PokerNews Week in Review: Live and Online Poker Exploding in USA!

PokerNews Week in Review: Live and Online Poker Exploding in USA!
The crew, Jeff Platt, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway discuss some momentous shifts in the poker landscape in the USA including an online poker series in Michigan, online poker bill passing in North Dakota and the potential for 888poker software to come stateside. Plus some big movements in the live arena including a crushed guarantee at the Venetian, Chad heading to Vegas, Seminole Tampa and more.

Plus they are joined by the latest poker pro to jump into the Twitch space Vivian Saliba and GGpoker Ambassador Daiva Byrne. This episode covers a ton so you don’t want to miss it.

[TimeStamps] 01:20 | North Dakota online poker bill passes, moves to election: https://twitter.com/ChadAHolloway/status/1364268976382111751
07:30 | Fee/Negreanu banter continues: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/the-muck-ryan-fee-taunts-daniel-negreanu-38683.htm

11:00 | Ankush Mandavia wins CPPT event at Venetian (his first live tourney this year), Bicknell/Foxen make FT: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/ankush-mandavia-anselmo-villarreal-chop-cppt-venetian-38709.htm

14:00 I Sarah Set to get her BBO Game Theory Origins table today!!!

16:30 | Vivian Saliba Joins the show

18:30 | How life has changed for Vivian

22:00 | Transitioning from Live Poker to Online poker

25:30 | Chosing to stream Twitch

30:00 | The period of isolation we are all in is being helped by building a community on Twitch

32:00 | 888poker going to have a live event soon?

33:30 | New software and New Tournament scheduled on 888poker

39:00 | https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/888poker-new-tournament-collection-38699.htm

41:30 | MICOOP starts strong: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/powerranges-wins-first-ever-pokerstars-micoop-event-38702.htm

44:50 | Kevin Martin on GGCares

45:50 | Niklas Astedt makes TENTH Super Millions FT in 36 tries: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/niklas-astedt-ggpoker-super-million-earnings-38706.htm
—Finishes 9th for $56k, "Ferrariman" wins for $452k

47:30 | Daiva Byrne Joins the Podcast

01:27:00 | Full Tilt officially dies: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/full-tilt-poker-brand-software-retired-feb-25-38688.htm

01:32:30 | Will we have a WSOP this year?

01:36:00 | ESPN 2 to air WSOP starting Feb 28 5pm Pacific

01:41:10 | Run it Once
Source: Pokar News

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