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2009 Pokerstars WCOOP

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:53:17 +0000

Anyone interested in a shot at turning $1 into more than a million? At the 2009 Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), players can do just that. Starting on Sept. 3rd, the 8th annual WCOOP will begin, with 45 events and over $40 million in guaranteed prize pools.

The WCOOP is similar to the FTOPS series at Full Tilt Poker, with one exception. Full Tilt runs the FTOPS series every few months, while the WCOOP is only once a year. So, the WCOOP not only has a larger prize pool, but more prestige as well. If you want to call yourself one of the best online poker players, the WCOOP is the best way to prove it.

27 or the events have direct buy-ins in the $109-$320 range. The remaining events have direct buy-ins that range from $530 – $10,300, with one exception. Event #27 is the $25,500 NL Hold’em High Rollers event. If you don’t have the $25,500 laying around, qualify by playing in one of the WCOOP Satellites. (Add link to this call to action)

The games begin with a $215 buy-in, $1,250,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em tournament. This is a 6-max tournament with satellites running now. With 13 more events than the 2008 WCOOP, the 2009 series has a more expansive game selection. For 2009 there will be a wider variety of non-Hold’em events, including 2-7 single draw, 2-7 triple draw, Badugi, Razz, and plenty of mixed game events. In fact, this is the most well-rounded online poker series in history, with 22 non- NL Hold’em tournaments. In the remaining NL Hold’em events, there’s a nice mixture of tournament structures.

There are a total of 14 events with guaranteed prize pools of $1 million or more. With 2-3 tournament events running every day, this is 18 straight days of opportunity. The final tournament of the series will start on Sept. 20th when the $10 million guaranteed Main Event takes place. The Main Event has a $5200 direct buy-in, but satellite tournaments start for as little as $1. The WCOOP Main Event is the largest tournament online, and the top 2 finishers last year made over $1 million each!

There are hundreds, if not thousands of satellite tournaments for each WCOOP event. Many satellites start for as little as $1.00 or 100 Frequent Player Points (FPP’s). Players can choose from single table Steps satellites, multi-table satellites, or FPP satellite tournaments as well.

To play in the 2009 Pokerstars WCOOP, follow these simple steps:
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3/ Download Pokerstars
4/ Make your first deposit, and start playing!

PokerStars Announces Biggest Bonus Ever

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:17:22 +0000

PokerStars has announced today that they are offering the “Biggest Bonus Ever” where new players can get a 100% Deposit Bonus up to $600! Also, they are offering a 50% Reload Bonus as well.

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PokerStars is now offering a 100% up to $600 first deposit bonus for
PokerStars.com players. Participants may make up to three deposits in
total to claim the full bonus amount, but they must be made within 60 days
of the first deposit.

To get this bonus follow the steps below:

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Players will have 6 months in which to earn the full amount of the bonus.
It will release in $10 increments and has a clearance rate of 17 VPP per
$1 of bonus. The first deposit code is STARS600 and this will need to be
entered on every eligible deposit.

Biggest Reload Bonus Ever!

For your current PokerStars.com players we are also offering our biggest
ever reload bonus of 50% up to a maximum bonus of $300. Players may also
make three deposits towards this bonus, and all three deposits must be
made within 90 days of the first eligible deposit. Players will have 6
months to earn the bonus in full. All deposits made for this bonus must
use the code WCOOP.

WCOOP Extreme Satellites

The World Championship of Online Poker is the world’s largest online
tournament series. Right now PokerStars.com is running WCOOP Extreme
Satellites – there are hundreds of WCOOP seats worth more than $1,000,000
to be won.

With all of these extra seats available, players now have a
great chance to take part in the biggest online poker series in history.
WCOOP Extreme Satellites start August 4, and run twice daily until August
16. Buy-ins start at just $7.50.

Are you ready to become a World Champion? The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is back with $40 million worth of guaranteed tournament action! WCOOP begins September 3 with satellites from $1 and 50 FPP running now. Read More WCOOP Extreme Satellites From August 4 to 16 at 14:00 ET and 21:00 ET daily, a total of 26 WCOOP Extreme Satellites will award a guaranteed 2,350 seats with more than $1 million of combined added value. Read More

	EPT Season 6 The PokerStars.com EPT is returning with more venues, more money and more action than ever. EPT Kiev starts August 18. EPT Barcelona starts September 4. Qualifiers are available from $2.22 and 111 FPP. Read More

	APPT Season 3 The new APPT season kicks off in Macau on August 24. Qualifiers are running now from $1.10 and 275 FPP. Read More

	New VIP Player Point (VPP) tables The PokerStars VIP Club has just become more valuable! We’ve introduced a new VPP award structure to Heads Up tables and certain 6-max and full ring tables. Read More

Mixed Poker Games For New Players

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:07:14 +0000

H.O.R.S.E poker and other mixed poker games have been growing in popularity in recent years. One of the most prestigious poker tournaments is the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event at the WSOP. Mixed games seems to be limited to the major U.S. poker rooms but I would imagine that the top international rooms will be adding these variants due to the success rooms like Pokerstars have had by creating their own mixes like 8-Game Poker. Playing in a mixed game format enables poker players to pit combined skill at two or more card games against another player’s combined skill at those particular games.

For instance, if you consider yourself a strong Texas Holdem and Omaha player a game like Full Tilt Poker’s H.A. poker would be a great match. This game combines pot limit Texas Holdem and pot limit Omaha. Some mixed games consist of only one game but mix up the betting formats. A good example would be Holdem Mixed which rotates between fixed limit Holdem and no limit Holdem.

How do mixed poker games work?

Each poker room has a predetermined structure for mixed poker games. H.O.R.S.E poker for example consists of Holdem, Omaha H/L, Razz, Stud & Stud H/L. This will be the same regardless of which room you are playing at. The only real variable is the number of games in each rotation. Some rooms will play 10 hands a game before moving to the next game and others will play 8.

Which mixed poker game is best for me?

When choosing a mixed poker game to play it is best to look at your strengths and weaknesses as a poker player. You don’t have to be an expert at all 5 games to be a successful H.O.R.S.E player. I consider myself a horrible Razz player but I do pretty well at H.O.R.S.E poker. I just tend to play ultra-tight during the Razz rotation. If there is a game or even a betting structure (ie: fixed limit, pot limit) in the mixed poker variant you are interested it is always best to play that game at the play money or micro-stakes tables to gain experience. I’ve read countless strategy articles on Razz poker so I’ve gotten a lot better but even before that I still did well overall because Razz is only 1/5th of H.O.R.S.E poker. You just have to win more money during your “strong” games than you lose when you are playing your “weak games”.

7 Card Stud Guide

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:03:47 +0000

Seven card stud has been a popular poker game both offline and at online poker rooms for a very long time. Many stud poker players can be found at the internet’s top rooms but most small – medium sized rooms struggle to keep 1-2 active tables running around the clock. If you are a stud poker fan you will have probably signed up at a couple rooms only to find out that their stud tables are empty. This guide will cover the best poker rooms for 7 card stud and some basic strategy concepts . First lets take a look at where the 7 card stud action can be found.

Where to play 7 card stud online?

Stud players tend to eventually migrate from the small/medium rooms to the largest rooms. There are two online poker rooms that have done a good job at attracting stud poker players: Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker. Pokerstars boasts around 25% more stud players than Full Tilt Poker so if you are looking for the room with the most 7 card stud traffic they would be a good choice. Full Tilt Poker isn’t the 2nd most popular poker room for nothing though so you may want to take a look at each room before settling down somewhere. Both of these rooms offer players a wide range of 7 card stud ring table action, sitngo’s and tournaments.

Strategy for 7 card stud

Successful 7 card stud strategy can not be set in stone because it will vary from table to table. I will share a few basic strategies and concepts that will help you avoid costly mistakes but in the end it is up to you to develop your own strategy for the various situations you come across. The most important tactic is called “hand selection” and is pretty self exclamatory. In Stud you want to fold garbage hands and play premium hands. Below is a list of some of the commonly played starting hands in 7 card stud:

•Pairs
•Three to a flush
•Three to a straight

Those are the main 3 card starting hands you will be looking for in 7 card stud. Three of a kind is obviously the best starting hand but it is somewhat rare. When you get a starting hand like the ones mentioned above the first thing you want to do is to look at the other players’ “upcards”. You should look at their cards for cards you need to make and/or improve your own hand. This will help you better understand the odds of you catching this hand or that hand. For instance if you have two pair (K’s & 7’s) and the player next to you has a King and a seven in their upcards the odds of you hitting your full house have been cut in half. Using this information to help you make better decisions at the poker table will greatly improve your chances of becoming a winning seven card stud player.

Full Tilt Poker Refer Five Friends Cash Bonus

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:19:03 +0000

It’s Full Tilt Poker’s fifth birthday this July and Full Tilt has come up with a variety of different great promotions to thank players for choosing to play their online poker at Full Tilt Poker. Among the Full Tilt promotions for their “FIVE” celebration is one of my favorite – Refer 5 friends for $275. Existing Full Tilt Poker players can invite their friends to play to earn an extra $275 free money bonus. This $275 bonus given out by Full Tilt Poker is on top of the regular Refer-A-Friend reward program which can total up to $575. This brings the grand total of the bonus you can earn by referring 5 friends up to $850.

For the Best Full Tilt Referral Code, use Code RG600 for a huge 100% Bonus!

In order to receive the $275 special FIVE promotion bonus from Full Tilt Poker you must send five players who open a Full Tilt Poker account between July 8th and July 19th. All five friends must earn 5 Full Tilt Points within 60 days to receive the $275 bonus on top of the regular refer-a-friend bonus money. Full Tilt Points are awarded to players when they play real money games at Full Tilt (5 Full Tilt Points won’t be hard to earn).

The awesome thing is that you can receive the Refer 5 Friends for $275 bonus multiple times. If you were to refer ten friends to Full Tilt you would be eligible for another $275, making a total of $1700 in bonuses that you could earn. Although it will be really hard to do, referring 15 friends would allow you to earn $2550 in bonus money from Full Tilt Poker. So get started and ask all of your friends to sign up for a Full Tilt Poker account! Full details on how the refer-a-friend program works can be found on the Full Tilt website and Full Tilt software lobby.

Other promotions in the Full Tilt Poker FIVE promotions include a 5x Happy Hour for Full Tilt Points, Birthday Money Sunday which is added guaranteed prize money to the big Sunday tournaments, $5k guaranteed prize pool every hour, and the 5x Bust-Out Bounty tournament where it pays to knock out Full Tilt team members.

Full Tilt Poker continuously shows why they are one of the best online poker rooms with promotions such as this. Ensure the friends you refer to Full Tilt Poker are receiving poker rakeback to take advantage of more free money. Good Luck on your quest to find 5 or more friends to play at Full Tilt!

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XIII

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:47:39 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but the next FTOPS tournament series at Full Tilt Poker is just around the corner. Beginning on August 5th with a $1 million guaranteed NL Hold’em tournament, FTOPS XIII looks to be the biggest in the history of the series. The total guaranteed prize pool is over $16 million!

The thirteenth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series will have six tournaments with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $1 million, including a $2 million dollar, short-handed NL Hold’em event being held on August 15th, and the $2.5 million dollar Main Event on August 16th.

In total, there will be 25 events to make up the FTOPS XIII schedule, including a variety of games and buy-ins. There are Omaha, Stud, Razz and HORSE tournaments, along with a wide variety of Hold’em tournaments. Direct buy-ins will range from $109 – $500, with the exception of two events. The $2 million guaranteed short-handed NL Hold’em event has a direct buy-in of $2620, and the $1.5 million guaranteed NL Hold’em event has a buy-in of $1060.

Like every FTOPS series, each tournament will be hosted by a member of Team Full Tilt. This is a chance for players to put their skills against the likes of Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow and other top pros.

FTOPS XIII Satellite Tournaments

Satellite tournaments for FTOPS XIII events are running now, and they start for as little as $2+.25 or 1200 FTP’s. There is also an FTOPS XIII Satellite Challenge which allows players to win multiple seats into events, and turn the extra seats into tournament buy-in money.

If that’s not enough FTOPS for you, you can also play in the FTOPS Ante Up For Africa charity tournament that will be held on August 15th. With a direct buy-in of $100+20, Full Tilt Poker will be donating the entire $20 buy-in fee to the charity. Actor Don Cheadle will host and play in the event, along with various Full Tilt pro players.

Mini FTOPS

If you don’t qualify for any FTOPS XIII events, you might want to give the Mini-FTOPS a try. With $3 million on the line, the Mini-FTOPS are the same events as the regular FTOPS events, but with 1/10th the buy-in amount. If the FTOPS event has a $200 buy-in, the Mini-FTOPS event will have a $20 buy-in. The Mini-FTOPS XIII Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of $500k with just a $55 direct buy-in.

Get started today at FullTiltPoker.com and don’t forget to take advantage of their first deposit poker bonus that can be worth up to $600 in free money!

Reefer Poker July Promotions

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:51:18 +0000

Every day during the month of July the VIP points your players earn will get them closer to extra special CASH bonuses and other prizes, and help you earn additional revenue! Please share the details of this special, exclusive event, only on Reefer Poker, and only in July!

Check out our Reefer Poker Bonus page, where you can get a $1000 Deposit Bonus!

What do your players have to do? Absolutely nothing new…just keep enjoying the tournaments and cash games at Reefer Poker, and keep an eye on their points balance as they earn the following bonuses. Of course the more they play, the more you both earn!

* Level 1- Earn 2,000 VIP Points – Earn $20 CASH + a coupon for the next Stoners vs Staff Tournament (every Thursday at 20:00 Reefer Time)
* Level 2 – Earn 5,000 VIP Points – Earn $40 CASH + a coupon for the $5K Saturday Guaranteed Tournament
* Level 3 – Earn 10,000 VIP Points – Earn $150 CASH + a coupon for the $5K Saturday Guaranteed Tournament
* Level 4 – Earn 20,000 VIP Points – Earn $300 CASH + a coupon for a Sunday $50K Guaranteed Tournament

Points will be counted from 00:01 AM on July 1st through to midnight on July 31st, 2009. Bonuses earned during this promotion will be awarded each Friday for levels reached to date. Any points earned on Friday July 31st that help a player reach a reward level will have the value redeemed on or before Monday August 3rd, 2009.

New VIP Points Race banners are available now by clicking on the “Marketing Tools” button and selecting “Recent Creatives”.

If anyone has any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact us anytime and we will be more than happy to help you!

Pokerstars WSOP Main Event Satellite – 200 packages guaranteed

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:21:34 +0000

Clear your schedule for June 14 at 16:30 ET – we’re holding a Pokerstars WSOP mega Main Event Qualifier satellite which guarantees to award at least 200 packages to the 2009 Main Event!

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With the World Series Main Event just around the corner, this is your best opportunity to see if you can follow in the footsteps of poker greats like Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem and become the World Champion. As a special bonus for this special event, you will earn double VIP Player Points (VPPs) for playing the mega satellite.

This special Main Event Qualifier replaces the Sunday Million on June 14. You can buy in directly to our mega satellite for just $370. We also have a full range of qualifier satellites available to win your seat in the mega Main Event Qualifier, starting from as little at $2.20 or 460 FPPs. All satellites are located together with the main tournament under the Events > WSOP tab in your PokerStars.com lobby.

The PokerStars.com Main Event prize package is worth $12,000 and includes the Main Event buy-in, hotel accommodations and $1,000 in cash for expenses. The World Championship begins July 3, 2009, at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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Play in this year’s World Series Main Event through winning a seat on PokerStars.com (and sign our player contract to wear PokerStars logo gear during the event), and you will be credited with 100,000 VPPs – making you an instant Supernova VIP.

Even better, once you win your seat through PokerStars, we’ll give you a shot at claiming your share of $1 Million – for FREE! We will be holding a series of live freeroll Sit & Go Satellites in Las Vegas, each with a cash prize pool, and the winner from each event will be awarded a ticket to play in the online final. In total, these freerolls will give away $1 million in prizes exclusively to players who played in the Main Event and won their package through PokerStars.com.

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As reigning World Champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate has said, the World Series is “the tournament to play if you are going to take a shot at fame and fortune”. Take a shot at winning your PokerStars.com WSOP* package in the biggest online qualifier around!

WSOP 2009 World Series Freerolls

If you miss the $370 Mega Satellite, you can also take part in our daily freerolls which give you a shot at reaching the World Series for FREE! Every day until June 20, 14 quadruple shootout freeroll tournaments will give 10 players a ticket to play in the Weekly Final which will take place each Sunday at 19:00 ET. The winner of the Weekly Final will be awarded a World Series Main Event package worth $12,000! For full details, visit the WSOP 2009 Freeroll webpage.