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PokerStars has been the giant of the online poker world ever since taking this position from Party Poker a few years ago.  However, they might have to take a step back down on the poker room food chain following Party Poker’s recent merger. Party Poker’s parent company – PartyGaming – recently agreed to a merger with the Austrian gambling site Bwin that will take place in 2011.  The two companies finally agreed to terms on the merger this week, and Bwin will get 51.4% of the company while internet poker giant Party Poker will have a 48.36% stake in the …

The Irish Poker Festival is one of Europe’s biggest casino poker events.  In fact, last year’s Main Event saw 752 players sit down at the poker tables to create a €400,000 prize pool.  Poker tournament organizers are expecting an even bigger turnout for this year’s Irish Poker Festival, which is why you’ll be interested in winning a Main Event seat at Ladbrokes.  Ladbrokes is offering €950 prize packages so players can make the Irish Poker Festival Main Event a free poker tournament.  The €950 prize packages will include the €550 Main Event entry fee along with €400 left over for …

If most of the poker hands you play involve small pots, then you will love MicroMania at PokerStars!  MicroMania will take place in July, and is specifically dedicated to people who play at the micro stakes poker tables.  Assuming you play micro stakes cash poker games, you will get 50% more VIP points in these rooms during MicroMania.  The offer stands for holdem poker tables that are between the $0.05/$0.10 and $0.10/$0.20 stakes.  Poker tournament players can also benefit from MicroMania because PokerStars will be adding $1,000 to the prize pool of select $1.10 No-Limit Hold’em tournaments.  To find these …

The Poker Players Alliance, which is the biggest lobbying organization for online poker, recently unveiled a new iPhone application that costs just $0.99.  Unlike many other poker-related iPhone programs, the application offered by the PPA has nothing to do with playing poker games or teaching people poker strategy.  Instead, this iPhone program was created with the intention of promoting internet poker worldwide, and convincing governments in countries such as the United States to pass favorable poker laws. Some features of the PPA’s new iPhone app is that it alerts players about starting times for various poker tournaments, delivers messages from …

Since the World Series of Poker is currently going on, many online poker players think that their chances to attend the world’s largest casino poker event are gone.  But this isn’t the case at all because Ultimate Bet will be awarding 50 Main Event seats this weekend on June 20th. The event happens at 4pm ET, and anybody who completes the Ultimate Bet poker download can participate.  If your bankroll is large enough, you can pay $500 + $30 to enter the main qualifier where the fifty $12,000 prize packages will be given away.  Of course, you don’t need to …

The World Cup is the world’s largest sporting event since millions of football fans tune in to watch it.  And Carbon Poker is adding even more excitement to the event by holding the World Cup Mega Million promotion. As the name implies, the Mega Million will give online poker players $1,000,000 in cash prizes during the month of June.  To participate in the World Cup Mega Million, you only need to complete the poker download of Carbon; this will also allow you to take advantage of the 35% rakeback deals that Carbon Poker has.  Once you’re signed up, you can …

In the past, the best usage for poker points at Ladbrokes was to enter a poker tournament for free.  And while it’s still great to use your points to enter free poker tournaments, Ladbrokes has unraveled an entirely new usage for the poker points they award.  That’s because they have just opened up a Ladbrokes Poker Points Shop where people can purchase lots of great merchandise.  And while you might think that the only thing you’ll be able to get at the Ladbrokes poker shop is a couple of t-shirts or poker chip sets, the reality is that you can …

Having starred in movies, TV shows, and music videos, Daniel Negeanu is the most recognizable face at PokerStars.  And PokerStars obviously realizes this fact since they have decided to open up a high stakes online poker room dedicated to Negreanu.  As you might have guessed, these high stakes poker tables are collectively called Daniel’s Room.  And these tables offer stakes starting at $20/$40 and going up to $100/$200.  As if the massive deals you can collect aren’t enough incentive to play on the high stakes holdem poker tables at Stars, you can also play against Negreanu himself.  Negreanu has been …

The World Series of Poker* is the biggest casino poker event in the world since it offers millions of dollars.  Last year’s event offered over $180 million alone!  Unfortunately though, the average player doesn’t get the chance to compete in Las Vegas because they can’t afford the plane ticket and hotel accommodations – let alone the poker tournament buy-in.  But the good thing is that Full Tilt Poker is offering an alternative route for players who can’t afford to play in the real deal. From May 28th until July 11th, Full Tilt Poker will be holding the Mini WSOP, which …

If you’re considering signing up at a new online poker room, then you should definitely sign up at Ultimate Bet.  Not only does UltimateBet offer new players a 30% rakeback offer, but they are also offering freeroll poker tournament entries where a combined $50,000 will be given away.  And the grand prize in this $50k giveaway is a $14,000 World Cup VIP prize package that’s worth $14,000. To be a part of this promotion, take advantage of the 30% rakeback deals, and have a chance to win the $14k World Cup VIP package, all you need to do is create …