A Full Tilt update, Sen. Harry Reid on U.S. online poker regulation, and TCOOP officially starts. It’s all in today’s edition of the PTP Hit and Run.
Full Tilt deal on track?: According to a report at poker-king.com, the fact that there has been little news on the Full Tilt Poker sale to Groupe Bernard Tapie is not something to be worried about. The deal is “absolutely on track” according to the story.
U.S. regulation: Some news on the possible regulation on online poker in the United States: Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) had some comments about the necessity of having a federal law on the books pertaining to online poker and gaming. More here.
Aussie Millions:Preliminary events at the Australian poker festival continue; you can get an update here.
Here’s an interview with Nacho Barbero, who traveled 27 hours to get Down Under:
And a look at the poker room at the Aussie Millions:
And a couple of players are inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame.
TCOOP: The Turbo Championship of Online Poker is underway. Get schedules, tournament times, and more details at PokerStars’ website. Mike ‘GoLeafsGoEh’ Leah talks TCOOP in a blog post here.
Quick hitters:
–Poker Player Newspaper has more on the departure of PokerStars CEO Gabi Campos and the goings-on at the largest online poker site in the world.
–Phil Galfond was up about $400K at one point this week. Then he lost $275K.
–PokerStars’ blog chats with some of its pros about joining the PS team.
–Some guys who won some money at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure didn’t declare the money they had when they were traveling back to the U.S., and it got seized. Oops.
Get your daily dose of poker news with the PTP Hit and Run.
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