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- Jennifer Lee has a new "boyfriend"

- New market niche - player financing

- Gus Hansen sells his website

Jennifer Lee has a new "boyfriend"

Renowned online poker fan Jennifer Leigh "Jennicide" has a new boyfriend, none other than Napster founder Shawn Fanning. If you suddenly do not know what this is about, then know - "Napster" is the largest file-sharing business in the world, which was recently sold to the American retail chain Best Buy for 121 million dollars.

Fanning met Lee through IRC. Both turned out to be huge fans of the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft.

In addition to poker, Jennifer Lee is known for her candid photos. So in May 2007 it could be seen in the magazine "FHM Online". And in May of this year she starred for "Playboy".

New market niche - player financing

Many poker players dream of being given money to play. Maybe this is a free niche for business? The way it is! Chris Smith und John Conroy saw the potential of the issue and discovered a new market for themselves as investors. The company, which received the name "BadBeat", is engaged in making a profit by investing in poker professionals.

"BadBeat" is recruiting new players to play. At the same time, it is important that they show good skills in bankroll management and in total always remain in the black. BadBeat takes all possible losses from the game and takes 50% from the players' winnings.

To date, the "BadBeat" team already has 250 players. By the end of 2009, it is planned to increase this number to 500 people. The plan is for each player to play 3000 hands or 40 hours a week.

BadBeat's most famous player is John Tatabay, who finished second in the World Series of Poker in Europe last year.

Gus Hansen sells his website

Guus Hansen's site, which has been online for over a year and is one of the leading poker news sites in Denmark, is listed for sale at Sitepoint.com.

"It was wonderful to be able to get closer to my fans through ThePlayr, but it took a lot of invisible work. Given these circumstances, we decided to sell our site." Hansen says.

Interestingly, the site's starting price of $ 15,000, of course, does not include the Gus Hansen brand. After all, after the sale, his name will no longer be associated with the site.