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Thanks in part to the Party Poker Premier League V and the upcoming World Poker Tour some of the biggest names in poker are in the Austrian capital of Vienna and on Wednesday 11 April a select few of these will sit down at a high stakes cash game that PokerNews are going to stream live!


Read more: PartyPoker Weekly: The Big Game To Be Streamed Live, Premier League V And More! | PokerNews

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Calvin Ayre is not going to battle with a weak army, the billionaire recently indicted for money laundering and and running an online gambling organization, has assembled quite the legal team.

The founder of Bodog-com is accused of moving at least $100 million in sports gambling winnings into the country from accounts outside the U.S., as well as the hiring of media advertisers to promote online gambling. Both are illegal activities in Maryland, where the indictment was filed; even if the bookmaker is located outside the country.

Read More: Calvin Ayre's Top Notch Legal Team in Online Gambling Case | Casino Scam Report

When online poker sites were shut down by the US Department of Justice in April 2011 the accounts of many US-based poker players were frozen.

Some opted to cross the border to Canada or Mexico so they could continue playing online and keep on winning - and losing - money.

Robert Fellner, 28, had to wait several weeks for the online poker company Pokerstars to reimburse him the almost $150,000 (£94,480) he had won.

Read More: BBC News - Why online poker pros are sitting idle in Sin City

Georges St-Pierre will be on the shelf for awhile. By his own estimation, it'll likely be at least November before we see the welterweight champion step in the cage for a title unification bout with interim champion Carlos Condit.

But St-Pierre's keeping busy with rehab, and now he has a new hobby to keep him busy: poker.

Read More: Georges St-Pierre Delves into Professional Poker, Signs Deal with 888 Poker | Bleacher Report

The Poker Players Alliance has launched a new campaign to push for online poker regulation in the United States.

The campaign from the PPA, a poker lobbying and advocacy group, can be seen here on the new splash page of its website. It uses the events of last April’s Black Friday as a rallying cry for U.S. players to act. From the website:


Read More: Poker Players Alliance Launches New Campaign

The state Senate passed this bill in committee today, with Chairman Sarlo abstaining and no one voting “no.”
What’s next? A full Senate and Assembly vote whenever the state budget issues start to settle – but that won’t be until early April, mid-May, or even sometime in June. Online poker buffs, like everyone else, must wait and see how the battle royale goes between Republican Governor Christie and the Democratically-controlled Legislature in Trenton.

Read More: NJ online poker hearing: one small step forward | Meadowlands Matters | NorthJersey-com

State Sen. Lou Correa (D-Orange Co.) is sponsoring a bill to legalize online poker for California citizens. Supporters claim that two million Golden State residents currently gamble $13 billion a year on illegal online poker and that the government could realize $1 billion in taxes over the next decade by regulating the activity.

Read More: California Lawmakers Mull Online Poker Legalization, Again | Articles | Vending Features | Vending Times Inc.

Phil Ivey has been confirmed to be playing under the user name ‘RaiseOnce” at PokerStars, finally putting to rest speculation about Ivey’s possibly play on the online poker site.

For some time now, it has been rumored that Ivey had been playing on PokerStars under the handle, but neither Ivey or any other source could confirm that to be true. But now Wicked Chops Poker Insider is reporting that RaiseOnce and Ivey are one in the same; you can read the story (behind a paywall)


Read More: Report: Phil Ivey Confirmed as ‘RaiseOnce’ on PokerStars

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a advocacy and lobbying group for poker, has recently launched a brand new campaign that will push even harder for Internet poker legislation and regulation in the US.


Read More: New PPA Campaign Makes Contacting Congress Easier than Ever

In their latest update, Holdem Indicator and Omaha Indicator have added support for Zoom Poker, the newest version of fast-paced online poker that is available exclusively on PokerStars.

Zoom Poker is not a new concept to online poker games, but it is novel for PokerStars players, many of whom will enjoy the site's version of the old Rush Poker on Full Tilt. Zoom Poker places you within a pool of players and then switches tables once your action in a hand has concluded. The result of this format is that your opponents change each hand because everyone within the pool is competing against all players instead of opponents seated solely at one table.

Read More: Holdem Indicator Now Supports PokerStars Zoom Poker

It's every poker player's nightmare to lose a hand of Hold'em while holding quad 8s. But for BingoTroy at Americas Cardroom, it was a dream come true.

On April 8th, the online poker player popped Americas Cardroom's Bad Beat Jackpot just one week away from the Liberty Quarter Million tournament on April 15, where $250,000 will be guaranteed in the largest online poker tournament available to US players.

It happened at a low stake no-limit Hold'em table in a faceoff against "DoyleFlush," who won the hand with a straight flush. BingoTroy takes home $49,564.36, and the winner of the hand, DoyleFlush, left the table with a solid $33,039.57.

Read More: www-casinocitytimes-com/news/article/player-wins-$350k-bad-beat-jackpot-at-americas-cardroom-200585

Yes, players are already playing in online poker qualifiers for the 2012 WSOP at Bovada, but the gaming giant continues to deliver the best weekly tournament action. This past Sunday saw the resumption of the Bovada's weekly $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament and Matthew B claimed the top spot, earning an even $20,000 for his play. Robert B got $13,500 for his second-place finish and Michael C rounded out the top three and got $10,000 for his bankroll.

The rest of the final table for the weekly $100,000 event played out as followed: Bill B ($7,500); Ryan M ($5,260); Zac F ($4,000); Gene H ($3,000); Stephanie B ($2,000); John V ($1,350).
Of course, $100,000 events are just part of the action that goes down at Bovada. Here are some selected winners from the past week's big-money tournaments.

• April 3— $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Ryan B
• April 4 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Joel S
• April 5 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Adam R
• April 6 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: William T
• April 7 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Christopher C
• April 8 — $15k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack: Paul S
• April 8 — $10k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack: Andrew R
• April 8 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Michael C

Bovada's guaranteed online poker tournaments mean that there's always a big cash pool and with more players getting in on the action every week, that means there's more to be won! Play poker online at Bovada and get your share today!

Frank De Busscher of Belgium has won the first PokerStars Hold’em Challenge in Belgium lifting €47,769 for topping the 212 strong field.

The tournament, which had capacity for 600 players, ran from April 6 to 9 at Casino de Namur.

The final table payouts were:
1: Frank De Busscher (Belgium) – €47,769
2: Guy Goossens (Belgium) – €30,000
3: Teresio Ciancanelli (Belgium) – €30,000
4: Timothy Davie (UK) – €15,146
5: Leendert Tavenier (Netherlands) – €11,182
6: Kamal Vercauteren (Belgium) – €9,657
7: Christophe De Meulder (Belgium) – €8,132
8: Leandro Gaone (Belgium) – €6,608
9: Andranik Andranikian (Georgia) – €5,083

Americas Cardroom is ushering in a brand new era in online poker by making a big change to all freezeout tournaments. Just days away from their long expected $250,000 Guaranteed tournament on April 15th, all existing freezeout multi-table tournaments will become re-entry tournaments, a popular tournament structure that lets players who bust out early re-enter at a new table with a refreshed chip stack.


Read More: Americas Cardroom makes all tournaments re-entry events

This month's poker face is the beautiful Phirelee Gomar, who lives in Mexico. Phirelee or Firely as she is known at the tables, has always loved games, and poker is no exception.

Phirelee was introduced to online poker through a friend in 2007. She found online poker to be exceptionally exciting and incredibly interactive.

"I started to play poker online and connected with many different people from different countries." Phirelee states. "My experience with online poker has been very positive, and incredibly, has changed my life forever."

Read More: Poker Face of the Month: Phirelee Gomar from Mexico | Woman Poker Player Magazine - Women's Poker News Magazine

When the Dusk Till Dawn poker club took the unprecedented step of guaranteeing a £1,000,000 prize pool at the PokerStars-com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Nottingham Main Event many thought the management team had lost the plot.

But here we are, about to kick off the first of three starting days bringing you the news that all three days look to have sold out and new entrants are being place on an alternates list! This means over the next few days a crowd of at least 1,430 will be playing in this ground-breaking tournament and someone is going to be walking away with a hell of a lot of cash when the dust finally settled in the Nottingham-based club.


Read more: UKIPT Nottingham To Reach £1 Million Guarantee | PokerNews

On Thursday, Cirque du Soleil founder, high-stakes poker player and founder of the One Drop charity Guy Laliberté announced that 30 players have now committed to participate in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2012 World Series of Poker. The event is set to take place from July 1st – 3rd at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and will be televised on ESPN.

The 30 confirmed participants have secured their participation with advance deposits, and with the latest numbers the prize pool is already expected to exceed $26,000,000. According to the WSOP’s payouts, this would mean that the winner will walk away with estimated $12,266,668 – the biggest first place prize in poker tournament history. With roughly 80 days until the event begins, the organizers are still optimistic about the event reaching its 48-player cap.

Read More: 30 Players Confirmed For $1 Million Buy-In Big One Tournament For One Drop - Poker News

In the financial world, an often-repeated bit of advice is “don’t fall in love with a stock.” In other words, investors need to take in new information and constantly reconsider the way they value their holdings. No matter how good of a buy you expected a particular stock to be when you bought it, new information could always come out that drastically changes how that stock is likely to perform. Refusing to sell at what is now a good price because you once thought the stock would go higher is a common mistake.


Read More: Andrew Brokos -- Poker Strategy -- Falling In Love - Poker News

When Roy Bhasin began playing games with his family as a child, he never could have envisioned it would lead to where he is today. The Sydney, Australia, native recently became the newest member of Team PokerStars Online, an honor he considered a "pipe dream" when he first began playing full-time years ago.

Bhasin was among several poker players from the Oceania region seeking a spot on the coveted Team Online and, despite flying under the media radar for most of his poker career, he was selected to represent the Red Spade on the site and at tournaments around the globe.

We caught up with Bhasin to learn about how he got his start in poker, how his deal with PokerStars came about, and more.

Read More: An interview with Team Online's Roy Bhasin - PokerStarsBlog-com