Hold-up in a casino
A 75-year-old man committed a robbery yesterday afternoon. All for € 7,500. Following an exchange of gunfire, the robber was killed and a policeman injured. Man had even fired a vigil of the casino, then a police officer, then a gendarme, before pulling back to the gendarmes and be shot. The man was killed in Dives-sur-mer (France), 15 kilometres from Deauville-Trouville. The thief didn't priori history judicial, according to the public prosecutor.
A sitout on PokerStars
A movement is being put in place to protest against the massive presence of foreign regular on PokerStars. It will be a collective sitout which should occur Sunday next between 18 h 00 and 20 h 00.
On the subject, Valentin Messina (famous french poker player) 'I am against the fact that foreigners can access our range of game. It is not normal that we have our side forbidden to go play on the .com and the opposite is not true. (...) "this that PokerStars is uncool and they see that the side business without thinking to protect clients of such an invasion."
Zynga Poker allied himself with Epay
Epay, the international distributor of electronic payment solutions has signed a partnership contract with the developer of Zynga Poker games which now has 40 million fans on Facebook.
Towards a regulation of poker in the USA?
Soon, there will be the formation of the "Super Committee on debt". Created by Barrack Obama, this Committee is intended to discern new financial resources to reduce the growth of debt and in other optical preventing a possible increase of the ceiling. Harry Reid (Nevada Senator and member of the Democratic Party), poker will make advantage of folders that will be presented before this 'super' Committee for a new regularization in its debt reduced.
And after the Chairman of the PPA (Poker Player Alliance), John Pappas: "Reid and Kyl are those who currently have the cards in hand to push a draft legislation pro-gaming. Although Reid is not member of the Super Committee, he appointed people who belong. The two men are able to find a compromise for the poker to become legal in our country".
Poker is war, the new book of strategy at Praxeo
Praxeo is the Publishing House who gave us "The poker beyond chance", a work well done and very interesting. As for "The poker beyond chance", "Poker is war" has a romantic look that will surely make reading easier and more fluid.
About the content of book: "all the techniques of the arsenal of no limit Hold'em player ' em from cash game and tournament: strategies operating, intermediate and unusable, aggressive preflop, betting patterns post-flop, control of the pot, the roadmap of tournament, the blocks in practice, information and the poisoning theory, full ring at the heads-up." A comprehensive treaty that reflects the contemporary game, and meets the most demanding expectations and the most ambitious players."
Author: Yann the Dreau
Co-authors: Alexis Beuve, Franck Garot
Illustrator: Ivan "Kenby" Seisen
Publisher: Praxeo, format 17 x 24 cm, 608 pages color
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