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Open Letter to Michael Phelps from The Asian Poker Tour Writes an …

Many are asking “Is the ‘Human Dolphin’ Really a Fish?” after the recent revelation by Michael Phelps the toast of Bejing and 8 time Olympic gold medalist, that he is a big poker fan.

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has since written him an open letter inviting him to stop off on his way home and play in the APT Macau next week.

“Dear Michael,
First of all, congratulations on your eight gold medals and world record breaking feats – what a supreme sporting achievement and I hope superstardom treats you well. However, I write this open letter to you to say that I am in a position to add weight to the argument that you should be crowned history’s ultimate sportsman.
I noticed recently that you have told your local newspaper that you were a big fan of poker and look forward to playing again. By a strange twist of fate, I represent the Asian Poker Tour and we are running Asia’s largest ever guaranteed tournament NEXT WEEK in Macau. It starts on the 27th and runs until the 31st and guarantees a prize pool of $1,500,000 and a first prize of $500,000. This is the biggest prize pool ever offered in Asia! While you are already in China, why don’t you give it a go? It would be our pleasure to fly you in, organize your accommodation and buy-you in to the tournament!
Some have said you are a ‘human dolphin’ but we’re keen to know if history’s greatest swimmer is really a fish. You may have feet that can reach angles others cannot to give you the ultimate swimming technique but just you wait until you’ve got sharks like Vegas poker legend Doyle Brunson chasing you. We’ll see how fast you really are then when they smell blood - get some flippers on those size 14’s!
Don’t bring your goggles, bring a pair of sunglasses – dive in at the deep end and we would love it if you showed us your hand. You’ve almost certainly got more chance of making good money from our $1,500,000 prize pool than securing any commercial deals! Your homecoming to a delirious country can wait.
Go all-in Michael! We’ll even get some special one-on-one lessons for you from poker’s greatest players. If it makes you happier we’ll even bring in Mark Spitz too and you can play heads-up! Some have campaigned for poker to become an Olympic sport. The fact that you are a ‘human dolphin’ doesn’t mean you will necessary get a gold medal for Texas Hold’em!
In all seriousness, come join us, you may as well while you are there! We’ll definitely show you a good time and would be honored with your presence. Get the closing ceremony over and done with first though!
Best Wishes,
Jeff Mann
The Asian Poker Tour”


Some of the biggest names in online poker including ‘Godfather of Poker’ Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, J.C Tran, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Steve Sung and APT Manila champion David Saab have committed to take part in the USD $5300 ($5000+$300) main event. Joining the stars are players who have won seats to the event by qualifying through online poker satellites at PartyPoker.com, Datapoker, Titan Poker, Bodog, JBetPoker, Virgin Poker and Poker Trillion.

The second leg of the Asian Poker Tour gets underway at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino Resort in Macau on August 27th running until August 31st and GUARANTEES a prize pool of US$1,500,000 and a first prize of US$500,000 – the largest to date in Asia.


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Ladbrokes Adds $500,000+ Prize Money to LEOCOP

Arguably Europe’s longest running online Poker Championship, the Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker IV Championship (LEOCOP), returns on the 26th October through 9 November 2008 with 16 Added Money tournaments running over 15 consecutive days, culminating in the $1000 + $100 LEOCOP main event (with $250,000 added) on Sunday 9th November.
Games during the 16 added money tournaments will include No Limit, Fixed and Pot Limit Texas Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha and Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, with a mixture of Freezeout and Re-buy structures, with money added to each tournament from $2500 to $250,000.
The festival in total exceeds $500,000 in added prize money.
"As you know, we put a lot of emphasis on the importance of community and the LEOCOP (Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker IV Championship) is like our annual family gathering. It's the one time you can guarantee that everyone will make an appearance."
"It's a chance to catch up with online friends and acquaintances, learn from the old school and as Grazza (Graeme Newman) demonstrated in 2006 when he won the main event, sometimes it's a rare opportunity to teach an old dog a trick or two and perhaps pick up the massive cheque at the end of it all!"
"Of course the kudos and the massive prize pools are also very good reasons that players Europe-wide play this fantastic event!"
Ladbrokes will run a leader board alongside the LEOCOP, with over $14,000 in prize money for the top ten players featured and an invitation to the top 80 in the table to play in the $120,000 LEOCOP IV Masters Events freeroll (22nd November) where the last remaining Poker Million VII Semi-Final Seat (worth $120,000 and guaranteed payday of at least $20,000) is up for grabs, for a chance to win the $1,000,000 first prize during the Live Final table on Friday 12th December 2008.
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Ladbrokes Adds $500,000+ Prize Money to LEOCOP

Arguably Europe’s longest running online Poker Championship, the Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker IV Championship (LEOCOP), returns on the 26th October through 9 November 2008 with 16 Added Money tournaments running over 15 consecutive days, culminating in the $1000 + $100 LEOCOP main event (with $250,000 added) on Sunday 9th November.
Games during the 16 added money tournaments will include No Limit, Fixed and Pot Limit Texas Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha and Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, with a mixture of Freezeout and Re-buy structures, with money added to each tournament from $2500 to $250,000.
The festival in total exceeds $500,000 in added prize money.
"As you know, we put a lot of emphasis on the importance of community and the LEOCOP (Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker IV Championship) is like our annual family gathering. It's the one time you can guarantee that everyone will make an appearance."
"It's a chance to catch up with online friends and acquaintances, learn from the old school and as Grazza (Graeme Newman) demonstrated in 2006 when he won the main event, sometimes it's a rare opportunity to teach an old dog a trick or two and perhaps pick up the massive cheque at the end of it all!"
"Of course the kudos and the massive prize pools are also very good reasons that players Europe-wide play this fantastic event!"
Ladbrokes will run a leader board alongside the LEOCOP, with over $14,000 in prize money for the top ten players featured and an invitation to the top 80 in the table to play in the $120,000 LEOCOP IV Masters Events freeroll (22nd November) where the last remaining Poker Million VII Semi-Final Seat (worth $120,000 and guaranteed payday of at least $20,000) is up for grabs, for a chance to win the $1,000,000 first prize during the Live Final table on Friday 12th December 2008.
For more information about these and other Poker news events go to Online Poker News at LTDPoker.com. You can register for the Ladbrokes festival and the Gala Casinos British Poker

Michael Schwaiger: Two big wins at Titan

Online poker offers players all sorts of opportunities to win big money and chances to play in live events. Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is awarding player Michael Schwaiger two stupendous opportunities after some impressive poker play.
The twenty-one year old Austrian, who has only been palying at the site for 8 months, will be making his way to the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament in South Africa in September courtesy of a prize package he won at Titan Poker. Michael has also exceeded the normal odds by qualifying for the biggest cash tournament in Titan Poker history - the $2,500,000 guaranteed tournament - also transpiring in September.
Not only will Michael receive free entry to the elite tournament in South Africa, but his $10,500 prize package crosses over to the realm of VIP level by including luxury accommodation for seven nights at the Palace of the Lost City hotel, $2,500 for flights and spending money, free entry into the Spa for one week and many more unique adventures.
"A dream became complete with this win!" Schwaiger said. "To participate at the biggest poker tournament in Africa is, for me personally something very special. To stay in one of the most beautiful hotels in the world is almost inapprehensible."
When he returns from South Africa, Schwaiger will continue the excitement as he will be thrown right back into the mix of online poker with the $2.5 million Guaranteed tournament at Titan Poker.
Schwaiger, who qualified online for the tournament and will face a deep line-up of other online qualifiers in the tournament as well as those who buy in directly wanted to say "Thanks to Titan Poker for affording me entry to these events.
Schwaiger said "Thanks to Titan Poker for affording me entry to these events. More than this, congratulations to Titan Poker that it has such a large assortment of tournaments to offer,"
The Titan Poker $2.5 million Guaranteed is scheduled for Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. GMT+1. It has a $1,580 buy-in, but players can still work their way up into the event through
Titan Poker guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes, has nearly 30,000 online players at peak hours, and awards winning players with entries to the major poker tournaments worldwide. Titan Poker features special jackpot sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive prizes and jackpots as high as $100,000.
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Sky Poker live poker tour

Online poker players are spoiled for choice with the amount of Live Poker tournaments and tours being confirmed daily!
Most tours focus on London so it will be a of great interest of players north of Watford that Sky Poker, a popular online poker operator and part of the Sky gaming family, has announced the future launch of its new poker tour that will bring in poker players from the online-poker world to play at live events in venues across the UK.
Sky Poker’s new poker tour will come to an exciting conclusion at a televised final tournament at the Dusk Till Dawn Card Room in Nottingham, which will have a guaranteed prize pool of £25,000.
“There is an incredible demand from our community of players for more live events and so we are delighted to announce the launch of this six-leg Sky Poker Tour,” said Emma Crowe, head of marketing at Sky Poker. “We have hosted a series of one off live events in the past 12 months last year, all of which were very popular.”
This new tour is unique in nature because the only way for players to qualify for the event is through satellites online at Sky Poker. The lowest buy in starts at £2.65 and could end in a chance to win a large piece of the £25,000 at the end of the tour.
The tour kicks off with a £5,000 guaranteed tournament at the Dusk Till Dawn Card Room on the 13th of September 2008. The final tournament of the tour, with £25,000 guaranteed, won’t be played in until June of 2009. The final leg of the tournament will take the top ten finishers of the first five tournaments and will be televised live on Sky Channel 865. Participants in the live events will also have the chance to rub elbows with some of Sky Poker’s famous on screen personalities, such as Norman Pace, Michelle Orpe, Richard Orford and Tony “Tikay” Kendall.
“Now with this tour there will be a huge sense of excitement and anticipation as our players move from playing against each other live on Sky Channel 865 to meeting in person and competing across the felt with £25,000 at stake,” Crowe said.
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£1 million London EPT event

The new EPT season kicks off in Barcelona in September with a wealth of stars set to play in the glamorous Catalan capital. Barcelona is always a highly popular and fiercely-contested tournament, and the Season 5 launch event is likely to be no exception.
EPT London, which takes place from October 1-5, 2008, is set to be a spectacular tournament this season, thanks to PokerStars adding on £250,000 to create a cool £1 million guaranteed first prize. This is the first time that PokerStars has offered a guaranteed first prize at an EPT and it’s likely to attract a massive field of players from all over the world
London is regarded as a home away from home for many of the world’s top poker players, with growing popularity in the UK for the Online format, and a great Venue the first PokerStars EPT £1 Million Showdown looks certain to attract a plentiful and competitive field.
The EPT London is scheduled for Oct. 1-5 with a £5,400 buy-in main event. There are plenty of preliminary events on tap as well starting on Sept. 24, but the high-rollers may make the extra effort to come for the £20,300 £1 million Showdown taking place after the main event.
The schedule of other events is as follows:
• Sept. 24 at 8 p.m £220 No-Limit Hold'em w/rebuys (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 25 at 8 p.m £385 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 26 at 8 p.m £550 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 27 at 6 p.m £1,575 No-Limit Hold'em Double Chance Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 28 at 6 p.m £1,060 Omaha Double Chance Freezeout (one-day tournament)
There will also be live super satellites for the main event and the Omaha Double Chance Freezeout scheduled over those days as well.
Satellites for this year’s £5,200 buy-in event started on PokerStars on August 4 but there are plenty set to run until late September, giving you dozens of opportunities to win a seat. A total of 60 qualifiers played in last year’s tournament – and four of those reached the top five, cashing well over a million pounds between them. Aside from Mouawad, there was rising German star Marcel Baran who won £203,840 for 3rd place, Josh Egan from New Zealand who took home £152,880 for 4th place and 19-year-old Swede Fredrik Haugen who came 5th for 124,342.
For your chance to hit the tables in London during the EPT events, visit PokerStars to take in some online qualifiers.
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PokerStars EPT Awards – The Judges!

Get to know a bit more about the judges of the first ever European Poker Tour Awards (EPT) will take place in Barcelona on September 9th 2008 - the eve of Season 5 opening event EPT Barcelona.
There will be five categories decided by a panel of judges, Best Newcomer, Best Performance, Best Overseas Player, Best PokerStars Qualifier and Player of the Year.
The Judges:
Lee Jones, currently living in North Carolina US, is a highly respected poker player and author. He is also the former poker room manager at PokerStars.com, a role he held for five successful years. The job gave Lee the chance to work closely with the European Poker Tour, helping it to grow into the Europe’s richest tour.
John Duthie, the first player to win $1,000,000 in a televised poker tournament. He worked as a TV producer and director before he launched the European Poker Tour. He used his knowledge of TV production and poker to create the EPT and it’s through his hard work and dedication that the tour has developed into the huge success it is today.
Victoria Coren is a popular face on the European poker scene. When she isn’t travelling to many major events as part of Team PokerStars Pro, she is a successful writer and TV presenter with several published books, newspaper and magazine articles, and also hosted TV and radio shows. Victoria proved her skill at the poker table when she won the London leg of the EPT in 2006, a victory that was all the more sweet because it was at her local card room, at the famous Victoria Casino in London.

John Caldwell is Editor-In-Chief of PokerNews, a leading poker information portal. Before joining the company, John spent 15 years in music management, working with artists such as the Stone Temple Pilots and Hootie & the Blowfish. Originally from Redondo Beach, CA, John currently lives in California, and spends about three months a year in Las Vegas.
The first European Poker Tour Awards, hosted by PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Gloria Balding will be held on the eve of the EPT opening event in Barcelona at Opium Mar with a ceremony that will see the best and most popular players from EPT Season 4 rewarded for their hard work and success - the perfect way to celebrate the start of Season 5!
The EPT Barcelona Open will begin September 10th at the Gran Casino Barcelona and play until September 14th.

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PokerStars EPT Awards

The first ever European Poker Tour Awards (EPT) will take place in Barcelona on September 9th 2008 - the eve of Season 5 opening event EPT Barcelona.
The first European Poker Tour Awards, hosted by PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Gloria Balding will be held on the eve of the EPT opening event in Barcelona at Opium Mar with a ceremony that will see the best and most popular players from EPT Season 4 rewarded for their hard work and success - the perfect way to celebrate the start of Season 5!
The EPT Awards will give out awards in seven categories.
There will be five categories decided by a panel of judges, Best Newcomer, Best Performance, Best Overseas Player, Best PokerStars Qualifier and Player of the Year.
The general public will be voting to determine the People's Choice Award at the EPT.com Web site; the media will also vote on the Poker Writers' Award through the site.
Heading up the Judging panel is John Duthie, EPT executive producer who described the People's Choice Awards as "the public's chance to pick any player who competed in EPT Season 4 to win this special award." The other judges are Lee Jones, former PokerStars cardroom manager; Victoria Coren, writer, TV presenter and Team PokerStars Pro; and John Caldwell.
The nominations for each category are:
Best Newcomer
• Trond Erik Eidsvig
• Denes Kalo
• Jason Mercier
• Annette Obrestad
• Mike McDonald
Best Performance
• Jason Mercier
• Julian Thew
• Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
• Glen Chorny
• Mike McDonald
Best Overseas Player
• Tim Vance
• Isaac Baron
• Raymond Rahme
• Danny Ryan
• Mike McDonald
Best PokerStars Qualifier
• Mike McDonald
• Glen Chorny
• Christian Harder
• Isaac Baron
• Danny Ryan
Player of the Year
• Luca Pagano
• Trond Erik Eidsvig
• Johannes Straussman
• Jan Heitman
• Thierry Van der Berg
The Poker Writers' Award allows accredited media members to vote for the player from Season 4 they most enjoyed writing about or interviewing in the course of the season. Voting is open until Aug. 29.
The awards ceremony will take place Sept. 9 in the Opium Mar in Barcelona. The EPT Barcelona Open will begin September 10th at the Gran Casino Barcelona and play until September 14th.

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Next GalaPoker Grand Tournament Starts: 29/08/2008

Online Poker players who have signed up to GalaPoker are just in time to enter into GalaPoker’s The Grand Tournament.

GalaPoker’s The Grand Tournament is our largest monthly tournament and runs over three days on the last weekend of every month. With a $1000+40 buy-in and a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize pool it is the largest shorthanded monthly tournament anywhere on the internet.

The slow levels and deepstack structure with no running antes means you will need skill and endurance to last longer than over 700 other players to win a huge cash prize of over $150,000 for 1st place!
Buy-in is set at $1000+40 with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000

Tournament structure: Shorthanded – 6 players per table.

The Grand Tournament is split into two (Day 1) heats and remaining players return for final day to play for the big cash prizes. Both Day 1 heats and the Final day all begin at 8PM CET and will play for 5 hours or until 80% of players have been eliminated

Day1a) is on Friday, Day1b) on Saturday and remaining players return for the Final on Sunday.

Chip counts and Level Structure: Players start with 10,000 chips. Level up period is 30 minutes. Initial blinds are set at 25/25 and follow the structure below with no running antes.

GT Qualifiers:
In addition to regular qualifiers, GalaPoker will also run special Online Grand Tournament (GT) qualifiers 8 times a day so it’s never been easier to qualify for this huge tournament at a fraction of the cost.
Buy-ins range from $1+0.2 to $100+8 and all GT satellites pay as many $1000+40 tickets as the total pot will allow plus any remaining cash to the winners.

Daily GT Qualifier Schedule:
These tournaments run every day online and all guarantee at least one ticket to the Grand Tournament.


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Live London with Gala’s London Live!

If you have just signed up for an online poker account with GalaPoker as many of our members have done this month you still have time to enter GalaPoker’s London Live £10,000.

Last year’s winner, 18-year-old Annette Obrestad from Norway, took the Main Event bracelet and $2,013,000 in cash

Qualify free for London Live £10,000 with GalaPoker’s regular online finals, daily satellites and freerolls, there is no reason why this year it couldn’t be you!

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Republican Party Website besieged by Online Poker Protesters

In the run up to the US Presidential election political unrest is mounting with 100’s of online poker players protesting against the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act)
Online poker players in the US have posted their comments, unanimously urging the US Republican Party to protect their rights to play online poker.
Over 100 online poker players were asked to post comments on a US Republican Party website where they urged the US political party to protect individual's rights to play poker online.
The PPA (Poker Players Alliance), who claims to have over one million members, urged more of its members on Thursday to post on the GOP website as well. The PPA was created as an organization that would protect poker players' rights in the U.S., and has played an integral role in defending the game since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was passed in October 2006.
"My point is simple," posted PPA member and 2004 WSOP champion Greg Raymer. "Is the US Republican Party no longer the party of personal freedom and individual responsibility? Why has this party, that used to protect my rights, now become the party that wants to create a Nanny-state?
To be fair, a number of US Republicans have supported efforts to legalize online poker, most notably one time Presidential candidate and Texas Congressman, Ron Paul. Together with Democratic Massachusetts Congressman, Barney Frank, Paul helped draft legislation that would essentially repeal an online gambling prohibition act, the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Some of the comments left on the site are:
“I want you to support my right to play online poker. This is a billion dollar industry in the US and there is no reason why it cannot be regulated.” - William, New Britain, CT
“I find it deplorable that we have legalized lotteries, horse & dog race betting, bingo lotto, casinos everywhere but we can't have legalized online poker in the US. All we've done is drive the online poker sites offshore. Foreign countries are reaping the tax & business revenues [as a result] of this flawed policy.” - Dennis, Framingham, MA
As of yet, no one has commented on the message board in support of banning online poker.
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Poker in the Park starts today!

All over London, poker players are making their way to the biggest and best outdoor poker gathering around. Poker in the Park is set to reassure Londoners that the capital is one of the hottest poker places on the planet outside of Las Vegas. Forget the casinos and the poker bars, Poker in the Park at Leicester Square is where it's at this summer. Let’s hope that the weather stays bright and Dry.

Not just for live and online poker players who already have all the aces up their sleeves, the Poker in the Park aims to teach novice players all the tricks and tips of the trade and allow newcomers to the game to join in the fun too. Tutoring sessions and advice from those in the know will ensure that everyone gets a fair chance at a winning a game by playing their cards right. With fun tournaments and giveaways, the mass poker playing event is a must do for all serious poker lovers as it is the biggest poker festival in Europe. Whether you are a fan of Texas Hold’em, a real card shark or a bluffing pro, there will be something for you to get your teeth into. No longer is the preserve of shady American cowboys, the world of poker a fun and entertaining sport, where anything can happen and frequently does.

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Fox Poker Club, London’s newest poker only club, will host their ‘VIP Lounge’ for attendees to relax in between playing and learning. Cardoza Publishing is bringing their arsenal of the hottest poker titles on the market, including the new classic from Daniel Negreanu. Squirrel Poker will also be nearby selling all the essential equipment and Bluff Europe attire for the budding poker pro!

Aces Royal is introducing users to their mobile poker game, while Poker Kings demonstrates why they are one of the fastest growing online poker rooms in Europe, while Jackpot Joy will be showing off an array of casino games in their ‘Deal or No Deal’ game for mobile phones.

Poker in the Park 2008 will take place in front of ‘The Casino at the Empire’, who are sending their famous showgirls to the event. The event will feature over 4,300 square feet under tent. 25,000 people will pass through the event over two days made up live entertainment exhibitions, eleven seminars at the Poker Academy, and over 2,200 hands of poker at the Poker Dome. Poker in the Park is the largest poker extravaganza in Europe and everyone over 18 invited


Poker in the Park takes place 4pm - 9pm Friday 15th August, and 10.30am - 6.30pm Saturday 16th August 2008.


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Yuvee04 pulls off Back to Back FTOPS Events

For the first time a player has won two FTOPS events in the same night. Yuvee04, name is Yuval Bronshtein, won both Event 14 – a $535 buy-in HORSE tournament – and Event 15, a $216 buy-in turbo no limit tournament as part of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series.
His accomplishment has become one of the top news stories of the online poker world in 2008 and has set the online poker world buzzing!
FTOPS events are among the most grueling in existence, its hard enough to win one Full Tilt Online Poker Series tournament: with thousands of the world’s top poker pros flocking to the online poker room chasing after the millions of dollars in guaranteed prize money. Yuvee04 pulled off a remarkable feat given that the two tournaments combined had over 4,000 entrants. There were 655 entrants and, in the end, yuvee04 emerged victorious.
Yuval Bronshtein. He’s primarily a mixed-game player, which makes him a force to be reckoned with in games like HORSE, which includes rotating rounds of Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and Stud Eight.
At the end of the night, yuvee04 had earned over $170,000 and a pair of FTOPS victories. Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, a World Poker Tour champion, told Poker News Daily, “That has to be the sickest single-day accomplishment ever in online poker.” Saul added that yuvee04 excels at stud, which is part of the HORSE event.
These aren’t the first FTOPS events that yuvee04 has won. In FTOPS VI, he muscled through a field of 806 players en route to an $80,600 payday in a $109 buy-in Stud Hi-Low event, meaning he’s taken down three FTOPS tournaments during his career in three different varieties of poker.
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The remaining schedule:
Event #16: Wednesday, August 13th at14:00 ET, $200 + $16 Omaha/8, $200,000 Guaranteed
Event #17: Wednesday, August 13th at 21:00 ET, $300 + $22 NL Hold’em 6-Max Rebuy, $1,000,000 Guaranteed
Event #18: Thursday, August 14th at 14:00 ET, $500 + $35 NL Hold’em 3 x Shootout, $300,000 Guaranteed
Event #19: Thursday, August 14th at 21:00 ET, $300 + $22 Mixed Hold’em 6-Max, $300,000 Guaranteed
Event #20: Friday, August 15th at 14:00 ET, $200 + $16 NL Hold’em 6-Max, $400,000 Guaranteed
Event #21: Friday, August 15th at 21:00 ET, $300 + $22 Razz, $150,000 Guaranteed
Event #22: Saturday, August 16th at 14:00 ET, $2,500 + $120 NL Hold’em Two Day Event, $2,000,000 Guaranteed
Event #23: Saturday, August 16th at 16:30 ET, $100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy, $350,000 Guaranteed
Event #24: Sunday, August 17th at 14:00 ET, $120 + $9 NL Hold’em Knockout, $400,000 Guaranteed
Main Event: Sunday, August 17th at 18:00 ET, $500 + $35 NL Hold’em, $2,500,000 Guaranteed


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Online Olympians Going for Gold at Titan Poker

While the eyes of the world are on the amazing athletes competing in Beijing for the 29th Olympic Games, Titan Poker has given the Online Poker elite a chance to go for gold
Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, has launched its August Olympic Challenge promotion. With four prize packages to exciting land-based tournaments across the globe on offer, the scent of competition at the online tables is set to rise to record levels this summer.
Open exclusively to Titan Poker's Silver to Diamond VIP players, The Olympic Challenge will commence from today until August 20th, 2008, contenders who earn 10,000 Points will receive free entry to Titan Poker's Olympic Challenge Tournament, which will be staged on Friday, August 22nd.
There's a closet Olympian in us all, and this month Titan Poker is giving its top players a chance to experience the thrill of the games first-hand
Titan Poker's podium holds more than just three winning places. First prize won't be a gold medal, but a golden opportunity to win a share of the $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool at South Africa's Sun City $Million Poker Tour. The winner will also enjoy a free round of golf, a week's Spa pass, Safari game drive or hot air balloon ride, plus free tickets to a rock show included in the $10,500 package.
Nor will runners-up be walking away empty-handed. Titan Poker is offering an additional three Irish Winter Festival prize packages each worth $4500. Players will be treated to a private Guinness welcome party before playing for the estimated €1,000,000 prize pool right n the heart of Dublin's action. Other Olympic Challenge finalists will win a share of a $6,000 prize pool.
Titan Poker is one of the online industry's leading fully supported poker Card Rooms.
Titan Poker software was developed and maintained by Playtech, one of the leading online gaming software companies, with vast experience from the "brick and mortar" casino world. Titan Poker guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes, has nearly 30,000 online players at peak hours, and awards winning players with entries to the major poker tournaments worldwide. Titan Poker features special jackpot sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive prizes and jackpots as high as $100,000
All players are valued and Titan Poker strive to establish a trustful relationships with each and every Poker Player. You are guaranteed a prompt, personal reply to all questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the customer service personnel, who are the most professional and efficient in the industry.



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Legal Online Poker to be Launched in U.S. – PokerTwin

Gaming and Entertainment will venture into online poker in the US. In a press release the company announced the launch of PokerTwin, a new online poker room will go live during the third quarter of 2008, which it described as “a skill game and legal in most US jurisdictions including California and New York State. PokerTwin is a Texas Hold’em-based poker game that removes the luck of the draw and lets a poker player rely on their skills to win.”
Having the exact same cards will force players to “prove their skill not by how lucky they are, but in how well they play each hand in comparison with the other player who has the same cards.” players at two different tables will be dealt the same poker hands. PokerTwin is hot on the heels of “legal” online poker room Duplicate Poker. Similar to PokerTwin, Duplicate Poker also operates on the edge of the internet gambling law in the United States.
On its website, Duplicate Poker claims, “Duplicate poker is a game of skill - the luck of the draw is one excuse your opponents won’t have. With the luck factor taken out, playing poker is no longer gambling: The Best Player Wins.”
In case you’re not familiar with the company, Carlyle Gaming and Entertainment “unites companies that have been on the cutting edge of the Internet gaming revolution with traditional casino service providers. The alliance of old school knowledge and new school know-how means that CGE companies are innovators in every area of the gambling industry.”
Legal ring games recently introduced by Duplicate Poker have buy-in ranging from $0.05 to $10, “At the outset of each hand players will have 1000 chips to play. Each player’s results will be compared with other players sitting in the same seat at participating tables. After each hand players will be rewarded a set payout for incremental increases in their chip stacks.” Again, the primary driver behind a player’s success is his or hers skill.
The announcement by Carlyle Gaming is just the latest in what will likely be a string of attempts to get around the UIGEA and Wire Act in the United States. With 300 million people within its borders, the U.S. represents a gold mine for internet gambling operators.
Club WPT, a subscription-based poker room, is another example of attempts at getting round the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Club WPT. Introduced by the World Poker Tour, it utilises U.S. sweepstakes law in order to be deemed legal. The World Poker Tour also operates a for-profit online gambling room that does not accept U.S. players. The company just announced that Club WPT promotional tournaments will air on Fox Sports Net.
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Annette 15 Main Event – Betfair

Annette Obrestad is a hugely successful online player with a ruthless reputation. Since Annette won the WSOPE event in 2007 she has been in demand by media the world over. At 19 years old she became the Guinness Book of Records holder as the youngest winner of a WSOP bracelet as well as becoming the youngest winner of a Main Event last year, the win catapulted Annette into poker stardom and having made plenty of money from the game with over $2.5m in the bank.
Betfair Poker has teamed up with Annette to throw down the gauntlet to Betfair players keen to take her on. When she won the first ever WSOP Europe she confirmed the bracelet was more important to her than £1 million. We tend to agree - but now she's back to the day job and her uncompromising efficiency will be on show every Friday evening!!
Take on Annette 15 on Friday evenings and the eight players who take out Annette 15 over the next eight weeks will qualify for an exclusive $4000 NLH 9-seater Sit’n Go freeroll where four players will share in the prize pool. These eight players will be contacted with information on when the event will take place.

Tournament: Annette’s $20,000 GTD
Time: 19.30 GMT every Friday
Format: 5,000 chips, 15 minute blinds
Est. 1st Prize: $6,000
Extras: Bounty on Annette 15 = Entry into an exclusive 9 seater Sit and Go with a $4,000 prize pool.
Originally launched in May 2004, Betfair Poker is one of the fastest growing poker rooms on the internet and one of the busiest online rooms in Europe.
In October 2006 Betfair Poker released its new poker software, hosted on our own poker network. This means we are very lucky – we’re able to react to what our players want, so you’re really able to “Play it Your Way”. Betfair revolutionised the sports betting industry and Betfair Poker is changing the face of online poker for ever.
There are games to suit every player's ability and bankroll and with some of the best value poker tournaments anywhere on the internet Betfair Poker is the ideal place to satisfy all your poker needs! So, if you think you are up to the challenge, pull up a seat and deal yourself in.
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Online Poker tips: Bankroll management

One of the most important fundamentals of successful online poker is managing and setting your poker bankroll (the money you allocate to play with).

Whatever your bankroll - it needs to be treated with respect. Being realistic about your poker bankroll and Playing within your limits is the key. Put simply it doesn't matter how much you could ultimately win if you don't have enough money to get there.

Too many players start off with too little bankroll for even the low limit games and then after a couple of wins, move up a level and then get themselves into trouble.

There are many guides to calculating how much is enough for what limits -

Suggestions range between 20-50 times the max buy-in in a cash game / tournament entry, or 200-400 times the big blind. Even at the lower range of these figures this is generally a far bigger bankroll than new players think necessary.

Ben Roberts (pro Poker Player) suggests “it may be worth playing in Limit games in order to build and not lose cash in a more controlled way. This is may also be a good strategy if you are hunting poker bonuses and just trying to clear deposit bonuses with minimal bankroll.

Looking back at the broad range generally recommended here are the kind of bankroll figures they suggest for No Limit games -

With 20-50 times the $25 max buy-in buy-in a for 0.25 NL cash game it would mean a $500 - $1250 bankroll.

$5+50 SnG tournaments need a $110 - $275 bankroll.”


The important issue here is that playing in too higher limit game for your bankroll will seriously affect the way you play. If you are constantly worrying about it being your last tournie or not calling a hand because it’s the last drop of cash you have - you will not make the right choices based on the game alone.

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Poker definitions: Blinds.

Poker definitions: Blinds.
There are so many words and phrases used by online poker players that are unique to the game that you may feel you need a dictionary while you're learning to play. Memorizing the meanings of terms regularly used at the poker table not only allows a beginner to follow the game more easily, learn the poker rules, adjust strategy and some terms are used just because they sound cool.
The following are some frequently used poker words. While some words you will encounter only in games using Blinds, like Omaha and Texas Hold'em, many refer to the building of a good hand, which is poker-universal.
The blinds are forced bets posted by players to the left of the dealer button in flop-style poker games. The number of blinds is usually two, but can be one or three.
The blinds exist because popular online poker formats such as Omaha and Texas hold 'em are frequently played without antes, allowing a player to fold his hand without placing a bet. The blind bets introduce a regular cost to partake in the game, thus inducing a player to enter pots in an attempt to compensate for that expense.
Before the tournament begins, the players will agree to a blinds structure, usually set by the tournament organizer. This structure defines how long each round is and how much the blinds increase per round. As the blinds increase, players need to increase their chip counts (or "stacks") to stay in the game. The blinds will eventually consume all of a player's stack if he or she does not play and win more.
Little Blind: He is the first person to act in the game, because is immediately to the left of the dealer (or person with the dealer's button), and he places an amount equal to 1/2 of the ante in the pot. No cards have been dealt yet.
Big Blind: The player to the left of the Little Blind places the Big Blind, an amount of chips equal to the ante, in the pot. Still no cards have been dealt
Defending The Blinds: Everyone has to post the Blinds eventually, since the responsibility for them goes in turn around the table according to all cardroom poker rules, so at one point or another you'll be defending the money you bet.
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Reimer Koester Wins Nearly $30,000 in First Ever Online Tournament!

Reimer from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament - just four days after signing up at the popular poker room.
Reimer Koester, a talented poker player from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament
Koester claimed second place and $27,500 in cash at the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on Sunday the 3rd of August. The skilled player had signed up at Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, just four days previously on the 31st of July 2008.
However, he is understandably delighted with his extraordinary early success and is confident that this isn't a case of 'beginners luck'.
He said: "I'm very happy that I did well in my very first tournament at Titan Poker. The tournament went smoothly and was a lot of fun - from the very start I managed to play well. Next time I'll try for first place!!"
After four days as a Titan Poker player, he opted for the popular poker room's weekly $250,000 guaranteed to be his first online tournament - and astounded everybody when he finished second place and won $27,500. The Titan Poker newcomer competed against nearly 2,000 players in this tournament for seven and a half hours, and was even leading with 4H KD as it got to the last hand. Unfortunately for Reimer, an unlucky turn on the flop ensured a pair of Sixes and victory for a rival player and second place for him.
Titan Poker stages the $250,000 Guaranteed every Sunday night. Players can buy-in directly for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. The poker room awards more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes and will stage a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament in September, its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament. Titan Poker also regularly sends its players to huge overseas poker events, such as the Aussie Millions, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and various European Poker Tour events.
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Reimer Koester Wins Nearly $30,000 in First Ever Online Tournament!

Reimer from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament - just four days after signing up at the popular poker room.
Reimer Koester, a talented poker player from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament
Koester claimed second place and $27,500 in cash at the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on Sunday the 3rd of August. The skilled player had signed up at Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, just four days previously on the 31st of July 2008.
However, he is understandably delighted with his extraordinary early success and is confident that this isn't a case of 'beginners luck'.
He said: "I'm very happy that I did well in my very first tournament at Titan Poker. The tournament went smoothly and was a lot of fun - from the very start I managed to play well. Next time I'll try for first place!!"
After four days as a Titan Poker player, he opted for the popular poker room's weekly $250,000 guaranteed to be his first online tournament - and astounded everybody when he finished second place and won $27,500. The Titan Poker newcomer competed against nearly 2,000 players in this tournament for seven and a half hours, and was even leading with 4H KD as it got to the last hand. Unfortunately for Reimer, an unlucky turn on the flop ensured a pair of Sixes and victory for a rival player and second place for him.
Titan Poker stages the $250,000 Guaranteed every Sunday night. Players can buy-in directly for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. The poker room awards more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes and will stage a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament in September, its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament. Titan Poker also regularly sends its players to huge overseas poker events, such as the Aussie Millions, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and various European Poker Tour events.
Online Poker is a fantastic way for new players to get in on the action. LTDPoker.com is the place to start with Free Bankrolls to top rated sites such as Titan, Betfair, PokerStars and Gala Poker. All of which run regular big money tournaments.
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Sky Poker. Let the Games Begin!

The busy bees over at Sky Poker have thrown down the gauntlet in a true test of stamina in this 10 day, 10 event online poker Decathlon!
Who will be the last player standing to claim the title as the Sky Poker Games Champion? They are giving away 1 year Sky HD packages to the 3 Online Poker athletes with the highest accumulative points total after the 10 events. The top 10 athletes will receive an exclusive Sky Poker Hoodie, plus other poker goodies! For the athletes who make it over the last hurdle and compete in all 10 events they'll receive £50 worth of free Sports Bets.
For each game, Games Points are awarded to the Top 100 finishers, 1st place will receive 100 points, 2nd place 99 points 3rd place 98 points etc. Our leader board will be updated by midday daily to show how our poker athletes are progressing in the "SPG".
In each daily game there will be a £500 GTD prize pool The Schedule of Games starts on Friday 8th of August at 9.45pm and runs at the same time for 10 consecutive nights.

Buy in £3.00 + 30p

Friday 8th August 08 -100 metres - 3000 chips, 2 minute blinds.
Saturday 9th August 08 -Long Jump - 2000 chips. Blinds increase with the run up, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 then Jump where blinds "jump 3 levels" then continue in 10 minute intervals thereafter.
Sunday 10th August 08 - Shot Put - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "shot putter" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Monday 11th August 08 - High Jump - 3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 3 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 3 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Tuesday 12th August 08 - 400 metres - 2000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 45 minutes, and 5 minutes after 1.5 hours and 3 minutes after 2 hours.
Wednesday 13th August 08 - 110 metre hurdles - 3000 chips, 3minute blinds, jumping 3 levels every 3 blinds, dropping back down 2 levels on the 4th blind.
Thursday 14th August 08 - Discus - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "Discus Thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Friday 15th August 08 -Pole vault -3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 4 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 4 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Saturday 16th August 08 - Javelin - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "javelin thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Sunday 17th August 08 - 1500 metres - 3000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 1 hour, and 5 minutes after 2 hours.
So let the Games commence...

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V0id Case Against Pokerstars – Dropped

Natalie Teltscher, who is the sister of well-known pro poker player Mark Teltscher, will not be seeing any of the $1.2+ million that was won on her PokerStars account in the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker last fall.
Natalie Teltscher was Disqualified after 2007 WCOOP Main Event Victory when it was rumored Natalie, who owned the account TheV0id, had breached tournament rules by letting someone else play her account for the entirety of the WCOOP main event and because that
Teltscher filed a complaint in the Isle of Man courts after PokerStars disqualified her account’s victory in the Online Poker event, for which she was awarded more than $1.2 million (after the players agreed to a deal) but when faced with the evidence PokerStars collected proving that she was not the person playing under the username registered to her name (TheV0id), she eventually admitted she hadn't played. According to PokerStars, Teltscher also agreed to pay a sum of PokerStars’ legal fees.

PokerStars released the following Statement to the Press:


“PokerStars is pleased to announce that Natalie Teltscher has recently withdrawn her claim in the Isle of Man Courts against PokerStars. Furthermore, in discontinuing her claim, she has agreed to contribute a sum towards the legal costs incurred by PokerStars in this matter.

Ms Teltscher brought her claim against PokerStars because she was disqualified from first place of the 2007 WCOOP Main Event after PokerStars internal investigations demonstrated beyond doubt that she had not played on the account. On her disqualification all other players were moved one place higher in the prize table and the money confiscated from her account, TheV0id, was redistributed in full, according to the amended tournament placings.

Ms Teltscher initially claimed that she had played the account. However, when faced with the results from PokerStars’ investigation she eventually admitted she hadn’t played.

The decision of Ms Teltscher to withdraw her claim fully vindicates PokerStars’ decision to disqualify her from the tournament and subsequently defend the claim, actions which were taken in order to protect the integrity of the games on offer at PokerStars.

PokerStars is the largest poker site in the world and also considered to be one of the most secure. The 2008 WCOOP is looming and the prize pools are almost guaranteed to be some of the biggest ever offered online

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UIGEA clarification act Supported by RGA

The RGA (Remote Gambling Association) is hopeful that the new bill will allow currently exiled online poker rooms like PartyPoker, Titan Poker and Pacific Poker back into the U.S. market. The Remote Gambling Association announced on Friday it would be supporting the bill on the basis that it will target online sports books and online sports betting only but not online poker. The bill titled H.R. 6663 officially known as the Unlawful Internet Enforcement Clarification and Implementation Act (UIGEACIA) was introduced to congress by Pete Sessions last week and will attempt to define what falls under the scope “unlawful internet gambling”.
"We took our case directly to U.S. legislators who have heard our message, understood the inequity of the Department of Justices' stance and appreciated both the unfairness in their enforcement policy and the risk to U.S. priority interests and its reputation if the policy was pursued further," said Chief executive of the RGA Clive Hawkswood. "This could be a major step in demonstrating that the rule of the law and integrity of the WTO are still important in Washington.
In March 2008 the RGA requested the European Union Commission investigate U.S. online gambling practices on the grounds they are discriminatory against European operators. However before one becomes too hopeful it is unlikely the bill will be passed anytime soon as congress has disbanded for a summer break and whilst it will return in September it's doubtful much will get passed in the run up to the presidential election.
The Poker Player's Alliance has decided not to endorse the bill. According to a story with the Las Vegas Review Journal the PPA has an issue with the "confusing language”. The bill says the original UIGEA has made internet poker is an unlawful activity that, in the future, will need special protection. Although that sounds good to many people the PPA takes issue with poker ever being labeled as illegal. If the Alliance were to support the bill it would be like admitting that poker is illegal.

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Online Olympians Going for Gold at Titan Poker

While the eyes of the world are on the amazing athletes competing in Beijing for the 29th Olympic games, Titan Poker has given the Online Poker elite a chance to go for gold
Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, has launched its August Olympic Challenge promotion. With four prize packages to exciting land-based tournaments across the globe on offer, the scent of competition at the online tables is set to rise to record levels this summer.
Open exclusively to Titan Poker's Silver to Diamond VIP players, The Olympic Challenge will commence from today until August 20th, 2008, contenders who earn 10,000 Points will receive free entry to Titan Poker's Olympic Challenge Tournament, which will be staged on Friday, August 22nd.
There's a closet Olympian in us all, and this month Titan Poker is giving its top players a chance to experience the thrill of the games first-hand
Titan Poker's podium holds more than just three winning places. First prize won't be a gold medal, but a golden opportunity to win a share of the $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool at South Africa's Sun City $Million Poker Tour. The winner will also enjoy a free round of golf, a week's Spa pass, Safari game drive or hot air balloon ride, plus free tickets to a rock show included in the $10,500 package.
Nor will runners-up be walking away empty-handed. Titan Poker is offering an additional three Irish Winter Festival prize packages each worth $4500. Players will be treated to a private Guinness welcome party before playing for the estimated €1,000,000 prize pool right n the heart of Dublin's action. Other Olympic Challenge finalists will win a share of a $6,000 prize pool.
Titan Poker is one of the online industry's leading fully supported poker Card Rooms.
Titan Poker software was developed and maintained by Playtech, one of the leading online gaming software companies, with vast experience from the "brick and mortar" casino world. Titan Poker guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes, has nearly 30,000 online players at peak hours, and awards winning players with entries to the major poker tournaments worldwide. Titan Poker features special jackpot sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive prizes and jackpots as high as $100,000
All players are valued and Titan Poker strive to establish a trustful relationships with each and every Poker Player. You are guaranteed a prompt, personal reply to all questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the customer service personnel, who are the most professional and efficient in the industry.



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PokerStars ups Tournament Guarantees

Starting this Sunday, the PokerStars Sunday Million will now have a $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. And not for just one week - that’s the way it’s going to be all the time.
More I hear you ask……..The Sunday Million is not the only big tournament getting a boost PokerStars has upped the guarantees on most of its online poker guaranteed tournaments. Also starting this Sunday, the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up will see its $500,000 guarantee increased to $750,000.
If you don’t win big in the Sunday Million, you can still register for the Sunday Second Chance. With a buy-in of $215, the event has a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000! Join the action every Sunday at 18:30 (ET).

Last but not least, don’t forget about the Sunday Warm-Up, a $215 tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000! The action begins every Sunday at 12:45 (ET).
The Super Tuesday, held online each Tuesday night at 19:55 ET, is changing from a $250,000 guarantee to a $300,000 guarantee.
Overall, the site is now hosting 483 guaranteed prize pool online poker tournaments per week, up from 199 just last week. The overall guaranteed prize pool? That’s going up by quite a bit as well, from approximately $7.5 million to more than $13 million.
So, there you have it. It’s not the kind of news you see very often, but when it happens, it’s big. The guarantee increases have already started, so go forth and get your share.
Poker Stars has long been known as the place where online poker players become world champions. Many of poker's top professionals honed their skills on internet poker sites. These players know that long-term tournament success doesn't hinge on the turn of one card. On Pokerstars, you will find all the tips and tricks you need to start your poker career.
Poker Stars is now the world's largest poker room with over 100,000 players online at peak times. This means you will never have a problem finding the right game anytime day or night.
At PokerStars you will always find poker games at any limit, experience the best poker software, and receive incredible bonuses for your play. Whether you want to play for free or win real money, you can do it at Pokerstars. To get started playing, simply download the free poker software now

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PartyPoker’s $1,000,000 Birthday Party!

To celebrate their seventh Birthday PartyPoker has put together a $1,000,000 birthday party on Sunday, August 10th.

No cheesy disco, clowns or birthday cake for PartyPoker… they are pulling out all the stops, rivaling even the most glitzy WAG wedding!

The centerpiece will be a big-money tournament featuring a stunning $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with a championship-style blind structure stack.

Party Poker is one of the biggest poker rooms in the world, with massive traffic, good game selection and a huge tournament line-up. Although it's no longer the absolute largest as it once was, promotions, tournaments and games are all top tier. Party Poker is also well known for hosting tons of special events including, of course, the famed PartyPoker Million. Because of the massive traffic and good game variety, any player is sure to find a table that suits their needs

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WSOP Europe Venue Announcement

The magnificent surroundings of the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square will play host to the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). "Empire is excited to be hosting poker's greatest players," said Michael Silberling, COO, London Clubs, International. "Our Leicester Square property provides a fitting backdrop to conduct such a prestigious event like the World Series of Poker Europe."
Announced today the event which starts on the 19th September will feature four bracelet events, and begins with a new three day long £1,500 No-Limit event. Non-stop cash games and other casino games will be available at the casino and other LCI London locations.
September 19th , 2008 - Event #1 - £1,500 - No-Limit Hold'em Day 1A (3-day event)
September 22nd , 2008 - Event #2 - £2,500 - H.O.R.S.E. (3-day event)
September 24th , 2008 - Event #3 - £5,000 - Pot Limit Omaha (2-day event)
September 27th , 2008 - Event #4 - £10,000 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em (6-day event)
Professional poker players have already started to buy in directly including the final table participants from the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas held earlier this month. The November Nine participants, whose fate will be decided a month after WSOP Europe, are scheduled to participate, including Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate and David Rheem. The November Nine participants will be seeking the ultimate double of two Main Event Bracelets in one year.
"We are eagerly anticipating the World Series of Poker Europe this year," said Ty Stewart, World Series of Poker Director of Marketing. "We have enhanced the schedule to provide more variety and game play, greatly broadened the worldwide television exposure and have brought the event under one roof to better the player experience for this prestigious and premiere event."
WSOPE in London complements the WSOP held annually in Las Vegas. The inaugural 2007 event featured 623 entrants compete for £1,305,215 over three tournaments including the Main Event that saw Norway's Annette Obrestad outlast a field that included Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Johnny Chan to win the largest amount ever for a female, £1 million - or U.S. $2,013,102. Other notable players appearing in 2007 and expected to attend this year include Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harmon and Daniel Negreanu.
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Sky Poker. Let the Games Begin!

The busy bees over at Sky Poker have thrown down the gauntlet in a true test of stamina in this 10 day, 10 event online poker Decathlon!
Who will be the last player standing to claim the title as the Sky Poker Games Champion? They are giving away 1 year Sky HD packages to the 3 Online Poker athletes with the highest accumulative points total after the 10 events. The top 10 athletes will receive an exclusive Sky Poker Hoodie, plus other poker goodies! For the athletes who make it over the last hurdle and compete in all 10 events they'll receive £50 worth of free Sports Bets.
For each game, Games Points are awarded to the Top 100 finishers, 1st place will receive 100 points, 2nd place 99 points 3rd place 98 points etc. Our leader board will be updated by midday daily to show how our poker athletes are progressing in the "SPG".
In each daily game there will be a £500 GTD prize pool The Schedule of Games starts on Friday 8th of August at 9.45pm and runs at the same time for 10 consecutive nights.



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Friday 8th August 08 -100 metres - 3000 chips, 2 minute blinds.
Saturday 9th August 08 -Long Jump - 2000 chips. Blinds increase with the run up, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 then Jump where blinds "jump 3 levels" then continue in 10 minute intervals thereafter.
Sunday 10th August 08 - Shot Put - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "shot putter" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Monday 11th August 08 - High Jump - 3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 3 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 3 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Tuesday 12th August 08 - 400 metres - 2000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 45 minutes, and 5 minutes after 1.5 hours and 3 minutes after 2 hours.
Wednesday 13th August 08 - 110 metre hurdles - 3000 chips, 3minute blinds, jumping 3 levels every 3 blinds, dropping back down 2 levels on the 4th blind.
Thursday 14th August 08 - Discus - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "Discus Thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Friday 15th August 08 -Pole vault -3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 4 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 4 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Saturday 16th August 08 - Javelin - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "javelin thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Sunday 17th August 08 - 1500 metres - 3000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 1 hour, and 5 minutes after 2 hours.
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Poker Bots – Are they a real Threat to Online Poker?

Concern is growing in online chat rooms and news groups devoted to poker that sophisticated card-playing robots – known as “bots” in the nomenclature of the Web – are being used on commercial gambling sites. The premise underlying online poker is that all players are humans. But with the growing availability of free poker "bot" downloads, it is becoming difficult to detect whether a player is real or a possibly unbeatable bot.
Poker playing computer programs helps human players hone their skills, but now that researchers have made programs that claims they can beat any human player, are online poker sites under threat?
Well because there's no real way to tell a program from a person. Some players could enter programs, or poker bots, as people.
Ian Fellows of the University of California in San Diego (who make the Poker Bots) concludes "It wasn't until mid-2000, [when] an algorithm was developed, that [bots] could even come close to a competent player. But now online computer poker playing may become a thing of the past," said Fellows.
Fell Omen is based on an artificial intelligence algorithm called "fictious play." The algorithm enables bots to use imperfect information. Unlike chess, for instance, players do not know what cards are held by other players. (In chess, all information is known to both players.) Normal game-tree searches like those used by chess-playing bots cannot be used for poker. Fell Omen "is all based on decision trees that tell you at any point in the course of the game, What's the probability you should raise, call or fold? Then it generates a random number and goes with that action," said Fellows. That strategy is combined with randomness that prevents other bots from guessing its strategy.
But skeptics argue the complexities of the game and the changing strategies ensure that creation of a program that can “read” opponents’ cards using screen scanning techniques and respond in real time is years away at best. They point to the handful of commercial products that claim to give online players significant advantage, which they deride are inadequate, as proof today's bots are no match for humans.
“It is pretty much a certainty that bots are playing online,” said Gautam Rao, a 43-year-old Canadian poker pro who regularly plays three high-stakes Internet games simultaneously. “… What we don’t know is how strong they are.”
Widespread use of bots capable of beating your average player would pose a significant problem for the online poker sector, which has grown exponentially in recent years and is expected to top the $1 billion revenue mark this year. Without some way of verifying the identity – and humanity – of players, the business could be significantly undercut.


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Ladbrokes to join with Microgaming Poker Network!

Ladbrokes Poker is to set to join the Microgaming Poker Network, one of the world's leading Online Poker networks, to ensure more action for its players in both cash games and tournaments.
Ladbrokes Poker already licenses Microgaming's poker software, so Ladbrokes' customers will notice little change to the site when it begins operating within the Microgaming Poker Network from early 2009.
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"Joining the Microgaming network will give our players more action on a wider variety of games, particularly at higher staking levels. Microgaming is a leading network and will offer Ladbrokespoker players faster access to the games they want. We will continue to operate outside of the network on tables where we already offer players the level of action they demand." commented John O'Reilly, Managing Director

Ladbrokes Poker continue to provide its customers with high levels of customer service and a unique experience through world-leading poker events, tournaments and promotions such as the Ladbrokes Poker Million, World Series of Poker packages, the Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship, Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker, Ladbrokes Poker Cruise and Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival.
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PPP Olympics!

Online poker room PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced a series of money-added tournaments branded PPP Olympics to celebrate the Games of the XXIX Olympiad being held in Beijing from this Friday. Starting the same night as the real Olympics, August 8th, the PPP version will run through the 14th with Holdem and Pot Limit Omaha events running twice a night

'I know there is a lot of excitement right now about the small sporting event due to take place in Beijing in August but we wanted to offer something even more exciting for our players,' read a stateement from Paddy Power.

Players that take part in at least three PPP Olympics will qualify for the $15,000 Gold Medal Freeroll on August 15 with the winner receiving a $4,500 Irish Winter Festival package along with a number of satellite tickets and $10,000 of prize money added for good measure.

The PPP Olympics is scheduled to take place every night for a week from this Friday. Each day will see two tournaments, one each for Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Texas Hold’em, with somewhere between $250 and $1,000 added to the prize funds.

'We're giving away over $20,000 to those players willing to show us they're at the top of their game and trying to get on the podium. For those who have been in training these last few months, it is now time to grab their spandex, shave all their body hair and reach out for the gold medal.”

Ladbrokes set to accept US poker bets

Ladbrokes had made the decision to enter the US market prior to the passage of a bill making the operation of an online poker room illegal in the States.
“This follows with the guidance we gave earlier this year,” John O’Reilly, Managing Director of egaming said. “We intend to take advantage of our position in the market and invest heavily in player acquisition and sign ups are up 30% on last year, and we have set a 20% growth target for NGR between now and 2010 and we are bang in line with that.”
Commenting on Ladbrokes’ decision to join the Microgaming poker network and accept US bets, in particular for its high stakes players, O’Reilly said: “Most of the poker rake is generated by the high stakes players and we have taken the decision to offer them US liquidity from the states where there is less of a legal risk. We have evaluated the legal situation and are happy with our position.
Nearly all the publicly traded Internet poker companies retreated from the US market following passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act in October 2006.”
Ladbrokes is a member of the FTSE 250 Index and was once part of the Hilton Group, owning the hotel brand outside of the United States.
Group pre-tax profits for the six month period to the end of June fell to £170m from £192.7m over the same period last year, the company said this morning. Excluding high rollers, gross win increased 13% to £583.3 million, pre-tax operating profits fell 2% to £130m and UK retail gross win increased 6.5% to £394.3m. Chief executive Christopher Bell commented: "The group's performance has continued to show resilience against a challenging economic backdrop. In UK retail, following a strong first four months of the year, June suffered a string of poor results affecting all channels, most notably Royal Ascot and the early stages of Euro 2008. Notwithstanding a poor fourth week during July, Group gross win for the period from 1 July to 5 of August was up 11% overall and up 6% in UK retail."
Ladbrokes owns over 2,200 retail betting shops divided between the UK, Ireland and Belgium. It also operates several online gambling websites offering sportsbook, poker, casino, games, bingo and backgammon. Ladbrokes uses the OpenBet system from Orbis Technology.
Online sports betting had performed well, O’Reilly said, with in-running revenues up 50%. “In-running will continue to be one of the drivers for us on that side of the business. Our online sportsbook is a long tail business, where we offer thousands of markets and all the small bets create a critical mass once they are added up. We have also signed a deal with the Perform Group for more live streaming events, which will add to our in-running activities,” he said

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