888 Poker Hosts GR888 $10K Winter Giveaway

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Win a share of up to $10,000 daily in 888 Poker’s The GR888 Winter Giveaway, running now through the end of December, with $10K (£6K) freeroll tournaments running each and every day.

To get started, check your 888 Poker email inbox for your first free ticket into a $10,000 Daily Winter Freeroll tournament. To earn an additional ticket into another 888 Poker Daily Winter Freeroll, each with a $10,000 (or £6,000) guaranteed prize pool, just get 3 of a kind 8s (trips 8) on any hand and make it to the Showdown of that hand. Every time you do so, you’ll earn an additional ticket into another $10K Daily Winter Freeroll. Players can earn a maximum of 1 such ticket per day of the promotion.

In addition, there are also Winter Warmers, prizes of 888 Poker merchandise and more, all also up for grabs during these $10K (£6K) Daily Winter Freeroll tournaments.

New players to 888 Poker, upon making their first real money deposit, will earn, in addition to their Welcome bonus, 5 free tickets into GR888 Winter Giveaway Daily Freerolls.

Players have until the end of December to redeem their Daily Winter Freeroll tickets before they expire.

Only 3 of a kinds received during cash games or tournaments with real money buy-ins are eligible for Winter Giveaway Freeroll tickets. Trip 8s received in freeroll tournaments, for example, do not count toward Daily Winter Freeroll Tournament tickets. It does not matter, however, whether the three of a kind includes 1, 2, or none of your hole cards.

Introducing the new CarbonCasino

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Carbon PokerCarbon Poker is set to launch their full feature casino offering Sunday April 7, 2013.  CarbonCasino will feature all of your favorite casino games such as Blackjack, Video Poker, and Slots.  The Casino will be fully integrated into the poker software and can be accessed from the “Casino” tab.  There is no shifting of balances as players use the same wallet for poker as well as for the casino.  Casino games can also be played directly from the Carbon Poker website

To celebrate the launch of this new option, Carbon Poker will hold a special $3,000 freeroll on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 2:00 pm eastern time.  The top 500 players in the game will be awarded cash prizes.  Registration for this event opens at 10:00 am eastern time on April 7, 2013.  The tournament can be found under the Tournaments tab under the “Special” sub heading.

Carbon Poker Now Offering 125 Seats to $125k Freeroll

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Carbon Poker has just announced that it will now be running a weekly freeroll tournament series awarding as its top prizes seats in the $125,000 guaranteed tournament the site holds every

The Carbon Poker 125 Seats to $125,000 Freeroll requires only 250 VIP points to enter. As suggested by the name, there is no cash buy-in. Simply earn those points between 00:01 Sunday and 15:00 on the following Saturday, which is when the freeroll tournament commences. To know whether and when you have enough VIP points to grant you entry into that week’s freeroll, just go to your player admin screen and check your progress. When you’ve reached the 250 points mark, a button will activate that you can select if you wish to register for the next scheduled freeroll.

Listed in your Carbon Poker lobby as 125 Seats to 125k Freeroll, the event is scheduled for every Saturday at 15:00 server time, granting the top 125 finishers coupons worth $109 each to the following day’s $125,000 Guaranteed Freezeout event. This also starts at 15:00 server time, but this time awards $125,000 cash as its prize. Enter with a $109 freeroll coupon or buy-in directly for 10,900 VIP points or $109.

This is a new ongoing promotion at Carbon Poker. Surplus VIP points sitting in your account cannot be used to enter the 125 Seats to 125k Freeroll. Only VIP points earned the week leading up to a given freeroll count toward entry into that freeroll. Players are not automatically registered upon earning the requisite VIP points, but must register manually in the Carbon Poker player admin.

Pokerstars Now Holding 100k Depositor Freerolls

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For a limited time only, Poker Stars will be holding $100,000 worth of freeroll tournaments with the only entry requirement being a deposit into a new or existing Pokerstars real money player account. Not just that, but you’ll be entered to play in 31 of these daily freeroll tournaments, and when that 31 days runs out, you can make a deposit for the next batch of days. The 100K Depositor Freeroll series runs through May 20, which means all deposits made before that time will be eligible for at least part of this bonus reward, with April 19 designated as the last day to receive the maximum 31 freeroll entries.

Just remember to use the appropriate bonus code when you make your deposit in order to be credited your 31 freeroll entries. If you’re a new player making your first deposit into your PokerStars account, then use the code STARS600. That will ensure that you also receive the 100% match bonus Poker Stars gives on first deposits up to $600, in addition to your 100k Depositor Freeroll tickets. If you’ve already made deposits into your PokerStars account in the past, then use the code 100K when you make this deposit in order to qualify for the freeroll entries.

Each daily 100k Depositor Freeroll will have a $1,000 guaranteed prize pool. Although they are free to enter, they will all also have rebuys: 3 allowed per player total, all within the first hour of play, each rebuy costing 30 cents.

Win Punta Cana Poker Classic Seats in America’s Cardroom’s Freeroll Super Series

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You can win seats at the 2012 Punta Cana Poker Classic for free when you play in the Freeroll Super Series at America’s Cardroom. Along the way, you can also win a piece of a $75k prize pool.

The Freeroll Super Series (FSS) is broken down into four stages, or rounds. Pass through all four of these and win a cash guaranteed as well as, possibly, one of 3 prize packages to the 2012 Punta Cana Poker Classic.

For Round One, America’s Cardroom is holding hourly qualifiers every day. At 8pm nightly is a Main Event Freeroll for 50 Round Two tickets and at 12am nightly is a Midnight Daily Second Chance Freeroll for 25 Round Two tickets. For each of the other 22 hours of the day, the site will host a freeroll on the hour awarding 3 Round Two tickets.

For Round Two, America’s Cardroom is holding weekly qualifiers every Saturday. In addition to the main prize of Round Three tickets to 1 out of every 5 competitors, the site also offers a $750 cash prize pool guaranteed at each. Finish in the final 100 and win a share.

For Round Three, America’s Cardroom is holding a monthly event on the Saturday after the month ends, in this case that’s the 4th of March. Besides being the final opportunity to earn enough FSS Special Points to get to the Grand Finale Freeroll, this monthly event also offers a guaranteed $3,000 cash prize pool, again going out to the highest 100 performers.

The fourth round is the Grand Finale Freeroll, open to the 500 highest Special Points earners over the entire month-long course of the FSS. It happens on October 13, that’s also a Saturday, and offers a guaranteed prize pool of $25,000 in addition to three Punta Cana prize packages to the first, second and third place finishers.

Carbon Poker Holds $25k Freeroll

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Starting on January 29, 2012 and running through February 25, Carbon Poker is holding online qualifier tournaments to seed players into a special Bankroll Booster freeroll tournament with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool.

This Carbon Poker $25k Bankroll Booster will take place on Sunday, February 26 at 2 pm, server time. Between now and then (or the day before then, to be accurate) Carbon Poker is holding 3 freeroll qualifiers per day. These qualifiers will be free to enter as well, and each one will award 10 seats in the 25k Freeroll, one seat each to the top 10 finishers.

The schedule of 25k Freeroll qualifiers is 1:30 pm, 5:30 pm and 9:30 pm daily, server time. Each qualifier uses a turbo format with a 1,000 chip starting stack and 5 minute blinds.

There is also a separate schedule of VIP Points Earned qualifiers, also running now through Feburary 25, but with smaller playing fields These tournaments require VIP Points to enter, with each tournament costing a different buy-in to enter, ranging from 15 to 500 VIP points. Only points earned starting from one minute after midnight one day before the scheduled VIP Points Earned Qualifier tournament will count toward a player’s eligibility to enter that tournament. As with the regular freeroll qualifiers, seats in the Carbon Poker 25k Bankroll Booster Freeroll will be awarded to the top 10 finishers at each of these VIP Points Earned Qualifiers.

All tournaments related to and including the $25k Freeroll can be found in the Carbon Poker lobby under Scheduled and then Special.

Bovada Poker Holiday Countdown

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bovada pokerBovada Poker, the new brand name of Bodog Poker in the USA has an exciting Holiday promotion for all you United States players.  Bovada poker will host weeday freerolls December 19-23, and again December 26-30.  the top 25 players in each of these freerolls will win entry to the $100k Guaranteed the following Sunday.  So, if you win a ticket December 19-23 you MUST play the December 25, 2011 $100K Guaranteed tournament.  The next week’s winners must play the January 01, 2012 $100k guaranteed.  You can only win one ticket per week, and they must be used that week.  Players not able to play the corresponding tournament are encouraged to not play.  There will be no cash value and the tickets are not transferable.

For those who do have time on Christmas Day and New Years Day, these freerolls are a great chance at playing a big tournament with no real bankroll impact.

The Holiday Countdown continues.  Bovada Poker is giving their loyal players cash bonuses for playing on a couple of the historically slow weeks of the year.

Earn Poker Points during the week of Dec. 19 – 25 and Dec. 26 – Jan. 1, and qualify for one of two different bonuses each week.

Level 1: Earn 50 Poker points within a week and get $15 cash

Level 2: Earn 100 Poker points within a week and get $30 cash

You get the highest bonus you reach for each week so no double dipping.  But it is cash not a 20x rollover bonus like some sites.

The last Bovada Holiday Poker Countdown event is a drawing for free entry to every $100K Guaranteed tournament of 2012.  That is fifty-three $162 entry fees paid by Bovada.

To get entries to the drawing just earn 5 poker points on December 24 and again on December 25.  Earn more points both days and gain more entries.  the more you play, the better your odds of winning.

Happy Holidays to all and Good Luck

Luvin Poker Holds Regular Freeroll Frenzy

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Luvin Poker has just released details on a new $2K first depositor freeroll as well as a frenzy of daily freeroll tournaments with both cash and points buy-ins.

The freeroll action at Luvin Poker starts with $2,000 worth of first depositor freerolls for first-time players at the site. All you have to do is register for a new membership at Luvin Poker (only one account allowed per player) and make your first deposit to fund your new player account. After that, Luvin Poker will instantly credit you with entries into four exclusive freeroll tournaments with prize pools of $500 each. Luvin Poker schedules two of these freerolls per month, so qualifying deposits must be made within two months of their start dates.

Additionally, Luvin Poker offers daily freerolls for all its players. Monday through Saturday the site hosts freerolls with $5 prize pools four times per day. And on Sundays the site hosts a Freeroll Frenzy with a new $5 freeroll starting every 2 hours. There’s also a special $100 Ladies Only Freeroll scheduled for the first Monday of each month.

What’s more, there are also Luvin Poker Player Points Freerolls. At 1:30 pm Monday through Saturday players can enter a $10 freeroll for 50 player points. At 3:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, players can enter a $50 freeroll for a 150 player points buy-in. Every Sunday is a $100 added tournament that you can win a free voucher into via ongoing SNG qualifiers for 25 player points.

Carbon Poker $500 Freeroll

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Carbon PokerCarbon Poker is pleased to announce that players from the United States are now allowed to sign up for new accounts.  Sign up for a new Carbon Poker account with Holdem Poker Chat and we will put you into a monthly $500 Freeroll!  Also, play in an exclusive $500 added tournament  for only $2.20.

These special tournaments will not have a password.  They are not a “new players only” deal either.  Any player who signed up to Carbon Poker through our links, at any time, will be issued coupons to play.  The first of these great value added tournaments will run on November 12 and 13.  Get ready to play today.

Name: Exclusive $500 Freeroll
Where: CarbonPoker Lobby
When:  November 12th @ 15:00 CarbonPoker Server time.
Location: CarbonPoker>> Tournaments>> Private>> Scheduled.

Name: Exclusive $500 Added Value – $2.20 Buyin
Where: CarbonPoker Lobby
When:  November 13th @ 15:00 CarbonPoker Server time
Location: CarbonPoker>> Tournaments>> Private>> Scheduled.

888 Poker Rewards Program Includes $25,000 Rewards Freerolls

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888 Poker pulls out all the stops with its rewards program, including $25,000 Rewards Freerolls.

As part of its rewards program, 888 Poker is holding special freeroll tournaments that players can enter depending on their status level. Players can even advance status levels simply by competing in one of these rewards freerolls. In addition to regular cash prizes, 888 Poker is also holding weekly and monthly status freerolls with prize pools of up to $25,000 guaranteed.

At least five of the 888 Poker rewards freerolls have no buy-in. You need only have attained the required eligible status level to sit in. All players are eligible for the $75 Daily Freeroll and the $750 Weekly Bronze Freeroll. There’a are also $1,000 Weekly Silver Freerolls, $4,000 Monthly Gold Freerolls and $7,000 Mothly Platinum Freerolls with the named status levels reflecting the minimum level participating players must have attained prior to registration. The weekly and monthly freerolls in this category all take place on Saturdays.

Then there are three rewards tournaments that aren’t exactly freerolls but are certain cheap when compared with their guaranteed prize pools. There’s the Silver Dollar tournament for Bronze players only with its $1 + $0.10 buy-in and rebuy/add-on, awarding cash and Silver status. The Gold Rush has a $5 + $0.50 buy-in, is open to Bronze and Silver players, and confers Gold Status in addition to cash prizes. Finally the Platinum Record costs $15 + $1.50 to enter and confers Platinum status to the top Bronze, Silver and Gold entrants.