Full Tilt Online Poker is always up to some great poker activity, be it the games it features or its money minting bonus offers. This time the Poker group is offering an extremely exciting opportunity to play, enjoy and win!

Friday nights are usually dull when it comes to poker. Now however, Friday nights are as special as any other poker night or day for that matter. Thanks to Full Tilt Poker, Poker has recently added a brand new tournament format, which is available only on Friday nights.

So every Friday night, Full Tilt will be hosting a $75,000 dollar bounty tournament. The Buy-in is not to be trifled with, as the tournament costs $500+$35. The players can attempt to win one of the many satellites and these run for very little amounts also 50 Full Tilt points.

The bounty tournaments give extra prizes each time a player eliminates an opponent. Of the $500 dollar buy in, $400 goes to the prize pool and $100 dollars goes toward the bounty. Every time a player defeats an opponent, he automatically gains $100 dollars.

The satellites are constantly running for these tournaments, so even defeating ten players of probable pool of over a thousand would cause a gain of $1,000 dollars. In this tournament the better a player is at defeating their opponent, the more money they can mint. With satellites as low as a dollar, players can bust one opponent and walk with more than enough to make up the time spent.

This is not all as Full Tilt Poker Room is offering a 100% deposit bonus up to $600 dollars. It is more than enough to cover the buy-in for a tournament, should you deposit $535 dollars. Therefore, by depositing just enough for one Friday Night Sweat bounty tournament, a player can enjoy two of these high priced bounty tournaments, winning much more than originally deposited.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, Poker Tournaments | No Comments » September 30th, 2009

Mondays are quite special for Online Poker and this September there are some interesting ones.
The first is the Paddy Power Poker’s $40,000 GP High Roller.

On Monday September 28th, Paddy Power Poker will be hosting a great tournament beginning at 3:45 ET. This grand “$40,000 GP High Roller Monday” is set to have one of the better guaranteed prize pools of the day and it promises to have some great competition as well. The entry fee $500 + $30 and the starting stack will be large at 5000 chips.

The game that is featured will be No Limit Texas Hold’em. Paddy Power Poker also offer a “Match Bonus up to $500″ on your first deposit.

Another thrilling tournament is Ultimate Bet’s “$30K Sniper” tournament which offers a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000 with an entry fee of $120 + $10. From the entry fee, a $10 bounty will be put on your stack.

The tournament offers 3000 starting chips and the blinds start at 5/10.  There is also another smashing tournament with a guaranteed prize pool; UB’s $20K GTD Deep Stack at 8pm ET.

Another great addition to the Monday tournaments is one by Stan James Poker who will be hosting a great satellite.  The name of the tournament is Master Classics Daily Final and it represents an opportunity for players to take part in the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam in November.  The entry fee is €20 + €2 and the format of the tournament is No Limit Texas Hold’em.

So now Mondays are more than exciting with these thrilling forms of poker right at your disposal!

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » September 30th, 2009

The World Championship of Online Poker has once again come to an end and from this event have emerged some great winners! The recent addition to the list of winners is the Ukrainian player, Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko who brought down the field of 2,144 players in the PokerStars World Championship of Online poker to bring home $1.7 million dollars.

An entire month of high stakes tournaments ended Monday, with the main event yielding the largest prize pool of all of the events. The game was No Limit Texas Hold ‘em, and the stakes were $5,200. The top 306 of the tournament brought down a prize, with the lowest prize still being a gain of $3,000 from the $5,000 dollar buys in. Even the second place winner took home $1 million dollars, causing this tournament to create two millionaires over night.

In total, the WCOOP gave out prizes equal to $51,652,800. More than 112,000 players took part, and over 104 different countries watched players in the money. Among these 104 countries involved, the United States won the most first place positions.

Twenty-five of the bracelets handed out by the WCOOP went to USA players, with the United Kingdom taking the next largest set of four. One player, djk123, minted money more than any other player, making money 11 times, and was at more final tables than the rest of the field. More USA Online Poker!

The WCOOP comes once a year, and this year the games featured 45 exciting events over 18 days. The next WCOOP starts in around a year’s time, and all PokerStars pro players are legible to attend. Anyone else who is legally able to gamble in their jurisdiction may sign up for PokerStars, and feel the magnetizing power of their newly revamped deposit bonus; a 100% match to $600 dollars.

PokerStars is the largest and most reputable online poker room, and there is not a day that goes buy that over 100,000 players are not actively tossing chips around the tables.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WCOOP | No Comments » September 28th, 2009

During the four-month break of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) last year, the aim was to give the event some publicity. Another reason was to give the nine final table members the chance to ink endorsement deals with online poker rooms-in exchange for wearing a room’s logo during televised final table play, the final table member earns a fee. The event now resumes in November and 8 of 9 tables have had deals.

From Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com) Eric Buchman, will be on the final table andhas the second-largest amount of chips; Joe Cada, who is fifth in chips and Kevin Schaffel, who is sixth.

From Full Tilt Poker (www.FullTiltPoker.com) will be Phil “Poison” Ivey, who is seventh in chips at the final table, Steve Begleiter, who is second in chips and James Akenead, who is ninth.

Antoine Saout, who is eighth in chips, has signed on as a paid mouthpiece for online room Everest Poker (www.everestpoker.com).

Jeffrey Shulman, fourth in chips, is editor of poker magazine Card Player (www.cardplayer.com), which owns online poker room Spade Club (www.spadeclub.com).

The only member of the table without an endorsement deal with an online poker room is final table chip-leader Darvin Moon, who says he doesn’t play online poker. Despite that, numerous online poker rooms still want to hire him to endorse their rooms, but he said he is not interested in the offer.

Last year 8 out of 9 tables had deals, so wanting to spread the endorsement wealth a little more in ‘09, the WSOP instituted a new rule this year limiting the number of final table members who could endorse the same room to three. The rule is clearly a restraint of trade, and probably unconstitutional, but the WSOP doesn’t care-it needs the publicity.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, WSOP | No Comments » September 23rd, 2009

One of the biggest poker events is back with more thrilling promotions! Titan Poker deserves credit for going all out on their online promotions and their latest, European Championship of Online Poker V (ECOOP V) is also marvelous.

 The tournament will feature $4.55 million in prizes divided between 14 separate events. There are flavors for every online poker enthusiast to delight in including Pot-Limit Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, Turbo, Six-Max and Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo.

In this mega event players from around the world have come to Europe’s largest online poker room to scrap for the big ECOOP prize money since it began in December of 2007. Since the ECOOP began, the prizes have significantly increased which provides more of an incentive to players, beginning at a whopping $2.5 million in prizes and now up to a huge $4.55 million. The Titan is just full of surprises!

The airing or the satellites begin on September 21st when online poker players can compete to win seats at ECOOP V. The TitanPoker.com online lobby promises to be fully updated with tournament types, times and buy-ins to provide a full fledged insight into the tournaments happenings.

The first day of the tournament gives online No Limit Hold’em players the spotlight offering a $200 plus $15 buy-in with $250,000 in guaranteed prizes. Online Stud players try their luck on the Limit 7 Card Stud with buy-ins starting at $250 plus $18. After a couple more days of Hold’em, days five and six showcase Omaha with a Pot Limit Hi/Lo tournament that drops $100,000 in prize money for $100 plus $9 buy-in.

The mega prize or the real treat of the tournament is the $1,500 plus $80 main event taking place on December 6th, featuring $1.5 million in guaranteed prizes.

With events running from November 23rd through December 6th, there is plenty of time to get caught up in the high stakes online poker tournament action.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Tournaments | No Comments » September 22nd, 2009

The Bodog Poker is out with another fabulous treat, this time in the form of a celebration. The Bodog.com celebrates its 15 year anniversary with 15 days of Poker Tournament Series including 15 days of qualifying tournaments alongside $15,000 Freeroll on October 15th!
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It was 15 years ago that Bodog.com commenced its venture in the world of poker and opened its doors to the poker fans to celebrate this landmark achievement. Now Bodog.com is hosting its 15 Days of Poker Tournament Series to tantalize its poker market where a group of lucky players will battle it out for a share of a $15,000 prize pool.
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“For 15 years, Bodog has been a leader in the online gambling industry, giving players a superior gaming experience while awarding billions in prizes,” says Bodog.com Poker Pro David Williams. ” and Bodog.com’s 15 Days of Poker tournament series gives online poker players a fun and profitable way to celebrate this colossal achievement with Bodog.” More Bodog Poker Pros!
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The event starts on Monday, Sept. 21st and ends on Oct 5th. Each of the 15 qualifying tournaments will take place at 8:15 pm EST and feature buy-ins ranging from $5 to $15. A variety of Texas Holdem formats will be offered, including No Limit, Pot Lim it, Fixed Limit, Turbo events, super-turbo events and re-buy events.
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The prize distribution is done the typical way, however the top 30% of finishers from each event will earn Tournament Leaderboard Points, which will determine who moves on to the 15 Days of Poker Semi Final and the $15,000 Final Tournament.
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The Semi Final Tournament will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8:15 pm EST, with the field consisting of those placing in 16th to 115th place along with the players who have competed in at least 10 qualifying events. The top 15 in the Semi Final earn an automatic entry into the $15,000 Final Tournament.

The winner also gets a seat in the weekly Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament, and the remaining top 14 finishers each win a seat in a $100,000 qualifier. Apart from this the top 15 finishers will also win T$162 to play in the Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed, held every Sunday at 4:00 pm EST.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Tournaments | No Comments » September 21st, 2009

The Bodog Poker is at it again, with another target to achieve and add to its fine reputation. This time it’s called the Bodog Network. The brand is yet again expanding its existence in the online world with an aim to secure a gaming license with the ability to attract and fully service European Union poker operators.

The development of a completely fresh Bodog-branded poker network is the main event for the network which also plans to incorporate new domain names and poker rooms into the group of sites during the next year. The former Chief Executive Officer of the Ongame Poker Network Patrik Selin has secured compulsory obligations from all Bodog online gambling brands as initial network licensees.

Calvin Ayre founder of the successful Bodog Brand, stated, that “I am extremely excited about this new licensee of BodogBrand.com; Bodog Network is the first business to business enterprise to license the brand and the fit simply couldn’t be better. Patrik Selin’s very detailed business plan and proposal were very compelling, and after building Ongame into a network powerhouse under his leadership, his abilities and credibility are unquestionable.”

Mr. Selin gave his opinion saying “I intend to build one of the largest and most reputable poker networks in the world, and we are building a model that is founded on security and integrity, and Bodog Network partners will never need to disclose or put their customer databases at risk. The initial discussions I’ve had regarding potential candidate partners have been overwhelmingly positive,” adding, “As the network comes online in 2010, we will naturally be extending the network to non-’Bodog’ branded operators. Those discussions are already underway.”

Selin was CEO when Bwin acquired the Ongame Network in 2006 after which he also served as the President and CEO of GNUF and Betway. Selin is a respected European industry expert and is expected to do very well with the Bodog Branded Network.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments » September 20th, 2009

The renowned poker room LockPoker.com has recently signed sponsorship deals with three American professional players while Jon ‘PearlJammer’ Turner is now at the training site PokerVT.com. A member of the Cake Poker Network, LockPoker.com has added Brett ‘Gank’ Jungblut, Vinny Pahuja and David Zeitlin to its ranks and they will now participate in its Pro Programme.

This is Jungblut’s first deal, while Zeitlin, a former attorney, has made seven final table appearances this year including winning the main event of the Mohegan Sun Summer Showdown. Pahuja, a former trader on Wall Street, has won two.

“We have a true partnership with these players and understand the value of each one of them,” said Jennifer Larson, Chief Executive Officer for LockPoker.com. “With Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch and Lock Pro driving our product, we are confident we will have the best online poker experience worldwide.”

PokerVT.com has revealed that Jon ‘PearlJammer’ Turner has joined Daniel Negreanu, Jason ‘JCarver’ Somerville, Adam Junglen and Grayson ‘SpaceGravy’ Physioc as part of its faculty.

Turner is a challenging professional and had two final table appearances at the recent World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas alongside a pot-limit Omaha win at the Wynn Classic. He placed third at the $10,300 buy-in main event of the PokerStars.com Spring Championship of Online Poker and has earned over $920,000 this year.

“I’m thrilled to be part of the PokerVT.com team,” said Turner.

“Having greats like Daniel Negreanu on board gives us an image and separates us from other training sites in regards to attracting the casual poker player and fan. However, something else really sets our training apart. It is PokerVT.com’s use of live games in its studios that is revolutionary. It’s this kind of innovation that really attracted me to the company.”

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players | No Comments » September 19th, 2009

It has recently been found that Bwin Interactive Entertainment is to acquire Italian online poker and gaming provider Gioco Digitale for 115 million Euros. Bwin will finance the deal with 50 million Euros in cash and 2.3 million of its shares with the deal closing in October.

Gioco Digitale operates Italy’s largest online-poker website at giocodigitale.it. It hadearnings of 20.1 million Euros initially in 2009 compared to 13.7 million Euros in the first half of 2008. Chief Carlo Gualandri of Gioco would continue to manage it with support from its co-CEOs Norbert Teufelberger and Manfred Bodner.

Along with this deal that was going on the legal side to the drama has not stopped. During a ruling that may have a future impact on Bwin Poker, the European Court of Justice said last week that national bans on internet gambling like Portugal’s did not go against the basic principle of free provision of services. The European Court said such bans were sometimes important to fight against fraud and other crime and could be justified as being in the general interest of the issue.

The European lotteries may try to use Courts ruling to establish their own monopolies on online gambling. Friedrich Stickler, the chief of the Austrian lottery and the president of the European Lottery Association, said he would look into the situation to see what the legal possibilities were.

He claimed it would no longer be adequate for an online gambling provider to have a license from Gibraltar or Malta. In the future, he noted, all such providers would have to have licenses in all countries in which they were providing their services. Bwin.com Poker operates under international and regional licenses in several European countries.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments » September 18th, 2009

The World Series of Poker is at it again in the challenging world of online poker. Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment and 888 Holdings reached an agreement where 888’s Dragon fish division will provide online poker and casino software to Harrah’s in an attempt to enter the online gaming market.

“The intent is to be in the online gaming space, wherever it’s legal,” said WSOP Communications Director Seth Palansky. “We’ve partnered with 888 to develop a platform.”

Both the WSOP and Caesars Casino brands will definitely have an online presence along with Dragon fish providing ePayments, VIP services and Customer Service to help develop both brands.

888 Holdings is significant in the online gaming market in Europe, but not as well-known in the U.S. due to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed in 2006.

The 888.com acts as a portal to popular gaming sites like Pacific Poker, 888sport (sports betting) and Reef Club Casino.

“This is a ground breaking deal for 888.com and demonstrates our ability to provide real value to globally renowned, land-based casinos and their leading brands,” said Gigi Levy, CEO of 888.

The online presence of WSOP might be a conflict of interest with live event sponsors like Everest Poker and Betfair Poker.

Palansky says “I really don’t think there’s anything for anybody to worry about,” he said. “The WSOP will remain a premier live poker destination. Our offline events are great opportunities for our sponsors.

“If all this goes through and we do develop an online gaming site then we would be competing in some of the same markets. We would still have relationships with the other sites, however.”

According to Mitch Garber, the CEO of Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment “As we develop and roll out our interactive strategy, we have chosen to work with 888, primarily for their world-class technology, scalability and strong commitment to compliance and responsible gaming,” said Garber.

The 888 deal seems to be as controversial as any other poker deal drama, but it is for the players to wait and watch what this evolves into.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments » September 17th, 2009