Poker News Roundup for the Week

The new "The Deal" progressive jackpot has been won for the first time on Full Tilt. The jackpot of $233,852 was won by "Dbecks23x". You have to be a member of the Players Club where you earn coins by playing in real games in order to take part in The Deal game. The $1k Sitngo Battle has been launched at both Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker. Players can choose any 10 player sitngo game with buyins up to $10. The higher you place in every game, the more points you earn. Play 10 games to make it onto the leaderboard and score as many points as you can to take your share of the $1,000 prize pool to be shared with the top 30 players. $2.5 million in guarantees and 80 events marks the start of Party Poker's Pokerfest series which kicks off on 27th September. Satellites are running now with cheaper buyins or you can earn entries by carrying out poker missions. Check their website for all the missions nd the full schedule. In later news, the Pokerfest tournament series has been delayed due to technical problems with their latest upgrade. The series has been delayed for one month. Golden Nugget's "free to play" New Jersey poker site, is to close down at the end of September. The reason for closure is due to the unsuccessful performance of the site. Mario Lopez, an Argentinian pro, has won the $3,300 buy-in LAPT Punta del Este main event. He beat a field of 267 players and nabbed the first place prize of $155,730. Juicy Stakes offer one free withdrawal per month. If you're a regular on their site, they will waive the fees for your first withdrawal each month providing you have reached the required net rake. Generally, their withdrawal fees are as follows: Checks- $40 for withdrawal requests ranging $250 - $1000, Western Union- $80 for withdrawal requests ranging ($100-$500) and Western Union- $100 for withdrawal requests ranging ($501- $890). Minted poker has vanished into thin air! The .eu website re-directs to a clothing company. The .com website is up for sale. Players are owed money and their emails were ignored by the site prior to it's closure.