Party Gaming, the online gambling group, quietly closed its website to French customers last Friday without telling investors, the Guardian has learned. Just three days later one of the firm’s largest shareholders sold 123 million shares.

togel Holdings and others are also believed to have frozen efforts to target the French market. Meanwhile, authorities in Paris have requested interviews with executives from an estimated 20 companies – said not to include Party Gaming, over the legality of their marketing activities in France.

Party Gaming, which reports its full-year results tomorrow, refused to comment on its reasons for the move. The toughening French stance raises the prospect of a co-coordinated crackdown on offshore-licensed gambling groups similar to that launched by the US department of justice last year.

France’s position appears to be at odds with European competition rules on gambling, which many offshore operators hope will be strengthened next week with publication of a landmark judgment from the European court of justice.

But industry insiders are wary that France has stepped up lobbying efforts in Brussels, fearing that open competition – particularly from online firms based in offshore tax havens – could destroy the PMU French monopoly on which domestic horse racing relies for funding.

One industry source estimated that France could generate between 5% and 10% of Party Gaming’s continuing revenues following the closure of its US business last autumn. Another suggested France must contribute less than 5% to revenues or Party Gaming would have been forced to make a stock market announcement. The company was one of the first online operators to provide betting services via a French language website. Last summer it acquired sports betting site Game bookers, a well-established brand in France. Industry insiders said Party Gaming’s French business had been viewed as having huge potential for …

High/low split games are very popular in many card rooms across the country. Some casinos also spread HORSE or HOSE style games, which consist of several different kinds of poker. In these formats, High/Low split games are quite common. Omaha High/Low is played as part of the Tournament of Champions format, and both Omaha High/Low and Stud High/Low events are spread as part of many major tournaments. Further, when these games are spread, they are often fairly soft, populated by weak players content to play for half of the pot. Therefore, every serious poker player should be at least proficient in both of these games.

As one might expect, this is really two books under a common cover. There are some very brief opening remarks and a shared glossary at the end. Other than this, each book stands on its own. Stud High/Low is discussed first, followed by Omaha High/Low. I’ve played a fair bit of Omaha High/Low, and so I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of writing about this game, but haven’t played Stud High/Low that many times, and while I think I understand basic winning play, I would not classify myself as an expert. Ray Zee, however, is widely considered to be one of the best poker players alive, and is certainly qualified to write a textbook on both games.

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In the Stud High/Low section of the book, Zee starts by discussing what makes a good High/Low starting hand, followed by a chapter about playing one’s hand on progressive streets. Next, we receive information about various intricacies of the game, various kinds of Stud High/Low split games …