Archive for October, 2009

Carbon Poker has announced a great promotion for November, called the Turkey Grand Slam.  This promotion starts on November 1st and runs all month until the 30th where it will end in a 128 player Heads Up Championship event. In order to be one of the 128 players... 

Isaac Baron (22) managed to outlast a field of 163 players over three days to win the $5k buy-in 2009 Caesars Palace Classic and earn $246,928 prize money. The Californian online tournament specialist notched up his second biggest career win after running over... 

Lucky Ace Poker wants everyone to know how they put out the welcome mat so to speak.  New players don’t just get the customary deposit bonus or a small amount of free credits to play with. At Lucky Ace they get the Welcome Package, which does include a 100%... 

Tom “Durrrr” Dwan is a name most will recognize as either a  Full Tilt Poker Pro or part of the Durrrr Challenge on Full Tilt Poker.  What a lot of people may not know is even once you make it to the big time you still have to stay within a budget, just a... 

Once a month players gather online to play in Party Poker’s $1 million guarantee and the $1M Guarantee in November is this Sunday, November 1st.  You can either buy in directly or by winning your seat at one of several satellite tournaments. Also happening this... 

Maltese-based ChiliPoker has entered an innovative exclusive partnership with GO Voyages, who will be organising direct flights from Paris to Las Vegas using XL Airways next year. ChiliPoker began its online poker operation in 2006 and has now grown into a well... 

In yet another twist to the WPT story, just as shareholders are preparing to vote on an acquisition proposal from Peerless Media Ltd. today, they have received what seems to be a sweeter deal from another interested party. The latest offer from Mandalay Media Inc... 

As the date for the start of the Aussie Million creeps closer more and more players want to enter for their chance at AUD $2.5 million.  There is already a large number of poker pro’s confirmed for the even but for most the buyin and traveling costs makes the... 

Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet are part of the Cereus Poker Network and both online poker sites went under a recent software update with two major changes, a new feature and a solution. First lets introduce the concept of Synchronized breaks on multi table tournaments. ... 

Michael O’Sullivan (24) outlasted a field of 398 players over three days at the €1,650 buy-in Paddy Power Irish Winter Festival to take home the top prize of €143,000. Commenting on his victory, O’Sullivan said it “hasn’t sunk in yet,” which is...