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WORST TO FIRST CASH GAME JACKPOTS

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:15:49 +0000

The worst hand in poker just got a whole lot better!

Anyone can win with pocket rockets, but can you take it to the limit with the weakest starting hand in poker—72 offsuit?
Do just that and you can win up to $660 in instant cash and bonus prizes from TruePoker.com

Here’s how it works:

Win a hand on Showdown with 72 offsuit and they will give you a free $10 + $1 Tournament Entry into the weekly, $1500 Guaranteed.

Win again with 72 offsuit, also known as ‘The Beer Hand,’ within a 24 hour period and you’ll win a free $50 + $5 entry into the monthly $6,000 Guaranteed.

Win a third time with 72 off suit within a 48 hour period and they will comp your account with a FREE $100 CASH PRIZE.

Last, but certainly not least, win for the 4th time within a 72 hour period and true poker will credit your account with $500 in FREE BONUS CASH.

Being dealt 72offsuit used to mean a quick fold and a few choice curse words.
Now it signals your chance to go from worst to first and WIN INSTANT CASH PRIZES when you play online poker games.

$1 MILLION GUARANTEED tournaments

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:53:49 +0000

SunPoker’s $1 Million Guarantee!

SEPTEMBER 13th 2009! & October 11th

SunPoker.com is thrilled to announce that they will be hosting two, $1 MILLION GUARANTEED tournaments on September 13th and October 11th at 18:00 GMT

Irish Winter Poker Festival

Satellites and packages to the biggest poker tournament in Ireland continue through this week.
The Irish Winter Poker Festival is the hottest poker tournament that takes place in Ireland between October 23rd and October 27th with an estimated prize pool of €1,000,000 and you can qualify online by playing online poker games at Sun Poker.

The world of reality shows has made its way to the Poker world and trapped 4 online pros into one exciting, poker packed show called “2 Months, $2 Million”

The show will be following online pros Dani “Ansky” Stern (22), Jay “Krantz” Rosenkrantz (25), Emil “Whitelime” Patel (25) and Brian “Flawless_Victory” Roberts (26) for two months as they attempted to earn $2 million.

Spicy online poker rewards

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:24:27 +0000

Chilipoker’s VIP Club rewards you every time you play and now with much less effort!

From this summer, less points will be needed to reach the top of the VIP Club. You will be rewarded much more for much less play!

If you are new to Chilipoker.com : get your Steel Card in just one month!

Furthermore, not only will you need less points to reach the next level but Chili Poker have also increased the range of rewarded limits!
Get you FPPs for just $0.01 rake taken!

Exchange your FPPs for bonuses, cash on the exclusive Loyalty Program and thanks to the HotShop for Tournaments!
Play online poker games at Chilipoker and easily get your well deserved rewards!

AP news

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:22:46 +0000

The competition might be fierce, but that’s because the cash is massive in the new Tournament Leaderboards at absolutepoker.com
Play your way to the top and compete for a whopping $1,000,000 in prizes.
With results updated in real time, you’ll want to compete in weekly, monthly, and yearly TLBs at stakes for every budget.

Whether you like Multi-Table or Sit n Go Tourneys, you’ll want to log on and make a name for yourself!
You can’t win if you don’t play.

Recounting Two Key Hands & Monster Pots
By Mark Seif

I don’t know. I’m getting kind of tired of writing about lost golden opportunities for big bucks in big online poker games tournaments. There have been so many over the past several years. When I recount them, I have to relive those key hands that brought the house a-tumbling and that’s always painful, regardless of how long it’s been. But, I guess, in a sense, it’s therapeutic, and more importantly, the process causes me to think in detail about exactly what happened that led to the latest disaster. Any top pro will tell you this type of post-mortem analysis is key to improving his game and avoiding similar mistakes in the future. So here we go – again.

But first, I’ll describe a tough, although ultimately bad call I made early on, which put me in great chip shape. Doug Dalton, Jack McClelland, and their staff are seasoned experts at running big-time poker tournaments, as evidenced by the fact that back in 2006 a then remarkable 606 players ponied-up $25,000 each to enter the WPT Championship at the Bellagio. First place paid over $3.7 million, and with 50,000 in starting chips, along with 90 minute rounds, this was a tournament that suited my game and my goals. I wanted to take this one down.

My pre-tournament strategy was to survive Day One and build chips in Day Two. In short, I was going to give up small edge/high risk opportunities in favor of chipping away when I clearly had the best of it. I was determined to play a controlled, relatively lower-variance game early on.

I normally try not to have any distractions on game day, but the morning of the main event was a bit unusual. I received a series of calls I had to take. Each of them was important and required some follow-up. By the time I arrived at the Bellagio, I knew that my focus and preparation were lacking. But as a pro, I had to suck it up and perform anyway or else I’d join the NFL. This acronym does not stand for National Football League. No. It stands for Not For Long.

At my starting table was easily the wildest man in the tournament. His name is Robert Alexander. Alexander is rumored to have owned the company that developed the wildly successful and even more controversial video game, Grand Theft Auto. Alexander is not really a poker player, but he loves to gamble, and I mean gamble big. I know this because Alexander and I played at the Bellagio together a few times. We are talking about a guy who can win or lose several million dollars in one session. Not just in poker.

Software Update

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Enhanced notice when our BBJP strikes
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Visit our software update page for all the latest info.

Sun Poker news

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:55:12 +0000

You always need a holiday after a holiday and when summer is over and things are back to normal sunpoker.com want to be able to keep things hot for you…at least with the poker action.
The Irish Winter Poker Festival is the hottest poker tournament that takes place in Ireland between October 23rd and October 27th with an estimated prize pool of €1,000,000.

A lot of things in life aren’t guaranteed, but SunPoker.com is guaranteeing every weekend payouts of over $400,000 through the weekend tournaments.
Why not come and play online poker games for your share!

Start off your weekend on Friday at 20:00 Uhr GMT+1 with the $100,000 guarantee!
That’s a rebuy/add-on tournament with a buy-in of $ 50+ $5

If you enjoy tournaments, then sun poker have given you the opportunity to be in charge of your own tournament with a selected group of friends.

Whether it’s a small private tourney for your regular home game mates or a massive event for your company, club or charitable organization, you can be the Tournament Director for a Day

WPT Marrakech qualifier

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:42:05 +0000

Chilipoker.com is in exclusive partnership with WPT Enterprises and they are bringing you the first ever WPT Marrakech!

Join the legends of Poker and play to become the next Gus Hansen or Daniel Negreanu, both starting their poker careers with a big win at the WPT.

Do not miss the televised event with the famous Matt Savage as Tournament Director.

You will also have the chance to watch international poker players doing what they do best… Playing Outstanding Poker!

In addition, as Chilipoker players you will have the pleasure of meeting the main ambassador: Liz Lieu, the One and Only Poker Diva.

Chilipoker is offering an exclusive $8.000 package.
This unique African stop of the World Poker Tour will be held at the famous ‘Casino de Marrakech’.

Chilipoker has worked closely with this casino on numerous occasions during the ‘Open de Marrakech’, always resulting in fun and successful events.

Qualify now for just $4.04 playing online poker games at Chilipoker.com
The Sole Sponsor of the WPT Marrakech!

Party million

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:29:38 +0000

The Million-Dollar Hand

The Million-Dollar Hand promotion is back by popular demand at partypoker.com
It runs from 5th to 28th June, giving players another exciting opportunity to win a whopping $1 million. Players will get a playing card for every 15 PartyPoints they collect playing party poker online poker games.
If you can make a five-card hand with a pair or better, party will give you a guaranteed cash prize.
If you hit a royal flush, they pay out $1 million.
To give you an even better chance of winning a prize, they are giving the first card free.

Asian adventure in Macau

You could win a seat in the Asian Poker Tour when it hits Macau for more big money action.
The qualifiers gives you the chance to win one of the $7,000 tournament packages, which include:

• Main event buy-in worth $4,300

• Seven nights’ accommodation at the Rio Hotel and Casino, starting 17th August

• $1,600 spending money

The Genius

For 16 days from July 6th, party are squaring the pot of every 50,000th hand, up to $5,000.
There will be a special $10,000 prizes every millionth hand and a huge $100,000 guaranteed prize on the final 10 millionth hand. This is the best poker bonus you will get.
All players at the table will get a slice of the Genius prizes.