Posted February 28th, 2011
by Callum Laurie
“If you only play in one live tournament this year, this is it,” says the tournament page at Everest Poker. They’re talking about The Everest Poker ONE, a £1,000,000 live poker tournament that will be held in Monte Carlo from April 21st to April 24th, 2011.
Touted as “the everyman’s live poker tournament”, The Everest Poker ONE has more ground roots qualifiers than many live tournaments half its size. While you could buy-in to the tournament directly (if you have almost $7,000 burning a hole in your pocket), you have plenty of other alternatives to win your way up the poker food chain.
- Super Satellite Freerolls: From Wednesday to Monday, you can compete hourly from 10:25am to 7:25pm GMT. Fifty winner
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Tags: Everest Poker, Poker Tournament, Tournament Posted in Casino Gambling Advice
Posted February 24th, 2011
by Callum Laurie
In a recent blog post, we mentioned how a recent “new to online poker” forum thread was forming around the best places to play online poker for beginners. We listed what we felt were the obvious choices for new online poker players just starting to get into cash play: Bodog, FullTilt, PDC, and PokerStars. Of course, we know there are many great online poker rooms out there–after all, we play them all the time–but the truth of the matter is that some are better fit to help those newer to the game.
Take PokerStars, for example. Their new Home Game poker tournaments are a perfect way for new online poker players to get their feet wet with online poker games. As one
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Posted February 20th, 2011
by Callum Laurie
Two of the biggest players in the affinity of online poker clients are snuggling up in the month of February to provide its consumers with a special tournament. This tournament will be held on Sunday, February 20th at 20:00 pm server time, and will include a special $2 + $.20 buy-in event that features $750 in additional money provided by the participating hosts! What a great bargain!
As a special thank you to each poker client’s loyal and devoted communities, this tournament is being held exclusively on each site for partners and ongoing participants of both Titan Poker and Mansion Poker. In order to take place in the Valentine’s Day event, you’ll also need to have been a first-time or recurring real money depositor on the site since January 1st, 2011. If yo
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Tags: Poker, Poker Coupled Posted in Casino Gambling Advice
Posted February 20th, 2011
by Callum Laurie
The recent International Casino Exhibition (ICE) conference held in London is the cause for rumors about Party Gaming that have been going around. These rumors concern online gaming in the United States, and claim that there is going to be a big change in the online gaming industry in the US beginning with Party Gaming re-entering the US, if the government legalizes poker. One rumor regarding Party Gaming that has been going around that has players really excited about it involves a special deal. Allegedly, Party Gaming has signed a deal to team up with two U.S. casinos to provide an online gaming portal when licenses are legalized in the country.
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Tags: Gaming, Party Gaming Posted in Casino Gambling Advice
Posted February 15th, 2011
by Callum Laurie
I had mixed feelings when I read about Crazy Poker’s new Anonymous Texas Hold’em Tables. While they advertise this innovation as a move toward privacy and identity protection, part of me wondered if I’d be more easily duped by a poker card sharp with an impenetrable poker face and an unsuspecting avatar named Poker Player #4.
Turns out the whole reason behind the Anonymous tables was to actually level the playing field. With predatory poker tools like Poker Tracker and Hold’em Manager, many professional online poker players can have these programs scope out the competition by automatically reading game statistics and help calculate odds of winning in certain scenarios. (And yo
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Tags: Protection Posted in Casino Gambling Advice