One of the exciting news in the world of online poker is $23,000 World Poker Tour Race on PartyPoker. Top speck in this poker tour will be awarded with a stunning package to the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, from May 8 through 13 on the Champs Élysées at the Aviation Club de France.

Now if you want to qualify for this then you are required to play for real money at Party Poker the more you play and the more points you will earn. The qualification period runs from March 1 (00:00 GMT) through March 31 (23:59 GMT). The top 50 players will earn a seat in the WPT Race Final at the end of the qualification period that will be held in April 11 at 21:00 GMT.

The first place winner of the Final Race will win a package worth $15,000 to the WPT Grand Prix de Paris. While the second place winner will get a €5,000 package into the WPT Barcelona, that will being held on May 19-23.

As per Party Poker’s standard payout structure the third place winner will be given a $1,000 prize pool.

But if you think that you can’t be in the top 50 players and don’t want to lose this opportunity then PartyPoker has released a series of hotspots. Where players can find themselves in these hotspots at the end of the race. And then they can earn entry in the Race Final. You can keep track of your progress on WPT Race Leader Boards. Read more!

Also don’t forget to keep playing in our incredible Party Poker Eastern League as the top 2 overall finishers will also get entry to the WPT Race Final.

Party Poker is one of the world’s largest online poker brands in terms of huge number of players and revenues. Party Poker is famous for providing a great variety of poker games and hosting tournaments. It is licensed and regulated by the Government of Gibraltar. While the games are powered by the Party Gaming system which is tested by iTech Labs.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Uncategorized | No Comments » March 9th, 2010

The popular online poker room, Bodog Poker is now offering new poker players a whopping 110% bonus on their first deposit up to the amount of $1,100! If you’re one of those players who were waiting for some great opportunity to double their balance then its time for you to get in action!

Some poker rooms knew very well what their players want to play and what they want to see in their poker rooms. Bodog Poker is one of those best poker rooms that take care of all the needs of its player. They are offering a great opportunity for those poker lovers who want to get huge in every way along with entertainment and fun.

Mostly poker rooms have all types of players; beginners or the experienced ones and obviously both knew what they are looking for. The experienced poker players know that whether you play at the low ante tables or like to bet high at the no limit poker tables, $1,100 of free chips go a long way.

It’s not enough but you can expect more from BodogPoker. They are also going to host brand new tournaments and you can also be one of those fortunate players who participate and take advantage of the bonus offer.

In the middle of April; it will start with the Four Aces Poker Pro Canada Classic, set to take place in Montreal and in this you will get the chance to play for Team Bodog.

Bodog poker room is also giving away 10 prize packages worth $2,400, that includes the tournament entry fee, while the remaining amount you can use as spending cash in Montreal. The nice thing is that buy-ins for the qualifying tournaments are as low as $1 or you can also utilize your Bodog Poker points to get-in for the chance of free seat at the Four Ace Poker Pro Canada Classic.

So you think it’s all that online poker rooms have for its lovers. Nope! They have also some other surprises for you to be unveiled. The online poker website is giving 2 tickets to one fortunate player for the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowl, and World Series. This will also provide airfare, accommodations, and $500 in spending money for each event. And if you want to avail this chance then you have to play in the Sit and Go Tournament that is running till 14th March.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » March 9th, 2010

Party Poker always surprises its players with much innovative sponsorship and its expansion strategies. Now they are excited to announce the biggest signing in its history.

The football legend Francesco Totti has signed an amazing landmark deal to become an ambassador to represent the trusted virtual poker site. Its being anticipated that it is one of the most rewarding partnerships for both parties.

Totti is a retired superstar sportsman and it is the first deal of this type in the industry. Totti said: “I have faced many challenges in my career and I always apply myself with skill, intelligence, loyalty and passion. You need all these abilities for poker and it is also a game that excites me and is a lot of fun. Thanks to PartyPoker.it, I am able to combine my passion for sport and the challenge of poker. The qualities you need to become a good poker player are very close to those of a sport.”

While narrator of PartyPoker said: “We expect Totti to become the most capped player and number one goal scorer in our history. He is one of the greatest football players of his generation – the question is now will he be one of the greatest poker players of his generation too? What Totti strives for he normally succeeds in achieving! He is a huge signing.”

Totti is already being featured in television and also on print media in the Italian market from the 25th of February. So for its signing celebration of the Roma captain, PartyPoker has offered amazing introductory bonuses that include a special Totti ‘10′ welcome bonus and Totti free rolls for new customers from the 25th February.

Party Poker is owned by Party Gaming; the world’s leading listed online gaming company and is one of the largest European stand alone poker rooms. PartyPoker is growing continuously by offering great sign-up incentives online. PartyPoker has the most table actions, the most poker tournaments, and are the best known name in the poker world.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » March 4th, 2010

A group of Canadian researchers found some time to do other than watching Olympic hockey. They wanted to conduct a study on the effects of playing poker on stress. You will be amazed to see the results of this study. Their earlier study showed that online gambling like poker is very beneficial to the brain and presently researchers are very excited to be able to report that poker is a stress buster as well. This study consisted of many people playing a game of poker.

These researchers have found significant evidence to make the claim that playing poker online actually reduces stress. That means indirectly they have proved that if you are stressed then you should start playing poker it will reduce your stress.

This study is all about cortisol. It is a hormone that is termed as the stress hormone. If level of these hormones increases in your blood this means you are stressed. And during the players being monitored playing online poker showed decreasing levels of cortisone as they became more engaged in the game. These findings add to the previously known findings that online gambling improves cognitive function and can reduce the aging process.

This means that science is telling us that gambling and playing poker online not only makes you smarter and gives you’re a younger look. But it also reduces your stress levels.

The results of this poker study is really amazing, because according to this, playing poker can be one of the most stressful and nerve racking activities to engage in. You would think that with money on the line, and the tension involved in competition would increase stress levels, turns out that engaging oneself so deeply into the game actually relieves stress by forcing the individual to forget about the stresses of everyday life.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » March 2nd, 2010

Playing poker was not difficult to play before but now it seems that it will become a little difficult to play around. Since the arrivals of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act U.S. players have found it increasingly difficult to play poker online.

Now the largest credit card providers in the United States, Visa and Master; both are going to block the transfer of fund to gaming sites. It’s been speculated by the ERG Magazine that the credit card companies have been prompted to act by the outcome of a particular federal case.

Canadian Douglas Rennick has been charged with illegally control around $350 million worth of transfers to and from online gambling sites. His most recent appeal completed just a few weeks ago with the blameworthy result being upheld. By this result both the companies get scared of similar federal punishment, so they have decided to cut off all online gambling companies.

Now the questions arises is that how credit card companies will get to know that players are sending money to a gambling site. There are different types of codes assigned to each of the payments that are given by the credit card companies. And these codes tell them that what type of money service is in use.

Gambling companies can use the code 7995. Companies could use the different codes to get around the card block. But MasterCard claims knew about it and therefore they are coming down even harder on transfers to businesses that they feel may have been miscoding their transactions. 

Most of the online poker sites are accepting eWallet or paypal or MoneyBookers transactions. But everyone’s looking forward if the parliament is able to put a process in place for lawful and in time online gambling in the U.S. And if new bills are not introduced before the deadline, then it will become even harder for the U.S. players to play and participate in the online poker.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » February 24th, 2010

To celebrate the arrival of world’s fastest poker game Rush Poker. Full Tilt poker is now offering its players at least $50 in bonus money. Players can accept this Fast $50 bonus offer by 23:50ET on 14th March.

Players are required to make their initial deposit at FullTiltPoker and have to finish any active bonus by 18:30 ET on 21st February. Then they can receive a Fast $40 bonus offer immediately.

You can take double advantage from this offer by getting your share of bonus money while experiencing the best online poker action in the world. Isn’t it great? Those players who have made cash deposit at Full Tilt Poker.com but have no active bonus on the site can accept their Fast $50 bonus offer immediately.

If you haven’t made your initial deposit then you have until 23:59 ET on March 10th to make your first deposit and finish your 100% First Deposit Bonus. Then you’ll be eligible to receive a Fast $50 bonus offer by 12th March.

Full Tilt has given this offer to minimize wait time between hands and keep players in action at all the times. Rush Poker has set the online poker industry on fire since its launch in January.

As compared with a typical ring game, players can play up to four times more hands per hour in Rush Poker, thereby making it a perfect game to rapidly earn the required Full Tilt Points to release their Fast $50 bonus money.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » February 24th, 2010

Titan Poker, a European online poker giant that has taken their marketing to entirely new heights as it has exposed; their brand is set to appear in the recently released film, From Paris with Love. The film starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an all guns glowing action flick set in amongst the Parisian underworld.

This film will feature online poker site in the movie; you can see the iPoker’s biggest star Titanpoker.com. Titan Poker is holding an elite from Paris with Love tournament on the French arm of its site as a tribute to the site’s appearance on the big screen.

The tournament is offering lots of prizes including a $5000 cash prize, film merchandise and tickets to selected screenings of the film.
The film From Paris with Love (2010), is a detective type movie.

This movie has been inspired from an old James Bond creator Ian Fleming for the title of his 1957 James Bond spy novel, “From Russia With Love” which was later made into the movie, From Russia with Love (1963). Online poker has gained a huge fame over the past five years, both in America and Europe, and this latest appearance by one of the industry’s leading brands is evidence to the continued popularity of the game.

Every poker brand is trying hard to make an appearance in various public forums, music videos and also as a sponsor of various sports events like snooker and volleyball. For this reason this latest cameo role played by Titan-Poker will further increase the popularity of the game world wide.

Titan Poker is one of those online Poker rooms which quickly become the world’s most engaging online poker room, providing players from Cape Town to Copenhagen, Lithuania to London a remarkable online gaming experience. It’s one of the top poker room in the iPoker network with great international feel, state of the art software and 24/7 customer support.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 22nd, 2010

Paddy Power Poker has announced that they are going to host a weekly event on Sunday 17th February at 2pm ET; that will be known as the “$250,000 Guaranteed” tournament with a really very huge prize pool.

This event will definitely attract so many players in the start, because the starting chip stack is huge at 5000 chips, while the buy-in fee for this tournament is $100 + $9. The levels only start at 15/30 and they will only increment every 15 minutes. For those players that do not want to front $100; there is also an affordable satellite available priced at $21.80 + $2.

If you want to participate in this event then you have to register with Paddy Power Poker that offers a totally free signup and gives you a $600 real money sign-up bonus. After the completion of the sign-up process, you will able to participate in all or any of these tournaments.

Paddy Power Poker room is a new addition to the most profitable Irish bookmaking firms. It is anticipated that they will bring their outstanding customer service and secure & safe online gaming reputation to the world of poker. The iPoker software used offers cutting edge, feature-rich, poker software. There is also over $3M to be won every month in their free-to-enter and guaranteed tournaments.

So don’t forget to check out Paddy Power Poker’s website for further information on their attractive deposit bonuses and promotions.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 21st, 2010

As PokerStars leads up to the 40 billion Mega Milestone hand, it is now awarding cash prizes on all the table games. Prizes will be awarded every millionth hand to all players dealt into the pot. Also, the winner of the hand will get double cash prize.

There is a special 40-man Super Sit & Go tournament for Poker Stars.com sit & go players and will start from February 14 till 21st February. These tournaments will have $1.10, $11, $22, and $55 buy-ins. While winner of these tournaments will get a prize of $40,000, that will be distributed between all winners at each buy-in level. If you win one tournament, an extra $44.44 ($40,000/900) you will be awarded at the end. And if you win four tournaments, you will be given $177.76 as a reward.

Poker Stars is also hosting a variety of special tournaments for its multi-table tournament players. These Special F40 FPP tournaments will have a prize pool of $40,000 with an entry fee of 40 FPPs. These tournaments will start between 13:40 ET and 21:40 ET each day.

A special Micro Million $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament will take place at 14:30 ET on Sunday, February 14th. For a buy-in of $40, you can win a portion of a guaranteed $1,000,000 prize pool. Read more!

As PokerStars is celebrating the 4th anniversary of the Sunday Million on February 21st, therefore it has increased the prize pool to $4,000,000. And the first place will get at least $1,000,000. The Sunday Million will start at its standard time (16:30 ET) and will have the standard $215 buy-in.

And finally PokerStars is helping all the players to increase their bankrolls during this huge occasion. For the duration of the F40 promotion, players are allowed to a $40 cash credit for only 2,500 FPPs!

So if you want to be the part of this huge celebration then log into PokerStars because enormous prizes are offered to be won while free money to be claimed!

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 17th, 2010

January was an amazing month for the poker industry as Party Poker suddenly jumped into the ranks of the top three largest online poker rooms of the world. Many didn’t even notice that Party Poker crossed iPoker for the first time in almost two years.

According to Poker scout, it is the first time that the top four cash game sites got a big change in 93rd week. Traffic to online Party Poker increased by 20% that week due to the return of the cash machine promotion. While the traffic at iPoker Network starts decreasing at the same time and the reason behind this is that iPoker changed their rake calculation from dealt to contributed method.

Most of the players who wants to win huge bonuses; likes dealt method because it allows them to earn credit for raked hands while folding the majority of their hands. While due to this method change, the network lost those players who were just playing for bonuses.

Also, at the end of 2009, iPoker announced that they are going to clear-out on their room that is offering rake-back. Also some winning players were really told they were no longer welcome, and those who had been receiving rake-back may need to move to other rooms.

Now five week has been passed, and Party Poker.com is still in the third place in the cash game rankings. According to Poker Scout, its seven day normal for cash players is 5,400, a solid 550 players ahead of iPoker. It still has a long way to go to catch either PokerStars or Full Tilt, which has seven day averages of 32,800 and 16,600, respectively.

According to Poker Scout it’s been reported that there were also some other changes in the first week of February. The Cake Poker Network, the Micro-Gaming Poker Network, and the International Poker Network keep jockeying for the eighth, ninth, and tenth spots, with Cake and Micro gaming currently tied, just 100 players ahead of IPN.

Everest Poker move slowly ahead towards the Cereus Network into sixth position, while Pacific Poker has moved ahead of Sweden’s Svenska Spel into 12th place.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 16th, 2010