Archive for November, 2009

Single Table Tournament SNG poker players will be happy to hear that the FullTilt Poker Sit and Go Madness promotion takes this weekend between 4th – 6th December 2009. Put your STT SNG skills to the test, win just two sit n go tournaments during the promotion dates and get your entry to the $50k Madness freeroll or finish in the top three paying positions to get a Full Tilt Poker madness raffle ticket to win Full Tilt Poker gear.

There will be a leaderboard running which pays out cash prizes to the top seven places every two hours throughout the 48 hours of madness. Use Full Tilt Poker referral code WAP and get 100% of your first deposit matched as a bonus up to $600.

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Shark Out of Water is a short film based on the downside of playing poker and shows how gambling addictions and bad runs can affect players personal lives. The new poker movie features cameo roles from profession poker players Phil Hellmuth (UB Poker) and Brad Booth and although the film is only eighteen minutes long, it has created much hype in the film industry and the poker world recently.

The movie was made by poker player Juan Riedinger who has had many ups and down while playing poker and he wanted to capture the true reality of poker with it’s constantly changing swings of wins and loses.

The Poker DVD was released last week and hopefully through it’s success a full feature film will be released some time soon. Check out the official Shark Out of Water trailer here.
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Great poker news for USA players is that the Bush administrations UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) which was set to be enforced from 1st December 2009 is expected to be pushed back by a further six months until 1st June 2010.

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is expected announce tomorrow (Friday) or at the latest Monday, that the U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has agreed to delay the compliance date as set out by the Poker Players Alliance’s petition which aimed for a full years grace to be given a comprise was reached and a rumoured 6 month extension granted.

Under the UIGEA, banks and credit card processors are held responsible for ensuring that no “illegal” Internet gambling money transfers occur, which would severely dent the USA poker market as no Americans would be able to play for real money, if the law was enforced. It would also prove difficult to cash out their winnings.

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PokerStars freerolls to the value of $500,000, have been added to the tournament schedule, to qualify for your seat in this freeroll series, players must make a deposit even if it is just the minimum PokerStars deposit of $10 before the 28th November 2009. Not only will you get the PokerStars deposit bonus of 100% up to $600, you can participate in 8 daily $2,500 freeroll tournaments which are taking place between 28th November – 13th December.

Time is running out join today and make a deposit and use the pokerstars marketing code FIRST500K for your first deposit. Players who have already deposited can use the poker stars marketing code 500K to qualify for the Poker Stars freerolls.

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Carbon Poker has added a Daily Double tournament to their schedule, both tournaments combined have a guaranteed prize pool of $3,000. CarbonPoker players can enter these daily tournaments for just $1 + $0.20, bonus cash prizes up to $500 have been added for players who make double finishes.

The Daily Double Dollar Dazzler is a great value tournament for low stake players to win some big cash prizes at CarbonPoker.

Depositing players get a special 300% first deposit bonus up to $600 when using the Carbon Poker bonus code – 600PK

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