Monthly Archives: February 2015

Social Media Tip of the Week: Blog & social media integration

The Media Image  Head of SEO and Social Darren Sheffield explains about the integration of blogs and social media and how the two are very dependent on each other in this edition of of CalvinAyre.com’s Social Media Tip of the Week.

Do your social media content research

o    Know your fan base and use tools such as Facebook Graph search and Audience Insights to gain an insight in to everything from their demographics to their interests.

Get the right sharing and engagement mechanisms in place.

o    Social share buttons are of vital importance – our testing showed better results from floating sidebars but use your discretion in finding buttons that best suit your blog.

Another important element is an easy to use comment section.

o    Comments are the ultimate sign of user engagement and platforms such as Disqus allow great integration with social media

Floyd Mayweather Sending Out Some Phil Ivey Love

Floyd Mayweather sends out some Phil Ivey love after tweeting to his 5.58m followers to get online and learn to play poker at the Ivey League.

Imagine you own an online poker training site.

You want to attract some fish.

What do you do?

Well, if you’re Phil Ivey. The undisputed king of poker. You call your friend Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather and ask him to send a tweet out to his 5.5 million followers.

5.5 million!

Learn how to play poker like @philivey #TMT http://t.co/WWVIFFMgGa

Bwin-party Shares Plummet Amid Rumors of Aborted Takeover Talks

Bwin-party’s Friday the 13th proved to be a real horror story, as the company’s shares nosedived by almost 20 percent. The major dip was fueled, apparently, by market chatter that its acquisition talks with a mystery buyer had broken down. Bwin-party was forced to confirm speculation that it was in negotiations to sell some or […]

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ANZPT Perth Main Event: Huang Crumbles; Kane Takes the Title

Michael Kane wins the Season 7 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour opener in Perth after defeating Stephen McHugh in heads-up action to take home the AU$98,900 first prize.

A Scotsman is the winner of the Season 7 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) opener in Perth. Michael Kane defeated Stephen McHugh in a heads-up battle that lasted three hours. His prize was AU$98,900.

Kane hadn’t read the script. If he had he would have known that the winner of the event should have been Bryan Huang. He was a member of the illustrious PokerStars Team Pro. He had over $600,000 in live tournament earnings. He also had the chip lead.

He was also the first one out.

According to the PokerNews Live Reporting team, Huang’s death came by a thousand cuts.

“He simply bled chips until he was down under 300,000 with blinds at 8,000/16,000” Said PokerNews reporter Josh Bell.

By this time two and a half hours of frustration had passed. Huang looked down and saw pocket nines. It was good enough. Kane looked down at Big Slick. That was good enough also. The pair tangoed. Two kings on the board and Huang was left with chip dust. Navin Bechar would eliminate him shortly thereafter A8dd

Chris Gordon Wins WPT National London

Chris Gordon has taken the top prize in the £200 buy-in World Poker Tour National London No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator event, after beating Jesus Garcia in heads-up action.

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Chris Gordon is the latest World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series champion. He defeated the Spaniard Jesus Garcia in heads-up action. His reward was £22,500.

The event took place at Aspers Casino in Stratford. It was a £200 buy-in event with accumulator rules. This allowed players to buy-in three times and take their combined weight of chips into the second day of action.

The partypoker sponsored event attracted the UK pros with most of the laughing gas. Steve Watts, Sinem Melin and James Dempsey enjoying the fun, but not bearing any fruit. There was even a return to action for the former Poker Million winner James Akenhead. None of the aforementioned stars of the game made a dent in this one though.

24-players returned for the final day of action. The two most prominent names belonged to Kevin Allen and Matas Cimbolas. Allen – the former Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) Main Event winner – would finish 19th. Cimbolas – the former WPT UK Main Event winner, and recent European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event final tablist – finished 14th. Both players getting there short stacks in on a whim that sent them to the rail.

Chris Gordon was the most experienced player at the final table. He sat down with close to $200,000 in live tournament earnings. He left with over $200,000. It was his biggest score to date. He is yet to hit the jackpot. Instead, he has kept in the game by cashing consistently since 2007.

World Poker Tour Partners with Europe-Bet for Georgia Events

The World Poker Tour has signed a new partnership with Europe-Bet.com to exclusively license the WPT brand in the Euro-Asian country of Georgia. Through the deal, the online gambling site will host three World Poker Tour events at its Europe-Bet.com Poker Club, the country’s only brick-and-mortar poker establishment located in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. […]

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