Daily Rewind: Ray Bitar's Production Company, plus EPT and WPT news
Today we find out what assets Ray Bitar has to relinquish, catch up with EPT Berlin's High Roller action and look forward to WPT Jacksonville.
The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:
Bitar's forfeiture revealed
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| Bitar's assets seized |
In a recently released forfeiture order, the DOJ has listed the assets Ray Bitar must surrender in order to comply with Judge Loretta Preska's court ruling last week.
In addition to handing over 18 bank accounts and multiple properties, Bitar will be forced to relinquish his stake in various business ventures.
According to Dave Behr's article on Flushdraw.com, Bitar had shares in a number of investments, including his own production company.
Working in conjunction with Chris Ferguson and Hollywood producer, Robin Shorr, Bitar owned RCR Pictures LLC.
The production company had a number of projects, including a remake of Venezuelan movie, The Zero Hour.
These companies, along with 24 other Full Tilt related companies, are now required to submit five years' worth of financial information to the DOJ in order to determine Bitar's stake in them.
A trickle becomes a Flood in Berlin High Roller
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| Voth topped Day 1 |
A paltry 22 players had registered for Day 1 of EPT Berlin's High Roller event by the time the cards were in the air, yesterday.
However, as the session progressed, fears of under attendance were soon forgotten as that number swelled to 107.
When registration for the €10,000 tournament finally closed, the total number of entries stood at 140 (107 unique entries + 33 re-entries).
Coming through the session with a table-topping 607,500 chips was Ronny Voth.
That haul was enough to put him ahead of some other world's best players, including Scott Seiver (382,200), Davidi Kitai (209,000), as well as PokerStrategists Dominik 'ace0ntheriver' Nitsche (87,800) and Dan 
Junglemandan Cates (65,900).
A total of 45 players made it through Day 1 and at the time of writing just 24 players were left in contention.
Click here for a live stream of the EPT Berlin Main Event.
WPT opens up in Jacksonville
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The World Poker Tour will take over Jacksonville's bestbet casino later today for the opening session of its $3,500 Main Event.
Being the last tournament before the WPT's championship finale, a host of Tour regulars, including Matt Salsberg, Andy Frankenberger and Brian Hastings have all registered to play.
For a recap of Day 1A, check out tomorrow's Daily Rewind.
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High stakes corner
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| Blom on top |
Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom have developed a healthy rivalry at the $500/$1,000 CAP PLO tables over the last 48 hours.
Indeed, after the former stormed to a $500,000+ profit on Wednesday, it was Blom who triumphed yesterday.
At the start of the match Blom raced to a $95,000 lead before Tollerene reversed the deficit and stormed ahead with a $350,000 profit.
However, at this point, the match was far from over and after dropping to a $475,000 loss, Blom soon hit a hot streak that saw him bank a +$430,000.
That reversal forced Tollerene to quit for that day while Blom went on to close out the last 24 hours with an $880,000 profit.
Daily Signoff
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