Poker progressive win at The Venetian Las Vegas

Tuesday evening, 21 September, a guest at The Venetian Las Vegas was dealt a million dollar hand. The guest, who wished to remain anonymous, was playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em and was dealt a spade royal flush. The guest made the $5 side bet making them eligible to win the mega tier of the resort’s Millionaire Progressive for $1,042,938.

In late 2018, The Venetian Resort launched one of the largest table games progressives in the city. A player becomes eligible for the mega tier of the Millionaire Progressive, which begins at $1 million and increases incrementally, once the player makes the $5 side bet. To win, the player must be dealt a natural spade royal flush, and a millionaire is born! The progressive is available on several table games: Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Three Card Poker, Let it Ride, Crazy 4 Poker, and Mississippi Stud in both The Venetian and The Palazzo® casinos. The Millionaire Progressive has minted eight millionaires since inception.

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Keep Memory Alive Poker Tournament

On Friday, 21 September 2018, Keep Memory Alive invites guests to the inaugural Texas Hold ‘em Charity Poker Tournament hosted by casino legend Jack Binion. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the event will take place at the stunning Keep Memory Alive Event Center to raise funds and awareness for the patients and caregivers at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Not only will guests be able to rub elbows with Jack Binion, but with their $500 buy-in, they’ll have the chance to try their luck at the poker tables, roulette wheel, and silent auction alongside other luminaries, including:

Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, Poker Hall of Fame inductee, two-time World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, and winner of ten overall bracelets at the WSOP
Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu, Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and six-time WSOP bracelet winner
Barry Shulman, two-time WSOP bracelet winner, and author
Jack McClelland, Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and longtime WSOP and World Poker Tour tournament director
Jon Taffer, entrepreneur and television personality
Open to all players 21 and older from beginner to advanced skill levels, guests will enjoy a fun and relaxing evening. Throughout the event, they’ll be able to sip on spectacular wine and specialty cocktails, indulge in dishes by Clique Hospitality, and enjoy music by Michael Shulman. The first-place winner will walk away with $10,000, but the runners-up won’t leave empty handed as they’ll take home some incredible prizes including exclusive chef dinners, fantastic trips, exquisite jewelry and first-class wine.

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PokerStars rolls out social app

New social poker game PokerStars Play by PokerStars, the market-leading brand of The Stars Group, has begun phased rollout offering a fun and authentic game for social poker players.

PokerStars Play brings a cohesive gaming experience that epitomizes the variety and fun that has become synonymous with PokerStars. Games include Texas Hold'em, Spin and Go Texas Hold'em, Omaha and casino-style slots to cater to card game enthusiasts and online slots fans. It is currently only available in the U.S. and Australia on iOS and Android, and will begin phased rollout to all territories over the course of the year as a standalone app.

"PokerStars Play is the next phase in our progress toward being a leader in social casino," said Lloyd Melnick, Director of Social Gaming at PokerStars. "PokerStars Play is a unique product, taking the best of real money gaming and merging it with the features players expect from mobile games.

"It brings together the lessons we learned building Jackpot Poker, probably the best social poker game on the market, with the incredible brand equity we have at PokerStars. We are very excited to launch PokerStars Play as it represents a great opportunity for players of social poker products to now play with and against the best from the poker leaders."

The game has a next-generation look with a slick lobby; exciting user experiences to celebrate winning moments; and the chance for players to play against real poker players from around the world, collect trophies and compete to be the best in weekly leaderboards. Players can win billions in fast-paced tournaments and collect up to 100,000 free chips daily.

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Chan Pelton wins CPPT Choctaw Main Event for $130,455

Chan Pelton is the latest name added to the list of Card Player Poker Tour champions. Pelton outlasted a field of 656 players to earn $130,455 and 840 Card Player Player of the Year points in the CPPT Choctaw $1,080 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event.

Pelton also maneuvered his way through a final table which included defending champion Austin Lewis, last year’s runner-up Gary Luther and Miguel Hernandez, who was the runner-up during this event’s inaugural stop back in 2012.

The top prize is the largest live score of the Texas poker player’s career to date. Card Player Poker Tour Upcoming Stops. Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Casino Royale, St. Maarten – April 24-May 3 Bestbet Poker Simulcast Racing, Jacksonville, Florida, August 13-24
Card Player Cruises, Eastern Caribbean, September 5-12

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‘Betting’ On legalization: Yahoo! Launches Texas-Holdem Poker Portal

In a daring move in that seems to get ahead of the curve for legalized poker, the online search engine Yahoo has started a Texas Hold’em portal on its website. Yahoo is currently advertising its Texas Hold’em poker game directly on its fantasy football webpage — seemingly under the impression in that there is a strong overlap between fantasy sports and poker players. It is not surprising in that Yahoo would launch a Texas Hold’em portal based on the growing interest in online poker, especially among the young-adult male demographic. Nevertheless, for now, Yahoo’s Texas Hold’em contest does not pay any prizes to the winners beyond free chips to use for gaming. By not assigning any value to its chips beyond the possibility to continue playing inits online casino, the Yahoo’s Texas Hold’em game most likely avoids the legal element of “reward.”

By doing so, the Texas Hold’em portal seems to comply with most state and federal laws, even presuming Texas Hold’em is declared to be a game of chance. At the same time, the new Yahoo Texas Hold’em portal could be easily monetized if the legal environment were to become more favorable. Thus, by launching this portal now, Yahoo becomes well positioned to enter the pay-to-win online poker market should states ultimately deem Texas Hold’em to be a legal game of skill. Yahoo moreover could apply for licenses to operate their online casino with cash prizes in the limited number of states in that have already legalized online casino gaming, such as Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada. In some ways, it is not surprising to see Yahoo move further in the direction of online gaming, as Yahoo has already built a strong following through monetizing its fantasy football and fantasy basketball games. In addition,Yahoo has mastered the art of using its fantasy sports webpages to sell targeted advertising. For example, Yahoo currently sells advertising space to Toyota in conjunction with its fantasy football weekly recaps.

A virtual Texas Hold’em table may serve as just another goal place for Yahoo to sell web ads. It remains to be seen whether Yahoo’s rivals such as Google and CBS also opt to build a strong presence in Texas Hold’em Poker. But it seems for now in that Yahoo is certainly preparing in advance for the potential day of widespread, legal online poker.

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Poker: Hall of Fame, ready the official nominations

Online voting ended almost a month ago and after the counting electronics, the Commission of the Poker Hall of Fame announced the ten names that are in the running to become part of the historic Hall of Fame poker. A vote for the eminent personalities of the green table were players from all over the world who have indicated their preferred respecting only two requirements: a proven activity in the poker world and at least the age of forty. Among the ten names that will be played on the official entry into the elite of Texas Hold'em stands to Daniel Negreanu, the Canadian player who is at the top of the list of biggest winners with almost $ 30 million in career.

Then there's Jennifer Harman, one of the most successful women in poker history ($ 2.5 million) along with Mike Matusow, great player known for his eloquence at the green table. In contention even some non-US player like Chris Bjorin, Sweden's most successful ever, Bruno Fitoussi, or as one who, according to legend "has brought Texas Hold'em in France." Along with their other five, Humberto Brenes, Huck Seed, Bob Hooks, Ted Forrest and Jack McClelland. The Poker Hall of Fame already includes 46 names, including Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim and disappeared Chip Reese. The end result, as every year, will be announced in conjunction with the Final Table of the World Series is played in November.

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A film about Texas Hold'em starring Steven Seagal

Poker test again to break through to the cinema. After the success of Rounders, and the flop of Runner Runner, the mix for big box office is the one between a classic action movie, with lots of poker to mark scazzottare scenes and stunts. It's called "Gutshot Straight" (literally, "inside straight") and the output circuit in the United States, is scheduled for September 1.

Fans of the genre will not absolutely lose it, mainly because of the cast, with the hardest hard on the big screen. Among the players there is in fact Steven Seagal, martial arts superstar and even Vinnie Jones, the former very bad player who only plays to the cinema roles suited to his reputation in the field. To take the scenes, however, will be George Eads, already seen in the agent Nick Stokes from CSI.

Eads will play the professional poker player, Jack Daniel, grappling with the underworld after accepting a risky bet. Paulie Trunks, a specialist in debt recovery, will speak in his defense. Between a shooting and a car chase, there is also room to see a few hands of poker, although production did not think, even for a cameo, at no Vip in the world of the five cards.

Reason of disappointment for fans of Texas Hold'em, which are already wrinkling her nose, while they will be more enthusiastic fanatics action movie.

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Casinò online, metà giocatori sono donne

Le donne amano il gioco quanto gli uomini: sfatato, dunque, un grande luogo comune. Il Casinò online attrae sempre più donne che rappresentano ormai il 50% dei giocatori che quotidianamente navigano in rete alla ricerca di nuove emozioni. A rivelarlo è uno studio realizzato dall'Osservatorio dei Giochi, il Casinò online sbarcato di Italia da più di un anno e che ha già saputo conquistarsi un posto al sole nel web.

Secondo i dati raccolti dal portale, che ha intervistato un campione di 1.000 persone, uomini e donne, tra i 25 e i 65 anni di ogni estrazione sociale, il gentil sesso rappresenta ormai il 49% dei web gamer. Contrariamente alle aspettative, non sono le "casalinghe disperate" e annoiate le più appassionate, ma le indaffaratissime manager e donne in carriera che rappresentano il 38% delle giocatrici.

A detta del sondaggio Luckyclic, quadri, dirigenti e presidentesse di consigli di amministrazione approfittano di ogni pausa, che sia per un pranzo veloce al bar, che in attesa di un imbarco all'aeroporto, per connettersi a internet dimenticando, anche se solo per qualche minuto, lo stress lavorativo. Al secondo posto di questa speciale classifica, ci sono appunto le casalinghe (32%) che dispongono di più tempo libero e scoprono la rete seguendo l'esempio del marito o consigliate da qualche amica. Medaglia di bronzo, le lavoratrici dipendenti, che siano commesse, operaie o impiegate (30%) che giocano soprattutto la sera prima di stirare o dopo aver messo a letto i bambini.

Ma quali sono i giochi preferiti da queste nuove giocatrici? Senza dubbio le slot, roulette, ma anche il cinematografo black jack e Texas Hold'em riscuotono un grande successo. Giocano soprattutto il fine settimana, con punte però il mercoledì e il giovedì, non a caso in concomitanza con le partite di calcio della Champion's League trasmesse in tv.

Per il portale austriaco Online-casino.at "sempre più donne si affacciano al mondo dei giochi online, ma il loro criterio di approccio a questo tipo di intrattenimento è diverso, in generale, da quello dei maschi. Mentre gli uomini, infatti, lo fanno per puro spirito di competizione, il gentil sesso sfrutta questa nuova opportunità anche per fare nuove conoscenze e provare un nuovo tipo di comunicazione. Non è la vincita la cosa fondamentale, come lo è invece per gli uomini, bensì lo spirito di partecipazione e coinvolgimento".

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