Party and Bwin merger rumors, Isildur1 insights and the NBA aligns with online gaming? All that and more in today’s edition of the PTP News Hit and Run.
While there’s still no confirmation that Party and Bwin merger rumors are anything but … well, rumors, it’s a potential partnership that has the poker world talking. Bill Rini brings his expert view as former Party Poker room manager to bear on the situation in an interesting blog post here.
Remember Ed Miller’s Small Stakes NL E-book? It was a great read and when we reviewed it, we wondered how frequent the promised updates would be. Now we know – Miller says the first major update is coming soon.
Isildur1 watch: Down $-2,623,203 after sessions with Townsend and CTS bruised him a bit further. Get the full drill down from PokerTableRatings here. Also, in the video from Wicked Chops below, pros at the Doyle Classic at the Bellagio speculate on the identity of the still-unmasked Swede:
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More poker TV: The audition video for Million Dollar Challenge that the folks over at PokerStars cited as one of their favorites. It doesn’t do a ton for us, but you can respect the effort:
We forgot to post it yesterday, so here’s the absolute best thirty minutes of online poker tournament television in the world – the PokerStars Sunday Million recap show:
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Good news for gamblers: The NBA is apparently relaxing their long standing draconian opposition to gambling; at least that’s how Pokerati reads recent comments from NBA honcho David Stern.
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