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This week online poker players can play for their last chance to win a seat the the 2010 World Series of Poker main event, FullTiltPoker and PokerStars are offering online WSOP qualifiers where players can win prize packages to biggest poker event taking place at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas on the 5th July 2010.

Full Tilt Poker main event week has more than 235 WSOP seats to be won in their daily qualifying tournaments and freeroll, with a 150 seats guaranteed tournament this Sunday.

PokerStars WSOP Mega Satellite to the Main Event has 200 seats guaranteed on Sunday 20th June 2010 which replaces the Sunday Million Tournament.

Whichever Online Poker Room you choose we wish you luck in getting your seat to this years main event when playing 2010 WSOP Main Event Satellites.

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Poker Stars The Big Game a new high stakes televised cash game featuring top poker pros – Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Barry Greenstein and many more.

Poker Stars are running free entry daily freeroll tournaments where online poker players can win their seat to the new PokerStars TV show and be part of all the High Stakes Poker action as a loose cannon player. All qualifying players will get $100k buy-in staked by PokerStars and any profits made will be theirs to keep. This promotion is only available for US and Canadian residents.

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Lacey Jones is the new addition to the Full Tilt Poker team, well known for her modeling, TV presenting and poker career. Lacey Jones new sponsorship deal came about when her contract ended with Absolute Poker last May and Full Tilt Poker signs Lacey Jones.

She will be presenting the Doubles Poker Championship a new FullTilt Poker TV show which will air this coming July. Lacey Jones is the latest pro signed up after Annette Obrestad strengthening the ladies on the team.

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Prop Bets are very common amongst top Poker Pros, this year one of the biggest prop bets at the WSOP 2010 is on Tom Dwan “Durrrr” not winning a 2010 WSOP bracelet. Many pros including Mike Matusow (Durrrr’s Full Tilt Poker team mate) and Daniel Negreanu Poker Stars had placed large bets on this, an estimated $9 million in bets.

When Durrrr made the final table of the WSOP event #11 there was a bit of tension at the Rio Casino with many players hoping that Tom Dwan would not succeed. The fear of losing millions grew stronger as Durrrr was heads-up with New Zealand player Simon Watt.

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Well known poker pro Phil Laak has gone on to set a new Guinness World Record at Bellagio for the official longest single continuous session of poker ever recorded. The previous record was held by Paul Zimbler a British poker pro which was set last year at 78 hours, 45 minutes and 41 seconds while the official Guinness World Record was recorded as 72 hours and 2 minutes held formally held by Larry Olmsted. Phil Laak was permitted a 5 minute break per hour, but at he times choose to skip the breaks and continue playing at the $10/$20 No-Limit Hold’em at the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas.

According to Laak, he has always wanted to hold a Guinness world record ever since he read the record book in high school he went on to comment that “This has been a wonderful Journey”.

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