‘Poker News’ Category Archives
Friday, February 29th, 2008
All day today (Feb 29th 12midnight ET / 5am GMT to 23.59pm ET / 4.59am GMT March 1st) you will earn double FPP's (frequent player points) at Pokerstars.
This applies to all cash games and sit and go's (which start after 12midnight ET) but not multi table tournaments.
If you're saving your points to enter one of our
Pokerstars freerolls or to move up their VIP structure then you need to log on and play today.
If you haven't sign up at Pokerstars yet, check out our
Pokerstars Marketing Code page for the latest sign-up bonus info.
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
I hope you took our advice of last week and joined this tournament - you did, didn’t you? 9,600 players recognised a great value tournament and the top 4,000 ended up in the money. You will recall this was a tournament where only your Frequent Player Points (FPP's) mattered, no cash consideration. Congratulations to the following players:-
1st - Mombasi - $200,000
2nd - tobededope - $120,000
3rd - BleedBlue33 - $80,000
4th - TXSooner518 - $65,000
5th - qbgoose - $50,000
6th - Karsten85 - $40,000
7th - mmmy17 - $30,000
8th - D.Nowitzki - $20,000
9th - oakblack - $11,000 ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Just a shout out to everyone that we've just kicked off our WSOP 2008 countdown with a brand new page dedicated to bringing you the latest
WSOP 2008 freerolls and qualifiers running at all the leading poker rooms. Here's a sneak peak at the list we've compiled so far. Take a look and start planning your route to WSOP this year, it's never too early to start and there's a fantastic range of packages on offer right now.
Poker Site
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Posted in Bodog Poker, Doyles Room, Freerolls, Full Tilt Poker, Ladbrokes, Party Poker, Poker News, Poker.com, Qualifiers / Satellites, WSOP | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
At only 21 years old Alexander Kostritsyn, from Russia, was the youngest player at the final table of the Texas Holdem Main Event. Alexander went head to head with the legendary veteran pro, Erik Seidel, to win the Aussie Millions crown aptly at the Crown Casino, Melbourne. At AUD$1.65m this is the largest ever poker prize in the Southern Hemisphere. This is how they finished:
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
We pleased to let you all know that our exclusive
Doyles Room Promo Code DP110B will now entitle you to an extra special first sign-up bonus of 110% up to $660.
This promo code is exclusive to us and will give you a bigger bonus than you'll find anywhere else.
Are we pleased? - you bet we are!
Check out our
Doyles Room Review for all the reasons (apart from the bonus) why you should check out Doyles Room - and remember, US players ARE accepted :)
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
There’s never been a better time to sign up to play at Bodog Poker because, for a limited time, they are offering a very generous 110% up to $500 initial sign up bonus. So, for those of you who recognise an excellent deal,
download the Bodog software and on your first deposit Bodog will give you an instant 10% upfront cash bonus. Once you get playing you start earning Bodog Poker Points (BPPs) and you will soon have your 100% bonus as for every 10 BPPs you collect you'll receive $1 gratis from Bodog.
This is how the points mount up...
For tournaments you'll earn 3 BPP's per $1 in tournament fees paid.
For cash games you ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Calling all MAC users! PokerStars are pleased to announce that they now have a MAC compatible software ready for downloading. Although initially only in Beta mode this new release has everything you’ve come to expect from PokerStars with the exception of Layout Manager and Preferred Seat. To download the MAC version of PokerStars go to the PokerStars download page and select the Mac version, and off you go. See our
PokerStars Review for more info including how to claim your $50 sign up bonus and entry to exclusive freerolls for new players.
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Absolute Poker is hosting a Charity Tournament on Sunday 2nd December at 12.30am GMT (half past midnight Saturday night), 1st December 20.30ET to support the ONE campaign to Make Poverty History. The buy in to the tournament is $10 + $1 and all fees are being donated to the ONE campaign, Absolute has also pledged to double the amount raised. The ONE Campaign is supported by many celebrities and is a non profit making non partisan organisation determined to make poverty history.
Visit
www.ONE.org and see the work that is carried out by the many volunteers. Sign the petition (as this is written stands at 2,421,840) and maybe buy some T shirts or wristbands as Christmas presents ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
We previously alerted you to the
Bodog Poker One Billionth hand celebrations. Here we have the list of very lucky winners. The hand was dealt on November 26th at 2.36 am GMT (9.36pm ET) during a $8.80 beginners sit and go. At the table were nine very surprised players, listed below, who had a share in $10,000 and $109 each in tournament buy ins.
bbink of Gallatin, Tennessee
mthomas29 of Auburn, Maine
alexisnicole of Corbin, Kentucky
jankow of Rollinsford, New Hampshire
Lroy5303 of Hawkinsville, Georgia
salmon slayer of Bay City, Oregon
wantongolf of San Ysidro, California
pikachu420 of Honolulu, Hawaii
Dodger Blue 007 of Las Vegas, Nevada
What a terrific milestone for Bodoglife and Calvin Ayre. BodogLife Poker continues to grow and is becoming one of ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Whilst checking for updates to our
Titan Poker Review we noticed that the Mediterranean Poker Cruise Monte Carlo Tournament qualifiers were nowhere to be found. We stated in our review that there is a Monte Carlo Main Event Super satellite on the 6th January 2008 with direct buy in for $110 to win Poker Cruise packages to this event. We spoke to the people at Titan Poker and they told us:-
"this tournament series run by Titan Poker was cancelled by its organizer and has been removed from the software and the website. The three winners of the November 18 Super Satellite are being awarded cash prizes."
So, that’s a disappointment if you were looking forward to ...
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