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The Party Poker Premier League is back, which means online poker players once again have a chance to win prize packages to this event and appear on TV. Seven of the prize packages are worth $13k, and these cover the $10,450 seat for the televised Premier League Poker V, $1,350 in spending money and a four-night hotel stay in Vienna. Anybody who can make it through the playoffs will compete against 14 world-famous poker pros for a share of a $2 million prize pool. Of course, you could skip …

Just last month, Americas Cardroom held their largest poker tournament ever with a $75,000 Guaranteed. And they’re already looking to top this by holding a $100,000 Guaranteed on February 26th at 6pm ET. If you’re interested in playing in this event, you can either pay the $150 + $12 direct buy-in, or try to win a seat in one of the satellites. Some of the satellites are as cheap at $2.20, which gives lots of players an opportunity to win a $100k seat. One important thing worth mentioning here …

2012 will see the Unibet Open become more than just a poker tour – promising to be a comprehensive festival of Unibet games and gaming. The first Unibet Open stop of 2012 takes place at the award winning Prague Hilton, with around 300 players competing for six-figure top prizes across four days from February 16th-19th. Unibet have organised a completely new Leaderboard structure for 2012, with no prize-pool deductions this season, and the top three players at the end of the year winning sponsorship to 2013 Unibet Open Events. While some things are changing, Unibet’s reputation for player hospitality will …

Canadian poker pro Nathan “Blackrain79” Williams is the biggest micro stakes winner in PokerStars history. In fact, he has pulled in $30,000 in profits while playing the $0.01/$0.02 and $0.02/$0.05 stakes alone. This being said, it’s no wonder why Williams is one of the most popular coaches at DragTheBar, where players can get free poker training through RakeTheRake. In regards to Williams’ record micro stakes profits, he was quoted as saying, “I guess (people were impressed) because no one was playing as many hands as I was and getting such high win rates. And people just thought it was crazy.” …

Starting in March Carbon Poker is to run its first ever tournament series. This is set be a massive event and it is something that Carbon players have been requesting for a while. The event will be called Poker Maximus and will officially start on March 4th 2012. Satellites will start running for the events in late January 2012. For all you RakeThe Rake players signed up at Carbon, here’s the details: Dates – March 4-25th Satellites – Will start early to mid January and run until completion. Players who have existing tournament entry coupons will be able to use …

If you’re new to online poker, or just don’t know much about the concept of rakeback, it’s always helpful to look at the facts on this subject. After all, rakeback can go a long way towards saving you lots of money and increasing your overall profits. So with this being said, here are some interesting facts that you should know about online poker rakeback. Rakeback Percentages vary from Site to Site – Many rakeback deals differ in how much money you receive from them. For example, if you sign up at Americas Cardroom through RakeTheRake, you can get a 27% …

James “Asprin1” Akenhead proved why he is one of the UK’s best poker players by winning the most recent PokerStars Sunday Million tournament along with $213,750. This was certainly no easy task either when you consider that there were 7,150 players who either paid the $215 buy-in or satellited into the poker tournament. In addition to this, dozens of Team PokerStars pros bought into the event, which meant plenty of players on Akenhead’s level. Event still, the Londoner battled his way onto the final poker table with the third best chip stack (9.63 million). And Akenhead wouldn’t be behind for …

You’ve only got until Wednesday 1 February to register for the Super Poker Event of Europe 2012! The Super 2012 is being held in Dublin at the Citywest International Events Centre, Dublin, on  25th and 26th February  and has the support and participation of poker players and poker clubs from across Europe. As such it is set to be a remarkable and exciting new live event on the poker calendar! With an estimated prize pool of between €600,000 to €1.2 million, the Super 2012 offers poker players the chance to experience the big time for a ridiculously low buy-in of …

The World Poker Tour is constantly coming up with new and interesting locations to hold their poker tournaments. And one of the newest stops in 2012 will be the WPT National Series Denmark, which is going to be held in the beautiful seaside town of Vejle, Denmark. You could soon be on a plane to Vejle by playing in the WPT National Series Denmark satellites and qualifiers that are running at Party Poker. What’s at stake in these satellites is the chance to win a $3,500 prize package for the National Series Denmark, and this will include the $2,200 Main …

Those of you who’ve been interested in playing at Americas Cardroom should note that they’re currently gearing up for one of the biggest poker tournaments they’ve ever held. On January 29th at 6pm ET, they’ll be holding a $75,000 Guaranteed, which should make for some big prize money for top finishers. The direct buy-in for the $75k Guaranteed is $100 + $9, and satellites are currently running for this poker tournament too. Considering the fact that some of the satellites are as cheap as $2 + $0.20, pretty much everybody has a chance to play their way into this tourney. …