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Intertops Poker Hosting Knock Out Challenge Bounty Tourneys

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Throughout the month of November, 2011, Intertops Poker will be holding a series of bounty tourneys called Knock Out Challenges. During these events, rather prizes will be awarded not just for finishing in the money in the overall event but for knocking out your competitors as well. Unlike other bounties where only select, usually celebrity or pro players have bounties on their heads, in these Knock Out Challenges, every player has a bounty on their head, including you.

Part of the buy-in for an Intertops Poker Knock Out Challenge, $2 from each $5 + $0.50 buy-in to be exact, is applied toward the bounty on your head and your opponents as well. In addition to these bounties, all of which you get to keep, with no limit on how many you can rank up regardless of how you finish in the general competition, there’s also a $1,000 guaranteed cash prize pool at each of these events.

What’s more, besides just winning money for doing well in the overall competition and for knocking your fellow players out of the running, you’ll also win money for knocking out more competitors than anyone else. For each player you eliminate from the tourney, you get 1 point in addition to your bounty money. Intertops Poker keeps track of how many points each player earns in each tourney on a Headhunter leaderboard, with $1,000 up for grabs for the top 10 finishers on this leaderboard, the top finisher getting $300 and the 10th spot earning $20.

Intertops Poker Sending Players to Super Poker Event of Europe 2012

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The biggest poker event in European history is estimated to be the upcoming Super Poker Event of Europe 2012, known for short as Super 2012. The event features a 4,000 player pool vying for a piece of a €1.2 million estimated prize pool. Several poker sites are now holding satellite tournaments awarding players free seats in this event, among them Intertops Poker.

The Intertops Poker Super 2012 satellite series runs from November 1, 2011 to February 12, 2012. During that time, Intertops will be hosting an array of daily satellite tournaments, all of which can be found under the Events tab, located inside the Tournaments section of the Intertops Poker lobby. Once monthly, on November 20 and December 11 of 2011 and January 15 and Feburary 12 of 2012, Intertops Poker will hold finals at each of which prize packages worth $1,500 into Super 2012 will be awarded. Each prize package inclues the €300 + €40 buy-in into the main event as well as cash to assist with travel expenses and hotel accommodations.

Super 2012 will be played in two distinct portions. The first will occur between February 25 and 26, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland at the Citywest International Conference and Events Center, which is situated inside the Citywest Hotel complex. When the playing field has been whittled down to the final 8 players, competition will pause, to be resumed on March 31, 2012 at a secure spot where the final 8 will be flown to finish out the tournament. The action will be streamed over the web for people at home to watch live.

Intertops Poker’s Last September FPP Race Starts Tomorrow

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Tomorrow is the start date for the fourth and final of four FPP Races held at Intertops Poker. Running from 04:00 GMT on September 23 to 03:59 GMT on September 30, Race 4 of Intertops Poker’s September FPP Races promises a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Here’s how it works: Players accumulate FPPs, or Frequent Player Points, by playing at Intertops Poker’s real money cash tables. At the end of the promotional period, the 80 players who have earned the most FPPs during that period will split the $5,000 prize pool, each player receiving a cash prize of at least $10. The highest FPP earner will win $580 while the second highest will win $440. Third place gets $360, fourth gets $325, fifth gets $295 and down from there. Places 12 through 19 get $60 each. Places 20 through 29 get $40 each. Places 30 through 39 get $35 each. Places 40 through 49 get $27 each. Places 50 through 59 get $20 each. Places 60 through 70 get $15 each. And places 71 through 80 get $10 each.

Intertops Poker will be keeping an ongoing leaderboard tracking players rankings in the race in real time.

A member of the Cake Poker Network, Intertops Poker participates in many popular Cake Poker promotions including the recent pair of football season themed promotions: the Footie 50 Challenge and Money Night Football. They also recognize Gold Cards and Gold Chips and participate in The Exchange whiere Gold Cards can be bought, traded and sold.

Intertops Poker Holds 26-Day Endurance Challenge

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For the 26 days running between 04:00 GMT on August 26 and 03:59 GMT on September 21, 2011, Intertops Poker is giving players the chance to earn prizes up to $42 cash and entry into freeroll tournaments worth up to $1,500. They’re calling it, appropriately, the 26-Day Endurance Challenge and all you have to do to participate is play as you normally do at Intertops Poker, accumulating Frequent Player Points as you do so. Earn enoug frequent player points per day for enough days of the challenge and you automatically win a prize.

The smallest cash prize is $3, earned by acquiring 14 FPPs per day for $20 days. For the largest cash prize of $42, earn 224 FPPs per day for 20 days of the promotion. Earn 224 FPPs per day for 5 days of the promotional period, 112 FPPs per day for 10 days or 56 FPPs per day for 20 days and get $10 cash.

All cash prizes also come with freeroll entries. Reach any 5-day target and gain entry into the $750 freeroll; reach any 10-day target and gain entry into the $1,000 freeroll; reach any 15-day or 20-day target and gain entry into the $1,500 freeroll. All freerolls take place at 22:59 GMT on Sunday, September 25, 2011.

Both cash and freeroll prizes are not cumulative, meaning that you only win one freeroll entry and one cash prize maximum in the Intertops Poker 26-Day Endurance Challenge, claiming the highest possible prizes for which you qualify.

Best USA Online Poker Sites – Pokerstars and Full TIlt Poker Alternatives

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With the departure of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker from the US online poker landscape you may be left wondering where everyone is playing these days. A handful of poker sites have begun to stand out and make a name for themselves. We’ll break down a few today and let you know why they’re on the rise and what the best alternatives are for former Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker players.

The Merge Poker Network is growing the fastest but you may be surprised to know that it is not their flagship site Carbon Poker that is leading the way. The rising star for the Merge network is Lock Poker due to unique promotions, an ultra sleek design and a 200% up to $1200 deposit bonus. Another Merge skin that is growing rapidly is RPM Poker. If we were to list the top Merge skins in order it would be Lock Poker, Carbon Poker and RPM Poker. Keep in mind that while all three share most of their tournaments and all the cash game tables. Each also runs their own unique promotions. These poker sites are all 100% Mac compatible.

Also on the rise is Bodog Poker. This is no surprise as Bodog is an established site with a great reputation for customer service and successful deposit methods. They not only offer a Poker room but also a full casino and sportsbook. The 110% up to $1100 deposit bonus on Bodog is great as well. If you’re primarily a cash game players, there are two things to keep in mind if you decide to play at Bodog Poker. First, their Mac version is not a full version of the software. Second, Bodog limits the amount of tables you can play.

If you’re looking for a no download instant play poker site then there is only one we can recommend and that is Luvin Poker on the Everleaf Network. Everleaf is a small network that is also growing rapidly as of late and may by the end of the year be a real contender. While there are several sites on the network we at Holdem Poker Chat only endorse Luvin Poker because we love their customer support and they offer players a nice 100% up to $1000 deposit bonus.

Last week we came across a real gem of a poker site on the Cake Poker network. Sports Interaction Poker is a cake poker skin that accepts eChecks as a deposit method. As far as we can tell they are the only online poker site serving the US that has this as a deposit option. If you’re a former Pokerstars or Full Tilt Poker players, I’m sure this is great news for you. Our top poker sites on the Cake poker network are Intertops Poker and Cake Poker.

You can find more information on all these poker sites and full reviews by visiting our USA Poker Sites page.

We’ll continue to monitor which online poker sites continue to serve the US and adjust our rankings accordingly. For now we feel that the poker sites listed above are the safest and most promising for all US poker players.