In August Luvin Poker Holds Rake Races All Month Long

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All month long this August, 2011, Luvin Poker is holding Rake Races, with two rake races taking place each half of the month. The first two week period, August 1 – 14, there will be a $2,500 Poker Point Race and a $1,000 Raked Hand Race. The same pair of races will be repeated August 15 – 31.

In the PokerPoint Races, play on Luvin Poker’s cash tables and amass as many rake points as possible. The player with the most number of points at the end of the period wins the top prize of $600. Players in the top 20 will be paid out at least $30, with second place getting $400, third getting $300, fourth getting $200 and each of places 5 through 10 getting $100.

In the Raked Hands Races you earn leader board rankings simply for participating in raked hands on Luvin Poker’s cash tables. The player at the end of each race period who played in the most cash game raked hands wins $250. The runner-up gets $150 and the third place finisher gets $100. All players in the top 15 get paid out at least $20.

Luvin Poker is one of the newest poker sites on the scene. And it happens to be one of the only poker sites still welcoming US players, which for some is enough of a reason right there to check it out. For those who need more incentive than that, there are the four rake races with a total guaranteed prize pool of $7,000 taking place this month of August, 2011.

Introducing the Bet Online Poker Pop Points Program

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Bet Online Poker’s Pop Points loyalty program offers real cash rewards. As with the rewards programs of other poker sites, at BetOnline you earn Pop Points each time you play in a raked hand in a cash game on the site or pay a fee to register for an online tournament. You can then convert these points into cash by using them to register for the $500 POP2Cash tournaments, a weekly event with a guaranteed monthly prize pool of $150,000.

Buy-ins for these POP2Cash tournaments vary from event to event, although at any one you can pay the respective buy-in using cash or promo bucks.

In the meantime, Bet Online also holds special Hit & Run Freeroll tournaments that cost nothing at all to enter, although many of these events do have the option of paying for rebuys and add-ons.

In addition to offering 24/7 online poker action, BetOnline is also a Sportsbook, Racebook and online casino.
When you join BetOnline you will enjoy a Better Bonus Guarantee that promises to either meet or beat the terms of any bonus offer currently out there. This deposit bonus does, however, have a minimum deposit of $100 and a maximum bonus of $900. Members playing or betting on any of BetOnline’s offerings will also enjoy a Guaranteed Lifetime Bonus of 25% free play on all deposits, with only a 10x rollover requirement.

Last week we introduced you to the more than $150,000 in guaranteed tournaments at BetOnline each month an ongoing 25% freeplay tournament bonus guarantee. Today we bring you the POP points program, including the weekly $500 POP2Cash tournaments, and ongoing Hit & Run Freerolls. All told it constitutes several good reasons to give this new player in the online gambling world a look-see.

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Poker Stars Goes Goa: Seeks Players to Send to Casino Pride Poker Event in India

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Poker Stars is holding satellite tournaments awarding seats in the Casino Pride Poker Festival taking place Septembe 2 – 4, 2011 in Goa, India. With a guaranteed prize pool of INR1,000,000, the Casino Pride Poker Event takes place in the SOL Poker Room of the docked cruise ship, Casino Pride.

Poker Stars online satellites into the Casino Pride Poker Event include freeroll tournaments taking place at 9:30 am and 11:30 am ET daily, with a freeroll final happening August 22. Feeder satellites with buy-ins starting at just $0.55 or 10 Frequent Player Points (FPP) leads to one of three different satellites, each offering a slightly different prize package for the winners.

The top prize packages for the PokerStars Casino Pride Poker Event are valued at $1,726 and include the buy-in of INR25,000 into the main event, a three-night stay plus breakfasts at the Taj Vivante, a 5-star hotel located in Panjim, Goa, transfers to and from the airport and $750 cash to apply toward travel expenses. The satellites for these packages cost $215 and take place every Sunday through August 21.

Alternatively, players can win value-added seats, which include the INR25,000 main event buy-in and stay in a local 4-star hotel. The satellites for these packages cost $109 to buy-in directly and are happening every Tuesday and Thursday until August 23. Satellites running every Saturday and Sunday until August 21 with $66 direct buy-ins are also taking place for just the INR25,000 main event buy-in alone.

The action at the Casino Pride Poker Event is made up of three tournaments with cash games taking place throughout.

Full Tilt Poker gets KGC License Renewed

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On Friday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) announced that it has granted Full Tilt Poker a renewal of its Secondary Client Provider Authorization (Secondary CPA).  Over a month ago, Full Tilt Poker had its primary license suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and has not been open for business for anyone in the world. No one is entirely sure that this means for Full Tilt Poker but we do have to question what the KGC is thinking. Below is the statement released by the KGC.

The Commission has granted an application to renew the Secondary Client Provider Authorization (“Secondary CPA”) held by Kolyma Corporation A.V.V. (“Kolyma”), operating as “Full Tilt Poker”, effective August 1, 2011 for a term of two (2) years.

To maintain a Secondary CPA, a licensee must maintain a valid licence to operate interactive gaming that has been issued by a comparable jurisdiction (the “primary jurisdiction”). Accordingly, the Commission is closely monitoring the proceedings being conducted by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (the “AGCC”) concerning the eGambling Licences held by Filco Limited, operating as “Full Tilt Poker”. The AGCC has confirmed to the Commission that, although the eGambling Licences held by Filco Limited are presently suspended pending the outcome of a hearing, these licences are still considered to be valid.

Presently, Full Tilt Poker is not offering gaming to the public, or accepting player deposits, from servers that are located within Kahnawake or under the Commission’s supervision.

Party Poker World Poker Tour Borgata Satellites On Now

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Starting August 1 and continuing through September 4, Party Poker is hosting satellite tournaments into the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open taking place September 18 -22, 2011 in Atlantic City, NJ.

The PartyPoker WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package is valued at $7,000 and includes the $3,500 ticket into the main event, a 7-night stay at Atlantic City luxury accommodations, a voucher worth $100 to spend at the hotel’s restaurant or spa, and $2,000 cash to spend as you like.

As is standard for Party Poker’s World Poker Tour satellite series’ players can start out on the road to Atlantic City for free, with daily freeroll tournaments, each awarding the top 25 players seats in the sub qualifier speed rebuy event. That event, also daily, has a $1 buy-in and awards one seat in the qualifier for every $40 in the prize pool. There’s also a $5 + $1 daily sub qualifier speed event with no rebuy that awards 1 in every 8 players seats in the qualifier. The WPT Borgata Open qualifier is also daily event, with a $37.50 + $2.50 buy-in. On Sundays, this event is a Turbo event; the rest of the time a normal paced tournament. One out of every 10 players in the qualifier will make it to the $350 + $25 weekly satellite, held Sundays and awarding at least one WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package guaranteed.

Last year’s WPT Borgata Poker Open saw the prize pool top $2 million, with the winner taking $750,000. There’s no telling how high the prizes will go this year.

Safe Online Poker Sites for US Players August 2011

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Months after Black Friday many poker players in the US are still trying to figure out where and how to play online. While many of the high stakes players have moved outside the US, not everyone can just pick up and leave. Therefore we’ve compiled a list of online poker sites still operating in the US.

At the top of the list is Bodog Poker, which is a well-established name in the US. Bodog recently announced that they will be changing the name of their US facing operations but have no fear the only change will be in the name. They offer players a 110% bonus up to $1100 and run a weekly 100k tournament. Players are stating that they are receiving withdrawal checks in under a week.

Another well-established sports booking site has set its sight’s on the US poker market and that is BetOnline. They’ve been around for over 10 years and have a great reputation. Their poker software is proprietary and they are aggressively marketing to players by offering a 25% up to Unlimited bonus.

Luvin Poker on the Everleaf network is also offering a massive bonus of 200% up to $1000 and the play is super soft. While they don’t boast the number of players that the bigger sites do, they are a great site for the lower stake games. They are also 100% mac compatible.

The Merge Poker network sites are do to reopen to new US players this month. There are two online poker sites on the Merge network that we highly recommend and those are Lock Poker, which has been signing many of today’s top young poker pros, and Carbon Poker, which is the flagship site of the Merge network. Both offer generous bonuses but players claim that cashouts from Lock Poker are slightly quicker then those from Carbon Poker.

Make sure to visit Holdem Poker Chat regularly for updates on the above poker sites as well as all poker news. We’ll continue to update and monitor all US Poker Sites daily so all you have to do is play and win.

Girls Night In at Luvin Poker Freerolls

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Luvin Poker will be running Girls Night In, Hosted by LIPS every first Monday night of every month with $100 Freerolls at 9 pm EST under the freeroll tab. The first game is this Monday, August 1st!

Prizes will be added to the prize pool. No deposit is necessary and they’re definitely looking for BRAGGING RIGHTS!

Tell your girlfriends to join the fun!

Passwords will be sent to fans of the Luvin Poker Facebook page via notification on Monday morning.

Gentlemen who “crash” this LADIES ONLY EVENT are disqualified and subject to any prize money won being confiscated from their accounts.

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Cake Poker Launches $60,000 Gold Club Tournaments Series

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This August, 2011, Cake Poker introduces the $60,000 Gold Club Tournaments Series, comprising dozens of tournaments with big prize pools and Gold Card buy-ins. The total cash prize pool guaranteed in the Gold Club Tournament Series over the course of the month is $45,000 with an additional $15,000 Finale Freeroll open to all Cake Poker players who compete in at least 10 of the series’ events.

There will be no cash buy-ins for any of the tournaments in this series; only Gold Cards. More, only Gold Cards suited clubs are eligible for entry into these events. It only takes one Gold Card to enter any given event, but it has to be the right Gold Card. Sometimes the Gold Card Series matters as well, with some entries open to Gold Cards from all series (such as any year’s 7 of clubs) and others open only to Gold Cards from a certain year (such as the ’09 series 7 of clubs).

All Gold Card tournaments start at 22:00 GMT, or 6 pm EST. The festivities begin on Thursday, August 4 with a $5,000 guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of any series 2 of clubs Gold Card. One Gold Card Tournament Series event takes place every day, seven days a week, after that, through the end of August, with each Wednesday’s event being another $5,000 guaranteed. The $15,000 Finale Freeroll then takes place on Friday, September 2.The prize pool in the $15,000 Finale Freeroll will be divided evenly among the top 3 finishers, each getting $5,000 for their efforts.

Bet Online Poker Offers Over $150K in Tournament Guarantees Plus

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Bet Online Poker offers more than $150,000 worth of tournament guarantees per month plus a tournament bonus guarantee to boot. That $150K guaranteed prize pool is divided up among several of the site’s monthly guaranteed tournaments. For all guaranteed tournament buy-ins, players have a choice of paying either in cash or promo bucks.

In addition, players can earn themselves a tournament bonus on top of their 25% match lifetime bonus on every deposit made into a real money account on the site. Players receive 200 promo bucks for every $50 they deposit, with a maximum tournament bonus of 4,000 promo bucks. As mentioned above, these promo bucks can then be used to cover the buy-in costs for any Bet Online poker tournaments, including the $150,000 in monthly guaranteed tournaments. The minimum eligible deposit for the tournament bonus guarantee is $50.

Players must request their bonus promo bucks after making eligible deposits in order to be credited for them. Otherwise it will not happen automatically.

These and all Bet Online promotions are subjct to Bet Online’s general rules, including that promo bucks have no equivalent cash value are non-transferrable. Bet Online Poker also reserves the right to alter the rules of the program or revoke it altogether at their will, without notice. Players caught abusing the program may have promo bucks withheld or deducted from their accounts.

Beyond just being an online poker room, Bet Online is a complete one-stop shop for online gambling, including a sports book, horse racing betting, an online casino.

Bodog Poker to be renamed in the US

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Calvin Ayre announced this morning that the Bodog Brand is leaving the US. Most players took this to mean that Bodog is leaving the US but that’s not really the case. Over the past few years the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group’s (MMGG) has been licensing the Bodog name and will continue to operate the poker and sportsbook under a new name come January 1st, 2012. We realize this is a bit confusing but for you as a player the only change will be the name of the site. All deposits/withdrawls, support and software has been operated by MMGG. in other words Bodog has had nothing to do with the site other then have it’s name on it for the past 5 years.

So to recap, the only change you will see is the name of the site. Here’s what Calvin had to say “It will mean the end of the Bodog era in the US but Morris Mohawk Gaming has been operating the brand in the US Market for the past 5 years so other than a name change it should be business as usual for US players”. There is no reason to fear this change.

For those of you who have been around for a while this is exactly like when Poker.com switched to PDCPoker.com because their leasing agreement with the owners of Poker.com expired. All that changed was the name of the site but play continued as usual.