A bit of good news for Full Tilt Poker fans, if there are any left, the Ivey vs. Tiltware lawsuit was dismissed on 30 June 2011; the case was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by Phil Ivey.  It is rumored that a group of European investors are interested in purchasing a majority stake in Full Tilt Poker which would be one step closer to seeing all USA FullTilt poker accounts paid out.

PokerStars have benefited the most from Full Tilt Poker’s closure, they have seen a surge in their player numbers since Full Tilt Poker closed; they have reportedly claimed 66% of FullTiltPoker’s players.

The big question everyone is now asking is: When will Full Tilt Poker open again?

Read More …

PokerStars is offering their players a chance to fill up their accounts with the latest PokerStars Reload Bonus Code July 2011 which offers a deposit bonus up to $100.

Boost your PokerStars bankroll with the $100 or the equivalent amount in either  €, £ or C$, to activate the PokerStars reload bonus simply deposit money into your existing players account anytime from now until the 15^th July 2011 and use the reload bonus code “PS100” when topping up your account.

PokerStars first deposit bonus code: STARS600

PokerStars Reload Bonus Code:  PS100

Download PokerStars

Read More …

It comes as no big surprise that the remaining poker rooms are all trying to take a massive chunk from Full Tilt Poker’s loyal players by offering huge incentives for these players to join their rooms, seeing that Full Tilt Poker will be out of business for at least a month until they may reopen after a hearing with the AGCC scheduled for July 26th 2011.

Even the most loyal of FullTilt players must be steaming mad with this latest closure which will no doubt put Full Tilt in a rather bad spot even if they were to reopen and pay out all the outstanding balances owed. Most hope that this recent closure is only temporary but regardless gross damage has been done to their reputation and one wonders if they can ever restore their once so famous brand name. UB is pretty much dead since the last round of casualties, perhaps next in line in FullTilt.

Full Tilt Poker alternate poker rooms with some rather special sign up incentives recently released include 888 Poker, PokerStars and Titan Poker. The funny part is most of their emails start off with due to the recent news of Full Tilt Poker closing or something to that effect, none the less FullTilt have to a large extent brought this upon themselves and I guess it’s all fair play in this already competitive environment where each poker room’s goal is to get a higher share of the online poker market even at the expense of the now crippled FullTiltPoker.

We have compiled a list of special poker bonus codes some rooms are now offering to get your action in the wake of Full Tilt’s latest worldwide closure.

Read More …

PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier wins a WSOP Bracelet in Event #35 Pot-Limit Omaha (Six Handed) $5,000 buy-in event. Runner up was Hans Winzeler who put up a tough fight playing Heads-up against Mercier. This is the 2nd WSOP bracelet for Jason Mercier who won an Omaha Event in 2009.

Jason Mercier also won an European Poker Tour title in 2008 where he made two final tables in the same year, Mercier’s total tournament career earnings are now more than $6 million dollars.

Watch the WSOP Live Stream with the live streaming of the final tables of each event.
Read More …

PokerStars Saturday Line-Up is a new range of guaranteed online poker tournaments which will take place every Saturday. To celebrate the launch of the new Saturday tournament schedule Poker Stars are offering players a no lose ticket where all players who enter these tourneys get a tournament ticket to play the event again if they do not cash in the event.

This offer is only available to players who play any of the events on the launch date 25th June 2011, so go ahead you have got nothing to lose.

The PokerStars Saturday Line-Up schedule consists of seven events with a range of different buy-ins suitable for players from micro limits and higher.

• Saturday 6-Max
• Saturday Micro
• Saturday Omaha
• Saturday Eliminator
• Saturday Splash
• Saturday Duel
• Saturday Speedway

Deposit at PokerStars and get 100% first deposit bonus up to $600, PokerStars no longer accepts USA Poker players.

PokerStars Marketing Code – STARS600

Download PokerStars

Read More …