‘Poker News’ Category Archives
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Party Poker is going from strength to strength and to add to this momentum thay have just announced more incredible promotions for July 2011 including a special reload bonus and freeroll worth $100k, but the biggest news by far is they have gone rake free! Loads to tell you but I think we'll start with:-
Rake Free Tournaments! Party Poker claim to be the only place that you can play poker rake free, and I think they may well be right. This excellent move means that, with no fees across the entire MTT schedule, 100% of players' money will go into the pot!
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
For a 2nd evening Full Tilt is closed and rumours are rife as to what could be going on. The simple facts are that Full Tilt have lost their gambling licence with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and were told to cease trading yesterday (June 29th). Players can't connect to Full Tilt software and are faced with a simple 'trying again' message, when visiting the website it states "System Update. We apologise but the system is down. Please check back later."
How much later? When will they be open again? How can they just be shut down like that? How can I get my bankroll back? Have Full Tilt released any info at all? Where else can I play Rush Poker? These are all questions we've been asked over the last 24hours and this blog will attempt to answer them for you.
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
We heard today
Full Tilt Poker have closed down due to losing their licence with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). The shudder is still thundering throughout the poker world with players angry and confused, demanding to know how they can withdraw their funds from a site that simply doesn't exist anymore.
Many have been concerned that
Pokerstars would soon follow in Full Tilt's footsteps and close it's doors. Nothing could be further from the truth. True, both sites have been closed to US players since April 15th but the response of the rooms has been very different.
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Full Tilt Poker has been shut down by The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) as they have suspended their European Gambling Licence. This has all come about following the events of 'Black Friday', 15th April 2011, when the US Atorney General's Office stopped play for US Full Tilt players following an investigation by the FBI.
The shock decision by the AGCC has come into immediate effect and players have found themselves cut off in mid play in running tournaments. It has been impossible to connect to the software and consequently there is no access to players accounts, the website carries a message 'Scheduled Maintenance in Progress'.
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
On Friday 15th April 2011, in a major crackdown on online gambling, the FBI and US Attorney's Office have charged the founders of former
US Poker Sites PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker with fraud, illegal gambling and laundering a great deal of dollars! It appears that there were 11 arrested, restraining orders put on 75 bank accounts in 14 countries. Five internet domain names were also confiscated - this is a major operation!
Posted in Absolute Poker, Bodog Poker, bodoglife poker, Cake Poker, Full Tilt Poker, PDC Poker, Poker News, Poker.com, PokerStars | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 21st, 2011
Now you can start your own poker club with Home Games from PokerStars, a brilliant idea from the largest online poker site to help you find the Poker Star in you!
This new service from pokerstars is completely free to use and so simple to set up and manage, there's even a video to help you along the way.
Basically, once you have set up or joined a poker club,
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
PCA Fantasy final seats are up for grabs, just use the new
Pokerstars bonus code PCA2011 and you get to choose which PCA Fantasy Final you want to play in!!
Enjoy the greatest 10 day poker festival in the fantastic Bahamas this coming January 7th to 16th for nothing!
For existing PokerStars players there are PCA Fantasy freerolls, $0.50 and $5.50 sit n go qualifiers running non stop as the table shows below:-
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is back, this coming January 7th to 16th, this is the biggest live poker tournament outside the USA, so make sure you take this chance to play poker for millions of dollars in the stunning Bahamas. This poker event will take place, over 10 days, once again in luxurious surroundings at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Just think, when you are not at the tables you can be relaxing on white sandy beaches with hours of sunshine in one of the World's top resorts, an excellent way to start 2011!
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Congratulations to Jonathan Duhamel who has won the coveted champions bracelet plus a cheque for a life changing $8.9m!
Jonathan Duhamel is a 23 year old from Quebec who is so proud to be the first WSOP Champion to come from Canada he says it is a 'dream come true right now'.
Jonathan Duhamel is a
PokerStars player and his smiling face
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
The last Sunday of the year, 27th December 2009, brought the biggest ever online poker tournament with
Pokerstars smashing their previously held Guinness World Record with an amazing 149,196 people playing on PokerStars in one tournament no. 234567890 with a buy in of just $1!
PokerStars added $150,000 to the prize money and our congratulations go out to oskar69 who came first in the biggest field in poker history to take home $50,000 – nice work!
Another stonkin promo from Pokerstars, watch this space for more to come in 2010 – the best ever year in poker history is yet to come players!
If you’ve not got a Pokerstars Account get one NOW and join the biggest and best online poker site ...
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