10.07.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
This Sunday 11th July 2010 you can secure yourself a place in the 2010 Croatian Poker Series. All you have to do is get yourself to Hollywood Poker where you can enter the satellites that are running every Sunday till the 25th July. The direct buy-in to the satellite is $300 + 20 or you can get a place in the satellites thro...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
William Hill Poker have launched a great series for their poker players this summer. William Hill are giving their poker players the chance to combine to great past times, football and poker, and win prizes and cash in the process. There are two great offers up for grabs. The first one ends today.
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22.03.10 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Today we take a look at Bodog, one of our leading Online Poker Rooms. Under the guidance of their entertaining leader, Calvin Ayre, Bodog are pushing the boundaries for online poker promotions and are giving their players double poker points if they achieve 2000 or more in a single month.
Available for a limited time onl...
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14.03.10 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
William Hill are rubbing their hands together in anticipation of Cheltenham Race Week. To compliment the week of Horse Racing they are not going to neglect their poker players. So they are running daily tournaments for players to go through to a final that gives you the chance to win a seat at the Irish Poker Open...
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08.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
The €1,000,000 first prize at the Berlin Leg of the European poker tour was won by American Online Poker qualifier Kevin Macphee. Unfortunately for this talented player who qualified for the event through top rated online poker room. Pokerstars , all of the Headl...
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03.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Ladbrokes have two great offers this month. Ladbrokes Casino are in the final month of their £50 no deposit casino offer. If you don't already have a Ladbrokes account you only need open one to get £50 credited to your Online Casino account. This offer is open to UK players only. You can read more about why this deal is ...
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02.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
Betfair have begun mixing the beautiful game with Kenny Rogers favourite past time. Not an obvious mix of sports but bear with us and we will try and explain how this works. Betfair have two football and poker related promotions. The first is called 1 x 2 Footie Special
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28.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Jose Barbero aka Nacho, won the LAPT main event. The Poker Tournament was held at Punta del Este. Barbero fought through a field of 307 players. It took 4 days to battle it out and become the LAPT Champion. Barbero is one of Pokerstars Pro players and is known at the table as 'Nacho'.
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23.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Full Tilt Poker are giving players at least $50 in bonus money because of the launch of Rush Poker. The new high speed form of Texas Holdem that can only be played online at Full Tilt. Accept your $50 bonus by March 14th 23:59 ET and start earnin...
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22.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Pacific Poker, which is the poker arm of the 888.com group, is offering its poker players a chance to fast track to becoming a VIP player. If you have only just started out playing poker online then it may not be obvious what this means. Most poker rooms have a VIP service which is what they reserve for their big money poker players...
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18.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Full Tilt Poker Academy is arguably the most comprehensive learning facilty for new poker players. The way it works is that you open a Full Tilt Poker account as you would normally and then you have access to the Full Tilt Poker Academy. Once you click on the Academy link you are taken to a subsite on the Full Tilt website. This is dev...
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17.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Isildur1 is the elusive high stakes poker player that we reported on in the past. After a rollar coaster ride in 2009 he is back at the Full Tilt tables. Isildur1 loves the High Stakes and this Monday he was playing against Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo. To begin with Isildur was playing against Haxton at the Omaha cap ...
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16.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Paddy Power Poker team are rubbing their hands in anticipation over this years Irish Open. The Dublin based Poker Tournament is the longest running in Europe and the second oldest after the WSOP in Vegas. This years Irish Open promises to be another spectacular event. The event is being held at the Burlington Hotel, in the middle of the beauti...
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15.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Full Tilt Poker has the Big Little Tournament series running on Sundays in February. This is one of Poker Sharks favourite tournaments because the buyin is $2 + .20 and the winner is guaranteed $18000. The total prize pool has $200k guaranteed so you stand to make some massive money if you keep your cool. There are two more scheduled one for the 21st Feb ...
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14.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms,
At Full Tilt Poker you can make it a Valentines day to remember with a massive $750k guaranteed poker tournament. Once the meal is out the way and the film is over, get logged into your Full Tilt Poker account and get registered. If...
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13.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Hollywood Poker are running daily satellites for the 2010 Irish Open. The Irish Open runs from April 2 - 5 in Dublin, Ireland. Every day for as little as $1 + .20 you can play in a satellite that could lead you to the Irish Open Final along with some great perks from Hollywood Poker.
Win an all-inclusive Main Event Package worth $...
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11.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
PKR have really grabbed Poker Sharks attention by offering the winner of this Sundays (14th Feb) Nuts about the Girl Tournament the chance to have a date with sexy cover girl Lindsey Strutt. The poker tournament starts at 20:15 GMT and the 32F-26-32 stunner will be waiting to meet the winner in London on the 27th of February. L...
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10.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Any FTOPS event is a big deal and the Full Tilt Poker Pro's are preparing to host their events over the coming days. For those of you who are new to FTOPS ( Full Tilt Online Poker Series) then here is a little recap to keep you in the loop.
FTOPS started in August 2006, at the start of the Poker boom, with $1 million in guaranteed prizes. Fa...
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08.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Poker-Shark,
Full Tilt has recently launched its newest and fastest version of Texas Holdem, called Rush Poker. The idea is that as a player you can play a huge numbers of hands per hour. As soon as you play your hand you are zipped to another table where you immediately play another hand. The positives to this will teach a player how to quickly a...
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07.02.10 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Ladbrokes Poker are now preparing for what is being described as the biggest and best Poker Cruise of all time. The Ladbrokes Poker C...
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06.01.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Day1a at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event is over. 669 players battled it out to reach the next stage of the PCA 2010. Day 1b begins tomorrow with a similar number of people in attendance. Out of the mist at the end of the day came a number of Pokerstar Pro's who have given themselves a good starting platform. Chris Moneymak...
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03.12.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Circus Poker is about to reach a milestone – their Two Billionth Hand!
To celebrate Circus Poker are giving away over $100,000 in prizes including a package to the WSOP 2010Main Event.
The countdown will start with hand 1,999,000,000 at a cash table and the winner of
the Two Billionth Hand will be rewarded with a $60,0...
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22.11.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Titan Poker have returned with the next European Championship of Online Poker. ECOOP V promises to be their best yet. There is a guaranteed $4.5 million across the championship. Previous big money winners include “Intruder123” who beat a field of 1283 players to take home $315,000 in December 08. Titan Poker are one ...
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02.10.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
It took Barry Shulman 17 hours of play in the main event of the WSOPE to claim what would have to be his sweetest of victories. Shulman from the USA has had a number of wins on the pro scene and prior to this event, his earnings were at $1.6m. By beating Daniel Negreanu in the early hours of October the 2nd 2009, Shulman will top that up by another &pou...
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30.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Bwin are hosting one of the biggest online poker series at their tables in a “15 day marathon”. Each GSOP Main event will be something special and if day one was anything...
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30.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
John Tabatabai, runner up in 2007 went out of the WSOPE main event in the last action of day 3. With a pair of aces in hand, Tabatabai was duly sent home by Peter Gould who had pocked 7’s that lead to a full house over 10’s. For Peter Gould it means that day four is a reality and he has also confirmed his place in the money. For poor old John, our thoughts...
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28.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Day 2 of the WSOPE Main event has been and we still have plenty of big name players competing for the title. Ian Munns will be taking the biggest chip stack into the 3rd day (528k) but will be looking over his shoulder for the likes of Liz lieu (180k) Markus Ristola (205k) Jason Mercier (203k) and WSOPE day 1b leader Steve Zolotow (190...
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28.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Day 1b of the WSOPE main event in London saw some famous faces and some impressive pots. Amongst those going for the bracelet were Daniel Negreanu , Peter Eastgate and Scotty Nguyen but it was the “bald eagle” Steve Zolotow that finished the day on top. The American has won over $1.8 million in ...
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27.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Cake poker is one of the poker-shark.co.uk top 10 rated poker rooms and they have now started their qualifying events for the Aussie Millions. One of the most popular Live Poker Events, the Aussie Millions 2010 is expected to have a prize pool of around $10,000,000.&n...
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23.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Russian online poker player Yevgeniy Timoshenko has won the 2009 WCOOP main event, pocketing $1,715,200 in the process. The biggest online poker tournament is held by poker-shark.co.uk top rated room Pokerstars, with 45 events taking place over 18 days. The 2009 wsoop was so big ...
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23.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Event two of the 2009 WSOPE has been won by Canadian player and Full Tilt Poker Pro, Erik Cajelais. Erik takes his first bracelet in this series after seeing off the challenge of Mats Gavatin and taking the first prize of £104,677.
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17.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Bodog and their founder Calvin Ayre are building something special and it only seemed a matter of time before the Bodog Brand would decide to take on the biggest Poker Networks in the world. The Bodog Network will initially just use Bodog Licensed rooms e.g. Bodog.com & Bodog.ca but in 2...
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17,09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
PKR poker room have gone from strength to strength and their increasing market share and reputation has now allowed them to look down new avenues. One of the Poker-Shark.co.uk top 10 rated poker rooms will soon be offering its players a new produc...
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16.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
For further proof that one of our top rated online poker rooms is the real deal check out the recently published Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Ladbrokes Poker are now a “world leader” for not just Gaming but across all industries!
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01.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Here at Poker-Shark.co.uk we will continue to monitor the poker bonuses on offer from the leading online Poker rooms and below we have selected five of the best for you to try out this September.
Cake Poker
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31.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
If you want to qualify for a major live poker event then look no further! Hollywood Poker, one of the top rated poker rooms here at Poker-Shark.co.uk are offering three more chances to qualify for the Rigged in Riga live poker event!
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31.08.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Paddy Power Poker are looking for a Pro Poker Player to represent them in some of the biggest Poker tournaments in the World. Before they give you the dream ticket you need to show you are a loyal foot soldier and start playing regularly at Paddy Power. You need to become a General in their VIP ranking system by the 1st of October 09. From thi...
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31.08.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
William Hill Poker are preparing for a North African Poker Spectacle in Marrakech when the WPT come to town. William Hill are running Super Satellite qualifiers. The last Super Satellite is running on September 3rd at 2000 GMT. This is your last chance to win the $8000 Package to Morroco. You will have you flights, accommodati...
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30.08.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Full Tilt are about to start their newest promotion - Take 2. This massive promotion starts in just over 24 hours time, on September 1st 2009. You can earn double the Full Tilt Poker Points and up to $50 in Cash. Its a great little incentive to keep you playing over the next month. ...
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30.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Vladimir Geshkenbein has just won the APPT Macau High Rollers Event. Day two was always going to be a tough day for the 'Russian Bomber.' It was clear that Geshkenbein was going to burn out rather than fade away. He held a chip lead for a large portion of the day, this was due to his aggressive play that left many opponents stunned.&...
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30.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Cake Poker, the poker room with attitude, have teamed up with Neteller to give someone the chance to win $2000 with the Neteller Freeroll. If you have a Cake Poker account but don't have a Neteller account then getting a free Neteller account could make you just a little richer than not having one. If you need a Cake Poker Account then sign up at ...
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29.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
When I get asked to write about Hollywood Poker I find it hard to focus as I am constantly straying glances at the Hollywood Poker Girls section of the Vince Van Pattern website. Today is my lucky day as I was asked to look at what is happening with the voting for the Hollywood Poker 2010 Calendar.
You can have your say at Hollywood Poker and you don't even need t...
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29.09.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Betfair Poker are giving some lucky Poker Player the chance to win $1 Million in their Free Million Dollar Event. The set up to this tournament is simple and if you are not currently playing Poker with Betfair then this is the time to switch because this tournament is open to new Betfair Poker players. Betfair are running Daily Freerolls that put th...
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28.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Poker Stars are geared up for the World Championship of Online Poker, or as it is fondly known as WCOOP. You have got to love poker for its ability to abbreviate everything! Poker Stars are kicking things off with on the 3rd September 09 with a six seat NL Texas Hold'em ...
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10.08.9 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
FTOPS is the online poker series hosted by Full Tilt and is now in Full Swing! First hosted by this popular online poker room in 2006, FTOPS has rapidly grown to become one of the biggest online series of tournaments anywhere online.
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10.08.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Betfair Poker Review is currently being written by our reviewers. It takes time to assess the different poker rooms by trust and bonus. We like to get out of bed at 0400 and ring customer services to see what the service is like. We will talk about their unique platform in the review and what bonus's they have on offer. If any of you have had good on bad experiences with...
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4.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Biggest First Deposit Bonus Ever!
Poker Stars are now offering a 100% up to $600 first deposit bonus for PokerStars.com players.Participants may make up to three deposits in total to claim the full bonus amount, but they must be made within 60 days of the first deposit.
Players will have...
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02.08.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
PKR have made it very easy for players to transfer from Play money to Real Money this month. They have said if you deposit $10 and use the bonus code NOLOSE then you can play in special 0.25cent Sit N Go's that they have set up. If you win in these tournaments then you keep your winnings. If you lose your money then they will re-pay you the 0....
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24.07.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Paddy Power Poker want to give one of their players to live the life of a Poker Pro for a year. Paddy Power is a well known and trusted online Poker and Sportsbook site. What Paddy want in order for them to consider you as Poker Pro material is for you to sign up to Paddy Poker if you aren't already! Then play enough to qualify as a 'General' in thei...
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19/07/09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Today the two biggest poker rooms on the planet try to take the Guiness World Record for the most competitors in a poker tournament. The current holders are Poker Stars who set the record with 35000 players in December 2008. Full Tilt Poker, who are the second biggest poker room in the world planned to break this record today by holding their own tournament with a $...
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26.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
PKR have launched a pioneering community site that will have the likes of Full Tilt and ...
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09.06.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Bwin is beginning its Poker Island 2009 tournament . The Poker Island is running a series of qualifiers throughout June. The idea of the tournament is this :-
Enter a Poker Island qualifier - win (you wont get there by losing!)
The top 5 players each week are jetted to the ...
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28.05.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
Well it’s been a busy time here at poker-shark.co.uk HQ. If you take away all the sport we’ve been forced to watch; Button winning the Grand Prix, Newcastle getting relegated, and of course the champions league, then there’s the little matter of new poker room reviews. Over the last few weeks we have been registering, playing, having issues an...
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20.05.09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
PokerStars Turbo Takedown is about to really kick off. On May 31st you could have a chance of driving off with a Porsche. At Poker-Shark we love poker, fast cars and women. We're blokes. So when Pokerstars give us the chance to get two out of the three then you'll find us at the tables playing our socks off to win. What I really like about thi...
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Sunday 17th May 09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
There has been a lot going on at Full Tilt poker this month with site changes and new additions providing us with plenty of food for thought here at Poker-Shark HQ! The si...
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08.05.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Other News,
Ladbrokes Poker are giving the poker players on their books a chance to win $10 000. Start playing casino games that are playable within your poker software and you could qualify. This Casino in Poker $15000 scoop is limited to 80 players.
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06.05.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Titan Poker are giving first time depositors entry to massive freerolls throughout May 09. Titan Poker is the largest cards rooms on the iPoker network. New Titan Poker players will recieve free seats in a series of Texas Holdem Freeroll tournaments that have a massi...
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6th May 2009 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Hollywood Poker are giving away WSOP packages throughout May 09. It may well be your dream to appear at the WSOP in Las Vegas. The glitz, the glamour, the money! It’s certainly an ambition of mine! It’s now very popular for Online poker rooms to provide players with seats...
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28.04.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Cake Poker Mobile is still in the Beta phase but it is set to rock the world of poker giving Americans the chance to play real money poker wherever they are. The Cake poker mobile client is set to work with Mobiles that use a Windows platform. Blackberry and symbian support will be available soon.
The games offered at the moment are Cas...
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27.04.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
All Ladbrokes players can now enter a Freeroll Texas Holdem event every Monday at 2230
From the freeroll the top ten players guarantee their seat in the Tuesday 1930 Daily Final. This is their chance to get a package to Vegas and play in the WSOP.&nbs...
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17.4.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
When we hear about an offer as good as this, its quite difficult for us not to tell people about it! OK, so its not a poker offer but it is from one of our Partners..... Ladbrokes. If you have had a chance to read our Ladbrokes Poker review, you will know that the company (the oldest gambling company in the world) ...
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17.04.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
If you turn on the TV, radio or any other information giving device then you will know that the world is in turmoil. We've run out of money..... Well the banks have. With the global downturn no industry is safe and the online gaming industry isn't in a bubble.
Poker Room.com closed their doors to online poker 14th April 09. Sadly its not th...
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10th April 09 tagged in Poker Rooms,
A Decent bit of news coming from Full Tilt this April as they launched their Full Tilt Poker Academy! We took a bit of time out this Good Friday whilst toasting our Hot Cross buns to have a little play around.
We were surprised with the detail involved and superb hints and tips on offer. First you must enrol and then you have access to so many interesti...
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05.03.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Poker Stars VIP Programme has changed. Now it gives you more opportunity to climb the VIP ladder to the riches you deserve!
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26th Feb 09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Bodog Poker now offer its players a more convenient way to play. Instant play poker allows you to begin playing without the rigour of downloading the software on your computer. This is great for players who want to play cash games on a friends computer that doesn't have the Bodog software installed. Also this version is great for Mac users.
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1st February 2009 tagged in Poker Rooms,
An unexpected opportunity to make a bit of cash and the month of February! Put this together and what are you left with: FEBonanza!! That’s the rather, well, um, err..... Well that’s the name CD Poker has given to their February promotion! In fairness, despite the name, our number one choice Online Poker room have come up with three ways to win!...
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12.12.08 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments, Other News,
Friday 12th December, Mince pies in the oven and one of Europes biggest Poker tournament finals to entertain. Poker-Shark HQ was a hive of activity once again as we settled into a crate of Belgium’s finest! Having seen Chase the Chair winner, Svein Nielsen secure a place in the final, excitement grew as we prayed for one of the online qualifiers ...
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