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We’re now just two months away from the start of the world’s largest live poker event, which means that plenty of sites will be offering WSOP prize packages. 888poker is yet another site that’s giving online poker players the opportunity to play in the Main Event, which offered a $64.5 million prize pool last year. What really stands out about 888poker‘s prize packages is that they’re worth $15,500; and given that most Main Event prize packages are worth around $12k, 888poker are adding a lot of extra value. Here’s a look at what you get from 888poker’s $15.5k packages: $10,000 Main …

Attention freeroll hunters: Carbon Poker is running $25,000 worth of Chip King Freerolls in April! And what’s great about this promotion is that the requirements for entering are pretty simple, but before we get into all that here’s a look at the upcoming Chip King Freerolls (all times 16:00 server time): $5,000 freeroll on April 15th – Qualifying period is from April 1st-13th. $7,500 freeroll on April 22nd – Qualifying period is from April 1st-20th. $10,000 freeroll on April 29th – Qualifying period is from April 1st-27th, top 50 VIP point earners receive a seat. If you’re interested in playing …

In the midst of other online poker sites running big tournament series, PKR has decided to keep pace by featuring their own Springfest series, which runs from now until April 22nd. The main points worth mentioning about Springfest include: Collective $280,000 guaranteed 34 poker tournaments; split equally into a main Springfest and mini Springfest 3-day Championship tournament 2-day Mini Championship tourney Two leaderboards that are offering 80 tournament tickets If you’re interested in entering some Springfest tournaments, you should sign up at PKR through RakeTheRake. This will get you a sign-up bonus worth up to $500, along with a 30% …

You might not think it, but a support group is one of the most essential things an online poker player can have. When I say support group, I don’t mean some sort of recovering poker-holics meeting; I mean a solid bunch of poker playing comrades. Whether you’re a seasoned player, or new to the game and keen to learn poker; a group of poker-playing friends can be the best way to get new ideas and tips on improving your game. Online poker is a solitary pursuit and a lonely game, and this can be felt all the more acutely if …

When it comes to improving as a poker player, the general consensus is that poker strategy articles will only get you so far, so if you want to take the next step towards becoming a profitable player, it’s important to look into online poker training. With poker training, you get an opportunity to watch videos of skilled players grinding and giving tips on their play. So if you want to learn poker and improve your game using poker training,  you might find this concise guide helpful. Cost of Poker Training Most people think that online poker training is extremely expensive …

If you’re a big fan of sit and go’s, then Americas Cardroom is the place for you this month since they’re running a $10k SNG Mania promotion. As the name implies, the Americas Cardroom SNG Mania will give out $10,000 to the top 125 points earners in April. The only thing that players need to do to earn points for the leaderboard is play lots of SNG’s throughout the month. However, it is important to keep in mind that certain SNG’s are weighted differently than others, and here’s a look at how the various Sit ‘n’ Go’s are broken down: …

Carbon Poker is no doubt one of the top poker sites when it comes to freerolls, and you need only look at the $40,000 in Carbon Poker freerolls that run every month to be assured of that. Now Carbon’s reputation as a freeroll haven is only going to improve thanks to the 125 Seats to the $125k promotion that they’re running every Saturday at 3pm (server time). The name of the Carbon Poker promotion says it all:  “125 Seats to the $125k Freeroll” will give out 125 seats to the Sunday $125,000 Guaranteed every week. Considering the fact that the …

888poker have announced that Mixed Martial Arts World Champion Georges St-Pierre (GSP) has signed a 12-month contract with 888 to be a global ambassador and integral member of team 888poker. On joining 888, Georges St-Pierre commented: “I am very excited to become a global brand ambassador for Team 888poker. I have wanted to play poker for a while now as it is a great game of skill.  It is not just your cards versus my cards; it is you versus your opponent.  However, the most important aspect of my partnership with 888poker is that we are going to generate a …

It was only five months ago that Pius Heinz was busy winning the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event (along with $8,715,638) but it’s already time to start thinking about a new champion because the 2012 WSOP Main Event starts in just three months! If you want a chance to become the new champion, you can do so through the Party Poker WSOP prize packages that are being given out from now until June 17th. Each prize package is worth $14,000 and includes the following perks: – $10,000 Main Event buy-in, – $2,000 in spending money – Las Vegas …

Don’t waste your time hunting for eggs over Easter; hunt for cash with Sky Poker’s £25,000 guaranteed Super Roller tournament! The Sky Poker high roller tournament will run on April 8th (8pm), and the nice thing about this poker tourney is, with the buy-in set at £110, it’s not overly-exclusive. Of course, not everybody is going to be able to afford this, so Sky Poker is also running satellites for the £25k tourney. Here’s a quick look at the satellites that will be offered up until Easter: £5.30 Super Roller Satellite – Runs every night at 8:45pm (GMT), 1 in 5 …