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

Your shot at poker stardom and a multi-million dollar payday can be won this week at DoylesRoom where they are running daily qualifiers to this weekend’s WSOP Finals A and B.

Doyles Room WSOP Qualifiers Series A is the big event where one in ten players will win a $13,000 WSOP package. The package includes daily satellites worth $9+1 Turbo and $20+2 Qualifiers feed to Friday Final. The Friday Final A starts 3:20pm EST with buy in of $130+10 (re-buy) feeds to WSOP Final A. The Saturday WSOP Final A begins 3:00 EST with buy in worth $1,300+100 (re-buy).

The package details of WSOP Qualifiers Series B are similar to that of WSOP Qualifiers Series A; just that the Friday time is 10:15pm EST and Saturday time is 9:30pm EST.

Other poker rooms can give you a seat and a plane ticket, but only DoylesRoom.com can put you one on one with the Legend for the poker experience of a lifetime.

The highlights of the Main Event include 10,000 Main Event Seat, $3,000 cash for VIP travel and accommodations, Private Strategy session with the #1 poker educator in the world, Mike “The Mad Genius” Caro, Private dinner with Doyle and Team Brunson VIPs, Full access at all Team Brunson and DoylesRoom Events, Personally autographed Super System 1 and 2 leather bound two-book set and Complete package of Team Brunson apparel and gifts.

DoylesRoom is outdoing themselves once again by offering a first time steps progression tournament series where 50% of each series moves on to the next level. Unlike other poker rooms that award progression seats to the top 1 or 2 players, Doyles Room wants everyone to be a winner at this year’s WSOP!

The Coin Flip Series offers both tournament and heads up feeders. The tournament feeders progress every 2 hours throughout the day offering a direct satellite ticket to the big show every night at 10pm ET. To skip ahead of the action, look under sit ‘n go to find a Coin Flip series running now for as little as $6.50! Use your series 7 winning ticket to play in the $455 feeder every Sunday at 4pm ET.

Winning your $13,000 WSOP 2009 Main Event seats are not only easier on DoylesRoom, but it’s also more rewarding!

Every WSOP main event seat comes with the Doyle Brunson Experience; meet the Legend, get one on one lessons from his long time poker buddy Mike Caro and be showered with DoylesRoom gifts and gear when you get to Vegas.

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

On June 14 at 16:30 ET, PokerStars will be holding a World Series mega Main Event Qualifier satellite that will guarantee at least 200 prize packages to the WSOP 2009 Main Event; and since the Main Event is rapidly approaching, this just may be the best and last chance to see what it takes to be the next WSOP World Champ.

This special Main Event Qualifier will be held in place of the normally scheduled Sunday Million on June 14th, with a direct buy-in available for just $370. But why not try to get in cheap by playing in the full range of qualifier satellites? These satellites provide the chance to win seats in the mega Main Event Qualifier, starting at only $2.20 or 460 FPPs (Frequent Player Points). PokerStars will award an extra bonus when someone plays in the Mega Satellite Main Event Qualifier; thus, doubling VIP points.

The World Championship Main Event prize package is worth $12,000 that includes; the Main Event buy- in, hotel accommodations and $1,000 cash for travel and expenses. The Main Event party starts on July 3rd at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The freebies, however, do not end at just winning the WSOP Main Event seat because once there, PokerStars.com will give a shot at winning $1 Million Dollars for free. Click here to read more!

At Las Vegas, PokerStars will be hosting a series of live FreeRoll Sit n’ Go Satellites and every one of them will have a cash prize pool with the top finisher being awarded a ticket to play in the online final. These FreeRolls will give away a total of $1 Million Dollars in prizes. These events and the cash to be won will be only for those players who won their seat through PokerStars and played in the Main Event. Moreover, by wearing PokerStars logo gear while playing in the WSOP Main Event, anyone can automatically be a PokerStars SuperNova VIP when credited 100,000 FPPs.

Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate who is the reigning WSOP Champion said; “The World Series is the tournament to play if you are going to take a shot at fame and fortune and there is no better place to take that shot than by winning your PokerStars WSOP package in the biggest online qualifier to be found.”

Even if someone misses the $370 Mega Satellite, they can still jump in the daily FreeRolls which gives a shot at winning the chair in the World Series for free. Until June 20th, every day there will be 14 quadruple shootout FreeRoll tournaments on PokerStars which will award 10 players a ticket to play in the Weekly Final.

The Weekly Final takes place every Sunday at 19:00 ET.  Each of the Weekly Final winners will receive a World Series Main Event package worth $12,000.

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Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Tournaments, WSOP | No Comments » June 12th, 2009

The WSOP Qualifiers for poker players are still going on at Bodog until June 14. It is never too late to get the word out. Bodog welcomes its players to qualify for the 2009 World Series of Poker.

At present, there is only one tournament that can guarantee poker immortality, and only one online poker site that is making it convenient than ever to get there. BodogPoker has guaranteed 5 WSOP Main Event Prize Packages every week, two awarded on each Sunday. Due to a considerable decline in tournament entries, it has become especially easy to win a seat in the 2009 WSOP Main Event via the online poker room.

Jean-Robert Bellande, Bodog Poker Pro expressed, “The Main Event is the one tournament we all dream about winning, and the simplest and easiest way to make that dream come true is here at Bodog.”

In the past two weeks, Bodog.com has seen an average of 66 players competing in the Sunday tournament. Even with such low entry rates, Bodog Poker continues to dole out the two promised WSOP Main Event Prize Packages each weekend.

It costs $250 to buy-in to the tournament directly, but more affordable satellite tournaments are held throughout the weekend, awarding a seat in Sunday’s WSOP Main Event Semifinal tournament. As to why participation levels have been so low, this can only be speculated; but the fact that the Sunday Main Event Semifinals are held at 3:15 a.m. ET might have something to do with it.

Bodog is the world’s pre-eminent online gambling destination offering players top-class sports betting in its Sportsbook, a Vegas-style online Casino with more than 75 games, a feature-rich online Poker Room and a wide variety of tracks and wager types in its Racebook.

Bodog is celebrating its 15th year as a trusted and respected leader in the online gambling industry.

Get your site now at the WSOP Main Event!

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Tournaments, WSOP | No Comments » June 1st, 2009

There is only one tournament that can guarantee poker immortality, and only one online poker site that is making it convenient than ever to get there. BodogPoker has guaranteed 5 WSOP Main Event Prize Packages every week, two awarded on each Sunday.

Due to a considerable decline in tournament entries, it has become especially easy to win a seat in the 2009 WSOP Main Event via the online poker room. Jean-Robert Bellande, Bodog Poker Pro expressed, “The Main Event is the one tournament we all dream about winning, and the simplest and easiest way to make that dream come true is here at Bodog.”

In the past two weeks, Bodog has seen an average of 66 players competing in the Sunday tournament. Even with such low entry rates, Bodog Poker continues to dole out the two promised WSOP Main Event Prize Packages each weekend.

It costs $250 to buy-in to the tournament directly, but more affordable satellite tournaments are held throughout the weekend, awarding a seat in Sunday’s WSOP Main Event Semifinal tournament. As to why participation levels have been so low, this can only be speculated; but the fact that the Sunday Main Event Semifinals are held at 3:15 a.m. ET might have something to do with it.

Each 2009 WSOP Main Event Prize Package awarded by Bodog Poker is worth $12,000. The first $10,000 goes to cover the buy-in costs at the World Series of Poker Main Event. The remaining $2,000 is awarded to cover travel costs and accommodations throughout the tournament, plus spending cash.

The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event is scheduled to kick off July 3rd in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bodog Poker will be hosting WSOP Main Event Semifinals every Sunday through the end of June, up until the start of the poker world’s most prestigious event; the World Series of Poker.

Win WSOP 2009 Main Event seats at Bodog Poker!

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Tournaments, WSOP | No Comments » May 28th, 2009

Titan Poker is the premier poker room in Europe and the largest domain on the iPoker Network. In the forthcoming World Series of Poker 2009, the room is guaranteeing a record breaking forty Main Event packages. The cumulative cash value of guaranteed prizes is a hollering $520,000 as each package is worth $13,000.

The World Series of Poker 2009 Main Event, scheduled for July, would be represented by the champions of Titan Poker. The prize package, each worth $13,000 would provide a golden opportunity to the players to participate in the esteemed $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event, complemented by 7 nights’ of luxury accommodation at the Rio Hotel and Casino, travel allowance and cash expenditure.

Online poker players can have buy-ins to the WSOP 2009 Mega Satellite at Titan Poker for $500 + $30. However, they may also win their seats at qualifier satellite tournaments, which continues round the clock with entries as low as $1.

Qualification for the 2009 World Series of Poker is possible in a number of ways. Super Satellites is being staged every Sunday by the recognized poker room and has won many players tickets to Las Vegas and poker glory.

Apart from that, Titan Poker is also proffering a $25,000 “Executive Package” to the WSOP 2009 for the winners of 6 consecutive “WSOP 2009 Executive Jackpot Sit’n'Go” tournaments. Winners are entitled to an exorbitant package with 16 nights’ of accommodation, tickets to the “Beatles Cirque du Soleil” show, Limo pick-up from and to the Las Vegas Airport and much more. Moreover, they also receive the buy-in the WSOP Main Event and an augmented World Series of Poker bracelet tournament.

In the past, players have annexed seats to the 2009 WSOP World Championship of Pot-Limit Omaha and to two WSOP No Limit Hold’em $1,500 Buy-in Events.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Promotions, WSOP | 1 Comment » May 28th, 2009