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DoylesRoom.com has been informed by its software provider that effective  Monday  November 10th, 2008; they will no longer be accepting any new players from the  United States of America. Existing players from the USA will not be affected by   this and will be able to continue playing; therefore, all affiliate revenue generated by these players will be honored.

Based on the above, DoylesRoom.com has decided to continue its marketing efforts in the USA and the rest of the world, and to this end we are quickly working towards migrating to a new software platform that will support their efforts to provide security and stability to all USA players.

Once they migrate to this new platform, the retention department will contact all those new players that tried to join during this transition and help them access the account they attempted.

DoylesRoom teams up with Red Rock Harley Davidson to help out youngsters with
diabetes. You can join the fight on Oct 12th.

Help DoylesRoom and Harley Davidson fight juvenile diabetes  DoylesRoom joins Harley Davidson to knock out juvenile diabetes. There’s nothing better than playing the game you love to help out a worthy cause.

Join Team Brunson pro Hoyt Corkins on October 12th to raise money and awareness for JDRF, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Las Vegas. All fees from this $5+$5 buy-in NL hold’em fundraiser are going directly to aid in the fight against juvenile diabetes.

In addition to tournament winnings and karma, DoylesRoom will also be awarding an autographed Super System 1/2 book set and other assorted DoylesRoom gear to top finishers.

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Starting today, play in SunPoker.com’s daily 5 Euro + .5 Re-Buy and Add-On Satellites ( F4 Prague Sat ) at 5:30pm UK time into our daily 25 + 2.5 Final Semi Finals (F4 Prague Semis) at 8:00 PM UK Time. If you win the Daily Final Qualifier, you will be entered into the 250 + 25 Finals ( F4 Prague Finals ).

Win the finals to win your airfare, accommodations and main event buy in.

The EPT is the European Poker Tour Presented by Pokerstars.com. This is the 5th season of the EPT and will surely be the best yet! The EPT Prague runs from the 9th-13th of December.

Last year the PokerStars.com EPT Prague event attracted 555 poker players creating a massive prize pool of 2,500,000 Euro. This year should be bigger and better and you can qualify to play live in the EPT Prague main event for as low as 10 Euro with SunPoker.com as part of the Fearsome Foursome Team.

Prague is the largest city and the Capital of the Czech Republic. Regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Prague is not to be missed. Whether it´s playing poker or seeing the amazing culture and history of Prague, you will never get bored!

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The World Series of Poker Europe 2008 came to a fitting climax this week with John Juanda emerging as the champion in the GBP 10 000 buy-in NLHE Main Event.

It was a tough contest with an initial entry field of 362 players, many of them top names in the international game, generating a prize pool worth GBP 3.62 million, and a star-studded final table that ground on for an exhausting 22 hours and 484 hands.

In the end, a methodical and skilled John Juanda met Stanislav Alekhin in the heads up and triumphed after 242 hands and nearly eight hours of play, winning his fourth WSOP bracelet and a bank-booster main prize of GBP 868 800. Alekhin took home a well deserved GBP 533 950 second place purse.

“It’s been so long ago since I won my last bracelet, I can’t remember. It’s embarrassing,” said a modest Juanda, referring to his last bracelet win in Las Vegas in 2003.  Exhibiting good sportsmanship, he said reading his youthful opponent in the heads up had been almost impossible, and he also paid tribute to the skill of third finisher, Ivan Demidov.

“Today there are so many young excellent tournament players from all over the world. Like the two young Russians and the Scandis. Much more than it used to be, ” Juanda said.

His reference to Demidov was an appropriate salute to the remarkable young Russian player, who was one of the outstanding players at the final table and made it to a third place finish and a pay check of GBP 334 850.

Last year Demidov used the WSOP Europe to get up to speed for the WSOP Vegas event, and made the final table. In Vegas he went on to finish one position back from the chip leader among the WSOP final nine who are yet to play for poker’s biggest prizes on November 9th.

Demidov is the first player to final-table both Main Events in Europe and the US with his third-place finish in London.

To say the overall main event field in this year’s London spectacular was impressive is an understatement. Starting fields included names like 2007 WSOPE Main Event Champion Annette Obrestad, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, 2008 WSOP HORSE winner Scotty Nguyen and 2008 WSOPE PLO Champion Theo Jorgensen.

Then there was Phil Laak, Chris Ferguson, David Ulliott, Antonio Esfandiari, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Marco Traniello, Nenad Medic, Jennifer Tilly, Gus Hansen, David “Chino” Rheem, Roland de Wolfe, Juha Helppi, Allen Cunningham and Daniel Negreanu.

The nine final-table competitors were a mix of grizzled WSOP veterans and new kids on the block with Daniel Negreanu, Scott Fischman and John Juanda combined holding nine prior WSOP bracelets, and newcomers Chris Elliott, Toni Hiltunen and Stanislav Alekhin making their first WSOP final tables.

All but one of the nine final tablers picked up six figure pound sterling checks, with the big money list after Juanda, Alekhin and Demidov featuring fourth placed Bengt Sonnert on GBP 271 500; Daniel Negreanu in fifth place for GBP 217 200; sixth placed Scott Fischman on GBP 171 950; Robin Keston in 7th place with GBP 135 750 followed by Toni Hiltunen in the number 8 spot for a worthwhile GBP 108 600 and 9th placed Chris Elliott who took home GBP 81 450.

Other events in this year’s WSOP Europe, and the winners were:

GBP 1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em taken by Jesper Hougaard, who collected GBP 144 218 for his first placing.

GBP 2 500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E., won by Sherkhan Farnood for GBP 76 999.

GBP 5 000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha, where the victor was Theo Jorgensen who’s winning check was GBP 218 626.

source:online-casinos.com

GIBRALTAR — (PRESS RELEASE) — Playtech, the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online and land-based gaming industry, announces today that it has extended its software licence with MANSION, the international online Casino, Poker and Internet Betting entertainment company, to include its full suite of market leading poker games.

MANSION, which is one of the world’s leading online gambling operators, migrated its poker operations to Playtech’s iPoker network, having previously migrated its casino products to Playtech’s platforms last year.

The iPoker network is ideally suited to the requirements of MANSION’s global client base because Playtech provides products which can be adapted to local gaming styles, language and currency. As the world’s largest poker network, iPoker continues to attract operators, who are able to maximise the cross-selling of additional products. With each additional licensee increasing the liquidity of the iPoker network, the platform becomes increasingly attractive to new players and licensees.

Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech, commented today:

“We are delighted to be able to extend our relationship with MANSION, a highly valued licensee, to include its poker operations. This latest migration provides further evidence of the high calibre of our products and the strength of our relationships with our operators. We are looking forward to augmenting an already successful relationship in Casino with a long and productive poker partnership.”

The “big names” that sat down at the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe’s Main Event when play began on Thursday in London were Daniel Negreanu and John Juanda.

The “big story,” however, was Ivan Demidov, who carved out a piece of poker history for himself by becoming the first player to make the final table at the Main Event of both the World Series of Poker and the World Series of Poker Europe.

But the 27-year-old Russian pro fell short in his bid of trying to win both events. That’s because after a grueling 22-hour final table, veteran John Juanda was the last man standing and was crowned the WSOPE Main Event champ.

Juanda, who was the chip leader coming into the final table when it started play on Thursday afternoon, is the first American player to win a WSOPE event after taking out Stanislav Alekhin following a seven-hour heads-up match.

Demidov ended up finishing in third place, but will now head to Las Vegas in five weeks with a ton of momentum as the WSOP returns from its 117-day hiatus to crown the 2008 champion.

At 23 years old, Alekhin was the youngest player at the final table, which was a good omen for him heading into Thursday since Annette Obrestad was the youngest player at last year’s inaugural WSOPE Main Event final table and she went on to win. The appearance of both Alekhin and Demidov marked the first time in WSOP history that two Russian players made the same final table.

The casual fan knows all about Negreanu and Juanda. Heading into this event, the two veterans had seven WSOP bracelets between them. But Juanda, who last won a bracelet in 2003, has now caught “Kid Poker” by winning his fourth bracelet while adding to his more than $7 million in career lifetime earnings.

Negreanu, meanwhile, is one of the most recognizable stars in the game today. With four bracelets – including one that he won this past summer in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event – he had more than any other final tableist in London, but his quest for No. 5 fell short early Friday morning in London when he finished fifth.

Sonnert, who finished fourth, is a 27-year-old professional from Sweden who was making his first appearance at a WSOP final table. He came into the day as the short stack but played well enough to make it to the late-evening, early-morning portion of the event.

The four other players eliminated from the final table Thursday night included Robin Keston, Chris Elliot, Toni Hiltunen and Scott Fischman.

Keston cashed in at a WSOP event for the ninth time in his career while Elliot, who was in 176th place when there were 179 players remaining in the tournament, is an online player who was making his first appearance in a live tournament.

Hiltunen is a 31-year-old poker pro from Finland who fell short in trying to become the first Finnish WSOP gold bracelet winner in history. Fischman is a two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner from Las Vegas. He won both of his bracelets at the 2004 WSOP and is the author of the poker book, “Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion’s Guide to Mastering Internet Poker.”

source:online.casinocity.com

This month PlayboyGaming will see the end of the first ever Strip Poker event, where players have the opportunity to be paired with 12 stunning playboy girls and take part in a Strip Poker televised event.

It is not too late to get your poker players participating and getting on the Strip Poker leaderboard to have the chance to be on TV!

12 very lucky PlayboyGaming Players will be paired up with 12 stunning girls to take part in our first televised Strip Poker event this November in London with a prize fund of almost £3,000!

This money can’t buy event will have commentary from Grub Smith and reflect our “Live the Life” philosophy with pure indulgence and luxury from start to finish. The event will be take place early November in London (UK) with 2 tables of 6 leading to a final table.

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A Democratic Senator from New Jersey has introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate designed to license and regulate online poker in an effort to get the game legalized after two years of UIGEA restrictions.
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This is exciting news. Whether or not it succeeds, it shows that more members of U.S. Congress are joining the movement against the UIGEA, perhaps finally realizing that Americans don’t like to be told what they can and can’t do online.

So what’s that mean to us? This bill, also known as “The Payment System Protection Act of 2008,” was created as a revision to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). It seeks to change the details of UIGEA, a 2006 law that  effectively criminalized online poker and online gambling in the U.S. in 2006. (An earlier effort by Frank to introduce a bill that would have a greater effect on UIGEA was shot down over the summer, so this newer bill’s scope is a bit reduced. But it’s still a good start.)

The bill wouldn’t exactly repeal UIGEA. It’s really just an attempt to draw attention to the many flaws in the legislation, in the hopes that a movement will build in Congress to eventually overturn it. And it seems that Frank has had some success building such a movement, but there’s still a long way to go.

source:www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com

Inspired by some scary pumpkin faces, witches, bats and candy, we bring you our next monthly promotion… Halloween: Trick or Treat. This month’s promotion has many surprises in store that will keep the action frighteningly interesting.

As your players play and earn comp points their player admin tracks their eligibility for prizes, unlocking them as they reach the set comp point incremement.

The best part is once they unlock a prize, they can trick or treat. Trick or Treat gives you the chance to win something better - a treat or to get tricked into something worse. Also keep an eye out for the cool halloween graphics at the tables!

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Cool Hand Poker offers your potential poker playing market a friendly, safe environment where they can sit down, relax and play a good game of poker at their own pace.

Cool Hand Poker has adopted a unique approach to capturing a substantial portion of people playing or wishing to play poker online. It appeals to the social player who enjoys playing poker for the fun and excitement it brings.

Cool Hand Poker offers your potential poker playing market a friendly, safe environment where they can sit down, relax and play a good game of poker at their own pace.

Cool Hand Poker still offers all the great poker games that poker players will want to play: Texas Hold’em, Omaha, sit’n go and multiplayer tournaments.

There will also be fantastic leader board promotions and tournaments, adding to the poker excitement that can be found at the poker tables every day!

But more importantly, the atmosphere of Cool Hand Poker will be unlike any other poker room out there. Players will be encouraged to take their time, learn to play the game and simply enjoy playing.

Cool Hand Poker is set to revolutionise the way poker is played. It is definitely the poker that many players out there have been waiting for and want to play.

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