Category: Online Poker

Nevada’s (And U.S.’s) Only Legal Poker Site, Ultimate Poker, Continues Hitting New Heights

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Ultimate Poker is not just the one and only licensed and regulated online poker site currently operating in the state of Nevada but it’s also the only one in the whole country. And now Ultimate Poker is continuing to break new ground by celebrating 10 million hands dealt with a big $10,000 promotion and the release of a brand new poker software and VIP program to boot.

The 10 million hands celebration is open only to players residing in Nevada, so we won’t take too much time here with the details, but suffice it to say it bodes well for U.S. poker sites to come – and there will be plenty to come – as it shows intrastate online poker rooms capable of emulating the same type and scale of promotional offerings as online poker rooms with international player bases.

The new software Nevada players have to look forward to, as well as the revamped VIP program, are also things for players throughout the U.S. to take notice of, as it reflects what can be expected in other states like New Jersey or Delaware, where licensed and regulated online poker rooms are just around the corner.

The new Ultimate Poker VIP rewards program, incidentally, is called Color UP and offers 8 tiers from White Chip up to Cranberry Chip, with monthly opportunities to advance and two annual prize targets: $10K in rake earning Gold Plaque status and $100K in rake earning Platinum Plaque status. The new Ultimate Poker software update will also include a renovated UP store.

Bovada Poker Hosts Punta Cana Poker Classic Satellites

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Bovada Poker invites players to win seats now in the upcoming 2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic, taking place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Dominican Republic between November 12 and 16, and featuring a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Between July 22 and October 20, Bovada Poker is holding daily qualifiers costing under $1 to enter, with top prizes of $5,500 prize packages into the 2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic.

Each of Bovada Poker’s $5,500 Punta Cana Poker Classic prize packages includes the $1,650 buy-in into the main event as well as accommodations for 6 nights at the 5-star Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the site of the tournament, $1,700 to apply toward travel costs, ground transportation both ways between airport and hotel in Punta Cana, food and beverages all included, and of course a Bovada swag bag.

Cheap seats into the satellite series start at $0.44, leading to a quarterfinal with a $2.75 direct buy-in, which in turn leads to a semifinal with a $17.60 direct buy-in, which leads, finally, to the Punta Cana Satellite itself, which you can buy into directly for a $270 direct buy-in.

Bovada Poker will post the winners of every Punta Cana Poker Classic prize package during this satellite series on its website for all to see.

The full schedule of daily qualifiers and weekly satellites can also be found on the Bovada Poker website. This includes turbo qualifiers and sit and go qualifier tournaments as well.

Sportsbook.ag $160,000 Turbo OPS Coming Up

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The next Sportsbook.ag Turbo Online Poker Series (Turbo OPS) is coming up this Thursday through Sunday, July 25 to 28. Made up of 18 events, all turbo tournaments, the series features a guaranteed prize pool of more than $160,000.

The action starts on July 25th at 18:00 with a $5,000 GTD with 1 rebuy for a $1 + $0.10 direct buy-in. From there direct buy-ins range up to $100 + $9 for both the $25,000 GTD and $10,000 GTD 6-max turbo No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha main events, on Sunday, July 28 at 16:00 and 16:00, respectively. There’s one other Po Limit Omaha event on the schedule, taking place Friday, July 26 at 19:00, this one a 6-max hyper-turbo for a direct buy-in of $5.24 + $0.26. The rest of the events on the Turbo OPS schedule are in No Limit Hold’em.

Many of the events are 6-max games and some have rebuys. There’s also one heads-up event, on Saturday, July 27 at 16:30 for a $5,000 prize pool, with a $30 + $3 buy-in. The lowest prize pool on the schedule, in fact, is $5,000 guaranteed.

And Sportsbook.ag is now hosting lower cost satellite tournaments throughout the day every day until and throughout the series, awarding seats in its various events.

To find the Turbo OPS tournaments and satellites in the Sportsbook.ag Poker software, just go to the tournament lobby and look under the special Turbo OPS tab.

Other Sportsbook.ag Poker promotional terms and conditions apply.

888 Poker Holds WSOPE Paris Satellites

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The World Series of Poker Europe is coming to Paris, France, and you can win a seat in the big event at 888 Poker now, with grand prize packages valued at $17,000 each, including a seat in the WSOPE Paris Main Event.

Every other week, on Sundays, 888 Poker is holding another WSOPE Paris 2013 Qualifier, for a $500 + $25 direct buy-in, awarding at each one at $17,000 grand prize package to the WSOPE Paris Main Event.

Players can avoid that direct buy-in by winning their seat in the qualifier through a Step Three satellite taking place Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 6:05 pm GMT for a $105 + $10 direct buy-in.

Or players can win their seat in the Step Three satellite through a Step Two Satellite, each taking place the same days, two hours earlier, for a $23 + $2 direct buy-in. And there are two ways players can win seats in Step Two, through a Step One qualifier with a rebuy and addon and a $1 + $0.10 buy-in, and a Step One satellite without a rebuy or addon, and a $0.50 + $0.05 buy-in.

Finally, players can win seats in the Step One with no rebuy or add-on by making a deposit (1st time or reload) of at least $10 into their 888 Poker real money account.

The $17,000 WSOPE Paris Main Event prize package comes with the winner’s entry into the event, worth €10,450, accommodations at the Grand Hotel Barriere for as long as you’re in contention, or between October 18 and 24, whichever comes last, $1,500 for traveling costs, an 888Poker swag bag, and an 888Poker/WSOPE VIP event invitation.

The WSOPE Paris Main Event expects to pull in a prize pool of more than $4 million.

Poker Stars Finds New Jersey Casino Partner

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Formerly the undisputed king of its game, Poker Stars has recently suffered some tough times and has of late been bouncing back with some difficulty from the foils of Black Friday, April 15, 2011. Among those troubles was a rapidly closing deadline to file for a permit with the state of New Jersey to offer online poker legally to residents of the state. The holdup was Poker Stars’ inability to land a deal with one of the land-based casinos in the area: not a requirement for entry into the NJ online poker game, but certainly a foot in the door, and one which its biggest competitors had already taken.

The land based casino that has facilitated Poker Stars’ entry into New Jersey’s fledgling online poker industry is Resorts Casino Hotel, according to a statement released by The Rational Group which owns Poker Stars.

Resorts is also partners with Margaritaville and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Founded in 1978 and the first U.S. Casino to set up shop outside of Nevada, the Resorts Hotel and Casino in New Jersey is situated right on the Atlantic City boardwalk. This prime location is sure to be a boon for Poker Stars now as well.

Recently Poker Stars was in talks to strike up a similar deal with the Atlantic Club Casino but that never saw the light of day.

Now that Poker Stars was able to hop on Resorts’ coattails in time to file the necessary partnership details for consideration to go live when online gaming in the state does, its next step is to file, jointly with Resorts, its full application for a permit by the deadline of July 29, 2013.

Carbon Poker Turbo OPS $15K GTD Coming Up

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Carbon Poker’s next Turbo Online Poker Series (Turbo OPS) is coming up this July 25 to 28, 2013, awarding a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000. And you can win seats in these Turbo OPS events through online satellites happening at Carbon Poker right now.

On Thursday, July 25 and Friday, July 26, Carbon Poker has four Turbo OPS tournaments scheduled each day, starting every half hour between 18:00 and 19:30. On Saturday, July 27 between 15:00 and 17:00, and Sunday, July 28 between 14:30 and 16:30, Carbon Poker has five Turbo OPS tournaments scheduled each day, running every half hour.

In addition to the biggest chunk of the prize pool, each Turbo OPS tournament winner will also receive an exclusive Turbo OPS winner accolade.

Satellites into the Turbo OPS include 6-max Super Turbo Sit and Go Satellites, 6-max Sit And Go Satellites, and Full Ring Sit and Go Satellites.

Super Turbo Sit and Go Satellites are of 5 varieties: $109 for a $19 buy-in; $60 for a $10.50 buy-in, $33 for a $5.80 buy-in; $11 for a $1.95 buy-in; and $1.10 for a $0.27 buy-in.

The 6-Max Sit and Go Satellites are of 4 varieties: $109 for a $30.50 buy-in, with a $60 2nd prize; $60 for a $17 buy-in with a $33 2nd prize; $33 for an $8 buy-in with an $11 2nd prize; and $11 for a $3.10 buy-in with a $6 2nd prize.

And the Full Ring Sit and Go Satellites are of 4 varieties as well: $109 for a $25 buy-in; $50 for a $13 buy-in; $33 for a $7 buy-in; and $11 for a $3 buy-in. Second and third place prizes available in these events.

Online Poker Documentary “Bet Raise Fold” Released

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A new independent, feature-length documentary film focuses its lens on online poker players. The movie is called “Bet Raise Fold” and it follows three players – Martin “AlexeiMartov” Bradstreet, Tony “Bond18” Dunst, and Danielle “dmoongirl” Moon-Andersen – all of whom make their living with online poker.

The subject is true to the film’s producer Jay Rosenkrantz’s heart, as he moved to NY after earning his Film and TV degree at Boston University only to make $1 million through high stakes card games by the time he reached the age of 24.

The main conflict of the film is the event known as Black Friday, which took place on April 15, 2011 when the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal agency, pulled the rug out from under the online poker industry’s (and players’) feet, shutting down the most popular online poker sites operating in the U.S. – Poker Stars, Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt Poker – and seizing hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. player funds that still haven’t fully been returned. Only Poker Stars has completely paid back its players.

From the moment to which many attribute the big boom in online poker – when online poker and satellite tournament winner Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker in 2003, setting the stage for many amateur players turned instant professionals and celebrities overnight. This also occurred just as the televised broadcast of the World Poker Tour was taking off in popularity.

Bet Raise Fold is billed as a “coming of age story for an entire generation of young poker professionals.”

Interestingly, the film was fully funded by the online poker winnings from a group of select pro players.

Pokerstars Re-Entering US via New Jersey

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pokerstars to re-enter new jersey marketResorts Casino Hotel and The Rational Group, operator of PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, have come to an agreement to provide online poker to the residents of New Jersey, the companies announced today. The agreement links the first casino to open in Atlantic City with the biggest online poker company in the world. “This is another blue chip partner for Resorts to complete a wonderful series of brands – Mohegan Sun, Margaritaville and now PokerStars,” said Morris Bailey, Resorts’ Company Chairman.

“Resorts is a fantastic partner for us and we are looking forward to launch PokerStars in the U.S. in association with the other quality brands Resorts has brought to Atlantic City,” said Mark Scheinberg, CEO of The Rational Group. “We are very happy to invest in New Jersey and we are excited about building a successful relationship with Resorts.” The agreement is pending approval by the New Jersey regulatory authorities.

Many online poker players have been hitting the poker forums and expressing their desire to now move to New Jersey. No word yet on whether Full Tilt Poker which is also owned and operated by The Rational Group will also be opening up to NJ poker players.

Poker 770 Adds BackBet Feature to Games

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Poker770 has introduced a new feature for adding new betting value to each game, allowing players to make side bets on the cards while they’re in the midst of their regular online poker game.

Players can made BackBet side bets on the next card’s color, number, or if it will be a face card. Poker770 claims to be not only one of the select few online poker rooms that lets players make real money side bets on the cards, but the first one to do it as well.

Poker 770 provides a full Flash-based video introduction to the BackBet tool, including a step-by-step tutorial on how to use it.

Players can find BackBet under its own tab in their Poker770 lobby menu, listed as New BackBet! You can also activate the BackBet tool from a convenient icon at the top of your online poker table screen.

Once activated, the BackBet window will open up as a sidebar on your screen. Then the next possible bets you can place appear between each deal of the cards. You can Bet the next pocket card; Bet the board cards; or place a folded card bet. For each bet you see the odds and have a field to enter your bet. Then the total possible win (based on your bet times the odds) appears. To confirm, you click Bet and then watch the action continue.

If you win the bet, the amount you win is shown in green and added t your chip stack. And at the very bottom of the Poker770 BackBet window is listed, for your convenience, your entire side bet Betting History.

Bovada Poker Anonymous Poker Series Goes to Asia

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Bovada Poker is awarding weekly $300 cash bonuses plus a shot at a $5K trip to Asia for a live Anonymous Poker Series event.

Just play at the Bovada Poker tables between July 1st and August 11th and you could earn up to $300 in bonuses per week, plus entries into a random drawing for a trip worth $5,000 to Southeast Asia.

To participate, first opt in to the promotion by clicking the red Enter Now button on the promotion’s page at the Bovada Poker site or through your Bovada Poker player software, and then following the registration instructions given.

Following that, just play your heart out at the Bovada Poker tables.

The grand prize $5K trip to Southeast Asia includes a $2,500 round trip flight for 1, 7 nights of hotel accommodations, $1,100 for expenses, and an invitation to the Anonymous Poker Series social activities and events. There will be a $2,500 cash alternative grand prize made available to the winner at his or her choice.

Players can earn drawing tickets in two different ways. The first is to earn poker points and play in qualifying Anonymous Poker Series (APS) tournaments. This is also how you earn your weekly bonus of up to $300, with up to 3 grand prize drawing tickets per week also available for each player to earn.

The second way to earn tickets in the grand prize drawing is to refer friends to the site. Refer up to 3 friends and get up to 3 grand prize drawing tickets plus bonus rewards.