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

Recently in its February issue Bluff Magazine has featured the power 20, about the most powerful individual of the poker industry! And give the list of the top 20 poker game providers. You can check the Bluff Power 20 list is given below:

1. PokerStars
2. Full Tilt Poker
3. Mitch Garber
4. Howard Lederer
5. Ty Stewart
6. Doyle Brunson
7. Barney Frank
8. Daniel Negreanu
9. Tony G
10. Joe Cada
11. Phil Ivey
12. John Pappas
13. Mike Sexton
14. Mori Eskandani
15. Brian Balsbaugh
16. Lance Bradley
17. Joe Sebok
18. Barry Shulman
19. Matt Savage
20. Per Hagen.

As we all aware of the Full-Tilt’s debuted Rush Poker that permits their player to change tables immediately following their actions in a hand ending. While up to four poker tables can be opened at once and have poker tracking software like Holdem manager and poker tracker. This software allows players to see critical stats on opponents. Not only this but Full-Tilt also have some other innovations like Matrix Sit and Gos and the quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), whose 15th cycle kicks off on Wednesday. PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker are the only ones that are representing companies; the other 18 list members are the individuals.

Power 20 has mentioned both the poker rooms as one of the peak poker rooms in the gaming industry and added in the top of the list. PokerStars is the world’s biggest online poker site that features World Series of Poker (WSOP), Main Event champions Chris Moneymaker (2003), Greg Raymer (2004), Joe Hachem (2005), Peter Eastgate (2008), and Joe Cada (2009). Last year, Eastgate and Cada, become the youngest winners ever of the $10,000 buy-in tournament. PokerStars is famous for its reputation in media, fro sponsoring ESPN’s “Inside Deal” and purportedly the sixth season of GSN’s “High Stakes Poker.”

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) is on the 7th number in the power 20 list and is the online poker’s leading promoter on the legislative front. Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, HR 2267, is up to 65 co-sponsors on both sides of the political spectrum and may be marked up before the month of February comes to an end.

Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas is on the 12th number. Pappas was instrumental in moving the PPA from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and bringing former three-term Senator Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY) into the PPA’s ranks.

Cada is on 10th number in power 20 list and is featuring a media circus following his Main Event win in November. Cada appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” among other high-profile series, bringing the PokerStars brand name and youthful nature of the game to the mass media.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 14th, 2010

Heads-Up Entertainment International Inc that is owned and powered by Canadian Poker Tour and Canadian Poker Player Magazine; have made an announcement about the upcoming launch of their own internet television network “CanadianPokerPlayer.tv” upon successfully completing a series of sponsorship negotiations.

This network will feature coverage of major Canadian poker events from across the country as well as well as documentary creations will feature behind the scenes look at the Canadian Poker Tour. HeadsUp affirmed that there are almost 3.5 million poker players in Canada and it will allow them to watch the programs.

It is the first step in company’s long term aim to build on the strategic marketing alliance the Company has previously announced with the World Poker Showdown. The network will enhance the media model that Heads-Up has built in Canada and will work closely with Canadian Poker Magazine as a complete source of information for Canadian poker players to draw from. HeadsUp also declared that the famous 888 casino will serve as one of its first network sponsor, embedding content and commercials in its broadcast schedule and using CanadianPokerPlayer.tv as a platform to reach players with promotions and incentives on a real-time schedule.

The first broadcast will feature action from the Stampede Classic in Calgary, classic heads-up matches between Brad ‘Yukon’ Booth and Huckleberry Seed from the Canadian Open Poker Championships and hands between Edmonton amateur Roger Sarna and World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for the Company to re-monetize investments we have made in TV channels over the past 4 years and deliver an all encompassing media delivery package to our sponsors,” said company President Kelly B. Kellner. “Players and fans will have an innovative and effective means to pursue their interest in the sport and we couldn’t be more excited.”

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 9th, 2010

Now Full Tilt Poker has given their players permission to join large pool and move from one table to another table after every hand. It took some time to release accommodating Full Tilt’s Rush Poker; which is the newest game that is weeping online poker by storm.
Holdem Manager and PokerTracker, both are the advertise leaders of the poker tracking software and both try to give something new and innovative. While after the release of Rush Poker on Full Tilt; they have snarled to solve patches issue.

Holdem Manager has given their version some days before the release of Poker Tracker’s version. They have added in place of a customary Heads-Up Display (HUD), stats like freely addition of money in the pot (VPIP), aggression factor (AF), and pre-flop raise (PFR) percentage appeared in notes section of the Full Tilt.

On the PokerTracker forums discussing the latest update, the team said, “This beta was delayed a bit longer than we hoped. We weren’t satisfied in giving silly stats in exported notes or to make you look up your opponents manually.  We wanted to give you exactly what you have on every other table you play on. We succeeded in bringing you the first real-time updating HUD for Rush Poker.”

The PokerTracker HUD within Rush Poker works just like it was working for any other tournament or the cash game. But there are some cautions outlined by the development team that is:

• With the release of Beta 30.2 there are no meeting stats or hero stats available and you will not be able to mark hands for review via the HUD. 
• All player notes will need to be added promptly (before the players change) and mucked hands will not be displayed.

This update has not been tested yet but you can use it at your own risk. And unfortunately Mac users won’t be able to use this feature of Rush Poker as thee patch file is available for Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News | No Comments » February 8th, 2010

PokerTime is one of the leading online poker room has made an announcement for a series of daily poker satellite tournaments. Players of this tournament will be given a chance to win a luxurious paid trip to the Irish Open 2010, which is being held in Dubai, Ireland.

Poker Times wants its players to give maximum benefits and chances to win huge jackpots. So each week they give their players a chance to compete for a 5,000 package. This huge package includes 1000 spending money, buy in to the main event, and 10 nights stay in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

Irish Open is one of the most wanted Poker events of the year and is organized for players and brands to represent each in these events. Ireland by folklore is a lucky country, and we look forward to sending our players through to experience some four leaf clover luck and participate in the event. Irish Open usually is held on Easter Weekend from last three decades and is one of the longest running poker tournaments of Europe.

It is the second largest tournament after the World Poker Series. Players can win this prize by playing in daily satellites which preludes to weekly tournaments.

PokerTime is authorized by the Gaming Authority and Lotteries of Malta and guarantees you a safe environment to improve, and to sharpen your poker skills. PokerTime.com offer a wide range of action packed Texas Hold’em and Omaha poker games and uses MicroGaming software with a professional environment.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles | No Comments » February 5th, 2010