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May 23rd Poker news ... Poker Blog Now at pokerblognow.com
POKER CENTRAL COVERAGE FOR $500k BUY-IN POKER TOURNAMENT
2015-04-09
The Poker Central network has announced that it is to produce a television show based on this year's $500,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, working in collaboration with WSOP contractor Poker Productions.
The plan is to flight the show on a major television network around August this year.
With a prize pool in excess of $25 million that includes a first prize of around $8 million, the competition is a magnet for both quality players and a vast potential audience of online and television poker fans.
Clint Stinchcomb, CEO of Poker Central said this week: Its sure to be one of the most captivating and popular tournaments in poker.
The roster of players already includes Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Colman, Erik Seidel, Joseph Cheong, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Scott Seiver and Tom Dwan, and over 50 top aces are expected to register.
BRANDED BETTING SERVICE FOR THE SUN?
2014-04-17
Marketing Week report News UK's NFL Lines News Group Newspapers subsidiary Sun is delving into the possibility of launching its own-branded gambling service.
News UK has reportedly applied for a range of "Sun Bets" trademarks, two of which carry the strapline "back yourself".
Sun Bet's betting service would join a gambling portfolio that comprises Sun Bingo and the Sun+ "Second Chance Sunday" Lotto game.
Britains most popular paper is the number once choice of more than half of the UKs online gamblers, so we are always seeking ways to strengthen our sports offer to them, a Sun spokesperson told Marketing Week.
An own-branded betting service would provide another revenue stream for the Sun, but may alienate big-spending advertisers such as Paddy Power who sponsored the Sun Goals app when it launched in the middle of last year (see previous InfoPowa report).
POKER ACE BLOM IN ANOTHER ONLINE POKER COUP
2013-04-05
Insane amounts of money again changed hands on the online high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker Thursday as Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom and Ben 'Bttech86' Tollerene slugged it out in a Cap PLO session that lasted 5hr 40minutes across 4 virtual tables.
The High Stakes Data Base reports that after initially dominating the contest, Blom was forced onto the back foot by a resurgent Tollerene, setting the scene for an enthralling big-money back-and-forth as the lead see-sawed between these two bold and talented poker professionals.
Starting out one-tabling $500/$1,000 the two soon had more tables going and ever higher stakes at risk, culminating in Blom taking his opponent for $1,703,125.
The big win brought Blom back to a positive $4 million balance since the start of the year.