In this week’s BestPokerSites.org Weekly Poker Roundup, we take a look at Full Tilt Poker’s mobile app, Gus Hansen’s latest losses, the most recent news on the New Jersey state poker bill, and the conclusion of FTOPS XVIII.
We also are trying out a new format for our roundup, with the links at the end of each list item and more space between each item. Let us know what you think in the comment box below! Let’s get into it!
- Full Tilt Poker has announced that they will now allow players to display their "achievement badges" on their avatars at the tables. There are four badges in total: the Iron Man badge, the Rush Poker badge, the Full Tilt Academy Badge, and the True Poker Player Badge. [BestOnlinePokerSites.com]
- After a nearly two-month break, the Durrrr Challenge returned to action last night as Tom Dwan took roughly $47,000 off of Dan Cates, which cut Cates' lead to $645,000. There are still over 42,000 hands to be played in the challenge. [PokerNewsDaily]
- The PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona event moved on to Day Four yesterday, and Giuseppe Pantaleo's stack still reigns supreme over the eight other remaining players. The final table begins (and will conclude) today. [PokerNews.com]
- "DrugsOrMe" has put a stop to Gus Hansen's recent surge at the online tables as Hansen dumped roughly $299,000 at the $500/$1,000 Cap PLO tables at FullTiltPoker.com. [PokerListings]
- The New Jersey online gambling bill jumped another hurdle this week when it passed the State Senate with a vote of 29-5. The bill now moves on to the State Assembly, where analysts predict a smooth passage. [PTP]
- The eighteenth version of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series concluded this week, as JHoWn outlasted over 5,000 other players to cut a three-way deal for $411,932. [CardPlayer]
- The ESPN Poker Club has partnered up with PokerStars.net to improve their quality of service and software. Players can still play exclusively in the ESPN Poker Club through PokerStars.net, or they can play against the entire PokerStars.net population if they wish. [ESPN]
- Full Tilt Poker launched their mobile Rush Poker client this week [OnlinePoker.org], but then the application was removed from the Android Market shortly after [PNB]. Online poker players are speculating that the Android Market realized the application was providing real money poker to USA players, so they shut it down.
That’s it for this week, make sure to check back next week for the latest Weekly Roundup. Also, feel free to leave comments below if we missed any interesting articles from the week.
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Written by Bill Nye on November 26th, 2010