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Bovada Poker Gets You Into Weekly $100K GTD For $1

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Bovada Poker is currently touting its weekly $100K GTD tournament, the site’s biggest, with a $100,000 minimum guaranteed prize pool. That means it could conceivably be even bigger.

The Bovada Poker $100K Guaranteed Tournament takes place every Sunday at 4:00 pm ET. The event attracts around 500 players, which gives you good odds off making out like last week’s 1st place winner, Jay K who received $20,500 for his achievement. Even 3rd place from that event took home more than $10k.

The direct buy-in comes to $162 but players can win their seat in the $100K through any number of qualifiers, with buy-ins starting as low as just $1. These are called the Cheap Seat Tournaments; there’s no tournament fee; they take place Monday through Sunday, three times daily and award 1 ticket in a $17 semifinal for every $17 in the prize pool.

Then there are Special Qualifier Tournaments for $18 + $1.80. They take place once each Saturday and award the top 30 players a seat in the $100K GTD itself. For the same buy-in and at the same date and time is also a 50-seat Guaranteed version of this event. Players can also pay 1,750 points to enter this 50-seat Special Qualifier instead of paying the cash buy-in.

Following that are Semifinal Tournaments for $16 + $1 taking place Monday through Sunday 4-5 times daily and awarding 1 seat in the $100K for every $162 in the prize pool.

And all this just scratches the surface of Qualifers for the weekly Bovada Poker $100K GTD. There are also three other Semifinal Tournament options and 5 differ Last Chance Qualifiers.

Cake Poker Offers Turbo Gold Cards and The $40,000 Diamond Mine in May

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Cake Poker is holding not one but two big promotions this month of May 2012: Turbo Gold Cards and The Diamond Mine Gold Card Tournament Series.

In the Turbo Gold Cards promotion, players at Cake Poker’s cash game tables between Saturdays May 5th and 12th can earn twice the Gold Cards they ordinarily would simply for playing between the hours of 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm GMT or 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET.

This should give you ample opportunity to collect as many diamond suited Gold Cards as you can, because diamonds are the suit of the month this month at Cake Poker, with a $40,000 Diamond Mine Gold Card Tournament Series.

In this part of the promotion, every day between May 15th and 27th, Cake Poker will be holding a different Gold Card tournament with a different Gold Card (deuce through Ace) required for entry. These tournaments have no cash or points buy-ins, only Gold Cards, which can be purchased or traded for at The Exchange if not earned through regular play. Each of these tournaments have real money prizes, from $1,000 to $5,000.

Players able to enter all 13 of these Diamond Mine tournaments will also earn seats in the Flawless Final, a freeroll tournament with a $10,000 prize pool that will take place on May 31st.

Be sure to note when reading a Diamond Mine tournament’s entry requirements that you see which series Gold Cards are eligible for entry. Sometimes it’s just the series ’12 cards that are eligible, sometimes it’s any series.

Lock Poker Offers Lock Lotto Extreme

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All this month of May, 2012, Lock Poker is holding a special Lock Lotto Extreme promotion with monthly grand prizes of a WSOP Main Event Seat and a Ducati 848 EVO Superbike.

In addition to these grand prizes, every day Lock Poker will award 3 other prizes, ranging from Lock Poker merchandise to player points to tournament seats.

To enter one of any given day’s 3 Lock Lotto Extreme drawings, you must earn a target number of points that day. There are three target levels, each with its own daily drawing. To win a prize, reach a daily target level and you’ll be entered into a drawing for that level’s prize on that day.

The lowest target level is 1,000 points in a day, and sample prizes include a Lock Poker T-shirt, 3k VIP Points or entry worth $33 into a $3k freezeout tournament.

The middle target level is 1,500 points per day and sample prizes include a Lock Poker sweatshirt plus entry worth $109 into a $125k guaranteed freezeout satellite, entry into both the $125k satellite and $3k freezeouts, and 12k in VIP points.

The highest target level is 3,000 points and sample prizes include $500 cash plus the buy-in worth $218 into the $125k guaranteed freezeout, a 16 GB Apple iPad 3, and 50k in VIP Points.

In addition, every day of the month that you qualify for entry into that day’s drawing, you also earn another entry into the monthly drawing for the World Series of Poker Main Event prize package and the Ducati 848 EVO Superbike.

Lock Poker to Buy the Cake Poker Network

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Lock PokerLock Poker has reached an agreement to purchase the Cake Poker Network. Lock Poker had their much anticipated LockOP’s Series abruptly cancelled by the Merge Poker Network last month and appear to have decided to have more control over their future by leaving the mismanaged Merge Poker Network. Gambling911.com first reported this news and we have also confirmed it with our sources.

As of now the Cake Poker Room as well as several other skins will continue to operate and will not be integrated into Lock Poker. Lock Poker has exploded in popularity since Black Friday and is believed to be the biggest earner on the Merge Network.

Sources have also said that the whole Cake Poker Network will be revamped with new technology like being Mac compatible, better player rewards, upgraded software, bigger tournament guarantees and more.

As a player, there is nothing for you need to do. Once software changes are ready, Lock Poker players will login and be redirected to a new download. That’s it. Cake Poker players, it business as usual for you with one exception. Lock Poker already has it’s own cashier, which will be integrated into the software. All 2012 Series games will continue as well as gold cards and other loyalty programs.

This will be the second time that Lock Poker is on the Cake Network. Only this time they will have total control over everything. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about this deal.

Intertops Poker Brings Back Two Popular Promos For Another May

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This May 2012 at Intertops Poker, players can once again enjoy two of their favorite promotions at the site: the 26-Day Endurance Challenge and the FPP Race.

The Intertops Poker 26-Day Endurance Challenge runs from May 1 to 27. During this time, players try to earn as many Frequent Player Points (FPPs) as they can each day for as many days of the promotional period they are able. Earn just 14 points each day for five days and get entry into a $750 freeroll. Earn 224 points each day for 5 days and you’ll also earn $10 cash.

Other prizes include entry into a $1,000 freeroll for meeting any FPP target for 10 days and entry into a $1,500 freeroll for meeting any FPP target for at least 15 days. Additionally, cash prizes ranging from $3 to $42 can be earned on top of those freeroll entries for earning just a bit more on each of those qualifying days.

The Intertops Poker May FPP Race, meanwhile, is made up of four weekly FPP Races worth a total prize pool of $25,000 divided into $6,250 weekly portions.

Simply be among the 100 top FPP earners at Intertops during one of the race periods (May 1 to 8; May 8 to 15; May 15 to 22; May 22 to 29) and win a piece of that cash prize pool. Racing periods run from 4 am to 3:59 am GMT. Prizes are credited to player accounts within 48 hours of the completion of each racing period.

Party Poker Midway Into Pokerfest II Online

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We are now halfway into the Party Poker Pokerfest II Online poker series. The series takes place April 22nd through May 6th, so you still have ample opportunities to participate. The series is made up of 47 headlining tournaments as well as many side events. The total guaranteed prize pool for the series is $3.5 million with $1 million of it alone set aside for the main event. In addition, there are jackpot prizes that include iPods and iPads, World Series of Poker Main Event packages and $50k in cash.

There are Party Poker satellites going on now awarding free seats in the various Pokerfest II Online events, with a $55 structure, $99 structure, $215 structure, $530 structure, $640 structure and $1,060 structure, so that for each of the 47 events in Pokerfest II you can win the full buy-in at a satellite.

In addition to the 47 main events comprising Pokerfest II, you can also play in two Daily Dollar side events each day of the series, each event having a $1 buy-in, and each one varying slightly in game structure or style (e.g. short-handed, deepstack, turbo, etc.). They take place at 1:45 pm and 4 pm ET daily.

There are also Pokerfest II Jackpots that can be win by achieving certain objectives, such as winning any 3 Pokerfest II events ($20k + WSOP prize package), final tabling in 5 or 10 events ($7,500 or $15,000, respectively, plus an iPad), or finishing in the money in 10 or 20 events ($2,500 or $5,000 plus iPad).

Carbon Poker Seeks Last Man Standing

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This May 2012, Carbon Poker is seeking the Last Man Standing (or presumably, last woman) in a contest of the same name to award over $35k in cash awards.

The Carbon Poker Last Man Standing promotion starts May 1st, 2012 and lasts for 60 days (2 months) during which players earn as many VIP Points as they can by playing at Carbon Poker’s real money games.

In order for any of your play to count toward the Last Man Standing competition you must first opt-in to the promotion through your CarbonPoker player admin. Once that’s done (and after the promotional period begins on May 1) Carbon Poker will track the VIP point earnings of all participating players.

Making this contest a bit more exciting (and competitive) than other types of points races (or leader board races), Carbon Poker is setting a certain quota of VIP points that players must earn by certain target dates in order to be allowed to continue in the competition. Players failing to meet those quotas will be eliminated from the running.

What’s more, players can only miss 3 days of the promotional period before being kicked out of the running after missing a 4th day of play. In addition, after day 45 of the competition, no players are allowed to miss a day without being ejected from the contest.

The top 25 players remaining at the end of the 60 days will share $25k of the prize pool, with first place getting $6k, 2nd getting $4k and 3rd getting $2.5k, down to 22nd through 25th places, which award $250 each.

Then there are Last Man Standing Freeroll tournaments four in all, that players qualify to enter by simply achieving their required weekly VIP Point quotas. The freerolls are scheduled for every Sunday in May: the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th. The total prize pool up for grabs at these freerolls is $10k.

Poker Stars SCOOP 2012 Reload Bonus Offers 50% Up to $250

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Players at Poker Stars can now enjoy a 50% reload bonus up to a $250 max bonus. It’s in celebration of upcoming SCOOP 2012. That’s the latest installment of the famed PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker.

Between now and May 3rd just enter in the bonus code MAX250 when making your deposit. Then use the bonus money to get in on the 40 events worth of action at the 2012 SCOOP.

Deposit minimum for this offer is $10 but if you deposit $500 then you can get the full $250 bonus.

In order to redeem any of this bonus, once you’ve made your eligible deposit, you need to earn a certain amount of VPPs, or VIP Player Points. Bonus cash is released in $/£/€10 increments, with the exact amount of VPPs required to clear each increment differing depending on the player’s chosen currency. Euros are released in 260 VPP increments; pounds are released in 320 VPP increments; and U.S. dollars and Canadian dollars are released in 200 VPP increments. Bonus cash can only be redeemed in the same currenc in which the qualifying deposit was made. Players have 30 days after making the qualifying deposits to clear as much of their bonus as they can, after which any remaining uncleared portion of the bonus is forfeited. Each PokerStars player may redeem this bonus only once.

Stay tuned here to learn more about the Poker Stars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker and all its 40 events as the time approaches.

Lock Poker Announces LOCKOPS

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Lock PokerRecently it seems that many online poker sites have been coming out with different online poker tournament series’.  Each one has their own twist and offers some strong incentives, but one that was recently released was the Lock Online Poker Series, or the LOCKOPS.  This tournament series features an incredibly strong list of events (33 in total) with over $2 million in guaranteed prize pools as well.  The series will offer tournaments that have a wide range of buy-in’s for all different levels of players, but also will feature some great chances for players to make quite a bit of cash regardless of which tournament they are in!

The tournament series is going to run from May 6th to May 20th, and it will end with the Grand Finale Main Event that is guaranteed to give away at least $800k in prize money.  To make these tournaments even more interesting is the fact that a Lock PRO Elite player will host each of the tournaments, and all of these pros will have bounties on their heads as well, meaning that you can take home a nice payout if you are the person who can send the pro home!  As we all know, Lock Poker has one of the strongest professional poker lineups out there today, so this is just another chance to potentially play with some of the biggest pros in the game.

There will also be a “Champion of Champions Tournament” which will be offered for any player who takes down one of the 33 different events.  This tournament will give away two seats to the World Series of Poker Main Event, meaning that you have a great chance to take down one of the seats if you can win one of the 33 events.  Lock Poker is going to run a leaderboard that will be constantly updated as well, and the players who finish in the top 100 at the end of the tournament series will automatically be entered into another special tournament after the Main Event comes to an end.

UPDATE: The Merge Poker Network has cancelled the LOCKOPS Series

Cake Poker Offers $4k for Russian Roulette

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Not the kind of Russian Roulette you’re thinking of, certainly, but inspired by it, no doubt, this much safer alternative to that game is a leaderboard promotion cake Poker is holding for its new “Russian Roulette” style ring games and tournaments at Cake Poker.

CakePoker’s Russian Roulette is not a poker game. Instead, each player gets 3 tokens to use in making a simple decision: To Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the question. If you shoot and the gun goes off, you lose. If you shoot and the gun doesn’t go off, you collected the pot and stay alive. If you don’t shoot, pay another token into the pot and stay alive as the turn goes to the next player.

The $4,000 Russian Roulette Leaderboard competition started on Sunday, April 15, 2012 and it runs for the next four weeks, awarding $1,000 per week until the full $4,000 prize pool has been awarded.

Every dollar a player spends playing one of these games earns that player an additional leaderboard point. The 100 top points earners each week will win a cash prize of up to $100.

There is no extra buy-in or opt-in requirement for this contest. It is simply offered to all players at Cake Poker’s new Russian Roulette tournaments and ring games, simply to entice you to spend more time (and, okay, money too) experiencing this unique new offering.

Those 4 race periods are from April 15 to 22; April 22 to 29; April 29 to May 6; and May 6 to 13. Each race period starts at 12:00 am (00:00) GMT on its listed start date and ends at 11:59 pm (23:59) GMT on its listed end date. Leader board tallies will be updated on the site every half hour.