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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.

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.

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.

Depositor Freerolls At PokerStars

Posted on 11/30/2009 by kurt

PokerStars Depositors Freerolls It pays to be new at PokerStars not only do you get free money when you make your first deposit but often there are new player perks and promotions. But what about existing players that have already gotten their great deposit bonus?

Well PokerStars is offering a great promotion for both new and existing players. In this new promotion there is a total of $500,000 dollars being awarded to the players that win during their new $500K Depositor Freerolls.

How to Qualify for a Freeroll

All you need to do in order to participate is make a deposit and put in one of the following deposit codes:

500K – if you’re an existing real money player
FIRST500K – if this is your first deposit at PokerStars

Players that are making their first deposit can still take advantage of any deposit bonuses as well so don’t forget to claim your first deposit bonus as well your ticket to the PokerStars Depositor Freerolls.

It doesn’t matter if you are a brand new player or an existing player switching to a real money player account you will still get a first deposit bonus at PokerStars.

After you’ve entered one of the codes above when making a deposit then you get a ticket to play in any of the $500,000 dollar Depositor Freerolls.

Details about PokerStars’ Freerolls for Depositors

PokerStars is going to offer eight freerolls a day but only for only 15 days. So don’t forget to play each ticket you earn. Each freeroll is going to have a $2,500 dollar prize pool. If you make it in the money in any of the freerolls then you qualify to play in any of the eight $25,000 dollars finals held on December 13th.

One deposit will get you a ticket for all of the $2,500 freerolls so make sure to make most of the tickets and play, play, play. The $500,000 dollar Depositor Freerolls start on November 28th and will continue until December 13th at different times throughout the day.

The times are 5am, 8am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 8pm and 11pm EST. You can find the list of freerolls in the PokerStars Lobby by going to ‘Tourney’ then ‘Freeroll’ and then type ‘Depositor’ in the Tourney Filter.

You can make deposits anytime to get your ticket as long as it’s before December 13th. Each Depositor Freeroll will pay the first 500 places so you have a pretty good chance of winning something and you may be one of the players that win big during the $500,000 dollar Depositor Freerolls.

PokerStars First Deposit Bonus

Now, when making your first deposit, you’re not only getting entries into these freerolls, but you’re also given the PokerStars first deposit bonus of 100% up to a whopping $600 dollars. You can read the in-depth details about this deposit bonus deal on our special page if you follow the link.

PokerStars Pca Freerolls

Posted on 10/31/2009 by giorgio

PokerStars PCA Freerolls Playing poker in the stunning setting of the Paradise Islands in Bahamas at the start of the new year 2010!

You guessed it right, it’s the fantasy of any Max Poker Bonus visitor. In fact… it’s any poker player’s fantasy.

PokerStars PCA Freeroll Fantasy Promotion

Biggest online poker room, PokerStars has decided to make this fantasy a reality for its players – and even for free. PokerStars is giving away 27 packages worth $15,100, each to the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) under its PCA Freeroll Fantasy promotion.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is considered to be the biggest live poker event outside of the USA and the 2010 edition is expected to be the biggest ever with 50 different tournaments and millions of dollars in prize money. Last year, Poorya Nazari won his seat to the PCA Main Event through a satellite on PokerStars and went on to take home the staggering first prize of $3,000,000.

Now you too can fulfil your dream of playing in 2010 PCA for free or as low as $1.10. Each package consists of $10,300 worth of tournament buy-ins at the 2010 PCA, which can either be used for buying in directly to the main event or to participate in any of the other 49 events on offer. Rest of the package value of $4800 is for travel and other expenses.

Here is how you can win your way to this dream package by playing poker for free or almost nothing:

Everyday until 5th December 2009, PokerStars would be running a freeroll and a cheaproll every hour. Simply, finish in top 9 in any of these and you would qualify for the PCA Freeroll Fantasy Main Event to be held on December 6, at 08:00 ET, 14:00 ET and 20:00 ET.

Each of these main event tourneys will award 9 packages each to the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and with each of these main event tourneys being scheduled at different times during the day, it is possible for poker players from all time zones around the world to take part.

PCA Freeroll Fantasy Main Event Qualifiers

PCA Freeroll Fantasy Freerolls – Freerolls are running from October 15 until December 5th, every hour at 20 minutes past the hour and the top 9 players will qualify for the PCA Freeroll Fantasy Main Event. Every player is allowed to play one freeroll every day.
$1.10 PCA Freeroll Fantasy Cash Qualifiers – Until December 5th, PokerStars is also running $1.10 cheaprolls, every hour at 40 minutes past the hour. The top 9 players in these cheaprolls qualify for the PCA Freeroll Fantasy Main Event while the prize pool is shared among the top 15% players. There is no restriction on the number of these $1.10 tourneys that you can play in a day.

This promotion ends on December 5th 2009, so hop on to PokerStars now and play poker for free to win your way to this amazing poker event.

If you are not registered on PokerStars yet, download PokerStars today using one of our links and take advantage of the huge 100% up to $600 PokerStars First Deposit Bonus.

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2010

Posted on 10/23/2009 by giorgio

When winter starts to chill your days, we dream of going away to somewhere sunny and warm. PokerStars is going to make that dream a reality for many winning players with the return of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). This year’s PCA is going to be the best yet with more events then ever before and larger prize pools.

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

The 2010 PCA is going to be held at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas starting on January 4th and runs until Janurary 14th. You can qualify now to win your PCA prize package by playing in PokerStars satellite tournaments.

The PCA prize packages are worth $15,310 dollars and includes your buy in for the Main Event, 8 nights hotel accommodations, a meal credit and money for other expenses.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is going to be one of the largest tournaments held this year. The 2010 PCA is part of the Latin America Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour.

If this makes you a little concerned about playing against professional players and others with a lot of skill and think that your chances at winning a lot of cash could be slim, think again. Last year’s PCA winner was Poorya Nazari and he won his seat online via PokerStars and took home $3,000,000 dollars for his first place finish.

The Main Event of the PCA is going to start on January 5th and run until January 11th. There are also a large number of other events at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2010 including the High Roller event.

To register for one of the PCA satellites simply open the PokerStars Lobby and click Events and PCA. You can also find a complete list of the daily satellites and step tournaments for the PCA in our poker tournament schedule. Use the filter to select PokerStars tournaments only.

Win The Cup For Your Country!

Posted on 08/30/2009 by kurt

PokerStars World Cup of Poker VI It is back. The World Cup of Poker (WCP) is being brought back to life on PokerStars and you can be part of your country’s four men team. You can represent your country playing poker in the Bahamas and take your share of the $290,000 prize pool. This promotion is available for every PokerStars player no matter what, no matter where.

The teams will be made up by 4 players – 2 of these places will be automatically awarded to the top two of the Tournament Leader Board of each specific country while the remaining 2 will be determined by the National Team Decider Freerolls. If you manage to qualify for one of the prestigious spots on your national team you will be contacted by PokerStars via e-mail. You will have to confirm whether or not you wish to represent your country at the Live Grand Final in the Bahamas (but honestly, tell me one reason why you would choose not to).

After that each team will participate in the so called Regional Play-offs where the various squads will compete in Team Play-off Tournaments. The winning national teams of each of these qualifying tournaments will advance to the final stage, the Grand Final with a prize-pool of $290,000.

You will of course be treated like a VIP in the Bahamas. It starts with PokerStars covering your travel expenses and accommodation in the Bahamas. Basically all you will have to concentrate on is playing your best game and looking good when the cameras are on you in this televised tournament. And with good cards, great poker and some luck you may be part of the team that may call themselves the World Cup of Poker VI Champions.

If you are already a PokerStars player make sure not to miss this great opportunity to play poker in what has to be one of the most beautiful venues. And if you are not a PokerStars player yet, make sure to use link to get the best out of your PokerStars poker bonus for first depositors. Especially after their recent upgrade that grants you a 100% bonus up to $600 (compared to their earlier regular poker bonus of 100% up to $50).

Finally! Big Meets Big!

Posted on 08/05/2009 by giorgio

PokerStars First Deposit Bonus Whether it’s the recession, whether it’s the competition – there must be a reason but no matter what the reason is… it’s about time!

PokerStars has finally introduced a new first deposit bonus!

The new bonus of 100% up to $600 can finally compete with bonuses offered by other online poker, and because of this we expect to see PokerStars to grow even bigger.

If you haven’t played at PokerStars yet, then now is the time. If you have played at PokerStars, make sure to keep on reading, as they’ve also announced the biggest reload bonus ever. More about that below.

So, with a poker bonus that matches 100% of your first deposit up to a stunning $600 and numerous promotions, PokerStars has become one of most attractive online poker rooms for new players. Most important, the new incremental bonus is very easy to clear compared to the majority of bonuses! You only need to earn 17 Frequent Player Points per bonus dollar, thus 170 FPPs to clear one instalment of $10.

WCOOP Extreme Satellites

Besides the new first deposit bonus, there are many more reasons to play at PokerStars. One of them is the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). This year’s WCOOP series consists of 45 different poker tournaments over a 18 day period, with a combined prize pool of $40,000,000 guaranteed!

During the month of August, until the 16th to be precise, PokerStars runs a promotion named the WCOOP Extreme Satellites, with two tournaments per day and more than $1,000,000 added value. Buy-ins for these satellites start as low as $7.50 all the way up to $215. Imagine yourself winning a diamond bracelet and a nice pile of cash for only $7.50. It can certainly be done!

PokerStars Reload Bonus, Bigger than Ever!

In case you are already active on PokerStars (which would not be strange for a poker room like theirs) you can now enjoy a reload bonus of 50% up to $300 max. Best of all, you can make up to 3 deposits (for example: 3x$100) as long as these deposits are made within 90 days after the first qualified deposit.

You have a total of six months to clear your entire bonus and any player that plays a little more than occasional should not have a problem with that.

Make sure to use PokerStars reload bonus code WCOOP to be eligible for PokerStars’ biggest reload bonus to date.

$30,000,000 Spring Championship Of Online Poker At PokerStars

Posted on 03/12/2009 by kurt

If you are an online poker player who is serious about poker or who at the very least wants a poker room with lots of activity and great tournaments, you will not be able to steer clear of PokerStars. On the one hand you will find an abundance of guaranteed tournaments and qualifiers for such big live events as the EPT and on the other hand the sheer volume of players allows PokerStars to frequently offer new and amazing promotions. One example for this is the current promotion Spring Championship of Online Poker that enables you to play for your share of staggering $30 million prize pool.

This is the time when most of you who do not play high stakes games usually start moaning that there is no way to get any of that money – not so with PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker. Players of all levels will be able to earn their share of the amazing $30,000,000. You can compete no matter what limits you play. But how, you wonder, is this possible? Well, at each single scheduled event of this Championship there will be actually 3 different tournaments: one for low stakes players, one for medium stakes players and – you guessed it right – one for high stakes players. All in all there will be 22 events which equals 66 tournaments.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker and your chance to grab some of that $30,000,000 will last from April 2 – 12. In order to be part of the world’s biggest online poker series so far you can qualify through numerous satellites at PokerStars. The direct buy-ins for the various events range anywhere from a mere $5.50 to an incredible $25,000. So you indeed may want to think about qualifying for some of these tournaments via satellites.

In the Championship events you will find about every variant of poker that you can play online – be it H.O.R.S.E. or Razz, 5-Card Draw or 7-Card Stud, Omaha or Hold’Em, FL, PL or NL,… It is hard not to find your favourite game. And the grand final on April 12 indeed is something extraordinary: a NL Texas Hold’Em tournament that is scheduled as a 2 day event. Of course this main event will also be divided into 3 tournaments that will see the low stakes players compete for $1,000,000 while the medium stakes players will fight for $3,000,000. And the high stakes version will be a guaranteed $5,000,000 tournament.

The month of April will see a lot of very happy PokerStars players. If you want to secure your chance of competing for the tremendous $30,000,000 prize pool you should register at PokerStars today and take advantage of being able to clear your poker bonus while at the same time fighting for a spot in the Spring Championship of Online Poker. You can find more detailed information on our PokerStars Bonus page. If you let this opportunity slip through your fingers you will only have yourself to blame. We have pointed this amazing promotion out to you, now it is your turn to act!

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