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“Rounders” writers David Levien and Brian Koppelmann are working on the script for “Runner, Runner”. Shooting may start as early as this summer.

Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck

Sources from Hollywood, including the Variety and the Hollywood Reporter report that a new poker production is underway. The project is running under the working title “Runner, Runner” and is written by “Rounders” writers David Levien and Brian Koppelmann. In the director’s seat sits Brad Furman, to whom we can owe the critically acclaimed title “The Lincoln Lawyer”.

As a side event to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event, the HKD 1,000,000 Manila Millions Super High Roller will be held on 20 April.

Resorts World Manila’s Genting Club

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) goes to the Philippines in April to host the greatest ever buy-in tournament of Asia, among others. The buy-in for the Manila Millions Super High Roller will be HKD 1,000,000 ($129,000), which is roughly the equivalent of the upcoming EPT Grand Final Super High Roller entry fee of €100,000.

Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom and Isaac Haxton are to face each other once again in a SuperStar Showdown. This time, however, the challenge bankrolls will be $500,000 for each and the winner will take it all...

Viktor Blom vs Isaac Haxton

The very first SuperStars Showdown was played on 19 December, 2010, between Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom and Isaac ’philivey2694’ Haxton. The session ended with the victory of Haxton for $41,701 after 2,500 hands.

PokerStars has signed Massimiliano Martinez a Team Pro member. Martinez was the most successful Loose Cannon in the PokerStars Big Game Season 2.

Massimiliano Martinez with Phil Hellmuth on the PokerStars Big Game

PokerStars has signed with its Team Pro young Italian player Massimiliano ‘Max’ Martinez. We came across his name the first time in 2011 when he won the IPT Pro League in May, reached four ITM finishes in the WSOP and finished 12th in August in the EPT Barcelona main event. The real breakthrough was, however, the PokerStars Big Game show.

Thanks to PokerStars' latest fast ring game format, Zoom Poker has already dealt 50% more hands than before its release, increasing the cash game traffic dramatically.

As Rakerace.com reported, PokerStars has released the public beta of its fast-paced ring game, Zoom Poker on 24 February at play money tables, and finally they released it for real money tables with the latest client update on 16 March. 

Below you can read Rakerace.com’s original interview with Canadian poker pro Jordy ‘jrockhaf’ McMurter.

What did you do and study before you started playing poker?

I worked at a youth jail and in some group homes for troubled youth. I actually loved the job and would definitely still be doing it if not for poker.

Groupe Bernard Tapie attorney Behnam Dayanim said in late February that, even though the original deadline for completing the negotiations had been postponed, purchasing Full Tilt Poker was imminent for the Groupe.

“There was an expectation among the parties involved that we would conclude our discussions one way or the other by the end of February. Positive progress has been made in recent talks, and each of the parties feels reasonably confident that we'll be able to reach a successful conclusion. As such, everyone has agreed to let the process continue for a bit longer,” Dayanim reported.

Even though Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom resumed the aborted SuperStar Showdown session against Isaac ’philivey2694’ Haxton with a major edge of $99,000, the latter managed to win.

Viktor Blom vs Isaac Haxton

On 11 March, the PokerStars Superstar Showdown promotion made its return after a major break with a rematch between ’Isildur1’ and Isaac Haxton. The session, which was played on four $100/$200 NLHE tables with $300,000 challenge bankrolls for each of the players, was aborted, however; Haxton had internet connection issues due to a huge storm two days earlier in his new home, Malta. The provider was unable to fix his connection by the time of the challenge.

Due to the failure of Isaac ‘philivey2694’ Haxton’s internet connection, this Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown session was suspended. Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom is currently $99,886 ahead.

Isaac 'philivey2694' Haxton

Following a 36 weeks long break, the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown made its return yesterday, on 11 March with Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom facing Isaac ‘philivey2694’ Haxton in a rematch, given that it was only him who could defeat the Swede in the series. The 2,500 hands match was to be played on 4 $100/$200 NLHE tables with a $300,000 challenge bankroll per player.

The WSOP National Championship sees its structure completely reformed this year, including the addition of $1,000,000 to the prize pool.

Sam Barnhart, the 2011 WSOPC National Championship winner

The WSOP Circuit (WSOPC) National Championship invitational event was first organised in 2011 for the top 100 players in the WSOPC season of 2010/2011. Despite the event not being an integral part of the world championship, the winner was in for a golden bracelet. It turned out to be Sam Barnhart to best the best for the title and the $300,000 first prize.

PokerStars launches a brand new series in March. The MicroMillions primarily targets players with smaller bankrolls who have only been able to watch in awe as players win fortunes in the huge majors so far.

The MicroMillions will be held through 15-25 March with a total of 100 events, for buy-ins of $5 or less – the cheapest event will cost you as tiny as $.10. Of course, the Main Event will cost a little bit more; for a direct buy-in of $22, a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 will be offered, however. The total guaranteed prize pool of the series will be a whopping $5,000,000!

Daniel Negreanu has recently launched a video blog, probably to appear on a regular basis, titled VBlog with some 'Real Talk'. Apart from tabloid-like issues like Jason Somerville's 'coming out', KidPoker also talks about the World Series and Full Tilt Poker.

On 11 March, 2012, the PokerStars Sunday Million turns 6. To celebrate the anniversary, the guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $6 million.

Arguably the most important Sunday Major from PokerStars, the Sunday Million turns 6 next month. The market leader lives up to the expectations once again as the already huge prizes grow gargantuan: the guaranteed prize pool will be $6 million instead of the usual $1 million, while the winner is in for at least $1 million.

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman might be the next couple of poker pros to fight in a WSOP prop bet.

Poker pros Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman are now expected to fight in one of the highlighted prop bets of this season; at least, this is what can be concluded based on recent tweets from the two high stakes players.

Shuffle Master, a casino game developer operating in Las Vegas is reportedly in "advanced talks" in acquiring the Ongame Network, according to pokerfuse. As pokerfuse reports, Shuffle Master is in advanced talks in purchasing the Ongame Network, an online poker network that is currently the home of poker rooms like Betfair, Betsson, bwin. The news was confirmed by the Sunday times, they reported that Shuffle Master is currently in talks with bwin.party. The price of the Ongame Network is surprisingly low, only €16 million according to some predictions.

According to Roth Capital Markets' analyst Todd Eilers, it's very beneficial for Shuffle Master to purchase Ongame, because they have been concentrating on American market ever since the Wire Act prohibiting online poker in the US was proven not to affect poker, only sports betting. By this, online poker became legal in states which legalize poker. Shuffle Master is one of the 12 applicants who already applied for an operating license in the state of Nevada. The state, however has not yet announced exactly when they will assign the licenses, nor when it the poker rooms can finally start their business.