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Manne wrote: Brighton born Chris Moorman’s recent million-dollar victory at the World Poker Tour event in Las Angeles once again rubber-stamped Britain’s prowess when it comes to the art of bluffing, balling and banking.

The most successful online poker player in the history of the game, with over $10m in online winnings, picked up a cheque for $1,015,460 after his victory in the City of Angels.

Now that’s a decent windfall for throwing a deck of 52 around a table, but what are the biggest purses ever handed out to British poker players?

Here's a little hint: Sam Trickett owns three of the slots.

1- Sam Trickett wins $10.1 Million at the $1m buy-in BIG ONE for ONE DROP

Sam Trickett is the all-time live tournament money winner in European poker and fifth on the global list.

In 2012, he paid $1 million to enter the biggest buy-in event in history and turned that investment into over $10 million after finishing runner-up to Antonio Esfandiari who took home $18 million for the win.

The BIG ONE for ONE DROP returns to the 2014 WSOP calendar and once again Trickett will be paying the seven-figure price tag in pursuit of another mammoth score.

2- Sam Trickett wins $2.1 Million in the $250k Challenge at 2013 Aussie Millions

Just months after pocketing the biggest score of his life, Sam Trickett travelled down under and won over $2 million in the Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge, an event in which he finished second in 2011.

Trickett had to overcome the might of three of Germany’s greatest players after finding himself in four-way action against Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabian Quoss and Igor Kurganov.

Trickett eventually defeated Reinkemeier in heads-up action to take the title.

3 - Matthew Ashton wins $1.7 Million at $50k WSOP Players Championship

Matthew Ashton set the 2013 WSOP on fire with a series of mixed-game displays that sit up their with some of the best in the event's four-decade history.

After making three final tables in different forms of poker Ashton finally won a WSOP title in one of the most prestigious events on the planet.

Created in honour of the late, great David ‘Chip’ Reese, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship is the tournament that honours the best pound-for-pound poker player in the world. Ashton took it down for over $1.7m in prize money.

5 - Liv Boeree wins $1.7 Million at EPT San Remo Main Event

Liv Boeree’s victory at EPT San Remo was tremendously important for British poker.

The former astro-physics graduate and heavy metal fan was soon adorning the centre pages of Maxim and appearing on British daytime television, promoting the game throughout the world.

A sponsorship deal with PokerStars soon followed and she remains one of the hottest properties in the poker world.

5 - Sam Trickett wins $1.5 Million in $100,000 Aussie Millions Challenge

The third entry on this list for Sam Trickett comes courtesy of his spellbinding year in 2011 when he took over $4.5 million in total winnings from the felt including over $2.8m from the Crown Casino in Melbourne.

Trickett topped the $100,000 Challenge event that year after defeating fellow Brit Tony Bloom for a prize of $1.5 million.




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LynnBoshears wrote: Hmm, great information buddy about online poker bill.
Recently I had also heard about the licensed process, according to the bill, 10 licensed would be awarded by the state gaming commissions within a period of 180 days after the approval of the bill. At the mean time, it is meant to ensure that a competitive market is created and the licensees do not have an unfair advantages.
This licenses would last for 10 years only, and each licensees have to pay a 1-time fee of $10 million. This bills protect your gambling funds.

LynnBoshears wrote: Pokerstar is the largest online poker operator in the world and previously it is a dominant force in US online poker. Amaya’s acquisition of pokerstar will be funded by cash on hand. It acquires a rational group including pokerstar, full tilt poker etc. The deal is in cash purchase deal and goes like $1.642 in equality.

LynnBoshears wrote: Internet poker hasn't proved so far to be the bonanza some had hoped for. The first monthly report on online poker gaming win showed it exceeded only bingo compared to other casino games, slot machines.

LynnBoshears wrote: FFP operates with its players foremost in mind, and fair play for all customers is paramount. With these principles in mind, the recreational online poker site has decided to stop serving players who reside in New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware due to the availability of a regulated poker market in those states.

This decision takes effect today with players in these regulated U.S. markets set to receive email notification of the change in policy, and confirmation that their account will be closed. Players with existing FFP accounts who reside in these three states will have access to them to close out their balances. FFP will work quickly to return player funds to those affected.

Manne wrote: Last year, an Illinois State bill was introduced that would have legalized online poker within the State. Despite having some early success in the State Senate, the Illinois online poker bill died on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives following some unfavorable remarks by Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn. Since this time, no other online poker bill has been introduced within the State and therefore online poker has remained illegal in Illinois.

Recent Illinois Online Poker Lawsuit

The fact that online poker is illegal within the borders of Illinois has not stopped Illinois residents from bringing suit against online poker websites. The most recent lawsuit was brought by Kelly Sonnenberg, an Illinois resident, against PokerStars, and others, to recover money lost by her son on the online poker website. Ms. Sonnenberg sought damages under Illinois’ Loss Recovery Act (the “LRA”), which allows aggrieved parties to recover monetary damages from the winnings of other players using online poker websites. PokerStars and the other defendants moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that they were not “winners,” as defined under the LRA, and thus should not be named as defendants.

Court’s Decision

While the Court did find that Ms. Sonnenberg alleged enough facts to allege that “losses occurred in Illinois through illegal gambling Internet site[s],” the Court ultimately ruled in the defendants’ favor, finding recovery under the LRA inapplicable to online poker sites, which it defined as “third party service providers.” The Court declined to rule on PokerStars’ argument that their previous settlement with the federal government after Black Friday in 2011 precluded any further claims against them.

Takeaway and the Effect on Online Poker

As we have previously noted, there are a number of bills pending before the United States Congress that may redefine “gambling” under federal law and make the LRA and other similar state laws obsolete. The Court’s decision in Ms. Sonnenberg’s case is unlikely to affect the continuing efforts at both the federal and state level to legalize, regulate and tax online poker and other casino games.




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Manne wrote: The third study of the industry of Spanish poker published by the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), the equivalent of the ARJEL in France, has indicated that Spain is a country favorable to the practice of online games, and that players prefer more casino games, sports betting, bingo or lotteries. Online poker attracts numerous gamers in Spain, among whom the majority are degree holders: university degree (52%) and post-graduate diploma (9%). In online casino gaming, the rate of degreed players decreases by 48% for university degree and 8% for post-graduate diploma. In Spain, 81% of players of online poker are men, among whom 68% are less than 34 years old. But slot machine attracts the most of young players of less than 34 years old (78%).

According to the DGOJ, online poker presents less risks of addiction, even if gamers spend more than one hour to play on it. In fact, 83% of players of online poker admit to have sessions of at least one hour, against 58% and 57% for players of bingo and casino games. The attendance is also higher compared with other online games, but gamers are ready to stop the game in case of absolute necessity, which avoids the problem of addiction. 16% of players of poker play everyday, and 39% for at least once a week. 47% of poker players can stop easily their session if important event occurs. That is encouraging compared with answers of players of casino and gambling machines, respectively 30% and 27%. 1,027 Spanish admit having played at least once in 2013.


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Manne wrote: More online poker play has taken place on the World Series of Poker’s website in Clifton and Wayne than in any other Bergen or Passaic County towns, but a number of Bergen towns are significantly outperforming their population rankings.

Those are some of the findings based on data supplied by wsop-com officials on the habits of online poker players in New Jersey since the gambling was legalized by the state in late November.

Many of the state’s largest municipalities, not surprisingly, ranked high in total minutes of online poker played, including leader Toms River (7th-largest population), Jersey City (2nd in both categories), and Cherry Hill (3rd in online minutes played, 13th in population).

But Lyndhurst managed to rank 29th in the gambling even though it is just the state’s 126th-ranked town by population. One spot back, in 30th, is Paterson, the state’s third-largest city.

Other Bergen communities where the online poker play was far ahead of the population ranking include Tenafly, Saddle Brook, Lodi and New Milford.

That list reflects the fact that online gambling seems to be occurring in both blue-collar and wealthy communities, which is what online gaming analysts have predicted.

Casino executives also say that preliminary research is showing that most of the play is not coming from regular visitors to Atlantic City — which, if it holds up, would stem fears that the new gambling is simply cannibalizing brick-and-mortar play at the expense of casino service jobs in that struggling city. Online players offer casinos a potentially lucrative database of new patrons, it is believed, who could then be targeted with discount offers to become new casino visitors as well.

Some online poker research suggests that the profile of the likely players – young, affluent urban males – might favor such cities as Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus and Newark because of their proximity via mass transit to Manhattan. That seems to be occurring, as Jersey City, Hoboken (fourth-most minutes played with the 34th-highest population), and Secaucus (79th and 156th) all matched or exceeded their expected rankings.

But Newark, the state’s largest city, has lagged in that respect, ranking 40th in online poker minutes.

Toms River in Ocean County, the state’s seventh-largest municipality, topped the Wsop-com rankings, which do not specify the number of minutes played per town.

The minutes-played calculations are based on logging the IP address of the computer being used to play online poker, so it’s not clear if some towns may be magnets for players from other towns. While the law signed by Governor Christie a year ago bans restaurants or bars from advertising for online gamblers to play at their establishments, friends can privately agree to meet anywhere.

Residents and non-residents alike who set up online accounts can play, but only within New Jersey because of “geolocation” tools that have in some cases incorrectly rejected players near the state’s borders.

Atlantic City’s casinos have taken in about $28 million in online gaming revenue while paying more than $4 million in online gaming taxes, at a rate of 15 percent — nearly double the rate that the casinos pay on their in-house revenues. Those figures are below expectations of most industry analysts, but a number of the casinos have delayed expanding their marketing budgets until issues of geolocation and the reluctance of many large banks and credit card companies to allow gambling deposits are resolved.

New Jersey is only the third state — after Nevada and Delaware — to authorize the gambling and only the second (after Delaware) to permit online casino gaming beyond just poker. Wsop-com is one of 15 gambling websites operating in New Jersey, but has a major share of activity.

Many European countries and others throughout the world have allowed online casino gambling for a number of years.


North Jersey has big hand in online poker betting - News - NorthJersey-com

Manne wrote: Byron Kaverman is no stranger to success in tournament poker. However, despite years of grinding major events across the globe with tremendous results, the elusive first-place finish still evaded him. That changed on Friday, though, as Kaverman earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #37: $10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em Championship.

With nearly $4.3 million in career winnings prior to today's final table, Kaverman was already a respected grinder on the live circuit among his peers. This marked his 20th career WSOP cash, but he's made his presence known primarily on the World Poker Tour, where in Season XII he cashed a tour-leading seven times, including a runner-up showing in the WPT World Championship for $727,860. In addition to that score (the largest of his career), he had a second-place finish at the WPT bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble and a fourth-place finish at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris.


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