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European Poker Tour Snowfest

Posted on 02/06/2010 by giorgio

The European Poker Tour (EPT) has seen a lot and has been in a lot of exotic and beautiful locations in the last five years and now they are headed as far from the sun and sand as possible.

The PokerStars EPT is cooling off with the EPT Snowfest which will be held in the Austrian Alps. The €3,750 event is going to happen in of the best places to ski in the world, Saalbach-Hinterglemm which is near Salzburg.

The event is going to take place on March 21st through March 26th at the Alpine Palace Card Casino in the New Balance Luxus Resort.

EPT Snowfest Prizes

The winners of the PokerStars EPT Snowfest qualifiers will stay at the Wolf Hotels during the six day event. You can choose from the Alpine Palace or the Dorfschmiede Hotel. Also included in the package are transfers to and from the Salzburg airport.

EPT Snowfest 2010 Plus how can you go to one of the skiing capitals in the world and not ski? Each prize package will also have a six day ski package that has your lift pass, skis, boots and poles.

How to Win a Snowfest Entry

You can start qualifying online at PokerStars for as little as €5.45 or 100 Frequent Player Points.

EPT Snowfest Schedule
#	Date	Day	Time	Event	Buy-in
1	March 20	Sat	19:00	NL – Super Satellite to Main Event (unlimited rebuys)	€200 + €20
	March 20	Sat	20:00	1 and 2 Table Satellites to Main Event
2	March 21	Sun	14:00	Main Event Day 1A	€3,500 + €250
3	March 21	Sun	21:00	NL Turbo	€500 + €50
2	March 22	Mon	14:00	Main Event Day 1B	€3,500 + €250
2	March 23	Tue	14:00	Main Event Day 2	€3,500 + €250
4	March 23	Tue	21:00	NL Freezeout – Day 1	€1,000 + €100
2	March 24	Wed	12:00	Main Event Day 3 (play down to 24 players)	€3,500 + €250
4	March 24	Wed	15:00	NL Freezeout – Final Day	€1,000 + €100
5	March 24	Wed	21:00	NL Freezeout – Day 1	€2,000 + €150
2	March 25	Thu	14:00	Main Event Day 4 (play down to 8 players)	€3,500 + €250
4	March 25	Thu	15:00	NL Freezeout – Final Day	€2,000 + €150
5	March 25	Thu	21:00	NL – 1 Rebuy Tournament – Day 1 (2nd day if needed)	€500 + €50
2	March 26	Fri	14:00	Main Event Day 5 – Final Table	€3,500 + €250
6	March 26	Fri	14:00	NL – 1 Rebuy Tournament – Final Day (if needed)	€1,000 + €100
7	March 26	Fri	14:00	NL – Turbo	€500 + €50
8	March 26	Fri	18:00	NL – Super Satellite to EPT Monte Carlo (1 rebuy)	€500 + €50

There are also going to be daily cash games and Sit ‘n Go’s at the 2010 EPT Snowfest.

bet365 Poker Sending Players To Les A London Open

Posted on 02/04/2010 by giorgio

bet365 Poker is going to be sending players to the Les A London Open on February 23rd and 24th and if you play your cards right you could be among them. The Les A London is going to be held at the Les Ambassadeurs Club, the club is located in Mayfair, London.

This is a great poker tournament to play in an exclusive casino that usually only open it’s doors to a select few people. Only those among the rich and famous are typically permitted through the doors but this tournament will have the doors open wide.

Les A Open Prize Packages

If you are one of the lucky that wins a package worth £3,500 you will be on your way. Each package includes the £2,000 + £200 buy-in for the Main Event. Three nights accommodations at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel in London.

Plus £470 for travel expenses and spending money and a year’s free membership at the Les Ambassadeurs Club, worth £1,000.

How to Win

To win your seat at the Les A London Open Main Event you will need to play in one of bet365’s Super Satellites every Thursday at 20:00 GMT. The buy-in for the Super Satellites is £175 + £14 to enter.

If you would rather not open your wallet that wide, bet365 Poker is also going to be running satellites that will award seats into the Super Satellites. For dates and times, look at the Sit ‘n Go lobby at bet365 Poker.

Please have a look at our bet365 Poker Bonus page if you haven’t played at bet365 Poker before.

Meet PokerStars Pro Joe Cada

Posted on 01/27/2010 by giorgio

Despite the fact that our site mainly targets poker players from the United Kingdom, we also have a large crowd of visitors from the United States, hence we like to share an article on Max Poker Bonus specifically written for visitors from the US. Nevertheless, if you’re not from America, this article shows you exactly the quality of promotions running at online poker room PokerStars.

Online Poker Tournament to Meet PokerStars Pro Joe Cada

US online poker players are offered the opportunity to meet PokerStars Pro, and 2009 WSOP Main Event winner, Joe Cada. PokerStars is hosting a series of tournaments that will send one lucky online poker player to Las Vegas, the poker mecca of the world, plus award entry into PokerStars’ North America Poker Tour (NAPT) main event, and a day spent hanging out with professional poker player Joe Cada.

PokerStars is running daily freerolls and $1.10 satellites in which players can advance to one of the Weekly Finals. Each of the Weekly Finals will award 18 seats in the Grand Final, and the chance to win the prize package, which includes a flight from any any major US airport to Las Vegas, 5 nights of hotel accommodations, entry into the newly announced NAPT main event, $1,000 spending money, and a day with Joe Cada.

Free-to-Enter Satellites

The free-to-enter satellites will be running from January 6 to February 12, 2010 at 9:00 pm ET, each granting 45 seats in the Weekly Finals. The $1.10 satellites start at 8 and 11 pm, and 1 in 5 players will receive a seat in the Weekly Finals. Register for these online poker tournaments by going to the PokerStars lobby and clicking ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional’.

The Weekly Finals will be held at 6:30 pm ET, every Sunday from January 10 through February 7, and Saturday, February 13, 2010. Eighteen seats to the Grand Final will be awarded in each of the Weekly Finals. The Grand Final will take place February 13, 2010 at 9:00 pm ET.

Joe Cada won the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event for a startling $8,546,435, and the coveted gold bracelet. Since his tremendous victory, Joe Cada has joined the group of renowned professional poker players that form Team PokerStars Pro.

PokerStars is the largest online poker site in the world, and hosts some of the biggest online poker tournaments in the industry. The NAPT is one of PokerStars’ newest ventures, and will be making stops throughout the United States and Canada – including a recent stop in the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where US player, Harrison Gimble bagged $2.2 million dollars in the NL Hold’em Main Event, and the first NAPT Championship title. The NAPT is aimed to rival the most live poker tournaments in North America.

Enhanced Software Features At bet365 Poker

Posted on 01/22/2010 by giorgio

bet365 Poker is starting off 2010 with several new features that extend the functionality of the bet365 online poker software. The recent additions provide enhanced options and improved playability for online poker players at bet365.

First, bet365 Poker has revamped the tables. A sleek new look accompanies the newly added ability to re-size the tables to suit your own preferences. A table tiling option now allows players to automatically re-size up to four tables to fit perfectly on the screen with a single click, providing the ideal, multi-tabling experience. Players at bet365 will find they can also choose any seat at the table, and the other players will be re-situated as needed.

Also numbered among the new features at bet365 Poker is the addition of Razz. Razz is an established poker form that has been growing in popularity. A variation on seven card stud, in Razz it is the lowest hand that wins.

There have been several other improvements as well. In answer to a request from their players, bet365 Poker has improved the betting slider functionality, making it much easier to bet a larger percentage of the pot in online poker games at bet365. The speed of play has been increased, too, in an ongoing effort to streamline game-play at bet365 Poker. Players can expect faster load times and improved game speed.

bet365 has made updates to the favorites section, as well. Players will be able to access their preferred cash tables and tournaments much more easily. bet365 Poker has also added a new calendar function for convenient scheduling.

One last expansion of the bet365 Poker software is an observer chat. Now, players can chat and show their support as they rail a friend or poker buddy’s online poker game.

To get the enhanced software, those who already have the existing bet365 software simply need to open the bet365 lobby to trigger the automatic update. Those who are new to bet365 can download the updated software to their PC to start enjoying the enhanced functionality of bet365. New players are eligible for Max Poker Bonus’ special bet365 Poker Bonus – a 100% match on the first deposit, up to $500.

partypoker Sends Players To La Poker Classic

Posted on 01/11/2010 by giorgio

WPT LA Poker Classic The 2010 LA Poker Classic, part of the World Poker Tour(WPT) series, starts on January 20th and will host 51 events at Commerce Casino ending in the No Limit Hold’em Championship starting on February 28th.

The buy-in for the event is $10,000 dollars but partypoker is awarding winning players with LA Poker Classic packages valued at $14,000 dollars for the Main Event.

How to Win a LA Poker Classic Main Event Ticket

You can win your seat in the LA Poker Classic by playing in daily freerolls and qualifiers at partypoker. The daily freerolls for the event will start running on February 7th.

Plus there is going to be a $1 million dollar prize pool that is going to be paid if one of their package winners takes the LA Poker Classic Main Event title.

The champion will be taking home an extra $500,000 dollars on top of their tournament winnings and the other package winners will split up the remaining $500,000 dollars equally.

LA Poker Classic Prize Package

Each LA Poker Classic prize package includes your $10,000 dollar buyin into the Main Event. Seven night accommodations and $2,500 dollars for airfare and spending money.

If you make it to the final table at the Main Event then your hotel stay will be extended courtesy of partypoker.

PokerStars VIP Program Changes

Posted on 01/05/2010 by giorgio

PokerStars VIP Program PokerStars have made some big changes to their VIP program starting on January 1st. The first is their new VIP Stellar Rewards program, it will now automatically reward you with cash as you climb the different VPP levels throughout the year.

It is also going to be a lot easier for players to attain SilverStar status and maintain Supernova status. There is also going to be $1,000,000 dollars VIP freerolls.

You will see most of the changes on January 1st but the final changes will take full effect on all tables after the first server restart in January.

VIP Stellar Rewards

All VIP players are eligible to participate in the new Stellar Reward program. You will start out by getting $10.00 dollars after you earn 750 VPPs. The rewards will increase with each level.

Once you earn 5,000 VPPs for the year you will get a $50 dollar reward and $100 dollars once you hit 50,000 VPPs and so on until you get to the maximum reward of $1,000 dollars when you hit 90,000 VPPs.

All you need to do in order to participate is earn the required number of VPPs and then purchase your reward from the PokerStars VIP Store for 1FPP.

PokerStars VPP Earning

It is now going to be easier and faster to earn VPPs and FPPs especially in most tournaments and Sit ‘n Go’s. Players earn points according to the amount of tournament fees paid.

You will receive 5.5 VPPs for each $1.00 you pay in entry fees (or 8 VPPs for each €1.00). For all of the information on how to earn VPP’s and the rates at which you earn them check out PokerStars or our PokerStars Poker Bonus info page.

$1 Million Dollar Quarterly VIP Freerolls

There are now going to be $1,000,000 dollar quarterly VIP Freerolls instead of the old $75,000 dollar weekly freerolls. If you are a Supernova VIP you can enter them for free.

GoldStar and Platinum VIPs will need to win their seat by playing in FPP entry satellites. The upcoming quarterly freerolls are on February 6th, May 1st, August 7th and November 6th at 2:00pm EST.

Attaining VIP Status & Bonuses

If you couldn’t attain VIP status before you should be able to do so now because PokerStars has reduced the amount of VPPs required to attain SilverStar status to only 750 VPPs. Players used to need 1,200 VPPs in order to be a SilverStar VIP in the past.

There are also changes to the Supernova bonuses so players will receive extra rewards when they reach various milestones. Players that attain Supernova status will get a $200 dollar increase when they hit 100,000 VPPs.

Pro Sit ‘n Gos

SilverStar VIPs will now be also be to play in the Pro Sit ‘n Go’s on PokerStars. There are also going to be reserved seats for players that are from the same country as the Pro. You can use your FPPs to buy-in into these Sit ‘n Go’s.

partypoker Premier League Poker IV Playoffs

Posted on 12/28/2009 by giorgio

partypoker Premier League IV At partypoker you can win your seat in the Premier League Poker IV for as little as $2 dollars. The Premier Poker League is one of partypoker’s largest live events and if you’re one of the playoff winners you will be off to Las Vegas.

In Las Vegas you could find yourself up against 11 world famous poker pros all competing for the largest share of the $1.5 million dollar prize pool. This isn’t all if you win the playoff you will be winning a whole lot more.

Premier League Poker – How To Win

The cheapest way to win is by playing in the Premier League Poker Sub Qualifer Speed for $5.20 + $0.80 where one in 10 players will win a seat in the next Satellite Qualifer.

There is also the Premier League Poker Sub Qualifer Rebuy for $2 dollars and there will be one entry into the next satellite qualifier for every $52 dollars in the prize pool awarded.

Satellite Qualifiers will cost you $48.00 + $4 dollars to directly buy into if you don’t win your seat. They run every day at 3:20pm EST and award one player with a seat into the Super Satellite.

Super Satellites are definitely only for those with a large bankroll with a $450 + $30 dollar buy-in and are offered every Sunday at 3:20pm EST. One out of 20 players will win the prize package.

Premier League Poker – What You’ll Win

Your partypoker Premier League Poker Package is worth $9,000 dollars and includes your $6,250 buy-in at the televised qualifier where the top player will win a $100,000 entry into the partypoker Premier League Poker final.

You will also get seven days accommodations from the 7th to the 14th of February at a luxurious hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada plus $2,000 dollars for airfare and spending money.

partypoker is also going to award one lucky Premier League Playoff qualifier with a Team Party contract valued at $100,000 dollars. This means one lucky player will get to be a sponsored player by partypoker for an entire year.

bet365 Unlimited Christmas Bonuses

Posted on 12/13/2009 by giorgio

bet365 Poker Unlimited Christmas Bonus Even though this promotion started on December 1st there is still time to get your share of the Unlimited Christmas Bonuses at bet365 Poker. Since this promotion is unlimited you can rack up the money fast as long as you play a lot of poker at bet365.

In order to participate you will need to look at your emails or web messages from bet365 Poker. In the messages there is going to be a target and if you make your target you will get a bonus.

Unlimited Christmas Bonus Details

Then you just accumulate real money points by playing to reach your target and you get a bonus. If you earn more then your target you will get a bigger bonus, it’s that easy.

If at any time you want to see how much cash you’ve earned you can look at the ‘Total Banked Page’. Just put in your poker nickname and click enter and you will see how big your poker bonus is.

Getting Your Bonus

If you hit your target on any day before December 24th you will be awarded $1 dollar for every 200 Christmas Points you accumulated on that day. You will receive 24 points for every $1 dollar that is paid in either rake or tournament fees.

Every player that wants to participate in this Christmas promotion has to ‘Opt In’ by December 28th at 23:59 GMT or else you won’t get your bonus. All bonuses will be credited to players accounts in one payment on December 30th.

bet365 Poker Irish Open Promotion

Posted on 12/02/2009 by giorgio

bet365 Irish Open 2010 The Irish Open 2010 is going to take place in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland on April 1st and will end on April 5th. This is a big event and there is big money to be won, last year the winner of the Irish Open Main Event won over €600,000.

Irish Open Prize Package

The Irish Open Prize Package which you can win at bet365 Poker is worth $7,200 dollars and includes everything you need and more to make this one of the greatest experiences ever.

Each prize package includes the €3,200 + €300 buy-in for the Main Event plus €350 for six nights accommodations at the Burlington Hotel from March 31st through April 6th.

There is also €800 to be used to for other travel expenses and spending. You will also get to go to the Irish Open Party, so you can rub elbows with the other players in the event.

How to Qualify for the 2010 Irish Open

In order to get a prize package at bet365 Poker you need to play in one of the $250 + $18 Super Satellites every Sunday at 7:30GMT. If the buy-in is too steep you can play in less expensive qualifiers to win a seat into the Super Satellite.

For the complete list of satellites including time, buy-in and the prize just login and go to the bet365 Lobby and click Sit & Go’s. You can also find the Irish Open Satellites in our live tournament schedule.

December Promotions At partypoker

Posted on 12/01/2009 by giorgio

partypoker December Promotions Just in time for Christmas you could win up to $1 million dollars during the Full House of Promotions happening in December at partypoker.

The Full House of Poker Promotions is actually three different promotions.

The promotions that make up the Full House are the $50,000 dollar Cash Game Race, Full House Jackpot Hunter and $1 million dollar Multi Table Tournament Jackpots.

$50,000 Cash Game Race

The $50,000 dollar Cash Game Race is made for everyone no matter what game you like to play and is for partypoker Bronze, Silver and Gold players. The race starts on December 3rd and ends on December 23rd.

The way to win is by earning PartyPoints while playing cash (ring) games to climb the $50,000 Cash Game Race leader board. PartyPoints that you earn while playing tournaments doesn’t count for the promotion.

The higher you are on the leader board equals the more cash you will win at the end of the month. You will receive your cash within 48 hours of the promotion ending.

$50,000 Cash Game Race Payout Structure
Rank	Prize $	Rank	Prize $
1st	3,000	11-15	250
2nd	2,500	16-20	225
3rd	2,000	21-25	200
4th	1,750	26-50	175
5th	1,500	51-100	150
6th	1,250	101-150	125
7th	1,000	151-200	100
8th	750	201-250	75
9th	500	251-300	50
10th	375	301-400	25
		401-500	10

Full House Jackpot Hunter

The Jackpot Hunter starts on December 1st and runs to December 31st at partypoker. You could win one of the jackpots totaling in $160,000 dollars by winning five single table tournaments in a row.

The jackpots are $50,000 dollars, $20,000 dollars and $10,000 dollars.

$50,000 Gold Jackpot

Only one jackpot available to be won by playing in $55 dollar and above buy-in tournaments.

$20,000 Silver Jackpot

There are three jackpots available to win by playing in $12 to $54 dollar buy-in tournaments.

$10,000 Bronze Jackpot

There are five jackpots this size to win by playing in $3 to $11 dollar buy-in tournaments.

$1 Million Multi Table Tournament Jackpots

This promotions starts on December 1st and runs to December 31st. In order to participate all you need to do is use your PartyPoints to buy-in to tournaments that run Monday through Saturday at partypoker.

Each tournament will have $5,000 dollars and only costs 20 PartyPoints to enter.

The top 200 players in each $5,000 dollar tournament will be entered into the $250,000 dollar Grand Final on Sunday, January 3rd. If you want to directly buy into the Grand Final it will cost you 1,000 PartyPoints.

There is still more money to be win with the Full House Jackpot Prizes. If you win two of the daily tournaments you will win an extra $100,000 dollars. Win three and you will take the top prize, a million dollars.