Full Tilt Poker - FTOPS IX schedule

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Fantastic FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) from Full Tilt Poker, probably the best online poker series, is back again and series IX (9) has even more tournaments – just look at the schedule below! The action starts on August 7th UK at 2am (August 6th New York at 9pm) and continues until the Main Event on the 17th. We’ve got 25 events to look forward to, all hosted by a pro. There’s a guaranteed prize pool of $15m+ and a megaload of Full Tilt Gear up for grabs. Satellites are running now for as little as $2.25, just go into the lobby click Tournaments, click FTOPS and the many satellites are clearly listed. Why not join the Satellite ...

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Bodog Poker bring you a $250K Guaranteed Tournament

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Summer just a got a lot more ‘poker interesting’, Bodog Poker are bringing you their largest ever guaranteed poker tournament, the $250K Guaranteed Tournament. The tournament will be held on Sunday August 10th at 9pm UK (4pm New York). Before then there are 200 satellites running now starting from the cheap seats at only $1 through to buy ins of $54. If you’ve no time for satellites then buy in direct for $270, which ever way you get in just make sure you get to play in this Bodog’s largest tournament ever! Do you want in? Not got a Bodog Account yet? It couldn’t be easier, take a look at our Bodog Review to see what you’ve been missing ...

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Irish Winter Festival with Titan Poker

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Join Titan Poker in super cool Dublin, Ireland for this year's Irish Winter Festival being held from October 25th to 27th at the City West Hotel, Dublin. Titan are tempting their players with a $4,500 prize package which includes... €460 ($725) buy in to Main Event 4 nights in the City West Hotel, Dublin Private Welcome Party at the Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar which includes tour of the brewery, dinner and live bands Approx $1,050 for your travelling expenses and spending money Titan have made getting into this event easy, there are satellites running throughout the week at times to suit everyone, Sit n Go’s are ongoing and start at a very reasonable $4.01, Stage 2 MTTs start at $3.03. All ...

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Million Dollar Birthday Party held at Party Poker

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Party Poker is 7 years old this summer and to celebrate 7 great years online they are holding a $1,000,000 guaranteed Birthday Million Tournament. The Birthday Million Tournament is to be held on Sunday 10th August at 5.45pm UK (12.45pm New York), you’ll get 20,000 starting chips and there will be 20 minute blinds. To get your name on the guest list you can buy in directly for $640. If your poker bankroll does not allow such an outlay then you can have fun qualifying by way of daily satellites. So, go onto the Party Poker software lobby, access Tournaments - Qualifiers - Birthday Million, the qualifiers are marked in bold and there are so many to choose from, for ...

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2X Guaranteed and 2X Chance Tournaments at Pokerstars

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The fantastic PokerStars 2X promotion is now well under way and as the event rolls out everyone is getting a chance to participate. The First Depositor’s freerolls start today, Tuesday the 8th July, please see our First Deposit Freerolls blog for full details of this generous rookie offer. Briefly, use the marketing code DIRPOKER when you register and then when you are depositing use the bonus code FIRST2X to get in on this July only promotion. The freerolls are easily found on the Poker Stars.com software - just access lobby/Tournaments/All and they will be identified as PokerStars 2X - $2,222 First Depositor Freeroll. Now.. I want to tell you about 2X Guaranteed, PokerStars already have some massive cash prizes for ...

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$8k New Player Freeroll Series from Doyles Room

Monday, July 7th, 2008

This summer got to be even more fun for poker folks with Doyles Room’s Real Poker Invitational Freeroll Series worth $8000 over 4 weeks - exclusive to new players at Doyles Room. Make a first deposit of just $30 (or more) within 15 days of signing up and for a limited time you will receive an invitation direct from Doyle Brunson to play in eight consecutive $1,000 freerolls over 4 weeks, how amazing is that! The $1,000 freerolls are played on Thursdays and Sundays at 6pm UK (1pm New York) and, as the name indicates, are exclusive invitation only freerolls for new players so number of players joining each one is expected to be relatively low. The invitational freerolls are ...

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WCOOP - World Championship of Online Poker 2008 by PokerStars

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

This summer just keeps getting better and better for us online poker players – now, Pokerstars have just announced are the dates for this years’ WCOOP – billed as the biggest online poker tournament series in the World. The prize pool has doubled since last year and is a massive $30,000,000 and that’s Guaranteed. This series has certainly gone from strength to strength from it’s beginnings in 2002, the WCOOP Roll of Honour is below, just look at those winnings grow! 2002 ‘multimarine’ won $65,450 2003 ‘DeOhGee’ won $222,750 2004 ‘Rogde’ won $424,945 2005 ‘Panella86’ won $577,342 2006 J C Tran (Pro) won $600,000 2007 ‘Ka$ino’ won $1,378,330 2008 YOU - $? The action starts on September 5th and culminates in the ...

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PokerStars 2X VPP’s - Double Loyalty Points

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Pokerstars promise their 2X promotion will be the biggest online poker promotion ever. As part of the promotion Pokerstars are going to give you double loyalty points as you do what you love best - play poker. From July 1st at 5am UK (midnight New York) until July 7th at 4.59am UK (July 6th 11.59pm New York) double VPPs (VIP Player Points) will be credited to you when you play your favourite cash (ring games) and sit n go’s. Sorry, offer excludes heads up. It really is that simple, just keep playing and earning and you’ll get twice as much as before! As well as this double VPP offer PokerStars have promised further surprise promotions as they roll out this 2X promotion ...

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First Deposit Freerolls from PokerStars - July 2008 only

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Everyone loves a freeroll and poker players just love PokerStars so if you are in a position to make your first ever deposit with Poker Stars this July then there is a terrific treat in store for you - $119,990 worth of exclusive freerolls! There will be 2x $2,222 freerolls daily, with all players who make the money being entered into a grand final on 31st July where the prize purse will be $22,222 – not bad for free! The First Depositor Freerolls start on Tuesday the 8th July and will be easily found on the Poker Stars.com software - just access lobby / Tournaments / All and they will be identified ...

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PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 5

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

This is so exciting, the dates have just been announced for the EPT Season 5 and PokerStars will be giving you hundreds of opportunities to qualify. Last year PokerStars sent 1,682 players to the EPT, this year make sure you are one of Team PokerStars playing in some of the most glamorous of casinos, in the most wonderful cities. Satellites for EPT Season 5 begin on July 7th for the first event in Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain which will take place September 10th to 14th. Satellites buy ins start from as little as $2.22 or 111 Frequent Player Points, once the Satellites are up on the PokerStars software ...

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