It’s been a strange year for poker especially online poker with the industry turned upside down on Black Friday. Online poker traffic has decrease by 31% as a result of an unstable US market.
Not all online poker rooms suffered a loss in traffic, CarbonPoker and Merge Gaming Network experienced an increase of traffic up to 76%.
Notable Poker players for 2011 include: Erik Seidel new leader on the poker all time money list, Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb (Player of the Year) and Pius Heinz (2011 World Series Of Poker Main Event Champion)
Read more for the top poker articles and major event winners of Poker 2011.
In the ever changing world of online poker with the challenges it presents in terms of licenses and each country’s unique laws and legislation regarding online poker, Pokerstars the current world leader in poker traffic have needed to adapt their approach to retain their coveted crown of busiest poker room online.
We suspect 2012 will continue to bring out new laws and legal requirements for poker rooms to adhere to.PokerStars have done remarkably well despite being closed to the USA which was for many years was their main source of revenue.
In order to accommodate the changes and comply with local legislation, PokerStars have obtained licenses in those regions permitting them to do so and have opened several foreign domains to cater for the demand. In doing so, PokerStars now offer several new bonus codes which are region specific.
On the downside it can be a bit tricky for players not knowing where they can or are meant to play at this article will cover the basic information about PokerStars worldwide and the bonus codes they offer per region and respective domain suffix.
The up side of covering so many regions is that PokerStars now supports many languages by default and by doing so is making online poker truly global.
PKR are celebrating Christmas with a series of daily Xmas Cracker tournaments running from 22 December – 2 January 2012. Players who register for these special online poker tournaments are added to the Xmas Cracker lottery where players can win additional prizes.
PKR offer a unique 3D Poker experience in a virtual poker world with an option to play PKR lite version of the software.
Bovada.lv the new home to the USA version of Bodog launched as Bovada is offering an 8 week where players stand a chance to win weekly prizes which include free bets, cash bonuses and freeroll entries as well as tickets to the grand prize draw to an exclusive Bovada Party celebration.
The Bovada Party Prize Package consists of two roundtrip airline tickets for the winner plus a guest to the party location along with hotel accommodation for three nights and is exclusively open to USA residents only.
Bovada offers Casino, Poker, Horse racing and Sports betting to USA residents from Bovada.lv, Bovada is a new brand created especially for the American market that no longer have access to Bodog (Bodog + Nevada = Bovada).
Bovada Bonus Codes
No Bovada Poker Bonus code needed, signup bonuses are automatic, all players get a 100% first deposit bonus up to $1,000 on sign up at Bovada when using the links below.
Bovada Poker – 100% deposit bonus up to $1,000 – Open to USA – no Bovada bonus code needed. Bovada Casino – 100% bonus up to $500 – Allows USA – no Bovada sign up bonus code needed. Bovada Sports – 20% Free Bet Bonus up to $100 – no Bovada deposit bonus code needed.
The PokerStars TCOOP 2012 is a new series of online poker tournaments where players can play for more than $10 million in guaranteed prize pools spread across 50 events.
The PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker is scheduled to take place between 19-29 January 2012, satellite tournaments are running daily where players can win their seat for a fraction of the buy-in amount.
Double your deposited amount up to a maximum of $600 as a PokerStars first deposit bonus.
It’s been a strange year for poker especially online poker with the industry turned upside down on Black Friday. Online poker traffic has decrease by 31% as a result of an unstable US market.
