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If ever there was a reason to play online poker, then that reason came this week when Tyson “potterpoker” Marks won $2.28 million in the PokerStars’ WCOOP Main Event.  2,443 players either paid the $5,200 buy-in or earned their way in through satellites to play poker for the $10 million Main Event prize pool.  By the second day, most of these players were gone as only 271 people remained in this huge poker tournament.  When the final poker table rolled around, Tyson Marks had taken the lead and was in control.  Marks only increased the lead as he took plenty …

There is no sign of the World Poker Tour slowing down anytime soon since this casino poker organization is constantly adding new tournaments.  And their newest poker tournament is the Amnéville event in France.  It’s uncertain how much money will be offered in the prize pool at Amnéville, but most WPT events offer several million dollars.  And while none of this may interest you yet, consider this: you could play poker in the first ever Amnéville tournament absolutely free through Party Poker. That’s because Party Poker is giving out $7,000 prize packages for this prestigious event, and all you have …

It’s time to celebrate at PokerStars because they are drawing closer to their 50 billionth hand.  Most of the celebrating will be done by PokerStars players since the world’s biggest online poker room is offering several deals totaling over $1 million. One of the online poker deals that Stars is offering in celebration of hand number 50 billion are cash game bonuses.  During every millionth hand leading up to 50 billion poker hands, each player at the table will receive a $50 bonus.  Each player will also get $50 for every VIP point earned during the last 50 hands leading …

Even if you missed out on the Full Tilt Online Poker Series where $20.5 million was given away, you still have an opportunity to get in on the FTOPS action.  That’s because Full Tilt Poker is going to be running Mini FTOPS XVII starting on September 8th.  Just like the regular FTOPS, Mini FTOPS will run a total of 34 poker games where the buy-ins cost a fraction of what the normal FTOPS tournaments do. To illustrate this point, consider that the FTOPS Main Event cost $640 to enter while the Mini FTOPS Main Event poker tournament, which offers a …

If you’re tired of satelliting into poker tournament after poker tournament in hopes of winning a big prize package, you might want to take a look at the deal that PokerStars is offering.  PokerStars is giving every member a chance to win a $5,200 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event seat just for taking a quiz.  The way this quiz opportunity works is that you first need to complete the poker download of PokerStars.  After you’ve downloaded the poker software and have signed up, you can look for the quiz in the poker lobby.  The holdem poker quiz …

Since 2006 Full Tilt has been running its ever growing FTOPS events.  From the start of August Full Tilt have been giving their players the chance to win a share of $19,000,000 across 34 events – their biggest FTOPS to date! RakeTheRake member of 5 years Broberts85 was the triumphant winner of event 1, landing himself a massive $164,357! Our members dominated the tournament with an impressive second prize of $113,856 going to Doorbread, an RTR member of 3 years.          RTR players continued their success in events 2 and 7, with Maxxscam and Dooks each placing second, winning $32,205 and …

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 …

The hit 2008 film starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher may have been a good watch but most of us laughed off the possibility of this ever happening. Well it seems the impossible has actually happened in France!  Straight out of the movie script, two warring friends are in a court battle over who should have over $3 million in winnings from a slot machine! In March this year Marie-Hélène Jarguel placed $70 equivalent into a slot machine in France. With her was her male friend Francis Sune who she considered her lucky charm and accompanied her often when she …