Wednesday 22 October 2014

The Hit and Run: Isildur1, Hansen Confirmed Out at Full Tilt; PokerStars’ ‘Shark Cage’

PTP Hit and Run1 What’s next for Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen? And a new poker show is hitting television. It’s all in our daily wrap-up of the world of poker, the Hit and Run.


Isildur1, Hansen out: So, the rumors and speculation are true. Gus Hansen and Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom have been let go as sponsored pros at Full Tilt, leaving the online poker site without any pros at all. According to a report at PokerNews.com, the sponsorship “expired.” More from a statement given to PokerNews: “This follows a year-long review of the Full Tilt brand and a decision to move away from pro-centric advertising to focus on the experiences and stories of the vast majority of our players.”


Shark Cage: PokerStars has been promoing its new live poker show, the Shark Cage, for some time now. Well, it’s finally on TV, premiering on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Jennifer Harman, Jason Alexander, Phil Laak and Lex Veldhuis are among the players on the first episode. More from PokerStars’ blog here. Teaser below:



Quick hitters:
–George Danzer says thank you for the support during his World Series of Poker player of the year campaign:



–An interview with Liv Boeree.
–Industry insider Nolan Dalla is not a big fan of Dan Colman:



We’ve never heard of the poker room Adjarabet, but it’s doing pretty well lately, apparently.
–The first-ever Open-Face Chinese Poker Live World Championship will be held this December in Prague.
–The latest episode of the Sunday Million:


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