‘Poker News’ Category Archives

PokerStars Claims New Guinness World Record

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 ...

Titan Poker launches new VIP Programme – Club Titan

Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Club TitanTitan Poker are proud to announce the launch of their new loyalty programme, Club Titan. With Club Titan the more you play the greater the rewards. By doing what you love best, playing poker of course, you will also be building up you points with every raked hand you play and tournament players build their points up at a rate of 17 points per $1 collected in tournament fees. In addition, Titan Poker will give you a monthly bonus based on play that month – and this monthly bonus starts from the first month of play, fair shout! So, you’ve earned loads of lovely Titan poker points, what can you do ...

Answer the Call – Vote to Legalise USA Online Poker!

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
America Needs YouWhether you know poker is a game of skill or think it may be luck, an individuals’ freedom to choose to play online poker from the comfort of their own homes in the USA must be reinstated! Visit Barack Obama’s own website, Change.Gov, and take a look at the Citizen’s Briefing Book and vote to legalise online poker in the USA NOW. At this time of worldwide recession let’s put pressure on the powers that be to boost America’s economy by legalising online poker which will enable the Government to tax and regulate the game. This will stop American poker players from joining offshore, often shady, poker sites and ...

WSOP 08 Winner is Peter Eastgate!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Peter Eastgate - WSOP 2008 Winner!This has been a long awaited Final Table for WSOP 08. It all started way back in May when 6,700 hopeful poker players converged on Las Vegas clutching $10,000 for the buy in to the WSOP 08 Main Event. That’s 6,700 players who were whittled down to just nine for the final table - then, for the first year, the long wait began for the final table action to begin. The nine finalists have been called the November Nine and even the Million Dollar Men and without a doubt they all played their best poker but it was Peter Eastgate from Odense, Denmark and Ivan Demidov from Moscow, ...

Party Poker’s New Look Tables

Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Party PokerParty Poker.com, Europes’ biggest online poker site, has been teasing players with the release date of their brand new look including tables with brand new features. We have been promised that the launch date of the new look (including tables) will be within the next few days but, in the meantime, I have it on good authority that the features will include:- Slick new table design – if you’re a sentimental type of player and can’t bear to part with the old design the option to keep it is there. Select your own player photo – use your own or one from Party Pokers extensive new library. Access to preset bet buttons, ...

EPT Budapest added to PokerStars European Poker Tour

Sunday, September 14th, 2008
EPT European Poker Tour A new venue has been added to the already fabulous PokerStars.com EPT Series 5 - Budapest in Hungary. Hungarians are proving to be a strong force in the online poker world, their players are fearless! Denes Kalo is just one example of an ace Hungarian poker player, he currently ranks 8th in the EPT leaderboard and has earned a colossal $1,554,000 in previous EPT earnings. The venue awaits you at the Las Vegas Casino, Sofitel Hotel, Budapest, Hungary which is ready for EPT action from October 28th to November 1st. The seats to the main event each cost $4,350 and the field for the main event is limited to ...

PokerStars.com Highroller £1m Showdown at EPT London

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
EPT European Poker TourPokerStars.com have announced that the first ever EPT Highroller event, the ‘PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown’, is to take place at the EPT London, Oct 5/6th. Furthermore, PokerStars are guaranteeing a prize pool of £1million, phenomenal! I have it on good authority that the final table will be broadcast on telly. Already in for this event are members of Team Pokerstars: Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Alex Kfavchenko The buy in for this event is £20,300 and the field will be just 100 - bankroll won’t allow you to buy in direct in for this one? Fear not, those good people at PokerStars will let you play with the big boys ...

EPT London with Pokerstars – Important Update

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
EPT European Poker Tour EPT London (Oct 1st – 6th) is going to be a most spectacular event thanks to a new PokerStars initiative. PokerStars have added £250,000 to create a 1st prize of £1million and that’s guaranteed. This is the very first time that PokerStars have ever offered a guaranteed first prize for an EPT and, with a capacity of just 500 at the Victoria Casino, London, England the interest is going to be huge. Due to play are Team PokerStars: Danial Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Isabelle Mercier, Chad Brown, Vicky Cohen + mystery players. The prize package is worth $14,600 and includes buy in, hotel and expenses. You can buy in ...

New Party Poker Bonus Code worth $500

Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Party Poker Bonus CodeUse 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 ...

Massive bonuses as Poker.com is reborn as PDC Poker

Saturday, August 30th, 2008
PDC Poker BonusPoker.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 ...