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Does any one among you into the game of Poker? I mean Poker on the internet. If you are then this article will give you some amazing news in the next few paragraphs. You all would know that one of the leading sites which host this game on the internet is PartyPoker. It records the highest traffic among all those who are into internet poker worldwide. This site which does not accept US customers is owned by a company called Playtech which trades in the London stock exchange as “PRTY”. You all would know that the premium tournament of PartyPoker till date was the $30,000 guaranteed which takes place every Sunday at 17:45 GMT. The buy in for this particular is $215 and it is one of the most popular games played by the players on the internet.

Now, the great news that you all were looking forward to is that PartyPoker is launching a monthly $1 Million Guaranteed tournament on the first Sunday of every month. So, it will be definitely not a day of rest for those of you who play this game at regular intervals. According to the press release that was issued by Playtech this particular monthly will utilise championship blind structure. There are many possible ways apart from the conventional ones which you can use in order to enter this tournament. The possible way for you will be to check out the online poker rooms lobby in order to get more information.
PartyPoker also launched Palladium Lounge for the players who generate more than 5,000 points in a calendar month. The perks that are included in this service are 24 hour customer service, exclusive promotions and additional deposit methods. There is also the Palladium Lounge Elite which is available for the players who generates more than 75,000 points per quarter or 3, 00,000 points per year. The benefits of this elite club include “snowboarding tips and adventure getaways” and also a chance to “represent PartyPoker.com in televised events”.

The gaming site has very recently added Quick Seat and table preview features to its lobby. This feature will allow the players to open a similar table to the one in which they are playing, without even visiting the lobby. You also have the options of tilling and manual resizing of the tables. So, what are you waiting for, just go out there and check out what is waiting for you in there website. I am sure that you will be flabbergasted after watching it.

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Oleg Suntsov is a common name in the Russian Poker Rooms. Last week in Russia’s St. Petersburg Oleg walked out with the winning money of the Russian Poker Tour Debut sponsored by the PokerStars.com. The final table on last Sunday begins with the seven Russians and two others in the table. Everybody knew from the very beginning that it is going to be a tough game as all of them were the best online players. The 201 initial entrants’ survivors settled their accounts and paid $5,000 entry fee for the table. The final cash amount declared for the table was around One Million US Dollars with approximately $300,000 which resulted in over 10 Million Russian Rubles for the winner.

Few big stars of online Poker was also there on the table that day. The Break out player of 2008 Ivan Demidov and the PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso and the famous Alex Kravchenko were playing in the same room.

Moldava’s Dimitru Gaina had the highest numbers of chips and every one was looking us for a great hand. On the first half of the game Suntsov was having a real tough time but he never gave up. Within in a few minutes he doubled up and made his strong hold on the table. Few of the other players were pushed out of the table in the final.

The last part of the game was breath taking when the contenders fought. Belarusian Vadim Markushevsky had a head on battle with Oleg Suntsov. The winning hand went to Suntsov when the chips went in his hand and the board was showing a 6-9-3-5 combination. Markushevsky showed the top pair of K-9 but Suntsov had a Q-Q for the lead on the table. Oleg Suntsov was declared as the winner of the Russian Poker Tour Debut and he walked away with 10,616,000 Russian Rubles.

The final payout was huge (All amounts in Russian Rubles):

Vadim Markushevsky 5,469,000
Alexander Pantukhin 3,217,000
Sergey Solntsev 2,380,000
Bulat Bikmetov 1,930,000
Sergey Popuk 1,608,000
Anatoly Ozhenilok 1,287,000
Dimitru Gaina 965,000
Evgeny Zaytsev 643,000

If you play poker or is an interested poker lover then read this article fully. You must have heard about Clonie Gowen who is one of the most celebrated poker stars around. You also must have come across the name of Full Tilt Poker which is the most favourite online poker companies in the UK. The interesting news here is that Gowen has filed in a complaint and had sued this online poker company. His lawsuit against this particular company consisted of a minority oppression claim against this online poker giant. It also consists of several other allegations which have been reported against the company by this pro player. Gowen has brought some allegations against the entire 13 member unit of Full Tilt consisting of its CEO/CFO Raymond Bitar.

She claims that the defendant breached their agreement of giving her 1% share of the profits. According to her the deal was set, that if she joins the company’s team and become “celebrity representative, promoter and spokesperson” then Full Tilt will give her the desired percentage of profits. In her allegation papers Gowen has also added some of the conversation details that she had with Bitar back in the year 2004. According to her Bitar entered into the issued agreement in that conversation itself. She also said that there were not much negotiations and it all worked out very smoothly indeed. Her lawyer said that the ace poker star completed trusted the statements that were given to her by the company and worked accordingly, but still she is the one in the receiving line.

However in the court of law Gowen’s amended complaint does not address some of the issues raised in the Full Tilt’s defendant motion. She did not point out directly to any of the thirteen member unit of the board but said that all the actions taken by Full Tilt were done with their authorization and consent. Most likely the court will dismiss the entire case in its entirety. But as it moves to the discovery phase, where both the parties will be interrogated with the documents that they produce might reveal some more facts. To know more you have to stay glued to this website and check in the upcoming articles that will come up shortly.

Harrah’s has released the long awaited World Series of Poker schedule and the event is set for May 27th. It is scheduled to begin with the $500 Casino Employee event and end with the World Series of Poker champion on May 27th.

According to reports the final table is scheduled to begin on November 7th and run through November 10th where the winner will be deemed champion of the 2009 World Series of Poker. The November nine is back and the main event is scheduled for a break in proceedings July 15th and return to action on November 7th.

On May 28th there will be a $40,000 four day event held to honor the 40th anniversary of the World Series of Poker.

There is going to be ten $10,000 buy-in World Champion events, a tournament known as the “Stimulus Special” that will begin on May 30th with a $1,000 buy-in. For this event Harrah’s is expecting an approximate prize pool of nearly five million dollars.

The re-buy events will include a June 28th Triple Chance tournament of No Limit Hold’em. There will be two events held with a buy-in of under $2,500 and total there will be 57 events held for the 2009 World Championship of Poker.

There will be 10 World Champion of Poker events; with Seven Card Stud, Mixed, Omaha High-Low split, 2-7 Draw Lowball, Heads-Up, Limit Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud High-Lo Split, Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Hold’em and No Limit Hold’em.

The Events are scheduled for:

May 27th at noon; 2 day event: Casino Employees Event, No-Limit Hold’em $500
May 28th at noon; 4 day event: the 40th annual No-Limit Hold’em $40,000
May 29th at noon; 3 day event: Omaha High-Low split eight or better $1,500
May 30th at noon; 4 day event: No-Limit Hold’em $1,000
May 31st at noon; 4 day event: No-Limit Hold’em $1,000
June 1st at noon; 3 day event: Pot Limit Omaha $1,500
June 1st at 5:00 p.m.; 3 day event: Seven Card Stud, World Championship $10,000
June 2nd at noon; 3 day event: No-Limit Hold’em $1,500
June 2nd at 5:00 p.m.; 3 day event: 2-7 Draw lowball $2,200
June 3rd at noon; 3 day event: Pot-Limit Oamaha / Hold’em $2,500
June 4th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $2,000
June 4th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship mixed event $10,000
June 5th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $2,500
June 5th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Six-handed limit hold ‘em $2,500
June 6th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $5,000
June 6th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Seven-card stud $1,500
June 7th at noon; 3 day event: Ladies no-limit World Championship $1,000
June 7th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship Omaha high-low split $10,000
June 8th at noon: Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em $2,500

June 9th at noon: Pot-limit hold ‘em $1,500

June 9th at 5 p.m. 3 day event: HORSE $3,000
June 10th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em shootout $1,500
June 10th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship 2-7 draw lowball $10,000
June 11th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 11th at 5 p.m.: Omaha/seven-card stud high-low $2,500
June 12th at noon: Limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 12th at 5 p.m.: Pot-limit Omaha high-low split $5,000
June 13th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 13th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship heads-up $10,000
June 14th at noon; 3 day event: Pot-limit Omaha $2,500
June 14th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: HORSE $1,500
June 15th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $2,000
June 15th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship limit hold ‘em $10,000
June 16th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 17th at noon; 3 day event: Pot-limit Omaha $5,000
June 18th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $2,000
June 18th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship seven-card stud high-low split $10,000
June 19th at noon: Limit hold ‘em $2,000
June 20th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 20th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: World Championship pot-limit Omaha $10,000
June 21st at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em shootout $5,000
June 21st at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Mixed event $2,500
June 22nd at noon; 3 day event: Seniors World Championship $1,000
June 22nd at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Razz $2,500
June 23rd at noon; 3 day event: World Championship pot-limit hold ‘em $10,000
June 23rd at 5 p.m.: Omaha high-low split $2,500
June 24th at noon; 3 day event: Mixed hold ‘em (limit/no-limit) $2,500
June 25th at noon; 3 day event: Pot-limit Omaha high-low split $1,500
June 26th at noon; 5 day event: World Championship HORSE $50,000
June 26th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Limit hold ‘em shootout $1,500
June 27th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 28th at noon; 3 day event: Triple chance no-limit hold ‘em $3,000
June 28th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: Seven-card stud high-low $1,500
June 29th at noon; 3 day event: No-limit hold ‘em $1,500
June 29th at 5 p.m.; 3 day event: 2-7 triple draw lowball $2,500
June 30th at noon; 3 day event: Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em $5,000
July 3rd — July 15th : No-limit hold ‘em main event $10,000

If you are looking for an online poker experience out of the ordinary it’s really time you try the poker games at PKR Poker. They offer an extremely powerful software that gives you enhanced 3D graphics with different camera angles to try to and create a realistic poker environment. You can also play in replicated settings of some of the most famous poker rooms in the world, like Monte Carlo, Vegas, Met Bar etc.

Two of main features at PKR Poker is the customizable characters and the emote controls. You can basically create your own character at the table and create your own poker table image. This is something that differs from basically all other poker rooms.
All the popular games are being played here and it is not hard to find activity as the player traffic has been growing a lot lately, both in tournaments and cash games. I can recommend their good guarantee tournaments for example. They are also offering some nice promotions, PKR is trying to send many players to landbased events and there are a lot of tournaments where you can win seats to some of the biggest live poker tournaments.
When you sign up you should enter PKR Poker bonus code EASYPOKER600. This will assure you the best possible bonus at PKR which is a 100% match of your first deposit, up to a maximum of $600. You will clear this bonus quite easy and you need to get 225 PKR points for every bonus dollar. This bonus code will get you the best bonus offer and promotions at PKR Poker.

If you are thinking of trying the Ongame Poker Network you should surely give TowerGaming a try. This poker room offers some really exciting signup bonuses that clears at the rate of 8x pp which is the lowest rate allowed on the network.

The activity here is always good and especially the Sit and go’s have become very popular. There is a never a long wait to start a new tournament. In the daytime you will usually find over 4000 players online.

When you register you should enter the TowerGaming Signup Code TAFFTOWER as this is the top bonus code that will give you an option of seven different bonuses, all with the lowest possible clearing requirements. This signup code will also give you access to the TowerGaming VIP program and to their monthly reload bonuses. The signup bonuses varies from a 200% up to $30 all they way to a 500% bonus up to a maximum of $2000. Click the above link for further details about the different bonuses.

An exciting tournament promotions is starting tomorrow at Bodog Poker, which they call 12 Days of Poker. This is a 45-event tournament series which offers huge cash prizes and quite low buy-ins. You can actually get into the tournament for only $10 +$1.

It starts tomorrow, December 21st, with a $3000 prize-pool tournament. For this one you need to pay $100 + $9 to get in.

The results for each event will be tracked on the 12 Days of Christmas Leaderboard where there are additional prizes to be won. You can then qualify in different ways, all the way to the grand finale on January 15th where the top three players will win a Bodog Poker Open 3 package among other things. For sure this is an event you shouldn’t miss!

If you haven’t registered an account at Bodog Poker you should enter the Bodog referral number 2429054 at registration to receive a great 100% bonus plus an additional 10% instant poker bonus.

When you are signing up for a new poker room, whether you are an experienced poker player or just started playing, you should definitely make sure that your account is set up so you will receive a part of your generated rake back to your account. There are several poker rooms that can offer a good rakeback deal for new account. In many cases you need to enter a specific bonus- or signup code upon registration or when you make your first deposit.

I would personally recommend signing up for a rakeback offer at the Cake Poker network, as they are handling all the rakeback payments themselves. This means that you will not have to count on any affiliate or third party to pay out your money. Another great feature at the Cake Poker Network is that you can always see your generated rake in real time, and of course also how much rakeback you will receive.

So what is rakeback? Well, every time you play at realmoney tables, the poker room will take a small fee which is the rake. This is usually around 5% of the pot. If you play a lot, this generates into quite large amounts and with a poker rakeback deal you would get some of this paid rake back to your account.

To receive a rakeback deal at Cake Poker you need to enter the signup code 33BACK which automatically gives you a 33% rakeback deal and also a 100% bonus on your first deposit.

An interesting news indeed, the current chipleader Fredrik Nygard, in EPT Prague has been recognized as a well-known hustler and apperantly he has earlier gone to the newspapers in Sweden himself, to warn others about himself. He also explains he does not have many friends left because of this. Fredrik has scammed people out of $2.5 Million during the last years.

We can assume there are some ppl that want to be paid back if he should win the EPT tournament… Read the whole story here: EPT chipleader known hustler.

The asian poker game Badugi is so far only added at a few poker rooms online, but now since PokerStars is introducing Badugi, this game might catch up even among online poker players. Badugi, also called Padooki or Asian poker, is a bit similar to both Razz and Draw Poker.

At PokerStars you can play Badugi in SNG’s or tournaments and so far it seems to attract mostly low-limit players but it will be interesting to see what this game brings in the future.

Players go for the lowest four card hand where all 4 cards must be in different suits, a bit like lowball. The best hand in Badougi is A-2-3-4 offsuit. Note that aces are always low in this game. You can read the Badugi rules here.

This is an interesting game that can offer fast action and it is interesting how this old variation of poker will be taken on by online player. Badugi certainly has a place for bluffing and it is a mix between skill and luck.

Signup now at PokerStars and take on the fascinating game of Badugi, use PokerStars marketing code PAWSUB465 which gives the best promotions for new players.