Leslie Radue

The WSOP have come up with a brilliant idea to prevent men from entering the ladies WSOP event for the 44th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 51, the Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship will have a buyin of $10,000, but ladies entering the event will get a discounted buyin of only $1,000.

The WSOP 2013 gets underway today with Event 1: Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em starting at 12:00 PM (Wed, May 29th) and runs until July 15, 2013 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.

More than 230,000 poker players are expected to participate in the 2013 World Series of Poker, and about 95 percent of the entrants will be men.

An estimated 1,000 women are expected to enter the Ladies No Limit holdem Championship this year for an estimated first place prize of about $200,000.

The full 2013 WSOP event schedule can be found here.

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Jamie Gold’s 2006 WSOP Main Event bracelet is up for auction with bidding starting on the 13th July 2013 which will coincide with the 2013 WSOP Main Event, the actual auction dates being 1-2 August 2013.

Adding to the long list of poker pros selling their prized possession including: Brad Daugherty, Eskimo Clark, T.J. Cloutier and Peter Eastgate.

Jamie gold won the bracelet in the $10,000 main event beating a field of 8,773 players subsequently winning the largest WSOP prize to date of over $12 million of which he only got half of after a settlement of a lawsuit against Crispin Leyser.

Ever since Jamie Gold’s big win he has remained reasonably quiet on the poker scene opting to stay clear of big buyin tournaments yet he has cashed over $100,000 in winnings since his big win.

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Player traffic at FullTilt Poker has been on a rapid decline as measured by their cash game traffic according to the stats found on Pokerscout an independent poker traffic stat tracking site.

The once popular poker room Full Tilt, find themselves occupying the number four spot in global poker traffic stats since being reopened under the control of PokerStars.

When FullTilt Poker reopened back in November 2012, albeit without their USA players, they immediately catapulted back to their original second place spot that they had occupied prior to closing and it certainly seemed like Full Tilt  were back on track to maintaining steady traffic flow once again, however this traffic was short lived as many players simply cashed out their funds (USA players can only cashout now) and moved on to greener pastures including the likes of PartyPoker, 888 Poker and iPoker (Titan,Winner).

To a large extent, FullTilt Poker have created their own demise by offering players below par bonuses and thinking along the lines of PokerStars management who offer little in terms of player rewards.

One could always argue that PokerStars deliberately intended to crash Full Tilt Poker, doing so would surely improve their own position in the market with less competition.

PokerScout Current Traffic rank (7 day average):

1. Pokerstars – 23,600
2. PartyPoker – 3,300
3. iPoker (Winner, Titan) – 3,200
4. Full Tilt Poker –  3050
5. 888 Poker – 2,450

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It appears that Full Tilt Poker have failed to relaunch their Full Tilt Poker App since they reopened under PokerStars as of November 2012.

Searching Google Play Store for Android apps brings up no matches for the Full Tilt Poker App for Android and likewise the Apple App Store also shows no downloads for a Full Tilt Poker App for either iPhone or iPad.

The sad thing is that Full Tilt Poker were one of the very first to offer their players mobile poker apps for both Android and iPhone mobiles, it seems they have neglected to re-add the once popular mobile software which once included Full Tilt rush mobile.

One can only imagine they have plans to add their Full Tilt App to the Google play store and the Apple App store sometime in the future, but to date no information can be found about the apps on their website, they have simply disappeared.

PokerStars still offer their App for both Android and iOS devices, but personally I prefer the 888 Poker App along with the weekly promotions they offer.

Update March 2014: The Full Tilt Poker App seems to have been reopened after not being available for some time, the relaunched app is only the rush poker app, you can download it directly from your iOS or Android device from here: Download FullTilt Poker App

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