Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Use the new official
Party Poker Bonus Code 500VIP for the best ever Party Poker sign up bonus of 100% up to $500. This is how it works, you must accumulate 5 x bonus amount in Party Points, the bonus will be released in 5 equal parts into your account and you will have 90 days to release the full bonus. The minimum deposit is just $25.
Let me give you an example:
Deposit $500 using the bonus code 500VIP to be eligible to $500 in bonus
Release the total bonus by earning 2,500 Party Points (5 x 500)
For every 500 Party Points you earn $100 will ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Poker.com has had a bit of a facelift and a name change to
PDC Poker, but the familiar crown is still there on the logo and much is still the same on this quality site. So, no worries for PDC’s loyal players, all the features you loved about Poker.com are still there, in short, PDC is the same as poker.com, only better! PDC Poker also still accepts USA players. The only changes we can detect are that Timebank has been introduced which gets you precious extra time when you need it to make those oh so tough decisions along with new filters in the lobby.
So what’s in it for ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
PokerStars brought us the first Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and it was a resounding success so, it’s probably the first LAPT of many!
The Tour started in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this May 3rd to 5th at the prestigious Intercontinental Hotel, with 314 players chasing a combined prize pool of $785,000. The buy in was $2,500 and the top 32 players ended up in the money. The top three finishers were
1st. Julien Nuijten from Holland won $222,940
2nd Vitaly Kovyazin from USA won $117,850
3rd Nikolai Senninger from Germany won $86,350
Next stop
San Jose, Costa Rica from May 22nd to 24th saw 398 players from 35 countries ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
The
Pokerstars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) opens next month in Macau in the People’s Republic of China and satellites have been running for some time, your last chance to qualify is tomorrow the 24th August so, if you’re quick, you can still get to play poker in China next month, take a look at what’s still on offer by going through the PokerStars lobby – Events, then APPT. This first event in the tour is a nine day poker festival, 6 days of the Main Event then 3 days for the high rollers, both these events carry a prize pool of over $1,300,000 each! So get ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Sadly, it has been announced that Chan Poker, as from today 21st August, is ceasing operations.
If you have a cash balance with Chan they are assuring their players that withdrawals will be dealt with swiftly. However, it would be prudent to make your request sooner rather than later. If you access the website then the link to more information, then click on account in the narrative, you will be able to enter your account details and withdraw your poker account balance. Limits for certain withdrawal methods have been increased to allow players to withdraw their funds speedily in one go.
They say that they are actively searching for a partner who will honour poker point balances that players are holding and ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Autumn brings you the biggest added money poker festival on the Internet, starting on October 26th
Ladbrokes Poker will see 16 tournaments being played over 15 days with $2,000,000 in estimated prize money and the last remaining seat in the Poker Million VII up for grabs.
The Top Ten on the LEOCOP IV Leaderboard is where you should be aiming to be for a pay out - there will be $14,000 to be shared. The Top 80 on the Leaderboard will be invited to play in the prestigious LEOCOP IV Masters Event Freeroll where that coveted very last seat at the Poker Million VII, worth $120,000, will be won. For those of you not familiar with the fantastic Poker ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Cake Poker invite you to the Citywest Hotel for the Irish Winter Festival 2008 in Dublin, Ireland this Autumn October 24th – 28th. With a capacity for 800 poker players from all over the world and a prize pool estimated at €1m this is one live event not to be missed, the atmosphere will be electric.
The prize package up for grabs includes €1,650 buy in to Main Event, $1,300 paid into your Player Account to help towards travelling expenses and 4 nights at the venue, the Citywest Hotel – I must tell you a little about the Citywest hotel – the hotel is situated 15kms from Dublin City Centre amongst rolling green hills, it has its own leisure ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Billed as one of the wonders of the poker world – The North American Poker Championship – is being held at the fabulous Niagara Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Canada this October 10th to 16th.
Party Poker are sending a posse of players to form Team Party Poker and join 500 to 600 others who hope to be as lucky as Scott Clements last year who fought off Poker Pros and Internet whizzes to take home a life changing $1.36m!!
The terrific prize package on offer is worth $13,000 and includes buy in of $10,000, accommodation at the tournament venue the stunning Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort (see the website, I did, I was impressed) and spending money.
Are you up ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
London is calling and
Bodog Poker is going to send 2 lucky players off with a VIP package. Staring on 19th September the European Series 2008 will see the world’s best poker players congregating in Englands’ vibrant capital city to play their best poker. The inaugural event last year proved to be very profitable for young Norwegian Annette Oberestad who took home a cool £1m ($2,000,000 approx), this year it could be you!
The VIP Packages include...
Buy in to WSOPE Main Event (27/09) £10,000 (approx $20,000)
Round trip flights
Hotel Accommodation
Limo to and from the Airport
£500 (approx $1,000) spending money
Exclusive Bodog swag
The satellites are running now and there will be one to suit you. The Cheap ...
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
The European Series 2008 starts next month, 19th September, in London, England and you can be part of the action at
Full Tilt Poker. Win a huge $25,000 prize package – that’s approx $20,000 (£10,000) buy in to the Main Event – and $5,000 for expenses. Quite a prize I’m sure you’ll agree!
The weekly qualifiers run on Sundays at 9.30pm UK (4.30pm New York) with a buy in of $500 + $35, the games can easily be found by going through the lobby into Tournaments and then Series. If your bankroll won’t take the buy in direct you have plenty of opportunities daily to satellite in from as little as $1 or 100 FTPs (Full Tilt Points)
Use the ...
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