The Poker Blog

Running for 5 nights in a row at the end of July, these New Player tournaments are designed to welcome you to Purple Lounge in style.

The tournaments are for new players only, and are weighted in their favour – for a $1 +$.01 buy-in; they’re Guaranteeing a prize pool of $100, 5 times in a row!

The tournaments begin on Sunday 26^th July, and will run each night at 7pm (BST) until the 30^th July. Players can take part in any, or all of the tournaments giving them even more chance of cashing.

They can find them by opening the poker client then clicking on Scheduled Tournaments on the left hand side.

Find the tournaments named “New Players Guarantee”, and hit JOIN! Enter the password in the box that appears and your’re in!

PASSWORDS WILL BE SENT TO ALL NEW PLAYERS after they register for the account.

If you are a resident of the US, join thousands of poker players across the country who are raising their voices to keep the US’ most popular game legal. On July 22, during National Poker Week, the Poker Players Alliance will present this petition to the President, asking his support to exempt poker from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), and for the legalization and regulation of online poker.

Your voice will be heard. Make it count.

PETITION LANGUAGE

President Obama – Poker is Not a Crime
I am a voter and a fellow poker player asking for your support of my right to play games of skill like poker on the Internet.

This issue is not lost on the American public. We recently made our desire for this liberty known through your Citizen’s Briefing Book website. Of the thousands of proposals submitted, a proposal supporting Internet poker rights was the number one issue on technology policy.

What’s most important to me is your support for my rights. Please: 1) exempt poker from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and 2) license and regulate internet poker in the US. 3) Respect the rights of law-abiding Americans who love to play this great game of skill.

To register your protest, go to The Poker Petition

Can you Beat the Manager?

This weekends Ladbrokes have the Poker Manager Bounty Tournament!. One of the Ladbrokes Poker Team joins in the fun and gives away prizes to boot. For a €1.10 buy you could reap an instant €100 cash bounty for knocking the poker manager out of the tournament. As if that wasn’t enough, if it is the Manager who knocks you out, you get an instant €10 cash bounty to spend.

The €1 Beat the Manager Bounty starts at 5.15pm Saturday and Sunday- registration opens 24 hours before the tournament, register via the Tournaments Lobby.

Killarney Irish Festival Promotion - Win a package today!

The Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival will again be held at the best poker venue in Europe, the Irish National Events Centre (INEC) in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland on the 2nd to 4th October.

Qualify via Daily Satellites Mon – Sat for just €3 + 0.30!

Make sure you don’t miss taking your seat at the biggest poker tournament on the European Poker Circuit. You can win the Irish Festival Package!

VIP Club

The Ladbrokes VIP Club is one of a kind, providing their elite and most loyal customers with unique and interesting prizes and of course their unbeatable hospitality.

When a player reach VIP level (10,000+ Poker Points each month), it will receive benefits that include exclusive invites to poker and sporting events, package upgrades and the support of a dedicated VIP Manager.

The Ladbrokes VIP Club gives exclusive access to VIP only competitions, promotions, special offers and much more!

VIP Rewards – Upgrades to Ladbrokes Poker events

VIP Events – everything from football, racing and music concerts

VIP Promotions – win a trip of a lifetime. Last year they took over 30 VIPs to trips all over the globe

VIP Contact – a special email and msn address for you to contact one of the VIP Managers at the touch of a button

Claim a share of $80,000 when you win five tournaments in a row

Start Date: 20th July
End Date: 2nd August

Show the guys at PartyPoker that your poker skills are up to the challenge of The Jackpot Hunter and they’ll reward your efforts with a big-money prize.

Three huge jackpots totalling $80,000 will be won by players good enough to win five single-table tournaments in a row.

The Jackpot Hunter’s prizes are:

* $50,000 gold jackpot ($55+ buy-in tournaments)
* $20,000 silver jackpot ($12 to $54 buy-in tournaments)
* $10,000 bronze jackpot ($3 to $11 buy-in tournaments)

There’s only one jackpot at each level so you’ve got to move fast. Once you’ve won five consecutive STTs at a particular buy-in, email your ACCOUNT NAME immediately at jackpot@partypoker.com. If you’re the first person to contact us the jackpot will be yours.

Track down The Jackpot Hunter’s cash now.

Join the bet365 brand new cash table Relay Race and boost your Merit Point balance during July. They’re giving away a 2,500,000 point prize-pool which is worth the equivalent of $70,000 cash as part of their VIP Rewards.

The Points Relay Race consists of five individual cash table races, each with a 500,000 Merit Point prize-pool. Keep hold of the baton and compete in all five races for your chance to win up to 350,000 points in total.

All Merit Point prizes are exchangeable for VIP Rewards and don’t forget, you will also be accumulating points as you play on the cash tables throughout the competition. Add your accumulated points to any prizes you win and you could earn a Cash Reward of up to $15,000.

DoylesRoom players will be making a splash at the inaugural $1,000,000 English Poker Open this September 15th to 17th, 2009.

A huge prize pool combined with a maximum of 270 players will draw poker’s biggest names from around the globe. The $5,300 Main Event at host casino Dusk Till Dawn kicks off at 2pm with a starting stack of 10,000. In addition to taking in Nottingham’s local flavors there will be even more poker, with a number of side events including Event 2, a £560 NL tourney and a £280 NL Event 3.

Win your seat at DoylesRoom and you’ll receive a $7,000 prize package including:

• $5,000 + $300 USD English Poker Open main event buy in.
• $1,700 for travel and accommodations.
• DoylesRoom Event Gear.
• Personal introduction and photos with Doyle Brunson.
• Autographed edition of Super System 1 and 2.

Satellites Running Now

Win your $7,000 English Poker Open prize package for as little as $4, up to August 30th. Their first official qualifier was Sunday, July 5th.

Register from the Game Lobby

Tournaments > Events > ENGLISH POKER OPEN

Only poker site endorsed by legend Doyle Brunson continues major overhaul with player focused website design.

Just in time for the Main Event of the world’s largest and most prestigious poker tournament, DoylesRoom.com has just launched its brand new website, an online poker information destination that puts the only site endorsed by poker legend Doyle Brunson in a class of its own.

“Our new website is cleaner, more accessible, and simply a joy to use for poker players looking to play the greatest game in the world at a site that keeps changing for the better,” noted Will Griffiths, VP of Global Marketing for DoylesRoom.com. “These customer focused changes are only the beginning of what serious players can expect in the weeks and months ahead at DoylesRoom.”

The new DoylesRoom.com website features a slick, modern interface designed to showcase new promotions and get players in the game as quickly as possible, and gone is the clutter that continues to plague several competing online poker destinations.

Upon arriving at DoylesRoom.com, players are greeted by large icons that highlight each promotion in a refreshing way unseen anywhere else. A new logo and color scheme are also included in the visual changes that players familiar with the online poker site will immediately notice.

But it’s not entirely about good looks. The new DoylesRoom.com now features more games and guarantees than ever before, a return of Power Poker, and double Turbo Gold Cards for a month.

While Doyle Brunson is a legend in the pre-online poker world, he remains on top of his game in the online arena, nurturing new players and helping to bridge the gap between their success at the online poker tables and bricks-and-mortar tournaments.

DoylesRoom.com celebrated the new website launch along with Doyle Brunson’s long list of achievements on July 2nd at its WSOP Main Event kickoff party. The event took place at Blush Night Club, located inside Wynn, Las Vegas.

The new DoylesRoom.com website is now live at www.DoylesRoom.com.

You asked for it and here it is: The return of the top 50 Rake Race!

Summer is time for Hollywood to shine, so we’ve come up with 2 blockbuster races for July.

The total prize pool is a whopping $50,000,  with $35,000 for raked hands and $15,000 for VIP points!

The TOP 50 players in terms of hands this month will all see a payout, the top prize weighing in at a massive $8,000! On top of this, we’ll be running a box office busting VIP points race for a further $15,000! Win this Hollywood couple and your payday will be a chart topper at a total of $11,000!

Raked hands are the easiest races online, as it doesn’t matter who you are, what you play or at what level. If is a raked hand it counts! Get onto the tables early this July and show your true colours!

The VIPs point race rewards those that are good enough. Collecting VIP points is easy to do, but what’s easy for you is also easy for the guy beneath you! You’ll have to play hard to stay on top and take the accolades and awards.

Great news for poker players and poker affiliates, CircusPoker.co.uk  is offering its players the chance to win a package to the Asian Poker Tour Macau main event in August worth a massive $8,000.

To be held in the Rio Hotel & Casino, Macau - August 17th – August 24th, 2009

The package includes:

• $4000+$300 buy-in to the WSOP Main Event, Aug 19th – Aug 23rd, 2009
• $1,000 for 7 night’s accommodation and breakfast at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Macau (Aug 17th – Aug 24th, 2009)
• $100 for an exclusive iPoker party – August 18th, 2009
• $270 for registration fees
• Up to $2,330 for flights and spending
• Total Package Value - $8,000