with a $ 215 buy-in for the upcoming Sunday Million.

Already in January, the event will go on the stage. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is part of the European Poker Tour and one of the most popular poker tournament weeks ever. The festival starts on 5 January and ends on 14 January. Is $ 10,000 + $ 300 Main Event, 7 to 13 Played in January.

“Really good players have it easier on me”

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Martin Staszko was out of nowhere at the WSOP runner-up prize of $ 5.4 million now, he returns as the star back to his homeland. Sympathetic to the Czechs, the crowds almost too much.

As Staszko climbed half a year ago for the first time an aircraft in the U.S., he was completely unknown internationally. Now his reputation is almost as high as that of Karel Gott.

This Staszko is no amateur, who has just lucky. With a history such as that of Darvin Moon does not compare to his. His factory job has abandoned the Czechs already almost two years ago to concentrate solely on his poker career.

His first notable cash generated in the Czech EPT Deauville in January 2010. In the main event, he reached 11th place It was followed by a 10th Place at the Unibet Open in Prague before moving on to the general attack WSOP felt ready.

This Staszko was above average success. Even before the main event, he had achieved in four events the money. The sudden stardom has overwhelmed him.

“Yes, I’m already a star, but it is quite a difficult time for me. There are far too many interview requests, and I have to do so much. ”

“In the first two weeks I had 50 interviews a day. Now there is something better, only 20 per day. I also had to occur in a number of television shows. Ultimately, there were so many requests that I had to cancel some of them. ”

Not only during the interviews Staszko has long since lost count. Sometimes he does not remember exactly where and what is actually played.

“I’ve played in England at any Championships, followed by the Czech Championship in Prague several side events in Hold’em and Omaha, but not the main event, because I had no time for it. And now here I am playing the WPT and the EPT thereafter. If these two major events are over, I’ll play again amplified online. ”

Then I finally got back my peace, seems to be hot.

Nevertheless, for Staszko nothing will be the same as before. As one of the November Nine Now he has the proverbial target on their forehead. This has advantages and disadvantages, as the runner-up notes with his characteristic mix of humility and confidence.

“For the really good players, it’s now really easy to play against me because they know that I play well. Before the WSOP, I had an advantage because no one knew me. ”

“Today, my opponents play totally different from me. Some players are afraid of me and fold almost everything, others want to fold my chips and absolutely nothing. At the table, much has changed. ”

As a multi-millionaire could Staszko sit back now and enjoy life. Could, mind you, because the schedule of the fdriven baked Team PokerStars member can be neither rest nor phases shopping trips to:

“I do not know what to do with the money. A car, a house? I still had no time to think about. Perhaps after the EPT. “

Ivey continues to focus on Macao

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The first public appearance of Phil Ivey After the soap opera Full Tilt Poker occurred two days ago in the APPT MacauThe third stop on the Asian Pacific Poker Tour. This tour, organized by the largest competitor in the room who sponsored the considered the best player in the world and which part is supposed to have Phil Ivey himself, comes to Hong Kong after passing through Australia and New Zealand.

At this very moment is being held on day 2 of the tournament. According to Live updates PokerStars Blog, the beginning of the day was something unusual. Six of the tables would wait for the other players in the tournaments played the first 20 minutes of the day with the intention of making site, with rest below.

This is because participation in the tournament has broken all expectations. The official website of the APPT indicates that the number of players is limited to 500. The final number of applicants rose to 575, breaking all records of the circuit.

Many players have decided to skip this process and gain an hour of sleep, Ivey and Johnny Chan among them. Because if the day as the tournament comeinza APPT marks the night the live cash.

Macao’s hot. His tables offer cash the highest stakes on the planet. Asian millionaires face stick by professionals who are playing poker on TV.

I commented these days Macao presence of Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan, Peter Chan “GARFIELD25″ and the imminent arrival of Guy Laliberte.

Specialists in cash are still flying en masse to the former British protectorate,

Sam Trickett announced in its Twitter.

“At home for a few days, then go to Macao to immerse myself in the juicy cash games …”

Andrew RoblFor its part, told us gambleo stories in 140 charactersEnough to make your hair stand on end.

“I’ve been playing very strong in Macao. Donated U.S. $ 2 million pull and was greatly appreciated. Now I lose two million Flip and I’m thankful for other things. :)

With regard to the development of day 2 of the APPT, Ivey began slightly below the average and has not moved too much, other than to change tables when they broke in the beginning on day. Won a 10,000 chips to get in 61,000.

As a curious note, these were the ten players with more chips at the start on day 2 in Macao. Stresses in the fourth pro- PokerStarsBryan Huang. Who knows whether the qualifications of the WSOP not look well in a few years old.

1, Shih Chieh Su (China Taipei) 171 800
2 nd Sha Jun (China) 169 400
3 º Daniel Francis (New Zealand) 154 100
4 º Bryan Huang (Singapore) 154 100
5 º Carlos Chang (China Taipei) 148 900
6 th Andrew Ong (Malaysia) 145 900
7 º Daniel Chua (Singapore) 145 900
8 º Spiedelmann Fabian (Germany) 142 800
9 th Erdenebold Begzjav (Mongolia) 142 100
10 ° Zheng Tai Tan (Singapore) 141 000

The rules of poker is already in the BOE

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The reglamento poker of gaming law appears on Thursday November 17 published in the Official Gazette.

From that disastrous first draft of July that directly precluded poker and following complaints from across the sector (operators, players, schools, affiliates …) that from Poker-Red trying to promote with the joint presentation of this observations document the rules, We finally second draft of September that will at least develop a market and that has finally become official rules published today.

We remind the general lines of the Order EHA/3089/2011 of 8 November, approving the game’s basic rules of poker.

  • The ceiling on the cash tables will NL1000 (blinds € 5 / € 10).
  • The maximum buy-in tournament will be 250 €.
  • The maximum buy-in cash tables will be 100 blinds.
  • Las reglamentadas modalities are: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Stud and Draw.

Now you just need to convene the Licensing contest (Expected to be made Friday morning) and that these are granted (possibly in the second half of December) to the regulated market of poker in Spain start working.

Russian backer claiming “large portions” of Heinz ‘win bonus

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A Russian website for Staker said to Pius at Heinz’s entry fee was to be heavily involved.

What percentage of the Russians should be, was not disclosed, but Max Katz, one of the members of the site, said in an interview with Matthew King on the Betfair poker blog, there were “large portions” was.

King literally

“I can not mention the exact sum, since it is better to me if the rumors. We want to keep secret the exact amount, but it is a big part of the prize money. ”

Besides Heinz wants King have also bought shares of three other WSOP bracelet winners, including Joe Ebanks and Amir Levahot.

A total of 170 players had been supported events in 2915, King said, and invested over one million dollars.

The site with the name Pokeroff is one of the largest poker sites in Russia, it was started seven years ago.

The members publish blogs and articles online, there is also staking a private community, which may be contacted recommended to players when they are looking for investors.

All offers will be published on a private site and then divided between the interested parties.

King explains the principle as follows:

“We have a site that can offer on the player itself … This site is not advertised, and the only address we will send players who we know, and in turn they give only very good players. The whole work is on the basis of a recommendation. ”

“Someone recommended Pius Heinz, and he put an offer on the site, which initially referred only to the smaller events, so the $ 1000 and $ 1500 events of the WSOP. We bought one. ”

“Then he came with a $ 1500 event at number seven or eight, and then he decided to sell even more shares for the main event. We agreed. ”

The page also shares were traded by the winner of the PCA Galen Hall, Berlin EPT and EPT London winner Ben Wilinofsky winner David Vamplew.

While in Russia Staking is commonplace, according to Katz, investors look like beyond the borders of Russia.

“We even support the majority of non-Russian players, because the foreigners are often better and offer better terms.”

Live poker tournaments in December

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Shortly before Christmas in Prague is the center of the poker world. The best tournaments are held during Advent in the Czech capital.

Live Tournaments
WPT Prague

That the EPT Prague would run in December was quite a while known, but now has the WPT announced to want to align itself an event in the “City of Golden Roofs”, precisely in the five days before the start of the competition events. A rogue who thinks evil of it.

Party Poker / WPT Bwin against PokerStars EPT, this duel will we see in the future probably even more often. Bwin is the official main sponsor of the Prague event, but is known Bwin and PartyPoker have now received a close relationship.

Satellites run according to the PartyPoker and Bwin Poker. First-round daily freerolls and qualifiers start at $ 2.20 for the bargain hunters, then direct satellites for $ 320 each Monday, Wednesday and Sunday evening. In each of these final weeks are guaranteed a place.

The Prague WPT Main Event will run from 1st to 5th December at the Corinthia Hotel. The prize packages are worth whopping $ 7500, and contained therein are in addition to buy-in, flight and hotel also has a nice pocket money.

EPT Prague

Was that it? Just hours after the WPT Main Event begins a few miles away the last EPT event of 2011. Date is the 5th-10th December

Last year, the players won with the typical Welsh name Roberto Romanello the main event and € 640,000. 563 players had generated over € 2.7 million prize pool, and one can assume that this year, similar conditions are achieved.

EPT means known PokerStars, And PokerStars qualifier means more than you can play. FPP, steps, and real money freeroll qualifiers to wait and buy-ins between 0 and $ 2000 can be any budget find the right tournament.

As usual, the market leader, no wishes remain unsatisfied. The prize packages include hotel, travel, buy-in and yet so much more.

GSOP Prague

$ 1,500 +150 buy-in, 20,000 starting stack, 60 minute blinds, these are the figures of the first event of the Grand Series of Poker GSOP in Prague. The game is played like the WPT at the Corinthia Hotel, are only in a small box and buy a number.

Seems to lie within the trend for expanding the GSOP live.

$ 3600 prize package is worth. Here too, travel expenses and accommodation are included.

If you want to qualify for the GSOP live in Prague, you can use with Bwin, Betfair and RedKings three of our partner poker rooms to choose from. Online qualifiers are already underway in all three poker rooms and cost from $ 1.05.

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