Absolute Poker's New Signing

Absolute Poker have just announced their latest signing of well respected poker player Matt Vengrin. As one of Texas Hold ‘Em’s finest, Matt Vengrin makes an excellent addition to the roster of poker players that Absolute Poker are building.
Their newest pro has been on the radar of several online poker rooms previous to this signing with Absolute Poker. He has previously won over $717,000 playing online at UltimateBet, Full Tilt Poker, and Poker Stars. In fact, Matt Vengrin has amassed five top ten finishes in several popular online poker tournaments in 2009 alone.
And if you want to keep up to date with Matt Vengrins activities on the site, then you can use Absolute Pokers software known as ‘Absolute Buddy’ to find out where he’s seated. He will be featured in red text when he is playing at Absolute Poker’s tables, using the name ‘mattvengrin’
Fancy playing alongside Matt on Absolute Poker, then why not open an account with them today? Click here to sign up and get maximum rakeback.

Betfair Poker WSOP Europe 09 Event

This year, Betfair Poker are presenting the first event of WSOP Europe 2009, The Free Million Dollar Game. This gives you, the player, the exclusive opportunity to represent your region at a live final table and possible go back home as a millionaire! So how do you become a Betfair Poker millionaire?
Starting on Monday the 13th of April Betfair are hosting daily freerolls for 15 different regions. These will then continue for 18 weeks.
From the 1st of June onwards, players have their first entry into a Daily Regional Freeroll free. From the second entry onwards players will have to have earned 100 Free Million Dollar Game points in order to gain entry into another Daily Freeroll.
The top 18 in each Daily Regional Freeroll will win a seat in a weekly Regional Qualifier. The winner of these Regional Qualifiers will move on to a live Regional Final. The winner of each live Regional Final then gets to represent his or her region at the WSOP Europe Free Million Dollar Game final table. Win that – and you’ll be a millionaire!

Cake Poker change Full Ring Table seats

One small change to the Cake Poker full ring tables includes making them 9 seats instead of 10. This small change means that Cake Poker’s full ring tables now conform with what has become industry standard.
Changing the number of seats at Cake Poker is the first major change under new poker room manager Lee Jones. Lee Jones was previously a manager of Poker Stars and helped contribute to the massive growth of the site, so you expect something similar to happen at Cake Poker too in the coming future!
The biggest reason for this change is probably to do with the generation of rakeback. Cake Poker uses a dealt rakeback method, meaning that when $1 was raked from a pot at a ten seat table, each player would then receive 10 cents. However when there are only 9 seats at a table the rakeback would be closer to 11 cents for each player. The extra money generated will benefit both Cake Poker and their network partners and affiliates.
If you want to be part of the action at Cake Poker, why not sign up today? Players who sign up through cakerakeback.com not only get a $500 deposit bonus but a massive 33% rakeback too!

CelebPoker's Lou Diamond Phillips on "I'm a Celebrity!" USA

This year, “I’m a celebrity get me out of here! USA” has been graced by the presence of CelebPoker’s very own Lou Diamond Phillips. The 47 year old former actor and professional poker player has become the face of CelebPoker’s poker school.
If you want to see Lou poker face his way through gruelling tasks and keeping his cool in the jungle, then the show is available to watch in the UK on ITV2. Whenever Lou leaves the show, then he will continue to work with CelebPoker alongside his other acting commitments.
David Donovan, the CEO of CelebPoker has said, "It's great to see Lou proving such a hit in I'm a Celebrity and we're hoping he'll show the same staying power in the show that he's demonstrated at the Poker table… He's a really charismatic guy, which is why we chose him as one of the faces of CelebPoker.com."
If you want to join CelebPoker today and recieve a 100% up to €100 sign up bonus and up to 30% rakeback when you sign up through celebrakeback.com

Doyle Brunson looks for 11th Bracelet

Doyle Brunson, arguably the greatest poker legend of all time, has proven that talent never fades finishing with a strong 7th place in a million-dollar event at WSOP.
Doyle Brunson was focusing on bracelet number 11 at the World Series of Poker and if his recent performance is any indication of what’s still to come for Brunson, then he’ll probably scoop it up in no time.
The poker legend just finished strong in Event #37 in Las Vegas, proving that championship talent never fades. Brunson finished 7th in the tournament, earning himself a massive $62,234.
The $10,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split featured 164 players and a total prize pool of $1,541,600.
And Brunson wasn’t the only player from DoylesRoom.com who finished strong in the tournament. Mike Wattell, who could be seen wearing DoylesRoom patches in the event, finished 3rd.
The 2009 World Series of Poker is now underway at the Rio Al-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and Brunson is planning to play in a number of events which includes the Main Event on July 3rd, 2009. Online poker players can follow Doyle Brunson’s progress through his social networking pages, and of course at DoylesRoom.com.
If you want to join in, why not click here to sign up!

Scottish Poker Championship with Fortune Poker

Don’t forget that the prestigious Scottish Poker Championships are taking place this year between the 7th and 13th of September. The main event of the Championship is being held at the gorgeous Maybury Casino in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 12th and 13th of September.
Want to go? Fortune Poker are going to be sending a few lucky players to take part in these events, as part of a package including around €1,500 in travel and accommodation money! In short, with Fortune Poker, you could receive a fantastic poker holiday to the beautiful city of Edinburgh just by winning one of the seats via the satellites running over the next 6 weeks which give entry into one of the monthly online finals on the 2nd and 23rd of August.
If you want to be in with a chance of winning a place at this distinguished event then join Fortune Poker today. And with a 200% up to 1,000 Sign up Bonus and 30% rakeback available when you sign up with fortunerakeback.com, what’s stopping you?

Full Tilt Poker Replace Sponsor Ladbrokes

Recently we discovered that Full Tilt Poker signed a multiple-year agreement with Matchroom Sport’s Poker Millions Tournament, to replace previous sponsor Ladbrokes.
The Poker Millions Tournament, which takes place in December 2009, has it’s first six qualifying heats about to begin in London mid-July. There will be a second round of qualifiers taking place in October, along with a second runners up heat and two semi-finals.
One lucky Full Tilt Poker qualifier will win a place at each of the 12 qualifying tables, where they will compete for a top prize of $600,000. This is slightly smaller than previous years, but it’s still potentially life changing money for the winner.
It’s worth Baring in mind that there are no restrictions on who can play. This tournament is open to absolutely anybody including American players. If you want entry to this massive $1,000,000 tournament then you can only get entry by either buying your way in or playing for entry - only at Full Tilt Poker.
So many successful Poker stars start out playing online, and you can too. Remember, the main event for the Poker Millions tournament has turned out to be one of the most televised Poker games in the world.
Fancy a shot? Well why not open up an account with Full Tilt Poker today. After making your first deposit there is a massive $600 sign up bonus and 27% rakeback available to players who sign up with fulltiltrakeback.net

WSOP and Series Espana with Full Tilt Poker

This summer, make sure you get in to the WSOP and the Series Espana with these FullTiltPoker.com Tournaments
Full Tilt Poker are running numerous satellites to the 40th World Series Of Poker’s main event, which is approaching ever quicker as the 2009 season of WSOP closes in on the end game.
And there are absolutely loads of game types and buy ins available, including Multi-Table Tournaments and Sit and Go games. In addition to this, Full Tilt Poker are running a series of events to the Series España, a live tournament series, new this year, that is taking place in Spain. You can win a seat to any of the live events by playing online at the Full Tilt Poker Series – España Qualifier tournaments.
Join Full Tilt Poker today and you can get a $600 sign-up bonus, only available to new players. And with 27% rakeback available to players who sign up with fulltiltrakeback.net who can complain?

Poker Heaven Summer Gifts

There is an amazing promotional offer going on at Poker Heaven this summer! From the 1st of June to the 31st of August they are giving away loads of great summer gifts to reward frequent players on their site.
Some of the gifts available to the players include, a Nintendo Wii and Wii fit, a Samsung 50” plasma television and DVD player, tournament tickets, a Sony Playstation 3 plus ipod, a Sony 14mp DSLR, and even a holiday package to Las Vegas!
Not only that, but they deliver the gifts straight to your front door, all you have to do is select the gift you want, and carry on playing poker at Poker Heaven till you have enough frequent player points!
If you want to be in with a chance of winning some of these amazing prices then make sure you have an account on Poker Heaven. If you sign up through heavenrakeback.com you’ll not only receive a 200% up to €1,000 Sign Up Bonus but also up to 30% rakeback!

InterPoker's MP Tournament!

Recently, InterPoker have made a slightly cheeky promotion. British MPs have been getting a lot of bad press recently over the expenses scandal and many of them were asked to repay any of the taxpayers money they were known to have spent. InterPoker hit back at shamed MPs by inviting them to play online poker in order to win back the money by entering into a heads-up poker tournament.
InterPoker have also made an exclusive offer to resigned Commons Speaker, Michael Martin. He claimed around £1,400 to use a chauffeur driven car in order to travel around his constituency and for trips to Celtic Park to his Celtic Football Club play. InterPoker have offered Michael, not surprisingly, a Celtic season ticket along with chauffeur driven car to each game if he accepts their offer to play in the poker tournament.
Some of the other MPs invited to play include Peter Viggers who spent £1,645 on a duck island, Alan Duncan who spent £5000 on gardening, and Michael Gove who spend £7000 on furniture.
A spokesperson from InterPoker said “We’re giving them the chance to win back their dignity as well as the cash if they manage to beat the public in a fair fight.”
If you want to join in the fun at InterPoker, and possibly play against some of your favourite shamed MPs then why not open an account today. If you sign up through interpokerrakeback.com you’ll not only recieve a $500 sign up bonus but also 30% Rakeback!

50 Packages to EMOP Spain on NoiQ

Throughout the whole of July with NoiQ poker there are 50 packages to the EMOP Spain waiting to be won. Each package is worth a staggering €90.000 and there are also five different ways in which you can win a package!
The event will be help in beautiful Barcelona at the Casino De Barcelona and takes place on July 29th – August 1st. This could be a perfect summer break for a few lucky poker players!
Entraction will also arrange a special EMOP promotion known as The Race to VIP10 000. It starts on the 1st of July and continues running until ten players have reached the requirement. The first ten players to reach VIP10 000 will receive an EMOP package worth €1800
There are 22 packages available through VIP tournaments worth €39.600. Entraction will arrange a series of VIP tournaments with packages to EMOP Spain in the prize pool. From the 1st of July onwards, players who earn enough VIP points will be able to register to these special EMOP Spain VIP tournaments.
Entraction will also set up 4 VIP freerolls in July where on EMOP Spain package worth €1800 is given away.
There will also be four different VIP races during July. The winner of each race will get a package to EMOP Spain and anyone second place through to tenth will play a tournament for one EMOP Spain package.
Finally, Entraction will be adding one EMOP Spain package worth €1800 to several other tournaments organised by NoiQ poker.
If you want to be in with a chance of winning, why not sign up to NoiQ Poker today? If you sign up through noiqpokerrakeback.com you can not only get a €600 bonus but also up to 30% rakeback.

PKR Re-Launch

Online poker gaming site PKR’s re-launch has included a new range of social networking and community content.
There is now an upgraded MyPKR section, which includes a friends management system, player profiles with tournament rankings, personalised newsfeeds and player-to-player messaging.
There is also a new community area that will provide information on events, shows profiles of PKR personalities and includes an improved discussion forum.
Users will now be able to access a branded online TV station, a digital version of the brand’s customer magazine and free strategic poker advice.
The re-launch has been developed with digital agency Zone and informed by the neurological research carried out in relation to PKR users’ emotional relationship with the brand.
Simon Prodger, the marketing director at PKR, said “providing a meaningful brand community is a key differentiator in the competitive market of online gaming.”

Click here to register and join in!

Power Poker Gold Card Race

Some very lucky Power Poker players can take part in their Gold Card Race promotion this month, where over $12,000 worth of prizes are being paid out each week. Every Gold Card you collect will award you with Gold Card Race ‘Miles’ The top 50 players with the most ‘miles’ win cash. The races will run weekly from 00:00 (GMT) Tuesday to Monday 23:59 (GMT).
The rules of the Gold Card Race are as follows:

1.) Players are not required to redeem Gold Cards for this Promotion

2.) Entry to the Gold Card Race is based on miles earn per weekly race

3.) Each weekly race begins

a. (GMT Time Zone) 0:00 GMT Tuesday and ends the following Monday 23:59 GMT.

b. (ET Time Zone) 8:00 PM ET Monday and ends the following Monday 7:59 PM ET


4.) Only Gold Cards earned from the publisher start time of each race of the current race count towards points for the current race

5.) Gold Cards redeemed during the race for the Gold Card Daily Lottery will not effect race standings or point value

6.) Players found abusing the spirit of this promotion will be disqualified at our discretion

7.) Players placing in the top 50 of a weekly Gold Card Race will receive the cash prize in their Real Money account shortly afterwards

8.) Management decisions are final

Click here to take part in the Gold Card Race yourself!

Ultimate Bet's Sniper $80K Guaranteed

Ultimate Bet's Sniper $80K Guaranteed on June 24th
Ultimate Bet will be hosting a bounty tournament known as “Sniper $80k Guaranteed” on June 24th at 9pm ET. The format will be a No Limit Texas Hold 'Em and the entry fee will be $200 + $15.
An $80,000 guarantee in the prize pool is a lot higher than most scheduled Wednesday tournaments – which are usually in the $5,000 to $30,000 area. In bounty tournaments like this one, you profit not only by cashing, but whenever you knock a player out you will also get something back. In this tournament starting stacks are double at 3000 chips and you get $20 for each player you knock out.
You'll need to be registered with Ultimate Bet in order to make a deposit to play in this tournament. Click here to sign up!

Only Register Once at Virgin Games!

Earlier this month, Virgin Games, the online gaming service, announced that they have finally centralised their offerings to become a company who can work from one common platform.

This latest development means that customers now receive a more streamlined experience of Virgin gaming, as it allows them to play across multiple gaming products using a central sign on solution and having a single Virgin Games wallet.

Virgin Games was previously using three different operators. Now they platform has been taking in-house and is managed centrally from their head office in Guernsey.

With the customer experience being of utmost importance, players now only need to register once to become a Virgin Games player – meaning that you can browse seamlessly through games at Virgin Poker, Virgin Bingo, or Virgin Casino. Working under the new system also means that Virgin players can now play for bonus promotions and loyalty points that will be offered across all games.

Want to join in? Click here to register for Virgin Poker to get maximum rakeback!

Paypal to handle Betfair Transactions

PayPal have agreed to accept Betfair Poker to handle gambling transactions, meaning that poker players can now deposit and withdraw from their accounts via Paypal. Players can now use Paypal to deposit as little as £5.00 up to £3,500.00 per transaction into Betfair Poker. Payments are immediate and can be processed with just a few clicks.
Paypal is what is known as an e-wallet payment solution that enables you to transfer funds securely into your PayPal account and from there into your Betfair Poker account. Paypal is also the most popular online wallet currently in use meaning you can trust it to be safe and secure.
PayPal is available to Betfair customers resident in these countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. All funds will be credited to your account in GBP unless your PayPal account currency is different from your Betfair Poker account currency. If this is the case then transactions will be processed in the currency of your PayPal account.
There is no fee for UK debit card and Irish Laser card deposits. There is a 1.5% fee for all other debit and credit card deposits.
A great advantage to Paypal now allowing Betfair Poker users to use their account is that players can now deposit funds into their poker account from one online wallet at the same time as managing other transactions both for gambling or shopping online.
Click here to sign up to Betfair Poker and take advantage of this

CarbonPoker's Bad Beat Jackpot Pays Out $734,542.27

Carbon Poker is raking up the Bad Beat Jackpots this year with two big wins in a matter of months!

Maybe it is becasue more players are signing up to play at Carbon Poker and with great rakeback deals to be found there is little doubt why!

A freeroll player and 8 others at his table cashed in huge as the jackpot paid out $734,542.27

Previously, the $1.2 million Jackpot paid out to a New York-based student on February 13, 2009. That jackpot awarded over $400,000 to him and hundreds of thousands split amongst the others at the table.

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