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 The March Rake Revolution Starts Here!

Devilfish Poker is launching a rebellion against the recession with their promotion of this huge €150,000 Rake Race .

The top 100 players on the leader board at the end of the month will each receive cash prizes while the top 10 players will battle it out at a special single table tournament with a combined prizepool of €78,000 and a a top prize of €25,000

From 1st-31st March every VIP point you earn will move you closer to the top of the €150,000 Cash Mountain and the €78,000 Final Table waiting for you at the summit!

The higher you climb on the mountain, the bigger the cash prize, with different prizes for each stage (marked below as ‘A’,'B’,'C’, etc). At the end of the month players who have managed to maintain their place on the mountain will have their prize credited directly to their accounts.

The 10 rake revolutionaries at the very top of the table will then play against each other at the €78,000 Final Table.

March 4th - 9:30pm ET

Do you have what it takes to knock out Doyle Brunson, The Mad Genius, and Billionaire Poker Hostess Nicky Hilton?

Before the age of 25, the lovely Nicky Hilton had launched her own chain of luxury hotels, produced her own fashion line, worked in film, charity, and even hosted the opening of the poker room at Caesar’s in Vegas.

This Wednesday night she’ll be after every single one of you in Doyle’s Bounty Tournament, and for good reason, because every one of you will be after the $500 bull’s-eye on her and each of our bounties. Register now for only $25+2.50 and join Nicky Hilton, Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro and last week’s winner Skuzzie91 at the tables for your shot at $25,000 in bounty cash.

What makes this the best deal in poker is the fact that DoylesRoom will give you back your buy-in and fees the first time you play in the tournament. It’s no risk poker at the safest and most respected online poker room.

Register from the poker lobby:

Some say that Paddy is madder than a March hare, but he’s ordered Paddy Power Poker to run another cash race and throw more than $5,000 a week at their cash game players starting this Sunday, February 22nd @ midnight.

Fine, they said, but is there anything else they can do to further sweeten the deal for their loyal players?, they asked.

Hmmm, why not take an Irish Open package worth $5,200 and give it away for free!

Yep, that sounds like typical paddypowerpoker.com madness!

So, for the next five weeks they are digging deep into their pockets and awarding over $5,000 each week in cash prizes.

The ECPokerTour Salzburg 2009, in its unique Austrian Alpine setting, takes place between between April 3rd-5th 2009
and offers players unrivalled luxury and a shot at poker glory.

The hills will be alive with the sound of shuffling chips in April when the ECPokerTour Salzburg, descends upon the picturesque Saalbach-Hinterglemm valley in Austria for three days of poker, fun and luxury.

Fans of live tournament poker are once again in for a treat as players from all walks of life will gather at the new five-star Alpine Palace Card Casino to compete for the coveted ECPokerTour title. Players from Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Canada have already secured their seats, and this is largely due to the support from sponsors Titan Poker, Europe’s leading online poker room, where players have regular opportunities to win sensational $4000, all-expenses-paid, prize packages to the tournament.

The Salzburg meet is only the second in a series already regarded by many as the most prestigious new tournament series on the European poker circuit, and with a prize pool equally as stunning as the mountain views - the competition this time around is sure to be fierce. The ECPokerTour opened at the lavish Casino Gran in Madrid in May 2008 to critical acclaim. Players reveled in the atmosphere and culture whilst battling it out for the 40,000 Euro Grand Prize in the Spanish capital. The top prize and the title were eventually won by young Canadian player Greg Metzak in a highly charged finish to the landmark event.

Players can expect more of the same but on a grander scale as they prepare for Salzburg. Outdoor pursuits and extreme sports in the snow will take a back seat as the eyes of the poker world stay fixed on the felt for the duration of the main event.

To date, 42 of the coveted prize packages have been won by online poker enthusiasts. One delighted winner from Norway was thankful to sponsors Titan Poker “for giving me the opportunity to travel to Salzburg for this exciting event. The qualifier
was nerve-racking at the end but I kept my cool and made it through. This will be my first live tournament and I will do my very best.”

Titan Poker is offering players three chances a week to win luxury ECPokerTour Salzburg prize packages with its CPokerTour Salzburg Super Satellites, staged every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday until March 25th 2009. Players can qualify with direct buy-ins starting at $40+$4, or win super seats at any of Titan Poker’s qualifying Sit’N’ Go and satellite tournaments for as little as $0.55+$0.05.

Best Online Poker

This time Pamela “Queen Kitty” Brunson is going to show that not only the Brunson boys can play.

Fresh off a win at the Hard Rock Harley Davidson event and proudly riding home on a new hog, Pam will be cruising into this Bounty full of confidence. Cross her path on the poker table and you could quickly find out why she is quite often “The Last Brunson Standing”!

DoylesRoom player HabsFan1983 showed everyone how it’s done last week by taking down a field of nearly 600 players! Now he has a chance to see how it feels playing along with Doyle Brunson, Pam Brunson and Mike Caro. (See below for Bounty details.)

Register from the poker lobby:- Tournaments>Scheduled> Doyle’s Bounty

$250,000 This Sunday

Get on the satellite circuit today to secure your seat in our largest tournament of the month. This Sunday’s main event is a $250,000 Guaranteed tournament at 5pm ET. Take down a freeroll or buy-in for just a few gold chips and you’ll be on your way! Last month, ryanghall pocketed an astonishing $56,000. Not bad for a night of playing cards!

Look for the feeder tournaments in the poker lobby:

The DoylesRoom Bounty Tournament is your chance to take on Doyle Brunson and his guest poker pros and celebrities for free!

Play Doyles Bounty for the first time and at the end of the tournament, request your free refund and they’ll return every penny of your buy-in + fee!

Sit & Go your way to The Bounty for as little as $2.75.

Think you’re ready to wear a bullseye on your back? They make it happen for one lucky DoylesRoom player every week. The tournament winner is awarded with a paid seat as a guest bounty in the following tournament to play alongside Doyle and his guest pros to take on hundreds of challengers.

Winner will also be invited back with the other 9 final table finishers for a final table rematch the following Monday at 9:30pm EST to battle for fistfuls of gold chips!

In order to qualify for the $5,000 or $25,000 bounty multiplier, knockouts must be Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Mike Caro or Hoyt Corkins. Any other Bounty knockout will only count as $500 each. Knock out the Legend himself with his infamous 10-2 hand for a Brunson sized $1,020 bonus!

POKER TIP from Mad Genius Mike Caro:

It’s very late in a no-limit, percentage-payoff poker tournament.

You have a huge stack. You should often raise the first short-stack bettor by moving all-in against two or more  short stacks behind you with a medium-strong hand.

That’s assuming your opponents are rational and there’s no player with a big stack waiting to act. They simply cannot call without huge hands, because they need to survive and move up a position.

Rational opponents will seldom risk calling with their entire stacks, even when holding strong hands with moderate advantages.This tactic should be almost a routine play for you, under those circumstances.

You can chat and play with the “Mad Genius”, Mike Caro, every Wednesday night at 9:30pm ET in the Bounty Tournament at Doyles Room.com.

New players at Sky Poker are automatically eligible for the Welcome Bonus, you do not need to do anything to take part.