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23-year-old Greg “MYNAMEIZGREG” Brooks earned the biggest poker tournament victory of his young career as he maneuvered through a 712-player field at the LA Poker Classic. With the win, Brooks proved that he is more than just an online poker grinder who earns money through rakeback; he is also a very good live tournament player as well. But anytime a $1.65 million top prize is on the line, you can guarantee that there will be plenty of competition, which was certainly the case on the LAPC final poker table. Brooks’ competition included online poker phenom Steve “gboro780” Gross, Vivek Rajkumar …

We’ve already brought you poker news about Mini FTOPS within the past few weeks. However, Mini FTOPS XIX at Full Tilt Poker is going to be so big that we’ve decided to remind you again because it starts next week on March 6th. We also want to remind you about Full Tilt’s 27% rakeback deals too. Not only will Mini FTOPS XIX offer $8 million in guaranteed money across 45 poker games, but the buy-ins are extremely cheap since most of them range from $11-$55. Considering that you’d be playing for 6-figure tournament prize pools in most of these tournaments, …

“ODESSA99” has to be the happiest player in online poker after being the lucky (or unlucky) person to lose with a hand of four queens at UB Poker. When ODESSA99 lost with quads queens, the $1,048,383 Bad Beat Jackpot was unlocked! ODESSA99 earned the largest share of this jackpot at $340,875, while the poker hand winner – “FARFLUNG” – earned over $170k of the jackpot. The prize money didn’t stop here though because another $170k was distributed to a bunch of lucky players, who just happened to be playing the same poker games and stakes as ODESSA99 and FARFLUNG. When …

If the 35% rakeback offer at Carbon Poker isn’t enough to convince you to sign up here, maybe their latest offer will do the trick. Carbon is now giving all new players the chance to compete in their own personal cash race. The process is pretty simple since you sign up at Carbon Poker (hopefully through our great rakeback deal), and your 30-day Cash Chase will begin. As you earn VIP points in different poker games, you’ll receive points that will advance you up the leaderboard. The best part is that you aren’t relegated to any particular game either since …

Assuming you have around a $1,000 bankroll, you could cover one big blind in a cash game with Full Tilt Poker sensation Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. Assuming you play poker in the “Challenge Durrrr” promotion at Full Tilt, you could go toe-to-toe with Dwan for an entire series of sit and go’s where $1.5 million is on the line! The Challenge Durrrr promo is made up of four phases that run from now until March 13th. The first phase, which is called Challenge 1, will award players with Challenge Leaderboard poker chips when they meet the following requirements: multi-table two tables …

Throughout March, Party Poker is running yet another great deal that appeals to free poker tournament lovers. The promotion is called “Play Less, Win More,” and it offers players the unique combination of being able to pick a goal and play towards the prizes. To show how this works, here is a look at the easiest path you can take towards prizes: Prize Level 1 – 5 Party Points earns you a $500 freeroll entry – 4 Party Points earns you a $750 freeroll entry – 3 Party Points earns you a $1,000 freeroll entry – 2 Party Points earns …

PokerStars will be holding their biggest ever Sunday Million poker tournament on March 6th at 16:30. The March 6th Sunday Million tournament will be worth $5 million, and the winner will receive at least $1 million! Here is a look at the main prize highlights of the $5 million tourney: – $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool – $1,000,000 guaranteed for first place finisher – Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 for first place winner If you think that a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and $1 million prize for first place sounds great, wait until you hear about the qualifying structure for the $5 million event. …

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Sunday Million, PokerStars is giving away its biggest ever prize pool. A whopping $5,000,000! It’s all happening on Sunday 6 March at 16.30 ET and the first place winner takes a guaranteed prize of $1,000,000 AND a stunning black Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. Nice. For your chance to win one of the biggest online poker prizes ever, play the PokerStars Sunday Million 5th Anniversary Tournament by directly buying-in for $215, or win your seat through the special satellite qualifiers running now from only $1. There are also 1,000 seats up for grabs via a …

PokerMambo is one of the best rakeback sites to play at because they offer a large number of interesting races every month. One of these races is the monthly Sit and Go Leaderboard, and as you may have guessed, this race offers lots of money to the top PokerMambo SNG players. In fact, €30,000 is given to SNG players on a monthly basis, and the money is spread out over Low, Medium, and High Stakes Leaderboards. The Low Leaderboard isn’t really so low because it offers the top 20 online poker players a share of €30,000. Every tournament with a …

Rake $5,500 – $6,500 at PokerNordica between March 1st – May 31st and you will be sent an iPad. It’s as simple as that! Dates of Promotion: 1st March 2011 to midnight on the 31st May 2011 How to qualify for this promotion: New players from 1st March 2011: Rake $5,500 at PokerNordica in the qualification period will win an iPad. Existing Payers: Rake $6,500 at PokerNordica in the qualification period will win an iPad. This promotion is in addition to your rakeback and our exclusive rake race and freerolls. The overall value on this promotion is phenomenal! Prizes: 16GB …