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As if numerous online poker deals and a Loyalty Program offering up to 36% weren’t enough to play at 888Poker, this extremely popular poker room recently added even more incentive by performing a massive upgrade on their software.  In fact, over 100 features were added to the poker software at 888, which makes it one of the best sites to play poker at in the world! The updated software will take effect as of July 26th, and people will now be able to take advantage of the new 3D poker lobby.  What’s really cool about this 3D online poker lobby …

In just three weeks, Full Tilt Poker will be launching yet another rendition of their flagship event.  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII will kick off on August 4th with a huge $750,000 Guaranteed poker tournament.  In all, 34 different tournaments will be held, and $19 million in guaranteed prize money is slated to be given away.  Some of the poker games that will be offered during FTOPS XVII include Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., Stud, Razz, and of course texas poker.  In addition to the different poker variations offered, 6 of the tournaments are going to have Rush Poker formats.  For …

A lot of online poker rooms have complicated promotions where you need to jump through hoops just to win something.  Luckily, Cake Poker isn’t one of these poker sites because you only have to worry about playing to win prizes through their promotions.  This is especially true with their Match and Win promo where you only need to match Gold Cards received at the Cake poker tables to win. All you have to do is play in poker games like normal, and watch for the Gold Cards to appear in your hand.  When you receive a Gold Card, you can …

The end of summer is usually a sad occasion since it marks the time when people have to start raking leaves, wear warmer clothing, and pretend they’re not home when Trick or Treaters come around.  However, the end of summer is a joyous occasion for those who play poker at Ultimate Bet because this is when they hold the UB Online Championship – a.k.a. UBOC. The fifth installment of the UBOC will run from August 18th to August 29th, and will offer 20 tournaments with the culmination being a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Championship poker tournament.  And for those holdem poker players …

A lot of online poker players are still trying to figure out what to do with all of the cash they made in the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).  The 2010 SCOOP, which took place in April and May, gave out over $63 million to internet poker players with the Main Event alone offering over $6 million.  What’s amazing is that the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) might give out even more money than the SCOOP did. PokerStars recently released the schedule for the WCOOP, which includes 62 tournaments.  Considering last year’s event awarded a total …

The Full Tilt Poker promotion Rush Poker is already one of the hottest things in online poker today.  But Full Tilt is looking to make Rush Poker even more enticing by holding “Rush Week” from July 12th to July 18th.  Now business will be usual for internet poker grinders who play Rush Poker since they’ll still be moved from table to table as soon as they make a decision.  But the big difference is that players will be earning extra cash on the side while they play poker.  People can collect $5 as soon as they earn 10 Full Tilt …

As if there aren’t already enough reasons to stay home and play online poker while collecting rakeback money, one more reason is the fact that people can’t rob you at gunpoint right after you win lots of cash at the cyber poker tables. That’s exactly what happened to Thomas Gigliotti after he won over $4,000 by playing casino poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.  The Gigliotti’s believe that they were followed home to Plantation, Florida by bandits after winning the $4k.  The couple went home after playing poker games at the casino for several …

Never in the history of online poker has a room offered 1.8 million prizes in a single promotion.  But that’s exactly what Party Poker is doing with their Card Rush XL promotion. Prizes aren’t hard to earn either because every time you get 15 points by playing in poker games at Party Poker, you’ll receive a card.  Once you get a card, you can simply visit your Party Poker account to reveal the prize.  Some of the prizes include entries into free poker tournaments, travel prize packages, and of course cash. As mentioned before, all you have to do is …

Party Poker, which offers one of the best rakeback deals in the world at 40%, has been out of the American online poker market ever since the United States signed the UIGEA into effect in 2006.  However, this four-year hiatus from the US Internet poker market could be over since Party Gaming CEO Jim Ryan made some encouraging statements recently about a potential return.  Ryan believes that the United States is serious about overturning the UIGEA because the game actually involves lots of poker strategy and skill when compared to other forms of gambling.  He spoke on the matter by …

Most of the top poker pros such as Ultimate Bet player Phil Hellmuth and Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey are in Las Vegas competing in the WSOP*.  But PokerStars is trying to make sure that people have other options for winning big money with their UK and Ireland Poker Tour. The most recent stop on the UKIPT was at Killarney where 253 players competed in the Main Event poker tournament for thousands of Euros.  The most notable players in the tourney included PokerStars online poker pro Julian Thew, UKIPT Nottingham champion Andrew Couldridge, and UKIPT Coventry champ Gilles Augustus.  …