Jason Somerville signs with PokerStars
We round-up a few stories you may have missed this week, including the WSOP going international and StickyRice playing on air at the Bike.
Somerville aligns with Stars
WSOP bracelet winner and renowned poker live streamer Jason Somerville has been unveiled as PokerStars' latest addition to its Team PokerStars roster.
The 27-year old described his new deal as "the holy grail", and plans to celebrate by playing on PokerStars every day for 70 days while broadcasting live.
His epic grind begins this coming Sunday, and will amount a monumental 16,000 minutes (4 hours per day) of action.
WSOP Circuit events go global
World Series of Poker (WSOP) organisers announced this week that they had arranged to hold at least three international WSOP Circuit events.
The first event ever to take place outside US soil will be held in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, and is set to commence as early as March 07.
We can also expect the WSOP Circuit to make stops in both Italy and Mexico over the course of the next 12 months, but exact dates have not yet been publicised.
"It's time to emphasise the "World" in World Series of Poker", said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.
"We know players crave a WSOP-like experience in their home market and believe our organisational expertise and unique tournament formats will bring a winning formula."
Aria to stage $500K Super High Roller?
Rumours have been circulating in the poker community recently that there will be a $500,000 Super High Roller event held in Las Vegas at The Aria later this year.
No official details have been published as of yet, but nosebleed stakes regular Tom Hall is claiming he's already received an invite:
Exciting times. Got my invite to the USD500,000 Aria-Cary Katz high roller in the summer. Got to try and avoid a USD1.4m bubble this time
— Tom Hall (@hongkongtom888) February 19, 2015
StickyRice returns in style
The poker streaming phenom has been quiet of late, but signs are strong that both his bankroll and his sense of humour are very much in tact:
In case you aren't familiar with his on-screen antics, check out one of his most epically controversial moments below:
