Thomas Boerkhoff PokerStars player aka Boku87 is making progress in his PokerStars challenge in which he is attempting to turn his $5 bankroll into $100,000 within one year. Boku87 started out in July 2009 with only $5 in his bankroll, in the first month of the challenge he managed to reach $10k using strict bankroll management and great poker skills.

Boku87 spends about 8 hours daily grinding at the tables try to reach his bankroll target, plays on average 1200 – 2000 Sit and Go tournaments each week.

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PokerStars are about to reach an insane 40 billion hands dealt to their players since the online poker room opened it’s doors in 2001. To celebrate Poker Stars are running a promotion called F40 to reward their players for their dedicated support, which includes hosting the largest Sunday Million to date, and extra prizes for Cash game and Sit n Go players.

To encourage new players to sign up to Poker Stars, any player who makes their first deposit using the PokerStars bonus code for the F40 promotion will have access to all 40 of the PokerStars F40 freerolls, there are five $1000 which take place daily.

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The WSOP 2009 final table was full of action this year and the main event winner Joseph Cada has now claim the 2009 main event bracelet when he defeated Darvin Moon in the heads-up stage of the 40th anniversary WSOP event.

Twenty-one year old Joe Cada has won the WSOP main event, although Cada has already cashed eleven times in WSOP events. Joseph Cada was the short stack going it to heads-up with Darvin Moon having almost a double stack lead.

The WSOP 2009 had a direct buyin 0f $10,000 with 6,494 players participating in this years main event which has a first place prize of  $8,546,435.

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Each month the PokerStars Turbo Takedown takes place with a million dollar prize pool including an Audi TT added to the first place prize, there is also a cash bonus for cashing in two consecutive tournaments plus a PokerStars pro bounty. The Turbo Takedown is one of the biggest Sunday tournaments and players can only buy-in using their FPP’s or by winning a seat via one of the many satellites.

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So, you have tried out poker at a home game and probably won some cash or at the very least have a grasp of the rules of the game, you enjoy and have seen how the pros do it on TV but playing your weekly home game doesn’t fill the gap anymore and you are looking to expand your horizons.

Well then, this Ultimate newbie guide to playing poker online is dedicated to you in the hopes that you will choose the venue that best suits your needs.
When it comes to poker online for a novice the concept itself seems overwhelming particularly for unsavvy occasional internet users, this guide hopes to steer you in the right direction.

The plethora of poker rooms, different protocols and software variations available on the internet seems daunting for a newbie player to say the least we have compiled a listing of what you should be looking for when choosing your new internet poker venue.

Choosing an Internet Poker Room

One of the first choices you will be confronting in your quest is that of finding a suitable internet poker room that meets and hopefully exceeds your expectations while avoiding the many rouge sites that unfortunately do exist.

If you are an American you have an additional choice to factor in, i.e. many rooms no longer offer their online poker games to USA citizens since Bush passed into law the UEGIA, so your options have been narrowed down, yet there are still some excellent choices for you to choose from, simply use our right hand navigation menu under “Poker Bonuses”, poker sites that still allow USA players real money play have a small American flag adjacent the room’s these are the internet poker rooms that continue to allow poker players from America including two of the most popular internet poker rooms in PokerStars and FullTIltPoker.

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