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You might notice the new PokerStars ad that have been airing on TV, but if you have not, you can now watch it here! The half-a-minute video portrays a hand through the eyes of Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Cada and Jason Mercier. Nothing fancy technical stuff, just the feeling of a hand played at PokerStars. Check it out, I think it's brilliant.

Phil Hellmuth still haven't improved. Once the best poker player in the world is now only the 4th in the All Time Money List with $12,440,926. Winning 11 bracelets, no one can come close to his achievements, and of course he is a talented and witty player, however, he hasn't won a single tournament for more than 3 years now.

Phil Hellmuth weaving goodbye to his good years?

One of the most exotic live poker tournaments in a year is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The event takes place every year in the luxurious Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas since 2005. It was first organized in 2004, when the tournament was held as an event of the WPT on a luxury cruise ship visiting Miami, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico and the Cayman Islands.

Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas

PokerStars have posted the schedule of next years PCA on their website, and also opened www.pokerstarscaribbeanadventure.com, the official website of the tournament. 2011's tournament will run from January 5th to 16th, featuring more than 50 tournaments including a $100,000 Super High Roller tournament, a $25,000 High Roller tournament, a $10,000 Turbo Six-Max contest, and the $10,300 Main Event.

I already had a post like this in May, but it is so much fun, I cannot leave this out. There is a 2+2 forum thread called 'Blom photoshop potential'. In it, a user called 'ShortstackCat' posted 3 pictures of Viktor Blom at the poker table, encouraging fellow users to exploit and 'remix' the photos using Photoshop. The last compilation featuring Phil Ivey was hilarous, this one is also really good, I selected a few for you below:

 
This is one of the original photos

10 men have pleaded guilty in a sports betting case in Montreal last Friday. They ran an illegal sports betting website with the support and active help of the Montreal mafia.

The 10 men face sentencing in January, because of illegal bookmaking that carries a maximum two-year prison term. An analysis of evidence gathered when the RCMP secretly copied accounting records kept by the bookmakers revealed that during one 17-month period, the operation made a $26-million profit from more than 800,000 wagers.

So, how did you like the EPT finals? If you missed out yesterday's live broadcast of the final table of the EPT London, here's the news: with surprise victory, the 23-year old Scottish player David Vamplew, beat the poker legend John Juanda in the 4 hour long heads-up scoring his first tournament victory and the Ł900,000 main prize as well.

David Vamplew with his trophy

Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan and Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates have continued their clash called the Durrrr Challenge 2, with quick little session. Durrrr only earned $1,429 by the end of the day, which is considered much more of a draw than a win for him.

"Just started vs jungle... Internet sucks and I don't have too much time tho" - Tom Dwan tweeted on Sunday.

PokerStars has recently been forced to ban residents of the State of Washington from its tables, due to a State Supreme Court decision. Meanwhile, Denmark is drafting a regulation that would allow foreign providers into the country.

The Washington Supreme Court has recently rejected the legal opinion upon which PokerStars had based its policy of providing real-money online poker for the residents of the state. This had been the approach that „the state could not constitutionally regulate Internet poker, or at least could not discriminate in favour of local cardrooms and against online sites.” After the decision of the Supreme Court, however, the company now excludes Washington residents from playing at their tables: “In light of this decision, following extensive consultation with our legal advisors, we believe that the right course of action is to now block real money play by Washington residents on the PokerStars.com site. This policy will remain in effect until the law changes or subsequent legal challenges succeed.”

The Main Event of the 2010 PokerStars European Poker Tour London has come down to the Final Table. Eight players, including John Juanda, Tom ‘kingsofcards’ Marchese and Kyle Bowker compete for the first prize worth £900,000.

Here is the live coverage of the show (you will need the Windows Media Player plug-in to be able to watch it).

The following list consists of arguably the best books on poker available on the market. I encourage you to challenge my list, and suggest something else if you have another favourite; nevertheless, keep in mind that these discuss the theoretical foundations of the game, in most cases especially for beginners.

My list is as follows:

10. Hansen, Gus: Every Hand Revealed
This is rather a entertaining one, revealing his way of thinking during the different hands of a tournament. It admittedly made play more difficult for Hansen for a while as many of his adversaries took advantage of this knowledge against him.

The US government now proposes the recording of all international electronic money transfers, even below $10,000. Banks reporting such transactions on a weekly basis would render transfer of deposits and payouts between players and off-shore poker rooms impossible.

The main aim is basically aiding law enforcement: “By establishing a centralized database, this regulatory plan will greatly assist law enforcement in detecting and ferreting out transnational organized crime, multinational drug cartels, terrorist financing and international tax evasion,” Financial Crimes Enforcement Director James H. Freis Jr. says.

You can't have enough of Liv Boeree, she's all over the media at the moment and there you go, here is a new video Card Player made. They interviewed Ms Boeree at the EPT London Main Event, where she talks about her signing with PokerStars, her recent exposure to mainstream media, and her double up at EPT.

Viktor Blom (also known as Isildur1 and grolongo) was always known as a shy, reserved player who doesn't talk much at the tables, but plays so aggressively he doesn't need any words to be intimidating. He finished 16th at the WSOPE Main Event, and after leaving the table, he caused some unpleasant moments to ESPN reporters by refusing to give an interview to them.

This week's "This Week in Poker" is very notable for the phone interview with the legendary Dwyte Pilgrim. This is the same Dwyte Pilgrim who has won the WPT Borgata Open recently.There is also a skype interview with TwoPlusTwo moderator Kevin 'Kevmath' Mathers, which might interest you.

As I promised, I am back with some news on Liv Boeree, who has recently parted with her previous sponsor, UB. There were rumors which poker room might take her, the community talked about Full Tilt, PokerStars or PartyPoker. Well now the guessing is over, Liv signed with PokerStars, so she's the newest PokerStars Pro.