Category Archives: Poker News

Minted Poker has now been running for four years now, and they are giving out big bonuses throughout July in celebration of their 4th anniversary. And most of the Minted Poker bonuses are offered through poker tournaments they’ll be holding this month. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, there will be special poker tournaments where $44 is added to the winner’s prize. And while an added $44 may not sound like one of the biggest Minted Poker bonuses, you should also consider that the buy-ins are extremely low. Here is a look at the different poker tournaments where the bonuses …

One common misconception about online poker is that only the top players make lots of money. But in reality, you don’t have to be the best player to earn major poker money if you take advantage of good bonus deals like rakeback. Upon first hearing about this deal, many people ask ‘what is rakeback?’ Is it the same as poker cash back? Or is it entirely different? In actuality, rakeback and poker cashback aren’t a whole lot different from each other, but rakeback is often a much better deal. This being said, here is a look at the specifics of …

If you’re like 99% of the online poker population, you don’t have thousands of dollars laying around for plane tickets to Las Vegas and buy-ins for WSOP poker tournaments. Fortunately, you don’t have to feel like a nerd who wasn’t invited to the party since PKR Poker is running some fantastic poker tournaments of their own in the 2011 Super Series. Sure you won’t be rubbing elbows with Erik Seidel or Liv Boeree in these poker tournaments; however, you’ll still get the chance to play for some major cash. And what’s really nice about these poker tournaments is that the …

With everybody currently focused on the 2011 WSOP, you can focus on the aftermath of poker’s biggest event by playing for WPT Grand Prix de Paris seats at Cake Poker. Right now, Cake Poker is offering $12,500 prize packages for this event, and they’re running lots of different satellites and qualifiers. To play for a WPT Grand Prix de Paris prize package, you should complete the poker download at Cake, and play in the WPT satellites they’re offering. But before we get into the WPT satellites, make sure you take advantage of the 33% rakeback deal at Cake Poker when …

One cool thing about online poker is that the game has its own language. Unfortunately, some people only seem to understand one or two poker phrases from this language, which has led to some severely worn-out poker terms. What’s worse is that people are letting these poker sayings bleed into their everyday life. This being the case, here are some poker phrases that really need to be used more sparingly. 1. Sick (or so sick) – The constant overuse of this phrase is enough to make people sick. These days, anything that is slightly out of the ordinary is “sick.” …

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In light of the temporary suspension of play at Full Tilt, we realise that many of you are now homeless.….and of course every room wants your business.
And since things are tougher than they used to be – you need a bigger incentive to sign up right? Exactly!

Joining the regular Poker Hall of Fame, which includes such icons as Dan Harrington, Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth, takes years of accomplishments and perseverance. Joining the RPM Poker Hall of Fame only takes one month – and you get some major bonuses after making it into their HOF. The RPM Poker Hall of Fame is a byproduct of the “Overdrive Club,” and you can join this prestigious group through any of the following ways: A) Play 100,000 real money poker hands in a given month. B) Play in 1,000 poker tournaments in a month (both SNG’s and MTT’s) C) …

Many people are well aware of the various bad beat jackpots that are offered at different poker rooms. In fact, it seems like just about every online poker room runs this promotion these days. Perhaps that’s why Unibet Poker has chosen to go a totally different route with their jackpot tournaments, where the top prize is €20,000! If you’re interested in winning a huge €20,000 prize through this online poker room, you should look for the “€20K JACKPOT 1-2-3″ and “€20K JACKPOT 3-2-1″ jackpot tournaments in the Unibet software. Both tourneys offer a €1,000 prize pool, and the buy-ins are …

If you’re tired of simply reading about pro poker players in the news headlines, then you can actually rub elbows with them by playing at Cake Poker. That’s because this site is giving people the opportunity to play against the Cake Poker network pro poker players every Monday night at 7 pm ET. This promotion is called “Pros Nightly Cash Game,” and the pro poker players will be at the $5/$10 and $10/$20 cash game tables. Cake Poker makes it even easier to find the games by looking for the poker tables that are highlighted in blue. Seeing as how …

Many poker sites offer a first depositors freeroll to new players as an incentive for signing up. However, PokerStars is going far beyond just offering one first depositors freeroll since they’re running $100,000 worth of free poker tournaments until July 3rd. To play for this massive amount of free cash, all you need to do is sign up at PokerStars and make a deposit between now and July 3rd. When you’re creating an account and making a deposit, be sure to use the code “100k” to put yourself in line for the freeroll poker tournaments. Once you’ve completed the aforementioned …