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Hollywood Poker: Casino Grand Opening
Posted: November 23rd, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Hollywood Poker is pleased to announce the addition of Casino to our line-up. Play instantly with our easy to use software, no download required!
Featuring Blackjack and Video Poker, now you can enjoy a celebrity spin on an old favorite.
We also host other favorites like Roulette, Craps, Millennium Ride, Caribbean Pirate Poker and much more.
What are you waiting for? Get started today with this exclusive First Time Deposit bonus.
This bonus features a 200% deposit match up to $200 and it only takes 10 Poker Points per $1, for 30 days to clear. Bonus Code HOLLY200
Win Your seat at Scandinavian Tournament
Posted: November 21st, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, Poker Events, Poker Tournaments, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Titan Poker is proud to announce a EPT Scandinavian Open Super Satellite awarding one or more skillful players with a seat(s) at the European Poker Tour - Scandinavian Open Tournament at the Casino Copenhagen , Denmark, in January 2007.
We’ll be awarding a $9,000 EPT Package (including Main Event buy-in, flights and accommodations). The EPT main event will take place between January 17 and January 20 in Denmark.
One EPT Package will be awarded for every 30 players participating in the Super Satellite. The remaining prizepool, if any, will be distributed according to Titan Poker’s standard tournament payout structure.
The European Poker Tour - Scandinavian Open Super Satellite will be staged on December 17, 2006, at 3:30pm EST.
Direct buy-ins to the EPT Scandinavian Open Super Satellite are available for $300 + $20, but you can win your seat at one of our ongoing Sit ‘N’ Go satellites, or at one of our Bi-Daily Multi-Table Qualifiers.
Stage 3 satellites, awarding seats to the daily Multi-Table Qualifiers, are available for as low as $1 + $0.20.
Paul Phillips
Posted: November 19th, 2006 under Poker Players. Comments: none
Phillips is known as a controversial figure in the poker world. He was banned from competing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the early 2000s due to comments he made about the way in which the Horseshoe split entry money between players and casino employees. Despite being reinstated as a competitor in late 2001, he only played one event in 2002 (placing 2nd to John Juanda in the $1,500 triple draw lowball Ace to Five event).
Phillips played no WSOP events in 2003, but took first and second place in two World Poker Tour (WPT) events. In the event that he finished 2nd, he made a deal with his opponent (Mel “Silver Fox” Judah) which was subsequently covered by Sports Illustrated in an unfavorable light. Because of this, the WPT banned players from making deals in its tournaments. Despite choosing not to play in the WSOP, Phillips finished 2nd in the 2003 Tournament Poker Money List.
In 2004 he made three WSOP final tables (one in Omaha hi-lo split and two in no limit hold’em.)
He spoke out against the inclusion of Phil Hellmuth Jr, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson and Johnny “Oriental Express” Chan in the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, and subsequently became the subject of message board flame wars.
Phillips has played in both of the first two National Heads-Up Poker Championships, losing in second round play both years.
As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000.
DollyPoker 200% SignUp Bonus Program
Posted: November 18th, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Dolly Poker is pleased to announce our “no-fixed-expiry” 200% Initial Signup Bonus Program. Deposit money at DollyPoker for the first time, and we will match that value into your Bonus Account. Just by having fun and playing Poker, you will be meeting the Release Criteria and be receiving deposits of $20 in to your Cash Account.
How does it work?
Dolly Poker will match 200% of your initial deposit and award you up to $500 Bonus Dollars. These Bonus Dollars will be automatically released to your Cash Account in increments of $20 for every 200 Dolly Points you collect.
What makes the Bonus so special?
There is no fixed expiry date. You are given 30 days to complete a $20 increment. That is: You have 30 days to clear your first $20 increment. Once you do this, the clock is reset and you again have 30 days to clear your next $20 increment, and so on.. So please take your time and enjoy the site
How do I earn Dolly Points?
1 point is awarded for each hand you play, where the minimum rake is $0.50
1 point is awarded for each $1 in Tournament Fee
Conditions?
Minimum deposit is $50. Maximum Bonus match is $500. Each $20 increment must be collected within 30 days of each other – meaning, once you collect a $20 increment, you have 30 days to collect the next $20 increment. This will continue until (i) you have exhausted your Bonus Credit, or (ii) 30 days has elapsed without collecting a $20 increment
Professional Poker Tour
Posted: November 16th, 2006 under Poker Events, Poker Tournaments, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Players battle for the title of “The Best of the Best” as each PPT episode showcases the greatest names in the sport. With heated rivalries, larger than life personalities and $2.5 million dollars up for grabs, the Professional Poker Tour is reinventing televised poker.
ABOUT THE SHOW
From the creators of the World Poker Tour comes the newest innovation in poker… the Professional Poker Tour.
The PPT is the first Professional League of its kind and the toughest, most competitive field in the history of poker. The PPT Members are all highly qualified professionals and many are famous World Champions and living legends of the sport.
This robust roster of players will battle through five tour stops across the country at the most glamorous casinos in the world. The stakes are high, but the obstacles are monumental. Four grueling quarters of play at each stop culminate in the most dangerous Final Table ever.
The PPT Members are truly the All Stars of televised poker with 53 World Champions, Poker Hall of Fame members, WPT Champions, WSOP Walk of Fame honorees, WPT Champions and the European Top Ten all clashing, gnashing and clawing their way to the top with nothing between them but the chips and the felt. MORE INFO
Paradise Poker Payday
Posted: November 15th, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, ezPoker News. Comments: none
You may not be able to quit the day job just yet, but this month you could earn more just by playing poker at Paradise!
How much more? We’ve put special Paradise Payday bonuses into thousands of player accounts and you could have literally thousands of dollars in credit sitting in your pending bonus account at ParadisePoker right now!
Getting your hands on this cash couldn’t be easier – simply play more to get more.
** How does it work? **
For the next 30 days only, when you play on any cash table you’ll receive one point for every game raked $1 dollar or more. Playing in games with limits of $2/$4 and up will likely get you a point in every game. For every tournament you play in, you receive one point for every $1 dollar in tournament entry fee paid.
At every 100 points, we’ll release $5 of your pending credit as REAL CASH into your Money Available balance! The more you play, the more of the Payday bonus you can turn into real cash and we’ll let you know every time you’ve had money released via a Payday pop-up in the Paradise software. But remember, you only have 30 days to turn as much of your bonus into real cash as possible.
Check your account now to see what kind of Payday you’ve got. Start playing and you could make today and every day for the next 30 days a Paradise Payday.
We look forward to seeing you at the tables!
** When does it run? **
Paradise Payday runs from 19:00GMT on November 3rd until 23:59GMT on Saturday December 2nd.
GO AHEAD !!
Casino Royale to Sponsor High Stakes Poker
Posted: November 14th, 2006 under Poker Events, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Casino Royale to Sponsor High Stakes Poker
Source: GSN November 8, 2006
GSN just announced that four episodes of “High Stakes Poker” will feature Casino Royale behind-the-scenes footage and interviews:
HIGH STAKES POKER, GSN’s exclusive cash game poker series, is scheduled for a special four show marathon on Monday, November 13 (8:00 PM - 12:00 PM ET) sponsored by Casino Royale, the upcoming James Bond film from Columbia Pictures and MGM. The marathon will include interviews with the actors as well as behind the scenes footage from Casino Royale throughout the evening.
Daniel Craig stars as “007″ James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent on Her Majesty’s Secret Service in Casino Royale. Based on the first Bond book written by Ian Fleming, the story recounts the making of the world’s greatest secret agent. Martin Campbell is directing the 21st adventure in the 44-year-old franchise, from a screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. The film will be released in theaters everywhere on November 17, 2006.
James Bond’s first “007″ mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world’s terrorists. In order to stop him, and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful British Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government’s money. But, as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond’s life forever.
GSN’s HIGH STAKES POKER is the only cash game of poker on television with a $100,000 minimum buy-in. Unlike other poker shows, the players on HIGH STAKES POKER often have several hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own cash at stake.
The first two seasons of HIGH STAKES POKER have featured top professionals including Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Sammy Farha, Jennifer Harman, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Laak, and Johnny Chan, as well as top amateurs including Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
HIGH STAKES POKER airs on Monday nights at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM ET. Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza call the action. The all-new third season of HIGH STAKES POKER, from South Point Hotel and Casio in Las Vegas, is scheduled to premiere in January on GSN.
Jamie Gold
Posted: November 14th, 2006 under Poker Players. Comments: none
Gold’s mother Jane was a keen poker player, and his grandfather was a champion gin rummy player. Gold began working with former WSOP main event winners Johnny Chan and Chris Moneymaker on an upcoming television show, and Chan began to mentor Gold in poker.
In 2005, Gold began regularly playing poker tournaments. In April 2005 at the Bicycle Casino, he won his first major no limit Texas hold ‘em tournament, earning $54,225. Over the next twelve months, Gold had seven more in the money finishes in California tournaments.
Gold is a member of Team Bodog, and a neighbor of 2000 WSOP main event winner Chris Ferguson.
Gold has confirmed that despite his poker success, he will continue to work his regular job, and just play poker in his spare-time.
2006 World Series of Poker
At the 2006 WSOP, Gold maintained a significant chip lead from Day 4 onwards to win the World Series of Poker Main Event (no limit, Texas hold ‘em, $10,000 buy-in), outlasting 8,772 other players. Excluding 4th place finisher Allen Cunningham, Gold had more casino tournament final table finishes than the rest of his final table opponents combinedGold eliminated 7 of his 8 opponents at the final table. Paul Wasicka eliminated the other final tablist, Douglas Kim.
Gold defeated Paul Wasicka heads-up, earning a record $12,000,000 when in the final hand his Q♠ 9♣ made a pair with the board of Q♣ 8♥ 5♥.
Gold ate blueberries during the play of the 2006 WSOP main event final table and joked in a post-tournament interview that the blueberries were “brain food” and the reason he won.
As a result of the WSOP win, Gold’s total live tournament winnings exceed a record $12,000,000, and he became the first person to eclipse the $10,000,000 mark in tournament poker.
Immediately after his WSOP win, Gold called his father, Dr. Robert Gold, who could not attend as he suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Gold pledged to use his winnings to make his father more comfortable.
Winnings controversy
One-half of Gold’s $12 million purse is currently frozen, being held in a Clark County trust account. On August 22, 2006, Chief District Court Judge Kathy Hardcastle froze the payment of the funds due to an ongoing legal dispute between Gold and Bruce Crispin Leyser. According to Leyser, during the tournament he and Gold reached a deal wherein Leyser would, through advertising, assist Gold with procuring celebrities to represent, and in exchange would receive one-half of any of Gold’s winnings from the tournament.The court matter is ongoing.
Full Contact Poker WSOP promotions
Posted: November 13th, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, ezPoker News. Comments: none
Full Contact Poker is giving its players several different ways to earn a trip and play in one or more of the World Series of Poker events this year, including at least two $12,500 prize packages to the WSOP Main Event. FCP players have the opportunity to win prize packages in various ways:
- Playing online qualifiers starting at $6+$1 that lead to the $200+$15 Final
- Buy into the $200+$15 Final (at least one $12,500 prize guaranteed)
- Redeem 15,000 FCP Points for a tournament ticket into the $200+$15 Final
- Earning enough FCP Points during May or June to rank in the Top 501 at FCP
o The Top 501 each month will play in restricted freeroll with 1st place winning a WSOP prize package
WSOP $10k Buy-in Multi-stage Qualifier
FCP players can earn tickets into the $200+$15 Final tournament by participating in the Stage 1 & 2 qualifiers, buying directly into the Final tournament OR by redeeming 15,000 FCP Points (a $150 value) for a ticket to this $200+$15 online satellite Final.
The FCP WSOP Main Event package final satellite tournament is almost here and we’re adding a bonus to the rest of the qualifiers.
That bonus is Bonus Money for everybody who enters one of the remaining qualifiers.
* $10 in Bonus Money for the $6+$1 Stage 1 Qualifiers
* $25 in Bonus Money for the $50+$4 Stage 2 Qualifiers
To redeem 15,000 FCP Points, simply e-mail PokerManager@fullcontactpoker.com with your request. The FCP Poker Manager will remove the points from your player account and then issue you a tournament ticket for the $200+$15 online satellite Final. The deadline for redeeming points for a ticket is Wednesday, June 14th.
Game: No Limit Texas Holdem
Qualifying Stages to the Final
Stage 1: $6+$1 (4) x per day
1 ticket to Stage 2 for every 9 entries- ONE guaranteed
Stage 2: $50+$4 (2) x per day
1 ticket to Final for every 5 entries- ONE guaranteed
Final: $200+$15
One $12,500 prize for every 63 entries- ONE guaranteed
1st Place Prize
The winner earns a $12,500 Prize Pack for the 2006 WSOP in Las Vegas. $10k Buy-in for Main Event and $2,500 added to your player account for expenses.
Qualifying Period: May 12th – June 16th
WSOP $10k Buy-in Final: Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 3:00 pm EST
Learn more at Full contact Poker
Absolute Poker Deposit Bonuses
Posted: November 11th, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, Poker Rules, ezPoker News. Comments: none
LIMITED TIME ONLY - Team Absolute is pleased to award a 100% First Time Deposit BONUS up to $750 to every new player on their first purchase - you don’t want to miss out on these great sign up bonuses!
To make your first deposit, simply follow the five easy steps:
1. Download the FREE software.
2. Open your Absolute Poker account.
3. Enter the CASHIER and click deposit.
4. Enter Bonus Code AP750
5. Buy chips and receive the 100% deposit BONUS up to $750.
Promotion Details and Disclaimer:
The maximum initial deposit bonus is $750. The Bonus Amount will automatically be added to your Pending Bonus account where it will be held and automatically released to your cash account based on the following easy requirements; for each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.50) you play you will receive 1 point, and you will receive 1 point for each $1 of tournament buy-in fee. Please note that the tournament fee is now collected as a 9% of the total of the prize pool and that Pending points will be based on the fee collected rounded up to the closest whole number. For example a $10 tourney will generate $0.90 in fees, and will earn 1 point.
At 100 points $10 will be transferred from your Pending Bonus account to your cash account. Money in your pending account will expire 60 days from the time it was awarded unless it has been transferred to your real money account by meeting the hands played requirements. You can view your point total and bonus amounts at the Cashier. You will continue to earn points until you have received 100% of your bonus money. This offer is only valid for new users who have not previously made a deposit. You are only allowed one active real money account. If more than one real money account is detected you risk both player accounts being blacklisted from ever playing at Absolute Poker again.
*Points for tourney buy-in fees will be credited when tournament starts, not upon registration.
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