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Traditionally, the Middle East is not exactly known as a hotbed for online poker players since most countries in this region have restrictions on the game. However, Lebanon has become a big exception to this rule because they offer people the freedom to play poker at will. This being said, players from abroad like the US’s Samer Khoury have moved to Lebanon in an effort to play online poker and earn rakeback; Khoury was quoted as saying, “I’m here to study Arabic, and exercise my freedom to play online poker.” There are a few casinos throughout the country such as …

Carbon Poker is the latest site to jump on the holiday season bandwagon since they’ve announced that they’re adding $1,000 to four poker tournaments in December ($4,000 total). What’s particularly nice about this is that the added-value tournaments feature really low buy-ins, so lots of people will be able to play. But before you can enter the tournaments, it’s worth mentioning that you need to earn 250 VIP points throughout the month of December. Aside from this, you only need to pay the buy-in to enter, and here is a look at the complete schedule: December 17th – $5 + …

Victoria Coren is certainly one of the UK’s most respected casino poker players since she’s cashed for $1,476,668 in tournaments, and has earned a 2006 EPT European Poker Championship title ($941,513). Interestingly enough, Coren is also a very talented writer who writes for major UK publications like The Observer and The Guardian newspapers. In a recent Guardian column, the poker tournament pro posed a very interesting question: How do you find the best player in the world? Coren’s first thought was the supposed tried-and-true “duplicate poker” game, which sees players at the same position on different hands dealt the exact …

Cake Poker is one of the first online poker sites to get into the holiday spirit since they’re running a $50k Gold Card Wrap-Up Tournament Series from now until January 1st. Like the name suggests, Cake Poker is giving players the opportunity to turn their 2011 Gold Cards into the chance to play in $50,000 worth of poker tournaments; the biggest weekly final of this promotion will offer a $20,000 prize pool! As for the details of how you can play in these huge poker tournaments, Cake Poker will assign a card suit to each week in December, and you …

Fans of expensive electronics will really love the new promotion that 888poker is running since they’re giving away $50,000 worth of 3D TV’s and other electronics. 888poker’s partner in this venture will be LG Electronics, and they’ll jointly offer the $50k in home entertainment products from December 12th, 2011 to February 12th, 2012. To play for the 3D TV’s and other products, you simply need to join 888poker and make a $10 minimum deposit within the aforementioned timeframe; this earns you a ticket for the $5,000 Guaranteed LG Tournament. Assuming you sign up at 888 through RakeTheRake, you’ll receive a …