If you like the high seas and want a chance at fighting pirates, you should check out the new Shifting Seas slot from Thunderkick. Released in August 2022, this slot has a loads of lucrative rewards waiting to be claimed.
Shifting Seas has a unique 4-4-3-3-2-2 grid setup and 117,649 ways to land a win. Though cartoonish, the graphics are easy on the eyes. The paytable features vibrantly crafted icons such as A-9 royals, thematic high-paying symbols, a Wild, and a bonus icon.
This highly volatile game has a comprehensive betting range between $0.1 to $100. Shifting Seas is an entertaining game having an impressive above-average best odds percentage of 96.15%. However, the maximum cash jackpot of $500 might not impress some players.
Special Features
Shifting Seas has several exciting features that give out nice rewards. The title’s Wild symbol replaces every regular except the Scatter. The game has various options, such as the Shift Win, Special Wild, Boost Shift, Symbol Rush, Wild Surge, Wild Reel, and a bonus game, besides an avalanche mechanic.
Every feature awards prizes like special Wilds or free spins, making the game more immersive. Coupled with excellent animation and graphics, Shifting Seas is definitely worth a few spins!
Kahle Burns is making it big in the high-stakes arena with another major victory under his name. The Australian poker pro just won the Triton Series $75,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the Mediterranean Poker Party in Cyprus for $1,730,000, the largest live tournament score of his career.
Burns Claims Career-Best Score
Burns, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, topped an 88-entry field to secure the title and the massive first-place prize, which marks his third seven-figure cash in a poker tournament. With his latest win, Burns climbs to the no. 2 spot of Australia’s All-Time Money List with over $13.1 million in total live earnings, overtaking Joe Hachem and second only to Michael Addamo.
His Triton Series victory follows two final table finishes in high-roller events in less than a month – he recently finished 6th in a $10,400 MPP High Roller event at the same festival in Cyprus and placed as runner-up in a €50K NLH event at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona in August.
Final Table Results
Burns defeated Sam Greenwood heads-up, with the latter earning $1,210,000 for finishing second. The other players who reached the final table in the $75K Triton Series event are Seth Davies (3rd, $815,000), Yuri Dzivielevski (4th, $630,000) and Talal Shakerchi (5th, $510,000).
Ontario’s largest online poker series so far in terms of the number of events on the schedule is currently running on the BetMGM network which covers three online poker rooms – BetMGM Poker Ontario, bwin Ontario, and partypoker Ontario. The Ontario Poker Championships just kicked off on September 11 and will run until September 26, featuring C$500,000 in total guarantees.
Ontario Poker Championships – Key Details
The schedule is comprised of 74 numbered events that are available in three buy-in levels, meaning Ontarians have almost 200 individual tournaments to choose from. They can enter for as low as C$1.10, while the highest buy-in is set at C$530. Multiple tournaments come with five-figure guarantees, offering huge value to players.
Main Event
The main highlight of the series is easily the Main Event and there are three of them on the schedule. The low edition has a buy-in of C$5.50 and guarantees C$5,000, while the mid version comes with a C$22 entry fee and C$10,000 in guaranteed prize money.
The C$109 edition offers the biggest guaranteed prize pool of C$50,000. Each of the tournaments has multiple flights and the BetMGM Network is running satellites with buy-ins starting at only 1 cent.
The Ontario Poker Championships clashes with PokerStars’ Bounty Builder Series which runs until September 19 and guarantees C$1 million.
The next stop of the latest season of the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) will be in the Bay Area in Northern California and players won’t have to wait long as the action officially kicks off on September 13 at Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park.
RGPS Contenders Bay Area Main Highlights
The “RGPS Contenders Bay Area” features multiple tournaments of different formats including NLH, Limit Omaha Hi-lo, HORSE, and PLO. The series opens with a $250 buy-in Seniors event, a $250 6-Max NLH event, and a $200 Guest Bounty NLH.
The schedule also includes a $250 buy-in, $50K GTD NLH event (Sep 14) which will award a seat into the 2022 All-Stars ProAM tournament at the PokerGO studio in December.
The series culminates in the $600 buy-in Main Event which offers $200,000 in guarantees. The multi-flight tournament gets underway on September 16.
Championship Rings Return
The Bay Area series will award the coveted Championship Rings which the RGPS has re-introduced this year. The stop wasn’t part of the original schedule but the RGPS team decided to add it, alongside another stop at Jack Casino in Cleveland scheduled for September 22 to October 2.
After its Cleveland stop, the RGPS will head over to Horseshoe Tunica (Oct 4-9) and then Hard Rock Tulsa (Oct 11-16). The series will also drop by Horseshoe Council Bluffs and Jamul Casino San Diego in October and November, with a grand finale taking place at Thunder Valley Casino from November 25-December 5. It will feature a $1 million guaranteed Main Event.
As Liz Truss takes over as the UK’s new Prime Minister, the publication of the Gambling Act Review could be postponed much longer. This means it could take quite a while before a wide-ranging gambling regulatory reform is implemented in the country.
More Delays Expected
The government launched the review in 2020 in a bid to make the UK’s gambling laws fit for the digital age. Two years have passed and the White Paper has yet to be approved, facing a series of delays. It was due to be released in July, but a political turmoil that resulted in the resignation of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson meant gambling reform needed to be postponed for the fourth time.
Truss’ appointment led to a government re-organization which brought Michelle Donelan to her new role as gambling minister. Donelan is a well-known gambling industry critic and a staunch supporter of gambling reform, being one of the MPs who voted for the implementation of the £2 maximum stake limit on Fixed Odd Betting Terminals (FOBTs).
White Paper Still Open to Changes
As to what reforms will be rolled out under Donelan’s watch remain to be seen. With the review still ongoing, the White Paper is still subject to changes. Among the reforms believed to be included in the review are reducing the betting limits for online casino games and banning VIP programs and loyalty schemes. But all these will remain as speculations until the official document is published.