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New Poker Movie with Benicio del Toro

According to poker website Coinflip.com it seems like Hollywood are preparing for yet another poker movie and this time it is Benicio del Toro who will hold the lead character if the rumors are true.

Del Toro is born in Puerto Rico and this is where the movie is supposed to be filmed. Other than del Toro it is also rumored that rapper 50 Cent and Wisin & Yandel are going to take part in this production.

Benicio del Toro is mostly known for his excellent performance in the Hunter S. Thompson movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The Founder of PokerListings Found Murdered

The man who was found murdered in Trollhattan, Sweden a couple of weeks ago was no other than one of the Swedish founders of the well known poker site PokerListings.com.

The 36-year old man who usually lives in New York was visiting his home town of Trollhattan in Sweden. He was found shot in his bed and the Swedish Police have been investigating this murder for the last few weeks with very limited results. With the man in the house was also his two-year old son who is assumed to have witnessed the murder.

The man was one of the founders of the huge poker resource site PokerListings.com and was previously the CEO of the company but recently changed over to a smaller role within the company.

PartyGaming Buys WPT

Peerless Media, a PartyGaming company, have bought the WPT brand. They managed to do this even though it had already been sold to another company, but that deal was cancelled after PartyGaming made their offer. The World Poker Tour was sold for the sum of $12.3 million plus 5% of the income that is being generated from now on.

PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker.com, managed to buy the WPT brand even though Gaymynia Ltd, a private investment group earlier bought the WPT for $9 million. But that deal was cancelled as mentioned earlier in this article.

“PartyGaming has been a very important partner for several years and we are convinced that they are going to take good care of our brands in the future”, said Steve Lipscomb.

Since the poker boom in 2003 the WPT brand has been growing steadily but over the last year the interest for the tour have cooled off significantly. The WPT Legends of Poker which is being played right now have 25% less participants when compared to last year.

Phil Ivey stands to win $30 Million from 2009 WSOP Main Event Win

Since Phil Ivey made it to the final table of the 2009 WSOP Main Event the rumours about his side bet action have started to spread. Several sources have been saying that Phil have been placing large sums of money on himself as the WSOP Main Event winner 2009.

It has been confirmed that Andy Bloch and Phil Gordon stand to lose millions of dollars if Ivey should manage to win the tournament once it resumes in August. The first prize for winning the WSOP Main event this year is $8.5 million but that is mere peanuts compared to what he stands to win in the several prop bets that he has going on at the side.

Ivey have already won two bracelets this year and according to recent rumours he have $12 million from these events just from the side bets with other poker pro’s and degenerate gamblers.

Should Phil Ivey manage to take down the first prize in Novermber he will also get $8.5 win bonus from Full Tilt Poker for his sponsor deal with the online poker room. If all of these rumours turn out to be true it looks as if Phil stands to win a bit over $30 million for taking the Main Event bracelet.

It’s not very strange that a player like Phil Ivey has a lot of trust in his own abilities at the poker tables as he has managed to finish in the top 40 players 4 out of his last 8 tries. His best finish in the WSOP Main Event came in 2003 when he finished in 10th place, just missing the final table.

The success have been plenty in the other WSOP events as well and Ivey now has a total of 7 bracelets in his collection. On top of this he is also one of the most successful players on the World Poker Tour, with one titel win and and seven final tables. He was also very close to taking down a victory on the European Poker Tour when he finished second in EPT Barcelona. The year before that he managed to win the Monte Carlo Millions, which at the time had a first prize of $1.000.000.

Ivey’s total tournament winnings are now up to $10.8 million and that is before adding the $1.26 million that he is guaranteed to win in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.

The thing that makes Phil Ivey unique is that he is also one of the biggest winner at the cash game tables both online and in the land based casinos. Since the beginning of 2007 he is a $10 million winner at Full Tilt Poker, where he can be found playing at the high stakes tables “Ivey Deathmatch” and “Ivey Thunderdome“. Ivey is also a frequent visitor at the high stakes tables at the Bellagio in Las Vegas where they are playing “The Big Game“.

Phil Ivey managed to make quite a name for himself in the poker world when he beat billionaire Andy Beal during a three day session which meant a nice payday for the members of “The Corporation“. The Corporation at the time consisted of Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Todd Brunson, Ted Forrest, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstein and Chau Giang amongst other players.

When taking all of these things into consideration most of us probably believe that Phil Ivey will manage to win the 2009 WSOP Main Event even though he is way behind the chipleader Darvin Moon.

NBC’s New Poker Show “Face the Ace”

The first of August 2009 is going to be the premiere date of NBC’s new poker show, “Face the Ace“. In this program we will see players who have been qualifying for this show on Full Tilt Poker go up against some real poker pro’s heads-up for a $1.000.000 first price.

All of the matches will be played heads-up and for one match won the qualifying player will receive $40.000, two matches won $200.000 and three matches won will award the highest possible prize of $1.000.000. The qualifying player will have the opportunity to leave after each match and keep the money.

For each one of the matches won by the pro’s $10.000 will be donated to charity.

The contestants will have to pick what pro’s they are going to play against by choosing a door behind which the different pro’s are lined up.

The following poker pro’s will be hidden behind the doors:

Patrik Antonius, Andy Bloch, Allen Cunningham, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Huck Seed, Erik Seidel and Gavin Smith.

Full Tilt Poker Releases New Software

Full Tilt Poker have just released a new version of their poker software which includes a whole bunch of improvements. In the new poker client they have added an advanced filter that will make it easier for the players to find the kind of games they are looking to play. In this filter you will be able to list both your favourite cash games and tournaments for easy and fast access.

This new and updated version of the poker client will also make it a lot easier for the players to keep track of statistics, campaigns and other important information. As a player at Full Tilt Poker you will now be able to chose what is going to be listed in the lobby while you are logged in.

With these alternatives you will be able to keep track of player stats, FullTilt Points, cashier, a certain player session, ongoing campaigns and much more.

Another change that has been made is that all players will now be able a deal at the final table of all multi table tournaments and Sit and Go’s.

At the same time as these changes are launched the people at FullTilt have put together a campaign that goes under the name “Biggest Bonus Ever“. Everyone who has generated at least one FullTilt Point before the 28th of July will be able to get a $100 bonus to their account.

Justin “BoostedJ” Smith Turns “Red Pro” at FullTilt

The well know high stakes player Justin “BoostedJ” Smith have just joined Full Tilt Poker as a FullTilt “red pro”.

The 21-year old American Justin Smith have been playing at the highest cash game tables at FullTilt for several years. He is usually find playing the Mixed Games at FullTilt Poker.

When it comes to live events he managed to grab the third place in the WPT Bellagio Cup two weeks ago, winning $464.870.

Justin is now going to play under his real name at FullTilt which means he is no longer going to use his famous “BoostedJ” nickname at the tables.

Due to the fact that Justin now is a red pro at FullTilt he has now been given his own tables at the levels where he is usually playing.

Everest Poker Celebrates Birthday in Style

The online poker room Everest Poker is celebrating its fifth birthday during the month of August. To celebrate this occasion they are offering some really great promotions for their players during the month of August.

The Everest Poker birthday celebration is going to consist of five different promotions, the most attractive out of these promos is the $500.000 guaranteed tournament of which the final table will be played live in Las Vegas.

The following promotions are part of the celebrations at Everest Poker:

1. $500.000 guaranteed tournament where the final table is going to be played out in Las Vegas. The online qualifiers will start in August and the players will be able to qualify either by sit and go tournaments or by playing regular multi table tournaments.
The main tournament will be held on the 4th of October and the play will be paused when it reaches the final 9 players.

2. Refer 4 friends to Everest Poker during July or August and get a free entry to an exclusive $5000 freeroll.

3. Get up to 55% discount in the Everest Poker Summit Points Shop.

4. All players who participate in the 5-billionth hand will get $5.000 credited to their accounts.

5. Earn five summit points every day for a month and you will get a free entry to a $5.000 freeroll. The qualification period for this promotion is 5th of August to 4th of September and you are allowed to miss one day.
The freeroll is going to be played at the 8th of September.

Play poker against sports legends in the Bahamas

“Sports Legends Challenge” is a poker tournament where 25 sports legends will play together with 25 of the most well know poker professionals today.

Have you ever dreamt about meeting legends like Sugar Ray Leonard, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bobby Hull? This year you have the chance to make those dreams come through in the Bahamas in September. These sports legends and many more will participate in a poker tournament that has a $10.000 buy in.

There are a total of 2.200 seats available for this tournament so the odds are slim that you might actually end up at the same table as one of these legends but you will surely be able to meet them at some of the after parties.

Some of the poker pro’s that are going to particpate are Antonio Esfandiari, Johnny Chan and Jamie Gold.

You can win a seat in this tournament by playing at Absolute Poker.

For full info check out SportsLegendsChallenge.com.

Expected French poker tax changes finally taking place

Latest poker news is that the French government has decided not to go ahead with the online poker tax plans. These plans would have seen the tax player stakes increase at 2%. This news came as a relief for the C.E.O of the top poker brand ChiliPoker, a France-focused online poker industry who will benefit as they market the French market.

It was the French authorities who changed the taxation set up last week stating that online poker from 2% of player stakes to 2% of the pots, capped at €1. The poker community and industry in general had asked the French government to change its plans again and again. Their point of argument was that that proposed regulation would make legal poker sites completely uncompetitive and unfair.

Alexandre Dreyfus, chief executive of ChiliPoker expressed his relief after hearing the government decision while interviewed by EGRmagazine.com, saying that “We are all very glad that we were consulted by the French government and that our views were taken seriously. Although the set up is not ideal – we want to be able to offer French players the possibility to play against players from other countries, especially for tournament games – the hope is that legislation will evolve with time.”

30% of all the pots generated by the online operators are estimated to be the French government’s total tax take on all this as the revised system will allow more freedom on the market. It will allow for online poker operators to offer a more competitive environment to their customers and at the same time grow the game in France.

It was also noted that EGBA / The European Gaming and Betting Association described the French government’s plan as “highly problematic” as they would make operators pay sport federations for the right to offer markets on their events. France is consolidating and introducing the sports betting right as part of the draft gambling regulation that will be implemented in France next year in an aim to “preserve the integrity of sports”.

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