Friday, August 2, 2013

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ULTIMATE POKER DEALS 10-MILLIONTH HAND

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:18 PM PDT

 

 

LAS VEGAS, NV (Aug. 1, 2013) – On Thursday, Aug. 1, Ultimate Poker dealt its 10-millionth hand of real money online poker at 10:22 a.m. PST on UltimatePoker.com after a little over three months of live play.

Ultimate Gaming Chief Marketing Officer Joe Versaci

The historic 10-millionth hand was played at a 25-cent / 50-cent no limit hold 'em table. The victor, "SteveKelly," won $6.85 with an ace high during the hand, along with an additional $5,000 prize from Ultimate Poker to celebrate the monumental moment. Each remaining player at the table also received $500 for being a part of the historic hand. Beginning at the nine-millionth hand, Ultimate Poker gave away $23,000 during a series of 21 cash prizes leading up to the 10-millionth hand.

"It's incredible to be talking about our 10-millionth hand only three months after opening the doors. It gives us a good opportunity to look back at how far we've come and an even better excuse to run a great promotion," remarked Ultimate Gaming Chief Marketing Officer Joe Versaci.

Ultimate Gaming made history on April 30, becoming the first company in the United States to offer legal and secure online poker. On July 25, the online gaming company received final approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission for its real money online poker product, which offers an exhilarating and secure online poker experience to anyone age 21 and over located in the state of Nevada. Players in Nevada can play now at UltimatePoker.com, while any player in the world can sign up and deposit in advance of visiting Nevada.

 

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GeoComply first to successfully submit for New Jersey iGaming Services

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:05 AM PDT

 

 

1 August 2013 (Nevada) GeoComply, the Geolocation specialist for the iGaming market, is the first Internet Ancillary Services provider to successfully file its application with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.

GeoComply USA’s CEO, Anna Sainsbury, commented: “New Jersey is an important market for us and our customers and the fact that GeoComply was the first Internet Ancillary entity to successfully submit for licensing is an indication of our commitment to being ready for the market-opening in November.”

About GeoComply GeoComply offers regulators and operators a reliable, secure and user-friendly solution for the geolocation of online users. Focusing on the regulated iGaming, financial and digital rights industries, GeoComply works closely with its customers to harness cutting edge technology to better serve their needs. www.geocomply.com

 

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APEX gaming exhibiting at Peru Gaming Show

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:32 AM PDT

 

 

APEX gaming once again has the opportunity to present its unique gaming solutions to operators in Peru. As Latin American partner, DRGT will naturally be presenting the complete gaming solution from APEX gaming at the forthcoming Peru Gaming Show that takes place between 14th and 15th August at the Jockey Exhibition Centre in Lima.

Having presented all three approved cabinets at the recent FADJA Peru, operators there got the first chance to see just why APEX gaming rightly uses the sayings 'The Next Level' and 'See the Difference'. Operators definitely did see the difference and the feedback from the show was excellent. Operators can choose between two distinct upright cabinets – the Dual Slim Line and the voluminous, extravagant Pinnacle. The Pinnacle SL truly takes such cabinets to the next level with its ergonomic design combined with the benefits that only APEX can offer.

Mr. Johannes Weissengruber, CEO and founder of APEX gaming, looks ahead to the Peru Gaming Show, stating, "Our partnership with DRGT already proved to be very fruitful at the last gaming exhibition in Peru. We are excited by the fact that operators in Peru now have again the opportunity to follow up from their interest shown. The first APEX machines are in the marketplace and naturally such excellent feedback will spread at the Peru Gaming Show".

APEX Gaming will be exhibiting at the DRGT stand – number 63 – all three approved cabinets – the Dual Slim Line, the Pinnacle and the Pinnacle SL alongside the two approved games selections 'Multi Magic Classic' and 'Hot Magic Fruits XXL'.

 

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Bluff European Rankings heats up after mid-year hiatus

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 04:25 AM PDT

 

 

1 August 2013 (London, UK) – It's been a quiet couple of months for the Bluff European Rankings as the European circuit slowed down to make way for the WSOP in Vegas, which meant little change to the top ten: Stephen O'Dwyer still clings on, but the prolific Russian, Yury Gulyy, and the unstoppable Jason Mercier are breathing down his neck. That could all change this month, however, as some big point-scoring events return to the calendar.

First up is Full Tilt Poker's Galway Festival, underway now. This is the first poker festival to be held under the new Full Tilt ownership and promises a fantastic fortnight of events to suit all pockets, including the €2,300 + €200 Irish

Steve O'Dwyer, number one in the rankings

Poker Championship and the UKIPT Galway. Qualifying satellites for all events run daily at FullTiltPoker.com and PokerStars.com.

Then it's off the Bolton, where the GUKPT arrives for a £500 + 50 NLH Main Event with £50,000 guaranteed. You can qualify on Grosvenorcasinos.com/Poker by playing feeders and satellites into a weekly four-seat guaranteed super satellite. The structure provides all bankrolls opportunities to qualify, starting with freerolls and buy-ins as low as £0.25.

The following day, the WPT hot-tails it to sunny Cyprus for a $4,000 + 400 NLH Main Event with a whopping $1,000,000 guaranteed. Play one of the daily freerolls on bwin.com and  possibly qualify for this event for absolutely nothing.

And then it's the GUKPT again for the Goliath, in Coventry. The £100 + 20 NLH GUKPT Goliath is a behemoth of a tournament in terms of runners. Last year a huge field of 1,954 filled the Ricoh Arena creating a prize pool of £200,000.  Players can qualify exclusively on Grosvenorcasinos.com/Poker

Last but, by no means least, it's the biggest point-scorer of them all: the EPT Barcelona. Last year's event was a € 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event that netted the winner, Belarusian Mikalai Pobal, €1m. Qualifiers are up and running exclusively at PokerStars.com.

August Ranked Events

Full Tilt Poker's Galway Festival

Full Tilt Poker Village, Galway
27 July – 12 August 2013

2013 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour – Leg 8

G Casino, Bolton
4 – 11 August 2013

bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino, Kyrenia
12 – 25 August 2013

2013 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour – Goliath

G Casino, Coventry
18 – 26 August 2013

EPT Barcelona

Casino Barcelona, Barcelona
28 August – 7 September 2013

About Bluff Europe (www.bluffeurope.com) Bluff Europe is UK and Ireland’s most widely read poker publication aimed squarely at the poker enthusiast. The magazine is distributed through card rooms, poker clubs and newsstands. Regular contributors include Phil Laak, Paul Jackson, Hollywood Star turned poker pro Jennifer Tilly and a host of other poker professionals from the UK, Europe and the USA.  Bluff Europe magazine is the first poker magazine to be available through the iTunes store.

 

 

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A showcase of gaming innovation planned for October in Barcelona

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:46 AM PDT

 

 

LONDON (August 1st) – Building on the success of the start-up zone at EiG 2012, which included 14 gaming start-ups, EiG 2013 is expanding the exposure opportunities for start-ups in response to the industry's demand for more innovation on the showfloor and brand new companies for EiG visitors to meet and partner with.

Evan Hoff Founder Velo Partners

Start-up Village will offer start-ups an economical way to launch their businesses, demonstrate their products and speak to potential partners. Compared to 2012, the Village will feature an enlarged and consolidated space with a networking area for EiG visitors to watch start-up demonstrations and discuss potential cooperation.

One of the 2012 start-up exhibitors, Lukasz Twardowski of Use It Better, commented on their involvement: 'For a start-up like ours, which is now entering the iGaming space, EiG was a great starting point. I’m not sure if I have ever attended any event with such a high saturation of C-level execs, with whom I could interact so easily. If a bomb had hit that place at the time, the whole industry would have probably disappeared.'

The Village will also feature five finalists selected to pitch in the prestigious LaunchPad competition, returning to EiG for the sixth year. LaunchPad start-ups, selected in the submission process, now live and open until 29 August, will each have 10 minutes to pitch their innovative propositions in front of the EiG audience and a panel of investors, who will quiz them on their differentiation within the marketplace, challenge their predictions and advise on their commercial viability. The winning start-up will be selected in the audience voting.

Evan Hoff of Velo Partners, who returns as one of the LaunchPad judges in 2013, to judge the start-ups together with other seasoned industry investors, including Mark Blandford, Raj Ramanadi and Brock Pierce, said about this start-up initiative: 'EiG LaunchPad is a stand-out, must-attend event for us and we expect a number of funding deals to be done on the back of it'.

Early-stage start-ups looking to raise capital and find potential partners by benefiting from the exposure that their pitch on the EiG LaunchPad provides are invited to visit the EiG website to find out if they qualify and to apply.

Submission criteria and application form for the LaunchPad, together with more information on the Start-up Village, are available at www.eigexpo.com/start-ups-eig.

 

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