Daily Rewind: PokerStars.ES, Palansky's Sorry, Failla's Re-entry, Booth's Debt
In today's Daily Rewind we officially move into Spain with PokerStars, talk about tweets, clarify some recent confusion at the WSOP and unearth a fresh high stakes scandal.
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:
PokerStars’ Fiesta Starts Tomorrow
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| PokerStars.es is official |
PokerStars has officially announced that they now have a Spanish licence and will begin serving customers via their new portal on June 5th.
In a press release sent from PokerStars HQ, Gino Appiotti, President of Licensed Markets for PokerStars, said: “Spain is a very important poker market and features some of the best players in the world.”
All Spanish players will be able to log onto PokerStars.es from tomorrow and compete against other players from their country.
Palansky Apologises for retweet
The WSOP’s Twitter storm involving Jon Aguiar got a little calmer yesterday after a somewhat bumbling apology from Seth Palansky.
During an interview with Quadjacks he admitted that he was responsible for the retweet, but blamed a lack of Twitter knowledge for the act.
Having initially wanted to make the Shawn Daniels’ tweet a “favourite”, he mistakenly clicked the “retweet” option (and presumably the following confirm/ cancel option), thus publishing the quote.
He apologised for his actions, before stating that his personal opinions are not those of the WSOP as an organisation.
In and Out for Failla
The WSOP has been full of twists and turns this year, and the latest incident to get people talking is a re-entry issue.
Event #9 was designated as a partial re-entry event, which meant that anyone who entered on Day 1A and busted could rebuy and play again on Day 1B.
That information seems to have been lost in translation for some players, including Will Failla, as they proceeded to ante-up on Day 1B, bust their stacks and retake their seats just a few minutes later.
The problem wasn’t spotted until a few players, including Chris Moorman, informed tournament staff who quickly removed and refunded the offending players.
Soon after the incident, an embarrassed Failla took to Twitter, stating: @WILLFAILLA: “I want to apologize to the poker Community. I thought u could rebuy in the first 4 levels in today's event. I was extremely embarrassed!”
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| Will's re-entry mistake |
High Stakes Corner
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| Wishing he had a cool million |
He once bought into High Stakes Poker for a “cool million”, but now it seems Brad Booth’s finances have landed him in hot water.
After meeting Brad through a mutual friend, Douglas “WCGRider” Polk agreed to transfer the Canadian $13,000 online in exchange for cash.
The transaction went smoothly with Brad paying promptly, which lead to another loan of $30,000.
Since transferring the money, Brad has allegedly disappeared, changed his phone number and stopped communicating with Polk.
According to Polk’s 2+2 thread: “I know of many of Brad's debts, and I have some other information about him as well. I also have our complete text message log. Unless Brad finds a way to get into contact with me I will be releasing this information.”
The Walls Have Eyes
As much as the ultimate Russ Hamilton is reviled by poker players across the world, the fact remains that he won the WSOP Main Event in 1994 and is entitled to have his image hanging at the Rio during the WSOP.
While it’s easy to get angry, the best thing to do is see the funny side of things.
This is exactly what Allen Cunningham did when he posted the following picture, adding "Still doing well in Stud. And so is Marco even with that guy looking at his cards."
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| Eyes on the prize |
Daily Signoff
If you fancy a break from WSOP fever then you’re in luck as PokerStars has just released the first instalment of this year’s EPT Berlin final table. In addition to the action you can listen to the sage words of Barry Greenstein.
