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Victory Poker May Join CEREUS Network
In an unconfirmed rumor first reported by RakeTheRake, Victory Poker, which currently makes its home on the Cake Poker Network, may soon be jumping ship to the CEREUS Network. The latter family of sites includes UB.com and Absolute Poker, both of which accept players from the United States.
Poker News Daily contacted Victory Poker CEO Dan Fleyshman, who revealed that a signed agreement is not yet in place. Fleyshman told us on Friday, “I would be excited to join a network that hosts the third largest site in the U.S. and has very few partners to focus on. It would be great for everyone involved.†Earlier this week, the Cake Poker Network entered into a strategic partnership with PokerListings. According to a press release sent by Cake Poker officials on Thursday night, “A notable aspect of this partnership includes an ongoing commitment from PokerListings to drive a minimum of 2,000 new depositing players per month to the Cake Network, which will have a significant impact on the number of recreational first time depositors.†The press release continued, “This partnership adds considerable strength to the position of the Cake Network by ensuring a steady stream of new depositing players every month, which will soften games and increase liquidity across the network.†Victory Poker becomes one of a handful of companies and individuals to part ways with the Cake Poker Network in the past few months. DoylesRoom bailed in favor of the True Poker-led Yatahay Poker Network in January. In late December, Cake Poker Card Room Manager Lee Jones and Cake Poker Tournament Director Serge Ravitch both resigned from the network’s flagship room. Last August, Victory Poker moved from the Everleaf Network, on which it launched, to Cake. On what made the move appealing, Fleyshman told Poker News Daily at the time, “There were only two networks we really considered, Cake and Merge. The other networks are more international like Entraction and Ongame. The Merge Gaming Network’s software is amazing, they have a great backend, and they have great management.†However, the Cake Poker Network was ultimately selected. One poster on PocketFives.com questioned the impact that Victory Poker’s arrival would have on CEREUS: “I see how this is good news for Victory Poker, but how does this help the CEREUS Network? I guess I have never played there, but can’t imagine they are much of a significant traffic boost to CEREUS.†Speaking of traffic, players on Victory Poker should see a sizable bump in liquidity if the rumored move comes to fruition. According to PokerScout.com, which keeps tabs on online poker room activity, the Cake Poker Network is the 26th largest worldwide and the sixth largest to accept USA players. It stands with a seven-day running average of 610 real money ring game players with a 24-hour peak of 931. Meanwhile, the CEREUS Network is the eighth largest in the industry and the third largest to accept U.S. players. The home of UB.com and Absolute Poker has a seven-day running average of nearly 2,000 cash game players with a 24-hour peak of nearly 3,200, making it over three times as large as the Cake Poker Network. If a move happens, we’ll have it for you right here on Poker News Daily. More... |
World Series of Poker Circuit Rincon Main Event Day 1: Easley Riding the Big Stack
The WSOP-C Rincon Main Event kicked off on Thursday with 188 players, and Seneca Easley leads the survivors after one day of play.
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EPT: Vladimir Geshkenbein King of Snowfest Mountain
Geshkenbein, his l,ucky monkey, and his new trophy (Photo courtesy of PokerStars Blog/Neil Stoddart)We might have a running theme to this year’s European Poker Tour champions. First, Lucien Cohen wins EPT Deauville with the help of his plastic rat, now Russian Vladimir Geshkenbein took down the PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest title with the help of [...]
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Are Full Tilt Poker and Station Casinos Next?
http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...esort_t655.jpg Station Casinos, owner of Red Rock and number of other Las Vegas properties, is rumored to be in talks in forming an alliance with Full Tilt.
We’ve recently heard from a number of Las Vegas and online poker insiders that Full Tilt Poker, the second largest U.S.-facing online operator, is in talks to form a strategicSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSalliance with Station Casinos. Station’sSUCKINGHOBBITDICKShas been buzzing internally about a potential Tilt deal, and with the PokerStars-Wynn alliance announced, the Las Vegas gaming community is on steroid-level speculation as to where the next chips will fall. Tilt has been rumored to be in discussions with a number of Las Vegas-based casino properties–including the Wynn–but the prominent speculation as of now is that they are closest to inking a Station deal. Station Casinos is owned in part by the Fertitta brothers, who also own the UFC. Full Tilt was a one-time on the mat sponsor of the UFC. How this impacts the location of the first ONYX Cup event is still uncertain. Developing… * Photo Credit: Las Vegas Sun Related Posts
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WSOP Circuit -- Harrah?s Rincon Main Event Begins
The $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, California began on Thursday and the tournament attracted a field …
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jungleman12 Up Over $1 Million in Durrrr Challenge
Maybe it’s officially getting out of hand. Maybe it’s time for Dan “jungleman12†Cates to call off the dogs. On Friday morning, action in the ongoing Durrrr Challenge saw Cates widen his lead to over a million dollars over Tom “durrrr†Dwan. He’s officially up $1.2 million and a total of 18,236 hands have been played out of the 50,000 needed for the challenge to be complete.
A 780-hand session played out on Friday, the first action in the Durrrr Challenge since March 8th. The largest pot of the day weighed in at $127,000 and saw Dwan raise to $1,200 before the flop. Cates pushed the action to $4,000 and Dwan called to bring a rainbow flop of 5-6-7. Cates made a continuation bet of $4,800 and Dwan once again put his opponent to the test, this time raising to $12,500. Cates responded by shoving all-in for $59,000 and Dwan called, setting up the $127,000 goliath. When the hands were revealed, both players had the goods. Dwan showed 6-5 for bottom two pair, while Cates tabled 8-7 for top pair and an open-ended straight draw. As has been customary in this cycle of the Durrrr Challenge, the turn and river were run twice. In the first, running jacks gave Cates the win with jacks and sevens. The second board filled out 9-4, giving Cates a straight. When the smoke cleared on the 780-hand session, Cates had profited $270,000 and was up $1.2 million overall. However, 32,000 more hands must still be played. Cates immediately headed to Twitter, where he posted to his 5,400 followers, “Won $270K, ran really hot… Now time to play $25/$50 lol.†A few days earlier, Cates posted on Twitter that he had dropped $50,000 to PokerStars pro Viktor “Isildur1†Blom across six tables of $50/$100. Friday’s session ran from 4:15am ET to 6:00am ET and, despite its off-hour, there were plenty of railbirds watching the action. One poster on TwoPlusTwo lamented, “It seems like durrrr just can’t ever run good, sigh.†Another poster echoed the same sentiments, typing, “Jungleman is a great player obv and, not to take anything away from him, but he is really running pretty sick hot atm!†Out of the five largest pots of Friday’s session, Cates walked away with the win in four of them for a combined haul of nearly $400,000. Dwan won the second largest pot of the day, which was worth $117,000, after spiking a set of jacks on the turn. Dwan was apparently on an airplane when the two met at the tables yesterday. In the chat log on a Full Tilt Poker table, the following conversation took place, which ended the session: durrrr: dont think i should play more jungleman12: ok durrrr: getting shakier + little turbulence durrrr: err intnet shakier i mean jungleman12: yeah, thought shakier= turbulence durrrr: heh both durrrr: prolly go together somewhat not sure durrrr: neway txt ya later if im awake enough to play might jus sleep tho gg jungleman12: ok gg When we’ll see the two pros play again is anyone’s guess. Friday’s activity marked just the third time the Durrrr Challenge has been held in 2011 after the battle got underway last August. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest and be sure to visit our sister site, DurrrrChallenge.com, for highlights. More... |
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The Week That Was: SuperStar Showdown, EPT Snowfest, Legislation News and More
Viktor Blom looks to win another $150,000 from Daniel Negreanu in his SuperStar Showdown rematch. (Photo courtesy of Poker Stars Blog) This edition of The Week That Was features a showdown that wasn’t super for one of the participants, a winner in the Austrian Alps and online poker developments on the legislative and business fronts. Blom takes [...]
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Daniel Negreanu on Isildur1, Stars-Wynn, ONYX Cup, WSOP Props, and More
Watch Long Overdue Update From Daniel Negreanu on RawVegas.tvIt’s been awhile since our last vlog with Daniel Negreanu.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSSo he had a lot to talk about, including but certainly not limited to:
:: What he’s doing to avoid a repeat performance in his next showdown with isildur1. :: His thoughts on the ONYX Cup (including how many events he’s playing) and the PokerStars-Full Tilt Tournament Turf WarsTM. :: The PokerStars-Wynn strategic alliance. :: His new WSOP prop bet with Phil Ivey. :: How the new WSOP structure will allow the top players to play more events. Good stuff, one of his best. Give it a watch. Related Posts
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Vladimir Geshkenbein Is European Poker Tour Snowfest Champion
Vladimir Geshkenbein is this season’s PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest champion. He takes the title and €390,000 back to Russia from the Alpine Palace hotel in Hinterglemm, Austria after beating …
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