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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Slots provider Magnet Gaming has signed a deal to supply its innovative games to the casino websites of Denmark’s biggest operator, Danske Spil.
An initial roll-out of eight slots, including the popular titles Diamond Express, Golden Pyramid, and Bank Walt, has now taken place.
A further eight games currently in production will go live in the coming months, courtesy of Magnet’s in-house design team.
Head of game licensing, Thomas Nielsen, said: “Supplying Danske Spil with our products is a real stamp of approval for us and we’re delighted to have reached an agreement.
“As we’ve seen elsewhere, our games are really appealing to casual, small-stake gamers, and we’re sure they will go down well on the big stage too.
“We’re also confident they will have resonance in other regulated markets around the world, where sociable casino players are currently under-served by the offering of many operators.”
Søren Schneider, Danske Spil’s head of product, poker, casino and games, said: “We’ve seen how Magnet Gaming’s real money slots have already attracted a lot of fans in the market, and we’re excited about offering their games to our players too. I’m sure they will be really entertained by them.”
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At first glance, it may seems surprising that the Brazilian government would clamp down in this way, given that the overall trend seems to have been towards increased acceptance. Although it’s illegal to operate a poker website out of Brazil, no attempt has been made to prevent foreign sites from accepting Brazilian customers. In 2011, the country declared poker to be a game of skill, and poker tournaments to be akin to sporting events, thus exempting poker from the country’s blanket ban on gambling; among other things, this has led to the rise of the Brazil Series of Poker (BSOP) and this year’s hosting of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final in Sao Paulo.
The government has also been promising that it is working towards regulated online poker, but with the caveat that such legislation will take years to iron out. Given that seemingly positive attitude towards poker, it might seem surprising to some that the government would restrict and punish online players with such a law.
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A long Day 2 has come to a close in the Estrellas Barcelona Main Event, a day that saw the 984 returners play all of the way down to 98 players. Jose Carlos Garcia, who has been collecting deep finishes all over the tour this year, grabbed the chip lead during the late afternoon today, and by night's end still had the biggest stack in the room with 3,752,000.
After a head-spinning first three hours in which 500 players were eliminated, the day's fourth hour was especially slow as the bubble and hand-for-hand play inched along lengthily until at last the money was reached.
At that point Team PokerStars Pro Online Liliya Novikova had chipped up into the lead with 487 players left, though soon she and everyone else saw Jose Carlos Garcia -- one of several young poker phenoms from Poland -- surge ahead of all and into the chip lead as the field winnowed further. Novikova would slip during the night's latter levels but still make it through with 671,000, a bit better off than the lone surviving member of Team PokerStars Pro, Andre Akkari, who ended with 325,000.
Some late drama at Nikolay Fal's table during one of the day's final hands appeared as though it might result in Garcia losing his chip lead. Up against two opponents he had outchipped, Fal made it to the turn on an A-2-7-K board at which point the stacks went in. One showed a set of deuces, the other a set of sevens, and Fal two kings for a turned best set. His hand held, and after bagging time arrived it was found he had 3,302,000.
John Forst (3.08 million), Mario Lopez (2.455 million), and Daniel Selles (2.413 million) also sealed away massive stacks at the end of play.
Also still in contention are Jude Ainsworth (1.6 million), Hugo Pingray (1.092 million), Peter Trapley (849,000), Sebastien Sabic (801,000), Scott Montgomery (792,000), Dermot Blain (704,000), and Joao Barbosa (290,000) likewise finished still in contention. Click here for a full list of chip counts for the remaining 98 players.
To perform a quick sweep of the other late action before we sign off, the Barcelona Cup's Flight 1F -- the sixth and last starting flight for the event -- still occupied most of the middle portion of the poker room at our last check, with 460 players out of a starting field of 1,162 continuing their battle to join the other flights' survivors for tomorrow's Day 2.
Meanwhile on the room's other side three other events were in action as the Estrellas Main Event wound down for the day.
Both the Women's Event and the Seniors Event were down to about two dozen players each. The Seniors drew 164 players to build a bigger prize pool of €159,080 with €39,990 due the champ. That one will finish out during a second day tomorrow.
The Women's drew 148 players, creating a prize pool of €28,712 with €6,890 up top. They'll be playing down to a winner later tonight.
And in the far corner, the €5K Hyperturbo satellite to the already begun Super High Roller -- that "reverse freeroll" (so to speak) -- was still in progress at last look. They drew 43 players with 12 re-entries, with the event thus awarding SHR seats to the final five finishers.
Come back mañana as Day 3 of the Estrellas Main picks back up at 12 noon CET, with Day 2 of the €50K Super High Roller starting a half-hour later and a host of other side action playing out as well including the €2K Estrellas High Roller.
Until then, buenos noches!
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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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BMM Testlabs, the world's leading gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy is pleased to announce Marc Lee as SVP technology. Lee, an expert in regulatory, compliance, large systems applications development and implementation for remote gaming, will be based out of BMM's headquarters in Las Vegas.
Lee joins BMM with 25 years experience in the IT industry, 11 of those spent in the gaming industry. Prior to joining BMM Lee worked in a senior technical role at Microgaming Software Systems Ltd and as a product executive at Derivco (Pty) Ltd. Lee holds a BSc (hons) degree in Computer Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
As SVP technology, Lee will be assisting regulators and clients in relation to the implementation of remote gaming technologies. Lee will also be responsible for the evolution of BMM's software automation strategy for improved productivity and expanding BMM's market-based software tools which are free-of-charge to the industry.
Martin Storm, BMM's president & CEO, stated, "BMM welcomes another outstanding industry expert to its leadership group. Marc is a leader in his field of remote gaming where he has many years of real and direct experience. When Marc gives advice and guidance, he does so having built and implemented some of the largest and most successful remote gaming systems in the world, and then having worked with gaming regulators to implement them.
Storm concluded, "Marc is a technologist of the highest standard and an individual that clients and regulators can work with and learn from."
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I am used to traveling but this year has been particularly busy for me and so I haven't found the time to blog. It's the end of the year now and I will be just playing two more live tournaments. I'll first be heading to PokerStars LIVE Macau in November for the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP), the biggest tournament in Asia, followed by the IPC, the biggest tournament series in India, in December.
This year I have been travelling the Asian circuit and have loved every moment of being a PokerStars Team Pro. It has always been my goal to popularise poker in India and the way things are going, I feel we are on the right path. Poker is getting huge in India and is just matter of time before it becomes mainstream.
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So I'm confident for this year's ACOP which runs from October 30 to November 15. It's my second year playing this series and the fact that it draws the world's top pros makes the tournaments that much more prestigious. I've had some deep runs this year but haven't had what I'd consider to be a big result.
However, that's only made me more motivated for a big score and I'll hopefully finish the ACOP with my first Spadie (the nickname for the ACOP Title Event trophies). I'll play as many Spadie events as I can since the events have a great, slow structure which gives me a lot of room to play. The Main Event, in particular, is something I'm really looking forward to as it's a HK$100,000 buy-in (roughly 13k USD) and awards the Gold Spadie.
The other Macau tournaments are fast in comparison to the ACOP and I'd like to think that's a contributing factor to my disappointing results in Macau so far. However, I plan to change all that very soon. I plan to play online a lot and work as much as I can on my MTT game over next couple weeks and hopefully it will pay off. See you guys in Macau.
Aditya Agarwal is a member of Team PokerStars Pro
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Las Vegas Gaming Incorporated has about used up its supply of goodwill with Nevada authorities. State regulators warned the casino supplier this week to start demonstrating compliance, or else.Dennis Neilander, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Board, made it clear at a hearing he is tired of problems with Las Vegas Gaming. Neilander told listeners he is "at the end of my rope" in regards to the gambling company.
Las Vegas Gaming supplies slot machines and other games to casinos, as well as operating bingo halls. Its operations spread over twelve states and thirty-eight tribal reservations.
The board has had a string of problems with Las Vegas Gaming, especially in regard to conducting background checks of potential employees.
The comments came at a meeting to discuss the licensing of Las Vegas Gaming president and CEO Jon Berkley. Berkley promised the state auditors that changes have been made in company policy to conform to state regulations.
Despite Neilander's warning, Berkley was recommended by the board to receive a license. However, the decision is not official until approved by the entire Gaming Commission considers it, probably by the end of the month.
Published on June 6, 2009 by VirginiaMaddox
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5.01pm: Break time
Players are now on a 20-minute break. The remainder of the final table update will take place on a new thread here.
4.56pm: Di Carlo finds aces
Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 360,000 from under-the-gun with 6♣6♥. Nicolini di Carlo made it 875,000 holding A♦A♣ from the small blind and Zisimopoulos made the call.
Di Carlo fired a bet of 675,000 on the 2♣Q♦9♣ flop and Zisimopoulos folded.
4.38pm: Feil shoves
Michael Feil raised to 325,000 on the button with 5♦5♣, Frederik Reusch made it 810,000 in the small blind holding A♥6♥. Feil thought for a minute before moving all in for around 4 million, Reusch folded instantly.
4.26pm: di Carlo five-bet bluffs
Frederik Reusch opened to 320,000 with K♠J♦ on the button, Nicolini di Carlo made it 855,000 in the small blind with J♠3♠ before Jaroslaw Sikora four-bet to 1.56 million in the big blind with Q♦8♦. Reusch folded but di Carlo tanked for about four minutes before he made a small five-bet to 2.3 million. Sikora folded and di Carlo showed the bluff.
"Fantastico!" said the (totally unbiased) Italian commentary.
4.16pm: Reusch doubles through Feil
Georgios Zisimopoulos opened to 320,000 on the button with Q♣T♣. Michael Feil made the call in the small blind with 7♦7♥ and then Frederik Reusch moved all in for 2.2 million in the big blind with K♣K♦. Zisimopoulos got a count then folded but Feil made the call.
The board came Q♠2♦6♣J♦3♦ and Reusch doubled up to 4.8 million while Feil is now the short stack, he has 4 million.
4.05pm: Level 32 80,000/160,000 (20,000)
The players have moved on to the fourth level of the day.
3.57pm: Sikora and Zisimopoulos tussle
Jaroslaw Sikora raised to 255,000 from the cutoff with K♣Q♦ and Georgios Zisimopoulos made it 605,000 on the button with A♦7♥. Sikora came back over the top with a raise to 1.325 million and Zisimopoulos folded instantly.
3.45pm: Feil wins big against Sikora
Jaroslaw Sikora raised to 255,000 holding 8♠8♣ before Michael Feil made it 600,000 on the button with K♠K♥. Sikora made the call to see a 4♥5♣9♦ flop.
Sikora checked and Feil decided to check behind. The turn was the 5♥ and Sikora led out for 575,000. Feil caled to see the 3♦ on the river. Sikora bet 975,000 and Feil quickly called.
Sikora showed his eights but immediately tapped the table when Feil turned over kings. Feil has 6.7 million while Sikora is down to 6 million.
3.36pm: Di Carlo makes huge bluff
Georgios Zisimopoulos had led out for 375,000 on the turn of a 6♣3♠7♣7♦ board against Nicolini di Carlo with 8♠7♠ and the Italian made the call with A♥K♦. The river was the T♥ and Zisimopoulos fired 525,000 only for di Carlo to make it 2 million. The Greek player thought for about 30 seconds then folded, tapping the table.
3.34pm: Sikora runs into a wheel
Big pot for Michael Feil, he called bets on the flop, turn and over half a million on the river of a 5♦2♦4♥4♠7♣ board against Jaroslaw Sikora's T♣T♦. Feil turned over A♣3♠ for a flopped wheel and won a substantial pot.
3.25pm: Zisimopoulos into eight figures
Georgios Zisimopoulos opened to 260,000 on the button with T♠T♦. Frederik Reusch called in the big blind with A♦J♦. Reusch check-called bets of 180,000, 230,000 and 355,000 on the flop, turn and river of a K♠K♥T♣5♥3♥ only to see the Greek player's flopped full house. Zisimopoulos now has over 10 million in chips.
3.16pm: Georgi Abuladze eliminated in 6th place (€39,000)
Georgi Abuladze moved all in for 1.57 million from under-the-gun and Jaroslaw Sikora made the call in the small blind.
Abuladze: A♣7♠
Sikora: 7♥7♣
The board ran out T♥Q♥4♥J♣8♣ - no help for the Estonian who busted out in 6th place, winning €39,000.
3.04pm: Ezio Nisoli eliminated in 7th place (€29,800)
Ezio Nisoli moved all in for his last 420,000 preflop from the button with K♦8♥ and Jaroslaw Sikora made the call in the small blind with T♦T♣.
The board came J♣5♥Q♣8♠A♥ and Nisoli busted out in 7th place.
3.02pm: Level up - 60,000/120,000 (20,000)
The players are back in their seats.
2.42pm: Break time
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
2.29pm: Nisoli left really short
Ezio Nisoli opened to 250,000 preflop holding A♥9♥ and Jaroslaw Sikora made it 575,000 with A♠J♠. Nisoli called with just around 700,000 back and saw a Q♦3♥4♦ flop, Nisoli checked and Sikora set him in. The Italian folded, he's very short now.
2.13pm: Sikora folds to Reusch's aces
Jaroslaw Sikora opened to 225,000 from the hijack holding J♠9♠. Frederik Reusch three-bet to 610,000 in the big blind with A♣A♦. Sikora gave it some brief thought and then folded.
2.06pm: Nisoli escapes
Frederik Reusch raised to 210,000 on the button with Q♥Q♣ and Ezio Nisoli defended in the big blind with K♦9♠. The flop came Q♠A♠K♠, Nisoli checked and Reusch bet 290,000. Nisoli only had about 1.7 million behind at this point, tanked briefly and then folded.
1.59pm: Second barrel solves problems
Nicolino di Carlo opened to 200,000 preflop with A♠J♠ and Michael Feil called in the big blind with J♦T♠. The flop was T♥5♠K♣, Feil flopping second pair and di Carlo picked up a gutshot draw for broadway. The German player checked and di Carlo bet 225,000 which Feil called. The 3♥ on the turn didn't change anything and Feil checked again, di Carlo bet 425,000 and Feil thought for about a minute before folding.
1.48pm: Level 30 - 50,000/100,000 (10,000)
It's time for the second level of the day.
1.44pm: Di Carlo fires all three streets
Nicolino di Carlo opened to 175,000 from under-the-gun with A♦K♥. Frederik Reusch defended in the big blind holding A♥7♥. The flop came 6♥A♣J♠ and Reusch check-called a bet of 160,000. The turn Q♥ gave Reusch a flush draw and di Carlo a straight draw and the German player check-called a 240,000 bet to see the K♣ on the river.
Reusch checked a final time and di Carlo bet 350,000, Reusch folded and the Italian won the pot.
1.32pm: Julian Track eliminated in 8th place (€21,000)
Frederik Reusch raised to 175,00 with 8♥8♦ and Julian Track moved in for around a million in chips with K♠Q♠. Reusch called and Track was flipping for his tournament life. The 3♦3♥8♠ left Track drawing virtually dead and the 4♥ turna nd 6♥ river sent the EPT champion out in 8th place winning €21,000.
1.22pm: Huge double for Zisimopoulos
Michael Feil raised to 165,000 with K♠T♠ before Julian Track three-bet on the button to 365,000 holding 5♣3♣. Georgios Zisimopoulos then made it 755,000 in the big blind holding A♣A♦. Feil folded but Track opted to move in and Zisimopoulos could not have called quicker if he'd tried.
The 8♣T♣4♥ flop gave Track a flush draw but the 9♥ turn and 5♥ river changed nothing and Track was left with just 955,000. Zisimopoulos doubled to over 8 million and took the chip lead.
1.16pm: All the aces
A crazy first hand! Julian Track opened to 165,000 with A♣A♥ and Frederk Reusch made it 425,000 on the button. Track four-bet to 1,055,000 and Reusch shoved. Track called instantly to create an 8 million chip pot but both showed their aces and then laughed. The board came 7♠Q♥6♣7♣7♦ and they chopped the pot.
1.10pm: Level 29 - 40,000/80,000 (10,000)
And the final table is under way. About 27 minutes are left in this level.
1.03pm: Final table profiles
To learn a bit about our finalists, check out their profiles here. Play will start shortly.
12.36pm: The final table on an hour delay
The final table has begun with around 27 minutes left of level 29. It's being shown on an hour delay with hole cards up (Italian commentary only). I'd be following the stream and reporting in time with that. The stream will begin at 1.00pm CET, check back here then for the live updates and you can watch the live stream here.
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Cherry Red Casino launched operations this week, giving American players another accredited and top choice for online casino play. It joins its successful sister site, Rushmore Casino, in offering all the best casino games for play in most U.S. states.Top-notch graphics await new players, as well as a $777 signup bonus to depositors of $377 or more. More than eighty games are hosted at Cherry Red, including blackjack, video poker, progressive jackpots and other online slots, craps, and roulette.
Cherry Red offers patrons the best in banking arrangements, accepting all major credit cards and debit cards, as well as most deposit cards and moneybookers.
Real Time Gaming software powers the site. Rushmore has already won several awards, including being named "Casino of the Month" by several reviewers, and has been the top casino destination for American players, and Cherry Red is expected to challenge those acclamations.
Published on October 3, 2008 by JulieWong
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Tensator, the world leader in queue management solutions, announced the showcasing of its gaming industry specific Tensator Virtual Assistant, new branding and signage solutions, virtual queuing and deluxe velvet post and rope barrier collection at this year’s G2E 2015. All of Tensator’s solutions are designed to help maximize customer flow and their access to information that will allow them to make the most of their gaming experience.
Tensator’s Gaming Industry Virtual Assistant delivers an incredible Wow Factor, bringing digital signage to life. The Tensator Virtual Assistant which creates the illusion of a real person, commands attention, rising above traditional signage with full video, audio and interactive engagement, providing information, recommendations, branding and guidance on demand. The Tensator Virtual Assistant is completely customizable and can be anyone - from a celebrity updating patrons on their show or event, or a casino host providing patrons with a warm welcome, offering full information on activities, events and special food and drink offers. The Tensator Virtual Assistant creates a point of difference rising above traditional forms of marketing, offering an engaging experience for guests to become fully immersed in the gaming experience.
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· Branding and signage solutions designed for the gaming industry that deliver high impact, eye-catching, portable signage options.
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
The 2013 World Series of Poker is rapidly winding down, but there are still a few events remaining for Team PokerStars Pros to make their mark. Chad Brown and Nacho Barbero are two players who've talked about their Vegas experiences with the PokerStars Blog, and now Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ and a member of Team PokerStars Canada, has decided to share as well.
The 2013 WSOP is becoming known as the "Year of the Canadians" as ten bracelets have been awarded to citizens of that country. Duhamel, who has cashed three times at the 2013 WSOP for $36,595 (including a tenth-place finish in Event #25 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better), is hoping to become the 11th Canadian to capture a bracelet, which would be his second piece of gold.
In this edition of This or That, which takes a look at both the serious and unserious sides of various Team PokerStars Pros, we caught up with Duhamel, who was playing the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, to talk about life in Vegas, Canada's recent success and much more.
PokerStars Blog: How is the 2013 WSOP going for you thus far?
Jonathan Duhamel: Well, good and bad. Could be worse, could be better. I have a few cashes, but I don't have any final tables yet. My best score is a tenth place, so I'm looking forward to trying to do better than that.
PSBlog: You're currently the chip leader in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.* How does that feel?
JD: It feels amazing, but it's just the start. It's the start of Day 2, so hopefully I'm still going to be the chip leader at the end of the day. It's a fun tournament. All the superstars are here. Definitely feel good so far.
*Duhamel finished Day 2 second in chips behind David Benyamine with 78 players remaining.
PSBlog: What are some things, other than poker, that you like to do while in Las Vegas?
JD: Well, obviously I like to party like all the other kids in Vegas. I just want to chill. I like to play golf, go-karting, stuff like that. Just anything that's going to keep your head off poker for a while.
PSBlog: You went to the Electric Daisy Carnival for the first time this year with fellow Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree. How was that experience?
JD: It was pretty amazing. It was my first time going over there. I'd heard so many good things about it, so definitely it was a lot of fun. I only went on a Friday night and we had a blast, we had a lot of fun.
PSBlog: Canadians are doing very well at the WSOP this summer. As a Canadian yourself, how do you feel about that?
JD: It feels pretty good. I mean it's fun to see that. It's not that much of a surprise because there are a lot of amazing poker players in Canada, so it's really good to see them doing well and for sure it's going to continue I think.
PSBlog: Do you hang out with any other Team Pros when you're in Vegas?
JD: We try to but we all play all the time so it's kind of tough. We had some go-karting last week that was organized, so for those of us that were available we went. Besides that we have drinks here and there when we have time, but usually we're so busy playing all the time that it's tough.
PSBlog: What's your favorite club in Vegas?
JD: That's a good one. Probably XS [at the Wynn] even though Hakkasan [at MGM] is pretty sick. I think XS it number one.
PSBlog: What are your plans for after the series?
JD: Just going home to relax. It's a big, big grind of six weeks in Vegas. I'm just looking forward to relaxing. It's kind of my vacation going home for a month, five weeks maybe. Just going to play some golf, see my buddies and family and just relax.
PSBlog: Will we see you at the EPT Barcelona?
JD: Absolutely.
Chad Holloway is a freelance contributor. WSOP photo courtesy of PokerPhotoArchive.
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