Superusers at Cake? And is U.S. regulation of online poker coming sooner or later than we think? It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
Superusers at Cake?: It’s been a while since we had a superuser scandal, right? Well, we don’t actually have one yet. But we do know it was possible at Cake Poker for a period of 18 months when weak encryption was in place Read more here. We’ll be keeping you updated on this story as more information comes out.
How close to regulation are we?: That’s the million dollar question in the U.S. isn’t? Actually, it’s more about billions of dollars, because the opening up of the U.S. market means a lot of money for a lot of people. Story from PTP here takes stock of the current climate and where we’re at as far as legislation on online poker possibly becoming law.
The week ahead: What’s going on in poker this week? We break it down for you in “The Week Ahead in Poker.” This week, coverage of the World Series of Poker main event starts on ESPN, a European Poker Tour event, a tourney series at Turning Stone in New York, and FTOPS XVII rolls on.
Speaking of FTOPS…: Want to catch up with a big Sunday in the online poker tournament series at Full Tilt Poker? Here’s what happened, including a final table appearance for Chris Ferguson. And here’s what happened in the regular slate of Sunday majors
How do you play that?: Jason Mercier gives the lowdown on a couple of variants of poker that are gaining in popularity, Badeucey and Badacey. You probably need more than this video to become proficient, but it’s a start:
LAPT event in the books:A Latin American Poker Tour stop in Brazil is over and an online qualifier, Matthias Habernig, took down first place. Watch more from the PokerStars event below:
Asian record: The biggest poker tournament ever staged in Asia just wrapped up. A total of 741 players turned out for a PokerStars event in Macau, easily beating the previous record.
WPT in Florida: The World Poker Tour will head to the Sunshine State next year. The just-announced event will be at Seminole Hard Rock casino in Hollywood, Fla., from April 27 to May 3.
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