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Bovada Poker WSOP Qualifier Schedule: A Closer Look

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We already brought you word of the immense qualifier schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker at Bovada Poker, and today we’re going to zoom in for a closer look at that schedule.

Qualifier run daily from April 2 to June 24 according to the following schedule:

•    10:50 AM – Main Event Cheap Seat 4 Seats Guaranteed (Rebuy) for a $1 + $0.10 buy-in
•    12:50 PM – Main Event Quarterfinal 2 Seats Guaranteed for a $10 + $1 buy-in
•    2:50 PM – Main Event Semifinal 1 Seat Guaranteed for a $69 + $6 buy-in
•    3:10 PM – Main Event Cheap Seat 4 Seats Guaranteed for a $1 + $0.10 buy-in
•    5:10 PM – Main Event Quarterfinal 2 Seats Guaranteed for a $5 + $0.50 buy-in
•    7:10 PM – Main Event Semifinal 1 Seat Guaranteed for a $35 + $3.50 buy-in
•    7:40 PM – Main Event Cheap Seat 3 Seats Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $1 + $0.10 buy-in
•    8:40 PM – Main Event Quarterfinal 2 Seats Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $10 + $1 buy-in
•    9:40 PM – Main Event Semifinal 1 Seat Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $69 + $6 buy-in
•    10:40 PM – Main Event Cheap Seat 4 Seats Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $1 + $0.10 buy-in
•    11:40 PM – Main Event Quarterfinal 2 Seats Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $5 + $0.50 buy-in
•    12:40 AM – Main Event Quarterfinal 2 Seats Guaranteed (Turbo) for a $35 + $3.50 buy-in

Also, all day at Bovada Poker are Sit & Go Main Event Quarterfinal, which are all 6-Handed events costing $15 + $1.50 to buy-in.

America’s Cardroom Guaranteed Tournament Rundown

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It’s been a while since we’ve reminded you of the bevy of guaranteed tournaments being offered regularly at America’s Cardroom, so we thought it was time we did it again. Americas Cardroom offers no less than 8 tournaments on its regular schedule with prize pools ranging between $1K and $50K, and here they all are for your consideration, including one event just for Omaha players.

The $1K GTD event takes place every Mon, Tues,Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8:00 pm ET for a $12 + $1 buy-in with a $1,000 guaranteed prize pool.
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The $1.5K GTD event takes place every Mon thru Fri at 11:00 pm ET for a $20 + $2 buy-in with a $1,500 prize pool.

The $2.5K Omaha GTD is a rebuy/add-on event that takes place every Saturday at 6:00 pm ET for a $25 + $2.50 buy-in.

The $3.5K GTD takes place every Sunday at 8:00 pm ET for a $5 + $0.50 buy-in.

The $7.5K GTD takes place every Sunday at 6:00 pm ET for a $100 + $9 buy-in.

The $10K GTD is a deep stack tournament that takes place Mon thru Fri at 9:00 pm ET for a $25 + $2.50 buy-in.

The $15K GTD takes place every Wednesday at 8:00 pm ET for a $150 + $15 buy-in.

The $50K GTD takes place every Sunday at 7:00 Pm ET for a $200 + $15 buy-in. There’s also a $50K Freeroll Series with daily events awarding seats in a weekly final from which the top 3 finishers will win a seat in the $50K GTD event that week. There’s also a full weekly satellite schedule for this event and many other guaranteed tournaments on the America’s Cardroom slate.

European Poker Tour Season 10 Schedule Announced

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ept10With the wrapping up of EPT9, the 9th season of the coveted European Poker Tour, the schedule EPT10 has now been released.

Season 10 of the European Poker Tour starts with the EPT Barcelona in Spain on August 28 to September 7, 2013, with the main event starting on September 1 for a €5,000 + €300 buy-in.

Next is the EPT London, taking place in the UK from October 2 to 12, 2013, with the main event starting on October 6, for a £5,000 + £250 buy-in.

Then there’s the EPT Prague taking place in the Czech Republic from December 8 to 18, 2013, with the main event starting on December 12, for a €5,000 + €300 buy-in.

After that is the popular 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) taking place in the Bahamas from January 4 to 13, 2014, with the main event starting on January 6, for a $10,000 + $300 buy-in.

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Then comes the EPT Deauville in France from January 22 to February 1, 2014, with the main event starting on January 26 for a €5,000 + €300 buy-in.

Next there’s the EPT Berlin in Germany from March 12 to 22, 2014, with the main event starting on March 16 for a €5,000 + €300 buy-in.

Then it’s on to the EPT San Remo in Italy from April 6 to 16, 2014, with the main event starting on April 10 for a €5,000 + €300 buy-in.

And finally, EPT10 wraps up with the PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final in Monaco from April 23 to May 2, 2014 with the main event starting on April 25 for a €10,000 + €600 buy-in.

Lock Poker Offers Last Chances to Get ISPT Seats Online

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The International Stadiums Poker Tour is reputed to be the largest organized poker event in the world, gathering thousands of poker players from across 38 different countries. Since February of this year, the ISPT Main Event has been running online at participating online poker sites, Lock Poker being one of them, and this merry month of May 2013 sees three more such events on the list.

What’s more, these three May ISPT qualifiers will be the last online poker qualifiers, as the event goes live, heading to Wembley Stadium in London from May 31 to June 5. Here the main event that has been playing since Feb 2013 will finally finish out, gathering thousands of poker players from over 38 countries and promising to award the winner 1 million Euros.

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The ISPT Main Events at Lock Poker this month take place on Sundays May 5, 12, and 19, each starting at 21:00 GMT.

Qualifiers into this mammoth event take place at Lock Poker every Sunday according to the following schedule (all event start times listed in GMT):
•    17:00 – $5 + $0.25 Super Satellite
•    17:30 – $8 + $0.40 Super Satellite
•    18:00 – $5 + $0.25 Super Satellite
•    18:30 – $8 + $0.40 Super Satellite
•    20:00 – $40 + $4
•    21:00 – $10 Rebuy

Among the celebrity poker players expected to be there playing live at Wembley Stadium are Michael Mizrachi, Liz Lieu, David Benyamine, Sam Trickett, Francisco Y Cota, and The Hendon Mob.

Last Americas Cardroom LSOP Super Satellite Coming Up: 4 Seats GTD

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The last chance to win a prize package from Americas Cardroom to the Latin Series of Poker $500,000 guaranteed main event in Lima, Peru later this month is this coming Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm ET. That’s the start time and date for the final LSOP Lima Super Satellite, and in honor of that fact, Americas Cardroom has made it a 4 seat guaranteed event. That means the site promises to award not just one but four prize packages to the LSOP Lima.

Each Americas Cardroom LSOP Lima prize package is valued at $3,500 and includes the $1,500 + $150 buy-in for the $500K GTD main event, up to $800 for round trip air fare, a 6-night stay for two at the So de Oro Hotel, breakfast for two at the hotel, round trip transportation between hotel and airport, Wi-Fi access a the hotel, a 24/7 VIP support line, gift bag, and access for two to an exclusive welcome party. The LSOP Lima runs from May 20 to 25 at Casino Atlantic City in Lima, Peru.

The final LSOP Lima Super Satellite with 4 seats guaranteed costs $140 + $12 to buy-in directly, but it’s not too late to win your seat in the event through a satellite. There are two taking place daily at the site (one at 6:35 am and one at 6:35 pm) each awarding 2 seats GTD into the Super Satellite.

Americas Cardroom is frequently running satellite series into the Latin Series of Poker, and with the LSOP Lima satellite series about to wrap up, keep on the lookout for the next LSOP Super Satellite series on Americas Cardroom’s coming slate.

Nevada’s First Legal Poker Sites Launches

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On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 the state of Nevada became the first to have launched a legal online poker site, and the first in the country since the events of Black Friday that effectively shut down legal online poker in the United States. This inaugural legal poker site for Nevada residents is called Ultimate Poker and is run by Station Casinos, which operates live, brick-and-mortar casinos in the state as well.

Right now Station Casinos has just a 30-day license for the Ultimate Poker site while it handles meeting the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s requirements to be granted a formal license.

Right now the Ultimate Poker site will offer 21-year old Nevada gamers nightly online poker games with a $1,000 prize pool and two $10,000 games on Sundays. Right now players can either deposit funds through bank wire or by mailing in a check, or visiting one of the brick-and-mortar Station Casinos.

It is no doubt that the 20 or so other providers looking to set up shop in Nevada, as well as those way across the country in New Jersey and Delaware where online poker and Internet gambling intrastate also got recenlty passed, will be watching closely how this first legal US poker site in several years fares.

Notice that instead of the old 18 year old age requirement, in order to play at Ultimate Poker, a player must certify and prove that they are 21 years of age or older.

Ultimate Poker is affiliated with the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

Americas Cardroom Elite Benefits Military Ranks

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Last week we brought you information on the Medals of Achievement and Levels of Distinction you can earn as part of Americas Cardroom’s Elite Benefits player rewards program. Those are just one kind of benefit you can get through this program, which increases the size and rate of rewards earnings the more you participate, by advancing you through the program’s Military Ranks.

Earn combat points playing at America’s Cardroom real money games and then climb the Military Ranks to earn increased benefits, as follows:

Lieutenant rank is automatic and gives you a combat point multiplier of 1, Medals of Achievement, Site Freerolls, Lieutenant Store Access, and points earned in dealt rake.

Captain rank requires reaching and maintaining 750 CPs per month and gives you a combat point multiplier of 1.5 and adds to the above benefits $50 cash in the store and Captain store access.

Major rank requires reaching and maintaining 3,000 CPs per month and gives you a combat point multiplier of 2 and adds to the above benefits $300 cash in the store and Major store access.

Colonel rank requires reaching and maintaining 7,500 CPs per month and gives you a combat point multiplier of 2.5 and adds to the above benefits and adds to the above benefits $600 cash in the store, Colonel store access, and the ability to redeem combat points for Punta Cana Poker Classic and Latin Series of Poker prize packages.

General rank requires reaching and maintaining 100,000 CPs per year and gives you a combat point multiplier of 3.5 and adds to the above benefits $1,500 and $4,000 cash in the store, General-Elite store access, annual status, and Levels of Distinction declassified.

5-Star General rank requires reaching and maintaining 1,000,000 CPs per year and gives you a combat point multiplier of 5 and adds to the above benefits a Luxury Live LSOP Peru package, a Luxury Live Punta Cana package, $10,000 cash in the store, and 5-star General-Elite store access.

888 Poker Coming To Nevada This Summer

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888 Holdings has announced that it expects to be able to launch online poker in Nevada by the summer of 2013. According to what CEO Brian Mattingly to Reuters this past Tuesday, April 23, 888 plans to open its online poker room to Nevada players this summer, right after its software finishes passing approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Once that occurs, 888 Poker will be available to players in Nevada via 3 different state approval online gaming partners.

The UK based 888 will also be providing the online poker software platform for the World Series of Poker branded site being run by Caesars Interactive Entertainment. It will also provide a poker platform for several slot machine makers, including Treasure Island and WMS Industries.

Already the Nevada Gaming Commission has given its approval for more than 20 online gambling licenses to be awarded, including The Golden Nugget, MGM International, and Boyd Gaming, but none of those already granted licenses have yet announced a launch date for online poker.

Mattingly says that the complete effects of this launch financially will be experienced in around 2015. In related news, 888 Holdings is also looking at setting up shop in New Jersey where intrastate online poker has also been signed into law by Governor Chris Christie. Mattingly also says that a huge marketing push by 888 is expected in 2014.

If 888’s performance in Italy and Spain over the first few months of this year are any indication, the company is set to make a huge splash in legal US online poker when it comes to pass, and present in each state paving the way.

Bovada Poker Launches Vegas VIP Vacation Promo

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As part of its larger Bovada WSOP Class of 2013 promotional offerings, the site has most recently added a Vegas VIP Vacation promotion, awarding players $300 in individual bonuses and a $5,000 Weekend VIP prize package.

Running from April 22nd through June 2nd the Vegas VIP Vacation promotion is made of two parts: the cash bonuses and the prize drawing.

Bovada Poker awards three Vegas VIP Vacation Cash Bonuses based on a player’s Poker Points earnings.

1. Earn 50 points in a single week and get a $10 bonus.

2. Reach 100 points in that week and make the bonus $25.

3. Earn 200 points in one week and get the full $50 bonus.

Weeks are considered Monday at 1 second after midnight ET through Sunday at 1 second before midnight.

As for The Grand Prize Draw, there are 3 ways to earn entries:

1. Get 10 tickets for every friend you refer to Bovada Poker who signs up for an account and makes their first real money deposit or transfer.

2. Earn 1 entry each time you pass one of the three above-listed cash bonus levels.

3. Earn 1 entry each time you enter a WSOP Main Event qualifier at Bovada Poker

At the drawing, two winners will be chosen at random to each receive a Vegas VIP Vacation prize package worth $5,000 that includes 1st class round trip airfare to Las Vegas for two people, 3 nights at a hotel while you’re there, VIP transport to and from the airport, an invite to an exclusive Team Bovada party and a personal Bovada host.

Earn America’s Cardroom Medals of Achievement & Levels of Distinction

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As part of America’s Cardroom’s Elite Benefits player rewards program, players can earn Medals of Achievement and Levels of Distinction worth cold hard cash.

Both Medals of Achievement and Levels of Distinction are cash rewards that you can redeem with the Rank Points you earn by playing at Americas Cardroom’s real money games, both the cash tables and tournaments.

Earn your first Medal of Achievement with 750 Rank Points and get $10. Keep earning Rank Points and every time you meet another milestone number of points (within 1 year’s time) you’ll receive another Medal of Achievement. The next 4 Medals of Achievement after the first (for 1,500 RPs, 2,250 RPs, 3,000 RPs, and 4,000 RPs) are worth $10 each. The next 8 Medals of Achievement, every 5,000 RPs from 5,000 to 45,000, are $50 each. The next 5, every 10,000 RPs from 50,000 to 90,000, are worth $100 each. And at 100,000 RPs you get a $200 Medal of Achievement. All told, that’s $1,200 in Medals of Achievement, just for playing as you normally do at America’s Cardroom.
Then there are Levels of Distinction, which are even larger cash credits available only to America’s Cardroom’s Generals in the Military Ranks of its Elite Benefits Program (Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, General and 5 Star General). Levels of Distinction are awarded for even larger annual RP earnings, from 200,000 RPs and up. Get $2,600 for 200,000 yearly RPs up to $19,200 for 3 million yearly RPs.