Red Spade Open III – Pokerstars
The Red Spade Open will replace the Big $55 tournament and offer players a chance to play against some of the best players in the World.
2012 WSOP Africa Schedule
The World Series of Poker Africa 2012 will be running from 21 – 26 February at the Emerald Resort & Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa and will be hosted by Scotty ‘The Prince’ Nguyen.
Scotty Nguyen will be visiting South Africa for his first time and appeared excited in a recent interview with Sport24.co.za where he was quoted saying “You know, the Prince has been all over the world baby! Australia, Asia, Europe, but this is my first time going to South Africa and I’m excited to come and share this great game we love with the players.
“(I’m looking forward to) getting to know them and having a good time – just make sure the people at the Emerald protect me from any lions and I promise you we’ll have a lot of fun baby!”
The 2012 WSOP Africa will consist of 6 ring events including the $3,300 buy-in main event, which will begin on the 24th February. A charity event and a ladies tournament will also be held but no rings will be awarded for those events, the ladies event will offer a WSOP Circuit ladies pendant instead.
The inaugural 2011 WSOP Africa saw 188 entrants in the main event which was won by Warren Zackey ($222,477).
The full schedule for the WSOP AFRICA 2012 follows below.
Bodog Poker Black Diamond Series
Both series will have at least two daily events including a Main Event, there are more than 2000 satellites running where players can secure their seat for a fraction of the price.
BodogPoker no longer accepts US players, Bovada Poker is the new Bodog for American players.
Bodog poker bonus – 100% up to $1000
PokerStars increase guaranteed tournaments
PokerStars have also acquired their Malta Gaming license and launched the new European version of the software.
PokerStars Bonus Code – STARS600
Everleaf Gaming Network US Player Ban
The network which operates more than 100 poker skins had approximately 20% of it’s traffic based in the US, PokerScout reported that the network has suffered a 12% decline in traffic since stopping it’s operations in the US on 10th February 2012.
In a recent statement Everleaf Gaming says it’s business as usual, as it continues to offer it’s services worldwide, excluding the United States and France.