Masquerade Event for Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sponsored by Full Tilt Poker

The NSPCS is a non-profit organization and a no-kill sanctuary for animals in Las Vegas. Full Tilt Poker has been generously performing tournaments and a number of tournaments’ proceeds are being given to NSPCA. On Saturday the 27th of February, a Kandy Masquerade will be held at the Playboy Mansion.

The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic will have its main event on Friday, a day before the said masquerade. Players competing in the tournament will be given a break on the second day of the competition in order for them to join and enjoy the Kandy Masquerade.

Anyone who wishes to attend the masquerade is advised to purchase tickets in advance. The amount for early consumer is $1,000 however, if you will decide to buy the night of the ball, there will be no assurance that tickets will still be available and even if there will be, the price will surely be gigantic.

Since it is a masquerade ball, everyone is obliged to wear mask. For women, there are expected to wear sexy, masquerade costumes while men should wear all black attire. There will be no contraindication when you want to bring cameras.

Motion to Transfer Internet Gambling Case Has Been by Kentucky Court of Appeals

Since a motion was granted by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the state’s Supreme Court will handle the case involving the seizure of 141 internet gambling domain names. In this case PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com are included.

Almost all involved internet sites are optimistic that the Kentucky Supreme Court will grant the motion. The court may now base their decision in the Kentucky law. It is believed that the laws are in favor of the internet gambling as well as the Commonwealth’s attorneys.

The Kentucky Supreme Court released a statement that the arguments of iMEGA was numerous and compelling however it lacks standing because it never mentioned any names of its members. As for the response of iMEGA, they also did the same during the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. According to Brennen, if the case is really to be transferred to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, no further oral argument or filings are needed.

As for the southern State’s highest legislative body, they only release one court decision per month. April 22nd is the next date to be followed regarding this matter. Other release dates are 20th of May, 17 of June, the court does not meet in July so the next will be on 26th August, then September 23rd, October 21st, 18th November and lastly for this year is on 16th December.

Titan Poker Awarded $13,000 Package to the Last Man Standing

In one of the most generous cash giveaway Titan Poker has just awarded a $13,000 package to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker to Michal Kusak of Poland for an outstanding performance that began on February 1. Kusak was able to preserve a point score of over 7,500 poker points daily making the Last Man Standing in the league tables open to all players. The leagues available to bronze members and above are still going on.

Michal has only been playing poker for 24 months, commented that “I had no intention of taking this promotion seriously but with the decreasing number of opponents I started to believe that I could be the best”. Surely an excellent confidence boost for someone who didn’t think that they had a chance to win and a model for all the other budding poker stars, that, with determination it is possible to make it to the World Series of Poker and play with the world’s best.

Michal Kusak began his poker career on the Titan Poker website and is sure to give the professionals at the World Series a run for their money, no pun intended!

Bonus Offers from CEREUS Network to Qualified WSOP

This summer, the CEREUS Poker Network is offering a huge amount of money through its two online poker site, which includes Absolute Poker and UB.com. Show Up, Get Paid is what CEREUS announced last March 3rd. This kind of promotion will pay all qualified poker player who will be in the game for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. The sponsorship promotion in the final table is worth up to $750,000 as revealed.

The WSOP Step tournaments and multi-table satellites had begun running on Wednesday and is offering a Main Event bonus to any player who will be qualified for the tournament through Absolute Poker or UB.com. For all the players to qualify, they need to win through the step tournament or invest as little as $0.10 on UB.com and Absolute Poker.

Whenever a player is qualified to be in the WSOP Main Event through the CEREUS Network, he or she is promised at least a cash bonus of $1,000 and will be able to wear an approved branded gear to the Main Event. The more players who qualifies, the bigger the bonus will be at stake for them.

Aside from the mentioned bonus prizes, CEREUS is also handing out money in the form of a final table sponsorship deal to players who will be in depth in the Main Event.

More of NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship Predictions

It has been the job of PokerNews to feed back their own predictions on any prestigious event in poker and one of it is the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship. Here are some of it.

According to Eric Ramsey, senior tournament reporter:

Annette Obrestad – will be Best Poker Performance by a former WSOP Main Event winner

Annie Duke vs. Howard Lederer – the dream televised table match-up

Mike Matusow – unfortunately will suffer the worst beat

Chris Moneymaker – will experience the biggest disappoinment

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier – Will take the title of being the 2010 NBC Heads-Up Champion

From PokerNews senior producer/Hostess, Gloria Balding

Peter Eastgate – will have the best poker performance by a former WSOP Main Event winner

Howard Lederer – have his biggest disappointment

Pieter de Korver, JP Kelly, Jesper Hougaard, Annette Obrestad – have their best first-time performance

Predictions from a staff writer and tournament reporter Ellisa Harwood

Don Cheadle – considered to have the best poker performance by a celebrity

Huck Seed – considered to be the best poker performance by a former WSOP Main Event winner

Sam Farha vs. Chris Moneymaker – there match will be the dream televised table match-up

Phil Hellmuth – sad to say, will have the biggest disappointment

Jesper Hougaard – will experience his best firt-time performance

Paul Wasicka – predicted to be the 2010 NBC Heads-Up Champion

Dwan Wins $230,000 in 9 Minutes

Patrick Antonius and Tom “durrr” Dwan had a match for the weekend event as the latest session of the “durrr” Challenge. The game only lasted for nine minutes last Saturday night and Dwan wins the match over the course of 61 hands.

Tom Dwan collected a huge amount of $230,710 from his rival in the span of nine minutes. As of the moment, Dwan is already holding around $2 million with 33,303 hands in his entire poker career.

Last Saturday’s event started with Patrik leading the action as he raise $1,200 as Dwan made a three-bet to $3,600 and Antonius called this offer. Dwan was holding ace of hearts, Queen of hearts, 10 of spades and 8 of diamonds while Patrick showed up his card with Queen of spades, 9 of clubs, 6 of clubs and 2 of spades.

The flop in the match showed up King of spades, Queen of clubs and Jack of spades. The turn brought out the 7 of spades and the river of Jack of diamonds to complete the five cards. The last card made Dwan win the amount of $184,234 pot money. There are still 16,697 hands left in the challenge that gives Antonius frightening task to overcome a deficit of $1,986,418.

GoldBet Entering the World of Poker

One of the leading European bookmakers GoldBet which is founded in 2000 in Innsbruck, had no poker offering until now. It has been recently announced that Microgaming Poker Network adds the long time sports book in the game of poker.

According to GoldBet Casino and Poker Manager Luigi Amadio, they are truly delighted to join partnership with Microgaming. It was only then that they discovered that Poker product is really the best in the market and lives with that reputation. GoldBet and Microgaming have a similar mission statement which simplicity, usability and security. Aside from the mission statement, the programs and activities of Microgaming reflects the values in which Goldbet operates as a business.

Online sports books are in a way very attractive partners for poker networks. Most of the poker players were initially sports bettors before they became a full pledge poker player. There are many poker players and some of them are only recreational players, and some are casual players who are only experimenting however, serious player or not, both attracts poker networks.

With the partnership, Microgaming Poker Network is looking forward to make GoldBet the complete one stop shop in the gaming entertainment. They are working double time to tailor their products to the existing platform of GoldBet.

Foxwood Finds The Perfect Match In The Person Of Bernard Lee

Poker author, commentator, radio show host, and professional Bernard Lee linked an agreement to represent Foxwoods. The deal brought together New England’s most prestigious poker venues and the area’s top media personality.

Chiaradio told reporters that Lee’s professionalism and personality showed that a relationship would benefit both parties. Lee will be a valuable asset in bringing more energy and excitement to top poker rooms. Lee has also a vast experience from his career in business, particularly in marketing and new business development. He was a former marketing and new business manager for Fortune 500 company. Foxwoods will sponsor Lee’s radio show and as he will represent the casino’s World Poker Tour (WPT) room.

Lee is expected to appear in marketing campaigns for Foxwoods for two years. Lee made his mark in the poker scene in 2005, when he took the 13th WSOP Main Event for $400,000. Foxwood found the perfect candidate in the person of Bernard Lee. Chiaradio said that Foxwood Casino Resort is the premiere gaming destination and Lee is the top poker personality so the relationship is a perfect match. Lee has crashed tournaments around the United States. The question now is whether other casinos will follow Foxwoods’ idea of signing up with Lee to find the best match.

Will the Internet Poker Sites Continue in New Jersey Due to the New Proposed Legislation?

Most people have been wondering if the existing poker sites in New Jersey will continue to operate despite the new legislation in New Jersey. Recently, a bill was proposed in the New Jersey that would offer legalized interstate Internet Poker and sports betting through Atlantic City casinos.

Joe Brenna Jr. is the Chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association. He claims that his clients from the trade association are in favour of the new bill in New Jersey. There is nothing in the bill that will prevent in the residents of New Jersey from continuing their game at different poker sites like Full Tilt and PokerStars.

The $100,000 fine would not apply to existing offshore sites for New Jersey has no jurisdiction for offering Internet wagering without the approval of the New Jersey Gaming Control Commission outlined in the legislation.

Brennan recommends a partner for the New Jersey with existing operators that have the expertise and software to run a successful poker site so that casinos only need to add their brand and can start immediately with minimum over head. Today, New Jersey already held a hearing on the sports betting bill about the State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation committee.

New Mover in the IPoker Network is Revealed

King Solomon is the small online poker room with accounts from the old Boss Media Network has now moved to International Poker Network. The move is now almost complete and can no longer have any access to the Boss Media-powered tables.

King Solomon players can no longer play starting the 1st of February but can still access their accounts to cash out before the closure. An email to all the players was sent by the Boss Media administrators last week to inform their players.

King Solomon was first under the Boss Media Networks, a Swedish company that controls and operates by the IPN. They have an average of 2,000-3,000 cash game players at any given time in their small playroom for the past six months. It is believed though that the site is not going to stop for good but will only switch networks.

Now, the new mover in the IPoker network, King Solomon, will be powered by the Playtech software. Other poker sites under the IPoker Network are the Chili Poker, Titan Poker, CD Poker, Mansion Poker, and Boyle Poker.

It was posted in the website of King Solomon that they will continue to offer its weekly $250,000 Guaranteed as well as the monthly event worth $1 million in the prize pool to all their players. In addition, this small poker room also offers poker variants like Omaha, Omaha High-Low, and Seven Card Stud in addition to No Limit Hold’em.