Poker news Roundup for the week

A seat in the CPT Punta Cana Main Event in the Caribbean is up for grabs at Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker. The $4,000 prize package consists of 6 nights accommodation at the five star Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana, along with $1500 in resort credits. Travel expenses are also included together with the $900 Buy-in to the CPT Punta Cana Main Event. The main event runs from 6th November through to the 8th. Last chance satellites cost $1+0.10 or there are $2+$0.20 step satellites available. Alternatively, if you can afford the buyin to the final step, you can buyin for $100+$10 on 9th August at 4pm EDT. A dramatic drop in players has been reported by Full Tilt. Cash game numbers are down from 1800 at the start of 2015 to 1,000. They are gatthering feedback along with trying to boost the number of recreational players. Heads-up cash games have been removed along with nosebleed stakes and Mixed Games. Managing Director, Dominic Mansour, said "Heads Up games were being adversely impacted by the minority of experienced players who targeted 'weaker' opponents rather than take on all challengers, and secondly, new players who tried out the Heads Up games found it intimidating and confusing (asking themselves "why are all these guys not playing each other?"). In short, Heads Up ring games just didn't form part of a healthy poker ecosystem, which made our decision to remove them easier. We recognize that in the past, a proportion of players have used extensive table selection to their advantage and that those players might not like these changes. Their advantage over other players will now be negated and we don't think that's a bad thing." Russians had the most players in the last PokerStars micromillions series. The stats are as follows: 161,939 Russian entered tourneys with 23,843 cashes, Germany had 96,763 entries with 13,968 cashes and Brazil had 81,495 entries winning a total of $423,493. Churchill Downs is ready for the "off" if politicians from California approve licensing for online poker in the state. Guts.com has joined the Microgaming Poker Network and will launch by the end of the year.