No real official news have yet been released in regards to the issue but during several visits to the public domain names of the three major operators the same notice has appeared on the websites which clearly states that the three companies have followed in procedures of misleading incorporation of companies and services which in basic notes have been issuing payment gateways on third part companies registered to provide other goods and have used the payment solutions to cater to the needs of the poker rooms ongoing business.

The decision has affected Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and The Cereus Network which powers Ub.com (Ultimate Bet Poker and Absolute Poker).
Poker rooms powered by the Cake network including Cakepoker.com and Doyles Room Poker amongst others have not been affected and continue to accept US clients at the time.

The past 2-3 years had presented a grey area of conduct of business as the three poker rooms with a main highlight on PokerStars.com and Full Tilt Poker have continued to grow huge and flourish lucrative profits from the lack of a final decision which would affect their business model which more or less was based on major success after the implementation of the UIGEA.

After repeated efforts from the US authorities to prevent the above mentioned companies from operating business in the US by enhancing warnings and closing down processing this decision seems to be the final kill as following in the same example of the case of Wikileaks the domain name has been seized by its registrant and both domain names are now under the control of the FBI.

Referring to the transfer of the Grand Final from Monte Carlo in Madrid the Executive Director of EPT said: “We are very pleased that we were able to announce that Casino Gran Madrid will be the new home of the EPT Grand Final. We are looking for something new, something dynamic, which could inspire anyone and we knew from the very beginning that Madrid covers all the requirements of poker players who travel, regardless of age and preferences. The same group will organize the event and the program, and I am sure that will be something for everyone. The usual satellites will be held at PokerStars.com offering to players of all nationalities the opportunity to participate in this amazing event”.

PokerStars has also announced the dates for the EPT of San Remo. The most popular stop of the EPT will be held at the Casino San Remo between April 27th and May 3rd.

The tournament officials expect to break the 43973 players’ record as more players will participate to this very popular online poker event.

This year the PokerStars WCOOP events will start at Sunday, September 5th while the last event is scheduled for Sunday, September 27th. WCOOP is popular because it combines high roller events with low and mid ones so practically anyone can participate according to his budget. It is clear however, that the high roller events are strictly for professionals as the buy-in is high up to $25,000!

The full PokerStars WCOOP Schedule:

Sunday, 5th September
20:00 : $ 200 NL Hold’em [6-days max ] $ 1,250,000
22:00 : $ 10,000 NL Hold’em [High Roller ], $ 2,000,000
00:00: $ 200 NL Hold’em, $ 2,000,000
Monday, 6th September
21:00 : $ 300 PL Omaha, $ 200,000
00:00 ET : $ 200 NL Hold’em Shootout [6-days max ] $ 300,000
03:00 : $ 200 NL Hold’em [ turbo Rebuys ], $ 600,000
 
Tuesday, 7th September
21:00 : $ 200 PL Draw, $ 100,000
00:00 : $200 Triple Stud, $100.000
03:00 : $ 1000 No Limit Hold’em [2-days ] $ 1,000,000
Wednesday, 8th September
19:00 : $250 PL Omaha (Knockout), $200.000
21:00 : $300 NL Hold’em [Ante Up], $300.000
00:00: $ 200 NL Hold’em [ Heads- Up , 2-days ], $ 200,000
Thursday, 9th September
19:00 : $200 PL Omaha H/L (6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-on), $200.000
21:00: $ 250 NL Hold’em [6- Max Knockout ], $ 400,000
00:00: $ 200 Razz , $ 250,000
Friday, 10th September
21:00: $200 PL Omaha [6-Max], $500.000
00:00: $ 200 NL Single Draw, $ 50,000
03:00: $100 8-Game [10-mins/Level], $100.000
Saturday, 11th September
20:00 : $ 100 NL Hold’em [10-mins/Level], $ 1,250,000
00:00: $ 200 FL Hold’em, $ 250,000
Sunday, 12th September
20:00 : $ 200 NL Hold’em, $ 1,500,000
00:00 ET : $ 530 NL Hold’em [2-days ], $ 3,000,000
Monday, 13th September
21:00: $ 200 NL Hold’em [4-days max ] $ 700,000
00:00 : $300 Stud, $150.000
03:00 : $200 PL Omaha [Turbo, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] (Turbo, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-on), $400.000
Tuesday, 14th September
21:00: $ 300 Mixed Hold’em [6-days max ] $ 400,000
00:00 : $300 FL Badugi, $100.000
03:00 : $ 1000 NL Hold’em [2-days ], $ 1,000,000
Wednesday, 15th September
19:00: $ 250 NL Οmaha H / L [ Knockout ] , $ 150,000
21:00: $ 500 NL Hold’em Triple Shootout [2-days ], $ 500,000
00:00 : $300 8-Game, $250.000
Thursday, 16th September
19:00 : $ 300 NL Hold’em [6- max ] $ 300,000
21:00: $300 PL Omaha [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On], $500.000
00:00 : $320 FL Triple Draw 2-7, $100.000
Friday, 17th September
21:00: $ 200 NL Hold’em ( Rebuys ), $ 1,000,000
00:00 : $530 FL Omaha Hi/Lo, $400.000
03:00 : $ 300 NL Hold’em [ Levels 10 -Min ] $ 750,000
Saturday, 18th September
20:00 : $ 530 NL Hold’em [ Heads- Up , 2-days ], $ 600,000
22:00 : $ 25.500 NL Hold’em [High Roller Heads- Up , 2-days ], $ 750,000
00:00 : $300 HORSE, $300.000
Sunday, 19th September
20:00 : $ 200 NL Hold’em, $ 1,500,000
00:00: $ 1000 NL Hold’em [2-days ], $ 3,000,000
Monday, 20th September
21:00 : $300 PL Omaha [6-Max, Rebuys], $600.000
00:00: $ 300 NL Hold’em [ 2X Chance ], $ 750,000
03:00 : $ 250 NL Hold’em [ turbo Knockout ], $ 300,000
Tuesday, 21th September
21:00 : $ 300 Mixed [ PLHE / PLO ] , $ 400,000
00:00 : $500 Stud Hi/Lo, $200.000
03:00 : $ 1000 NL Hold’em [2-days ], $ 1,000,000
Wednesday, 22th September
19:00 : $ 200 No Limit Hold’em (1 Rebuy , 1 Add-on ), $ 250,000
21:00: $ 200 NL Hold’em [ Before Big ], $ 600,000
00:00 : $300 PL Omaha Hi/Lo, $400.000
Thursday, 23th September
19:00 : $ 300 NL Hold’em (Turbo ), $ 400,000
21:00: $ 500 NL Hold’em ( Rebuys ), $ 1,000,000
00:00 : $2,000 PL Omaha [6-Max, 2-days], $800.000
Friday, 24th September
21:00: $ 500 NL Hold’em [1 Rebuy , 1 Add- On], $ 1,000,000
00:00 : $ 1,000 FL Hold’em [6- max ] $ 400,000
03:00 : $200 NL Omaha H/L [10-Min Levels], $200.000
Saturday, 25th September
20:00 : $500 PL Omaha [Heads-Up Matches, 2-days], $200.000
00:00 : $2,000 HORSE [2-days], $400.000
Sunday, 26th September
20:00 : $ 200 NL Hold’em, $ 1,500,000
22:00 : $10,000 8-Game [High-Roller, 2-days], $1.000.000
00:00: $ 5,000 NL Hold’em Main Event [2-days ], $ 10,000,000

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However, the king of the World Series of Poker remains the $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem which is scheduled at July 5th and it will last a full 13 days until we reach the nine top players. These poker players will battle for the WSOP bracelet sometime later on November (the date of the event is not announced yet). If you would like to participate there is still time as the registration time will end a day before the initial event day. More information you can get by the Rio & Casino Hotel at 800-752-9746.

The WSOP events attract thousands of people each year, people who love to play mainly on the online poker rooms. This is way all the major poker sites offer full sponsored packages to online poker players who reach the first place to the specific tournaments. The buy-in for the final WSOP tournament vary but generally the fee is between $150 to $250. However, the online poker rooms offer the chance to all the players to participate for a WSOP package via satellites where the buy-in is free.

As many players play poker online on daily basis, many states in the US have initiated procedures in order to benefit taxwise from the vast amount of money that is circulated online. The state of California aims to be the first one to legalize online poker – thus giving the opportunity to the citizens to play poker online legally – as they have already begin negations to construct a frame low where the game will be regulated by the state itself. However, the voting for the bill postponed as Senator Rod Wright – who is the bill’s author – decided that “it still needs a great deal of work”. Senator wants to introduce a strong frame law which will enable the state to benefit from the tax revenue (which is estimated to $2.1 billion annually) but the very same time to ensure that the local tribe groups who opposed to the bill will not suffer income losses. The state of California – which faces a $19 billion deficit – can only benefit from the legalization of poker but decisions must be made quickly as more and more issues will be risen every single day.

Men “The Master” Nguyen stated shortly after his win: “America made me the person I am today – a poker champion. Believe me, I am extremely happy I reached 7 WSOP bracelets. When I survived against Evdakov, I felt that I would be a winner today.” First man out was Sirious Jamshidi ($46,206) followed by Vladimir Schmelev ($55,991) and Michael Mizrachi ($68,949). Joe Cassidy ($86,461) was next while Nikolay Evdakov ($110,629) followed after his elimination by Nguyen. On the table remained Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams and Men Nguyen. Adams managed to eliminate Billirakis ($152,788) – who rushed to the Deuce-to-Seven Single Draw event.

The heads up battle last for long time as Nguyen was extremely aggressive with good pocket hands while Adams was winning the pots most of the time. Finally, the two players agreed to play all-in without check their pocket cards. At theat moment, Nguyen was the chip leader. Adams had A-3-Q while Nguyen had T-9-6. In the 7th street Adams had A-3-Q-Q-5-4-9 while Nguyen had T-9-6-K-J-6-K! This was the first WSOP bracelet for Nguyen the last 7 years equalizing the record of Phil Ivey and Billy Baxter. Only Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Johnny Moss and Eric Saintel have more.

Event #10, $10,000 7-card stud top standings:
1st Men Nguyen – $394,800
2nd Brandon Adams – $243,958
3rd Steve Billirakis – $152,788
4th Nikolay Evdakov – $110,629
5th Joe Cassidy – $86,461
6th Michael Mizrachi – $68,949
7th Vladimir Schmelev – $55,991
8th Sirious Jamshidi – $46,206

Men Nguyen: Men “The Master” Nguyễn (born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. Nguyen has over 120 finishes in the money from 2000 to 2004, and has won more than 75 tournaments. In 1991 one of his students gave him the nickname “The Master,” and now he is widely known as “Men the Master.” He donates a portion of the poker bonus money he earns through tournaments and tutoring to charities in Vietnam, and in 1996, with the earnings from his final-table finish in the World Series of Poker, built a kindergarten in Vietnam.

World Series of Poker bracelets Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1992 $1,500 Seven-card stud $120,600
1995 $2,500 Seven-card stud hi-lo $96,000
1995 $2,500 Limit Texas hold ‘em $110,000
1996 $2,500 Omaha hi-lo $110,000
2003 $5,000 Seven-card stud $178,560
2003 $1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball $43,520
2010 $10,000 Seven-card stud $394,807

Pokerstars.com is aiming to develop a version of their poker software which will run over mobile operating systems but at the same time will ensure maximum quality and top security for the end user. Of course company’s plans are at initial stage as there are many parameters which should be taken under consideration including the processing and sensitive personal and financial information of the mobile application user.

It is well known that despite the fact that the encryption algorithm of the mobile devices is very strong, the fact that mobile devices virtually share the same network and the data are transmitted through a weak mean (air) can cause many unpredictable events and security issues. Pokerstars.com – so far – always paid great attention on internet security and they will not launch any kind of application unless they are absolutely certain their customers are protected.

Searching the internet, the end users welcomed such a possibility but they also reckoned the fact that unless the application is at the same standards as the downloaded version which provides maximum security and fairness will not install the application to their mobile phones.

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On the poker room you will find all the popular poker games such as Texas Holdem and Omaha, while there are tons of different tournaments for everyone and every pocket. Starting from the daily $100 Freerolls which are scheduled on different times so anyone can participate, then moving to the $1, $250 guaranteed tournament with 15 mins rebuys all the way to the $1K freezout Sunday tournament where the buy in is $20+2 (satellites are available for the main event during the week). Of course, the crown of the room is no other than the $100K Guaranteed Weekly Tournament where you can participate either by a direct buy-in or by the satellites procedure.

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The 2010 World Series of Poker at Full Tilt Poker will be loaded with surprises as players qualifying will have the opportunity to not only join poker’s hall of fame but will be treated as real VIP’s from the world second largest online poker room. New players interested in signing up an account at Full Tilt can take advantage of the 100% sign up bonus for deposits up to $600 by using the Full Tilt Poker Referral Code: LUCKYROOM as shown above in the left top corner image. Players using the Full Tilt Poker Referral Code will be able to claim the super sign up bonus for all deposits up to $600.

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