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WSOP 2008 satellites and freerolls

Monday, February 11th, 2008
WSOP 2008Just 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 ...

Aussie Millions Main Event Champion is Crowned

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:

Doyles Room special $660 sign-up bonus

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 :)

New 110% Sign Up Bonus From Bodog Poker

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 ...

PokerStars software for MAC released

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.

Absolute Poker - Poker against Poverty tournament tonight!

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 ...

BodogLife Poker Billionth hand winners

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 ...

Titan Poker Mediterranean Poker Cruise satellite cancelled

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 ...

Ladbrokes launches 3D poker software

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
3D poker AvatarLadbrokes Poker have just launched their brand new 3D poker room where you can play poker in a truly amazing 3D environment. Running alongside the current software you can choose to use stay with your current version or download the new 3D platform from the Ladbrokes homepage. The developers Playwize (of the 3D Pokerwize platform) are already well known for state of the art video games with outstanding graphics. We asked a regular at Ladbrokes to take a look and give us a quick review on the new platform.

Full Tilt Poker - Bonus or referral code? Does it matter?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Around the beginning of this month Full Tilt Poker changed their sign-up page to request a 'referral code' instead of a 'bonus code' to claim your first deposit bonus. We're not quite sure why they did this, nor do we really care - it's only a word after all. We just wanted to make sure everyone knew that bonus codes and referral codes are exactly the same thing and our own Full Tilt bonus code (oops, Full Tilt referral code) FULTBONUS is still valid for a 100% match of your first deposit upto $600 plus entry to all future Pokernews freerolls at Full Tilt. See our Full Tilt Review for all the latest at Full Tilt.