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UltimateBet to Give Away Record Number of Free Seats to Pokers Biggest Main Event

Players invited to compete in month-long contest for multiple shots at free WSOP* seats

They say you cant put a price on the World Series of Poker* experience. UltimateBet.com is taking that sentiment a little too literally by handing out a large number of Main Event seats for free. UltimateBet.com today announced a new promotion that solidifies the poker site as the best place to win a free seat in the series.

This is an historic promotion for fans of the worlds greatest game, stated UltimateBet spokesperson George MacLean. “We’re handing out loads of Main Event seats and online poker fans can win one just by doing what they love playing poker. “

Annie Duke, UltimateBets new Cardroom Consultant, created the Ultimate Main Event Giveaway promotion so that more online poker players are able to experience Texas Holdem on the worlds biggest stage alongside pokers best pros.

To qualify for the promotion, UltimateBet players must simply play in any real-money poker Sit n Go, ring game or multi-table tournament at UltimateBet.com between April 24th and May 23rd and climb their way up the Main Event Giveaway leader board.

At the end of the qualifying period, the player who has earned the most RAI$E status points will automatically secure a $12,000 Main Event prize package featuring the $10,000 buy-in and $2,000 for travel accommodations.

But thats just the start of UltimateBets Main Event generosity. Players ranking 2nd through 70th on the leader board will play in an exclusive freeroll that features a prize pool of seven additional $12,000 Main Event packages.

In an effort to send as many players as possible to Las Vegas for the worlds most prestigious poker tournament, UltimateBet is opening the floodgates to even more Main Event seats through a series of freerolls. On Saturday May 24th, the online poker site is holding a 25-seat Guaranteed Tournament where at least 25 Main Event prize packages will be won.

Players ranking 71st through 225th on the leader board will win their spot in the $500+30 tournament. Those ranking 226th through 3427th will be divided into five separate freerolls where hundreds of additional opportunities to win a spot in the 25-seat Guaranteed Tournament are on the line.

More information on UltimateBets Main Event Giveaway can be found at:-

The clocks have gone forward so you’ve lost an hour’s sleep and it’s April so you can expect a few showers - but it’s not all bad news. The 32Red 30 Day Poker Festival began on the 1st April.

The prizes steadily increase throughout the month until they reach their $3,200 Freeroll Finale on 30th April.

They have a special event every day throughout the 30 Day Festival, here are some highlights…

9th April - $500 Double Bounty Tournament
14th April – 33,000 Redback Giveaway
15th April - $1,000 Freeroll
21st April – 49,500 Redback Giveaway
26th April - $1000 Added BTB Tourney
30th April - $3,200 Freeroll

Purple Lounge Poker Room have re-designed their poker software to bring players an even better poker playing experience.

Re-sizeable tables and Mini-view

Their tables are now re-sizeable, allowing you to play more games at once while still managing to keep an eye on the all the action. With Mini-View you can cut down the graphics on your screen, leaving you with just the important information you need to win. (Tip when using Mini-view: Move tables by clicking in the middle of them!)

Avatars and Improved Visuals and Sounds

Let the other players know who they are up against by uploading a picture of yourself to be displayed at the table, and enjoy the enhanced animations and sounds. If this is affecting your play, no problem. Just visit the Options menu to customise or turn these off.

Discover What Hands Other’s Were Holding

Use the hand replay feature to find out what the other players called you to the river with, even if they muck their hand! All of the above features and many, many more are customisable by you the player, meaning the choice is yours as to how you play!

IF you have not tried Purple Lounge before, get over there now and take the opportunity to earn a $1000 bonus and to take part in their $20K freeroll.

You can now get the very latest Poker news from Full Tilt Poker by visiting the Betting Directory.

The current new stories include:-

Erik Seidel Takes Second Down Under

Congratulations to Team Full Tilt’s Erik Seidel on his stellar performance in the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event. Seidel finished second and banked AU$1 million for his play.

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Lee Watkinson Takes Down Event 7 at Aussie Millions

Congratulations to Full Tilt Poker’s Lee Watkinson for taking first place in the 2008 Aussie Millions $3K Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event. Lee worked his way through a tough field of veteran players, including Full Tilt Poker’s Andy Black, Steve Zolotow, and Max Pescatori, to earn over $108K.

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Howard Lederer Wins $1.25 Million at the Aussie Millions

Congratulations to Team Full Tilt’s Howard “The Professor” Lederer who won the Aussie Millions prestigious $100,000 buy-in event, taking home the biggest payday of his professional career.

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Joe Beevers Rubs Out the Competition at the Poker Millions VI

Congratulations to Full Tilt Poker’s Joe Beevers who claimed one of the most prestigious titles in poker by winning the Ladbrokes Poker Millions VI.

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Ferguson Wins Record Third WSOP-C Ring

Congratulations to Team Full Tilt’s Chris Ferguson on becoming the first player to win three WSOP Circuit Event Championships. Ferguson took home a Circuit ring and over $200K for his victory in the WSOP-C Lake Tahoe event.

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Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $10,000,000 in monthly online poker tournaments.

The guaranteed prize pools at Titan Poker are rising on a weekly basis, based on the rapidly growing number of players that regularly play poker at the popular online poker room.

Titan Poker staged a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on December 9, as part of its European Championship of Online Poker 2007 (ECOOP) tournament series. The highly successful ECOOP tournaments proved to be this year’s biggest online poker event with more than $2,500,000 in Guaranteed Prizes in ten consecutive days of poker tournaments.

Every Sunday night Titan Poker stages a huge guaranteed prize tournament with $200,000 in cash prizes. Huge cash prizes are also awarded at tournaments that take place on Fridays and Saturdays, and daily tournaments award prizes suitable to poker players with different gaming preferences and budgets.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker players have played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, international tournaments of the World Poker Tour, and at various European Poker Tour events.

Online poker players have one more reason to break out the champagne this New Year, thanks to Absolute Poker. The online poker room recently released its 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot figures and the numbers are undeniably impressive.

“2007 was an extremely profitable year for our Bad Beat Jackpot players,” stated David Clainer, Senior Vice President for Absolute Poker. “In just six months, we introduced the Bad Beat Jackpot game to US players, handed out over $6.5 million in Bad Beat Jackpot winnings, and broke an industry record.”

2007 was an extremely profitable year for our Bad Beat Jackpot players Absolute Poker introduced Bad Beat Jackpot to its lineup of online poker games on June 22nd, 2007. Since then, Absolute Poker has become one of the most popular destinations for players looking to grab a piece of the multi-million dollar Bad Beat Jackpot pie. A glance at the 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot data released today reveals the following numbers:

• 39 - The number of jackpots that have been hit since Absolute Poker launched Bad Beat Jackpot on June 22nd.

• $8,555,664 - The total value of all jackpots hit

• $6,581,280 - The total value of jackpot money won by players

• $821,670.69 - The August 29th Bad Beat Jackpot that shattered all industry records, including the largest Bad Beat Jackpot record of $739,621 previously held by Party Poker.

Bad Beat Jackpot is just like regular Texas Hold’em but with a slight twist. When seated at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, if a player loses a Texas Hold’em hand holding four 8s or anything better, they’ll win a large piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. The jackpot keeps growing until someone hits a qualifying bad beat, at which time a large percentage of it is distributed amongst the bad beat victim and the participants in the online poker hand. The next player to lose a hand holding four 8s or anything better will win a large piece of the new jackpot. The participants in the bad beat hand will also share in the jackpot.