‘Poker Promotions’ Category Archives

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 ...

Pokerstars $1Million Turbo Takedown

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Pokerstars Million Dollar Turbo TakedownThere’s a terrific new way to use your PokerStars Frequent Player Points (FPPs) - use your points to play in the monthly $1million Turbo Takedown. Each and every month from now on there’s a huge $1million prize pool with $100,000 first prize. Take a look below at the table of prizes - well worth entering I think you'll agree :) With 1 in 3 players finishing in the money with no cash ever being spent on a seat this is a great way to turn your FPPs into real cash. Each player will start with 3000 chips and the blinds will raise every 10 minutes, but, be warned even ...

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 ...

Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) – Season 1 – The Results

Sunday, August 24th, 2008
LAPT - Latin American Poker TourPokerStars 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 ...

PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) – Season 2 Schedule

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
APPT - Asia Pacific Poker TourThe 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 ...

Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker IV (LEOCOP IV)

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 ...

The Irish Winter Festival 2008 with Cake Poker

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 ...

Win a Seat at WPT Fallsview with Party Poker

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 ...

World Series of Poker Europe Qualifiers at Bodog Poker

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 ...

Full Tilt Poker invites you to the European Series 2008

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 ...