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Rush Poker Introduced at Full Tilt

The major online poker room Full Tilt Poker have recently launched a whole new concept when it comes to playing poker online. This concept is called Rush Poker and it’s a dream come true for all of you action junkies out there who can’t stand to wait for the action to get to you.

The idea behind Rush Poker is to offer as much action to the players as possible and not make them wait for a new hand all the time. The players sitting at a Rush Poker table are part of a player pool and your placement at the table is randomly selected. Every time you fold a hand you will be taken directly to a new table where it is your turn to act again. By doing this the waiting time between hands played is completely eliminated. You are basically always in the action when playing Rush Poker.

So far the response from the players that have been playing Rush Poker has been very positive and some say it’s even a bit addictive due to the massive action at the tables.

If you do not yet have an account at FullTilt but would like to see what this Rush Poker hype is all about then we suggest you enter the Full Tilt Poker referral code PRULESNET when creating your account. This poker bonus code will give you up to $600 for free when making your first deposit.

Wisconsin gambling problems

Gambling problems reached a high in Wisconsin last year, according to the statistics. In fact a record 14,604 calls were received by the Problem Gambling Helpline, operated by the Green Bay-based Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling.

The support group stated that this was an increase of 12.8 percent from the previous year – 2008, and also amounting to the second year in a row that the council reported a record number of calls.

Executive Director Rose Gruber stated that she does not thing the record will drop through 2010. She commented; “The economy is likely one factor affecting the increase in calls. Accessibility to gaming may be another factor, along with increased awareness of problem and compulsive gambling and the services that are available. We typically see a spike in calls this time of year. Credit card bills are arriving, there’s been the temptation of the college bowl games, and the Super Bowl is just ahead.”

Face-off between NBA Players after poker game

A poker game on the 19th December, between NBA players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton started off on a plane flight chartered by the NBA basketball team; Washington Wizards. This game then continued once they got back on the ground as the two players rose to very high stakes games with one of them not paying up to his debt.

The story unfolds with Gilbert Arenas facing Javaris Crittenton trying to intimidate him into paying the $25,000.00 gambling debt by threatening him with 3 guns. The Crittenton got out his own gun and even though no shots were fired, the incident grew on from there.

It also seems like the NBA team got to know about this face-of only from the New York Post Article. The NBA team is considering kicking out both reckless players as well as the current team manager Ernie Grunfeld. We will know more later on, as for now the 2 players have not even been suspended.

At the moment, Gilbert Arena is saying that he took the guns with him to the team’s locker room only because he has a new born baby at home and wanted to safeguard him.

Winners on a roll get a hard blow from VC Poker

The latest iPoker policy was issued stating that they will be penalising their partner sites for having too many winning online poker players. This new policy was a shock to the many poker players who were on a winning streak and now have to face a less profitable year ahead.

The VC Poker many regular cash game players on the Victor Chandler group received an email stating that they will be shut out from the cash games; “If you are not already aware, iPoker will be implementing a new policy in the New Year which will categorize players depending upon certain criteria. The new policy will impose penalties on card rooms that in essence have a high proportion of winning players in relation to losing players”.

“Regrettably, therefore, we are being forced to restrict a number of accounts in order to comply with the new policy and to avoid penalization by iPoker and it grieves me to inform you that we have no option for the time being other than to restrict the cash game stakes at which you play on Victor Chandler Poker. In the meantime, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this action will cause but know that you can still play in tournaments and on any other of the Victor Chandler suite or products.”

This email was signed by Victor Chandler International and it went on to say that they do regret taking this immediate action and they do hope this current policy will change in the near future making it possible for the Victor Chandler Poker players to play cash games again.

Vanessa Rousso Wins Ladies Only Event

During the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2010 there are a lot of side events on top of the popular main event and the highroller event. One of these events were a ladies only event which was meant for the female players only.

It may not come as a surprise to you that Godaddy Girl and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso ended up taking down this event. According to her Twitter account she was the chip leader when the final table started.

Vanessa won’t get much rest after her win in this $1000 Ladies only event as she is scheduled to participate in the World Cup of Poker where Rousso is going to represent Team USA in their fight against the rest of the world.

And the $1 Million prize goes to the retired NYPD officer

Mike Kosowski has hit the headlines as the retired NYPD officer who has managed to win $1 million through his participation at the FOX poker game show PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge.

Kosowski suffered an injury during 9/11 when he was a tower correspondent and was catapulted in the air resulting in him getting badly hurt and burnt. This time off work period was when he started out playing online poker. Now the same man has won over some of the world’s top pros such as Daniel Negreanu by playing head-to-head.

Mike was quoted saying; “It’s unbelievable. We’re still on an emotional high every day. Every day I wonder, ‘Am I living a dream? Playing against a pro is difficult. Because you know he knows the game inside and out. You can’t take as many risks as you would against some guy in Atlantic City.”

Poker Players in High-Stakes Golf Games

In the November 2009 issue of the Golf Magazine, Josh Sens is taking a closer look in to the phenomenon that is high-stakes golf. Poker Players are usually well known for gambling for large amounts even outside of the poker felt and this is just what Sens is reporting in his article called “The Golf Sharks“.

The players mentioned in this article are Phil Hellmuth, Layne Flack, Erick Lindgren and Gavin Smith. These players are making wagers on the golf course that reach all the way up to $10.000 per hole. The game of choice is two-man best ball where Hellmuth and Flack are playing against Lindgren and Smith.

Sens also brings up a lot of the history behind betting, golf and poker and is showing the readers how closely connected the three really are. The Legend Doyle Brunson is mentioned as one of the players who played in the Professional Gamblers Invitational during the 1970’s.

In the article it is also brought to the readers attention that Daniel Negreanu is not participating in any of these high-stakes golf matches as he is still working on improving his golf game.

Phil Ivey Getting Divorced

The “Tiger Woods of Poker”, Phil Ivey is following Tiger’s footsteps and is getting a divorce. Very little details have been released about this divorce and there has been no official statement from Phil himself.

This poker news was released to the world on the 29th of December. The divorce papers were handed over on the 22nd of December and were approved on the 29th of December.

So far these are all the details that has been revealed regarding Phil Ivey’s divorce even though many of the major US newspapers have been writing about it.

We will keep you updated on this in case something interesting comes up.

Big names aim for Poker After Dark

We have been able to see big names of established poker pros attempting to win the Poker After Dark Tournament this year. It is no surprise that Poker After Dark has once again managed to get the big pros all under one roof for the event as they are establishing a fantastic reputation in the poker world.

Amongst these, there are Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu,Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen. The pros have been battling it out for the winning title, playing cash games with not less than $100,000 on the table. The maximum bet is of $250,000.

The episodes are being shown on NBC. The Poker After Dark episodes are not just poker play, they are showing a lot of propositional bets with pros like Negreanu, Ivey, and Hellmuth daring eachother to do more.

We definitely foresee more excitement coming up thanks to Poker After Dark.

Boss Media Poker Rooms Fined for having winning players

The online poker room PokerDucks.com had to close down their operation due to the fact that they brought too many winning players to the Boss Media Network. According to new rules at the popular poker network you will now be fined if you are bringing in a high percentage of winning players to the network. It’s very likely that more poker sites on the network will get similar fines unless they start getting rid of their winning players. It has even reached the stage where some online poker rooms are closing the accounts of winning players due to the huge they are facing if they keep them as a customer.

Even though a lot of people seem to think that these fines are just a way of getting more money to the network operator that is not really the case. The fines that are collected from poker rooms referring mostly winning players will be distributed to the other rooms on the network that are referring a lot of fish (bad players) to the poker tables.

The reason why Boss Media has chosen operate this way is that they are looking for their skins to actively looking for hobby players instead of referring sharks that will take all the money from the limit number of fish at the tables.

It doesn’t take a genius to see that they are really doing this to stop the operators that refer players only by offering them under the table rakeback deals and are not contributing to the network with any new fishy players. The real winners from this new set of rules are going to be the online poker rooms that are mainly a sportsbook as these usually tend to refer a lot of fish to the virtual felt.

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